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icesmile @icesmile (7160) • Romania 22 Dec 09

No matter what you call it..prayer, spells, meditation. If done properly it puts the waves in your brain at a level that connects you to the spiritual.This is my opinion. I am sure that if we really want something...of course...

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cwgarten I believe in prayer because I pray every day of my life and I know that it works. I also know that God is willing and eager to respond to our prayers because He loves us. Of course, He already knows our needs, wants and desires before we voice them. But, He...

28 Dec 09

greyone42 @greyone42 (20) • United States 22 Dec 06

I was reading a story in the news on the Church of Latter Day Saints wanting to posthumously baptize Holocaust survivor and nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal. Soon after the international Jewish human rights organization, Simon...

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cwgarten We don't baptize dead people. We baptize living people for and in behalf of the dead who have passed away without Christ. The Scripture makes it plain that accepting Christ and being baptized into His kingdom are essential for salvation. There are literally...

27 Dec 09

greyone42 @greyone42 (20) • United States 22 Dec 06

I was reading a story in the news on the Church of Latter Day Saints wanting to posthumously baptize Holocaust survivor and nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal. Soon after the international Jewish human rights organization, Simon...

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cwgarten Just as many other Christian churches will rebaptize converts from the Latter-Day Saints. The point is that we preach the apostasy and restoration of the original church of Christ, that His priesthood was taken from the earth with the death of the original...

27 Dec 09

greyone42 @greyone42 (20) • United States 22 Dec 06

I was reading a story in the news on the Church of Latter Day Saints wanting to posthumously baptize Holocaust survivor and nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal. Soon after the international Jewish human rights organization, Simon...

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cwgarten I would just like to add that there is no such thing as posthumous baptism--in other words, baptizing dead bodies. What we practice is vicarious baptism in behalf of the dead--in other words, using ourselves as a proxy for the deceased. This practice is...

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cwgarten @cwgarten (12) • United States 13 Dec 06

One of the things that makes us uniquely human is our ability and yearning to worship and have faith in God. It separates us from the animals. If we lose our spiritual base, will we be headed into a moral dark age and possible...

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cwgarten Yes. There are a lot of people who think that this is all there is and that whatever they do is their own personal affair, with no affect on others. The unfortunate result is a society that has become detached from its foundation. What is encouraging,...

10 Jan 07

metal333 @metal333 (251) • India 12 Dec 06

i have been thinking about this for a very long time...why are there so many religions in this world?how do we kno which one we have to follow?...which one is the right one...i heard from many people that there is only one...

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cwgarten How can you be of any religion when you look to science to prove matters of faith? That is like asking a frog to teach you to fly. Science is the invention of man, man is the creation of God.

13 Dec 06

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