dickkell

@dickkell (403)

United States • Age 44

Joined myLot 17 years ago

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Is there a reluctance to respond to the criticisms of religion?

soadnot @soadnot (1606) • Canada 12 Dec 07

Not only on this discussion website, but all over the wold there is a huge reluctance to answer simple questions about religion and the rebuttals to criticisms always wind up short or the critics are simply ignored. is that...

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dickkell Despite whatmany "Christians" say, Christianity is a historically based religion that not only welcomes, but invites a critical assessment of it's claims. There is a body of evidence to consider, a case made for Jesus being the promised Messiah, and in the...

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God Hates F*gs? What?

skinnychick @skinnychick (6905) • United States 6 Dec 07

Ok so I'm watching TV and some show on cable actually did a documentary on The Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka Kansas- this supposedly Christian Baptist church is against homosexuality so they go and picket on the side of the...

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dickkell Just to reiterate, Westboro Baptist is neither baptist nor Christian. The are endorsed (last time I checked) by no legitimate Christian organization and do not in any way reflect the beliefs of "Christians." It bothers me that people are so ready to do...

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Jesus will return.

dianagnes @dianagnes (1088) • Singapore 7 Dec 07

Jesus did not die.Jesus,the prophet and Messiah is alive and will return to the earth in the near future.We are muslims who love Jesus,believe in all his miracles and noble morality,know that he will come back to the world again...

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dickkell Jesus died on the Cross. Jesus clearly proclaimed His own death, and following His resurrection made claims that He was resurrected from the dead. Islam regards Jesus as a prophet, and a prophet must speak the truth. If Jesus lied about dying, or if He was...

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If the return of the Messiah would be possible, why couldn't it be me?

Mike227 @Mike227 (155) • Australia 7 Dec 07

I hope you can help me here, as I have serious sleeping problems. I need to take strong medication to "shut down". So far I cannot think of one single reason, why it couldn't be me or anyone else. Because you don't need to...

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dickkell Messiah has come and fulfilled His endeavor on Earth - through His suffering and death he draws people from all corners of the world to worship the God of Israel, and He sanctifies His followers with his own perfect sacrifice. When Messiah returns to set...

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do u read bible a lot?can you share us what you've read?

jean_gomez3 @jean_gomez3 (105) • Philippines 4 Dec 07

I dont read bible a lot,but I want to know more and to learn whats in the bible only that its so confusing because there are too many chapters and verses in the bible...

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dickkell It's easy to be overwhelmed by the Bible. You need to remember that The Bible is actually a set of books written over a large expanse of time. The Old Testament tells the story of God's covenant with the Jewish people and the history of the nation of Israel....

4 Dec 07

Reason For Punishment....Karmic Way.

kayakalp @kayakalp (272) • India 1 Dec 07

Ageless Wisdom says that whatever pain or suffering you are going thru right now is because of your past karma. I believe in this. However, one question which keeps coming to my mind is that: If I am paying for my sins (done in...

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dickkell The idea that all bad things that happen are punishment is an ancient belief, but is frankly wrong. Bad things happen in life because there is sin in the world. The world is corrupted, and people do as they please. Not every suffering is punishment, a great...

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Grieving mom says pastor cited God to get money !!

Gordano @Gordano (795) • United States 30 Nov 07

Cynthia Fleming buried her 23-year-old son, Marine Cpl. James T. Jenkins, in his dress uniform and all his medals on a rainy October afternoon in Ewing nearly two years ago. Mourners filed past the open casket. Women in black...

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dickkell I received an e-mail today that said I won the foreign lottery. I checked and this is a scam that has taken quite a few people. There's another that says that I inherited money and this is the lawyer trying to get in touch. So do we say that the lottery is...

1 Dec 07

science or religion ? which came first ! answer me friends!

raghav2 @raghav2 (45) • India 1 Dec 07

hay guys ! today science tells us that singlecell organism changed into human being .so there for monkey changed into human being ! hay guys! today religion says that "it may be muslim or christian " they say that god created...

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dickkell The question or origins is honestly beyond the scope of science. Science requires hypotheses that can be tested and repeated, which the origin of life cannot. Science deals with what normally happens, and the origin of life is, at least for now, not normal,...

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Feel Thankful?

worldwise1 @worldwise1 (14885) • United States 22 Nov 07

I would like to know just how many people truly feel thankful during this time of the year. Are these people being truthful? Or, are they just mouthing the expected platitudes? I know of some people who don't have very much to be...

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dickkell We all have many things to be thankful for, if we are really honest. That said, this year I honestly don't FEEL thankful for a lot. Last year I was moved to tears in thankfulness. But regardless of my feelings, I am aware of the blessings God has given me, and...

22 Nov 07

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Is anyone else here a Christian Pastor

pastorkayte @pastorkayte (2255) • United States 21 Nov 07

I am a Christian Pastor, I used to be a model but it was not the life I wanted, I turned my life over to Christ, and I am now an ordained and licensed minister, I teach school and have a prison ministry. I also write for a living...

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dickkell My wife and I are children's pastors in a Pentecostal denomination. We minster to children ages 4-12, to bring them into the presence of God in worship and equip them for the work of their own ministries which God has called them to.

22 Nov 07

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If God is One - Then why so many religions?

AKRao24 @AKRao24 (27424) • India 10 Nov 07

We say that God is one . Nothing on this can happen without his consent. The destiny is predetermined by him. We are all the children of God! Then why God has made us to come up with so many religions ? Whjen every one ultimately...

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dickkell There are so many religions because mankind does not truly desire to seek and please the One True God. When the one true God says it's not ok divorce your wife, man comes along and says well, maybe in these circumstances...and in time these changes will end up...

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Why is God a he?

dreamy1 @dreamy1 (3811) • United States 10 Nov 07

I'm not religious but I consider myself spiritual. I don't believe in the bible but I do believe in a God, Supreme Being, Intelligence, The Source, whatever you want to call it. I actually get a little bothered when people always...

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dickkell God is beyond gender - we call Him he because it is impersonal, while God is not. We don't call him she simply because of convention, but God refers to Himself in the bible as mother, father, jealous lover, mother hen, amongst others.

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How are we to praise God?

lena2000 @lena2000 (2392) • Belgium 25 Aug 07

I'm very keen on hymns and I like to sing praises to God. But in the New Testament we don't find much teaching about praising God through the singing of hymns. Now days in most churches a lot of time and effort is spent on...

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dickkell The book of Psalms was the Jewish "hymn book" in use at the time Jesus was alive. Jesus didn't come to establish a religion, but to revitalize people in their relationship to God. Thus, he didn't spend a lot of time instituting rituals or forms of worship - He...

10 Nov 07

Worship

Pose123 @Pose123 (21635) • Canada 9 Nov 07

I am hoping that we can have a discussion here that will not offend anyone, but get everyone thinking. Worship is adoration, praise, often accompanied by bowing or kneeling. There have been kings and emperors who demanded that...

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dickkell Worship is adoration, and adoration is a display of love. Worship is just the name that we give to one kind of love display. Whenever I say "I love you" to God, that is worship - expressing my love for Him to Him. God does not need our worship, devotion,...

10 Nov 07

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What Has Brought You Back To MyLot After Being Away?

Ainsley Jo Phillips @AJ1952Chats (2332) • Anderson, Indiana 4 Nov 07

Have you, like myself, been "distracted" from MyLot by other things and are just now getting back into it again? If this hasn't happened to you recently, maybe it has happened to you in the past. Please share here why you...

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dickkell My comp was down for a couple of months, so I stopped spending what little time I could get here. Now that it's firxed, it took a while to kinda get back in the mood. It seems a lot of the discussions are kinda bland, or too angry. Sometimes it gets to be hard...

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