Mike227

@Mike227 (155)

Australia • Age 58

Joined myLot 18 years ago

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Why won't God forgive Satan? Just curious!

GDTimothy @GDTimothy (446) • United States 25 Jul 10

I've posted this question on a couple of other sites so far and have gotten some interesting responses, but no really definitive answers. I would have liked to included my entire text here, but I can't paste text yet here, so...

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Mike227 Hi Timothy, How do you know "he/she/it" hasn't forgiven him?? Maybe our bible experts here can find something in the script to say that God would never forgive... And then of course another sentence I would like to find: "God can never change his mind"...

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Is life worth living?

sweetneelu @sweetneelu (259) • Mauritius 26 Jul 10

we are always in a rush. we have to study, work, earn a living, look after the family. We have so many responsablities that we don't even spare sometime for ourselves. Is it whats life all about?? What do you do to make your life...

life

worth

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Mike227 Hi sweetneelu, Life is what you make it, so it is up to yourself to make it worth living if you choose so. Or as Anne Frank put it, ("only" a girl who was held in a concentration camp during World War2, she died of Typhus aged 14, but she left her...

26 Jul 10

Do you reply to each post?

ronaldinu @ronaldinu (12422) • Malta 28 Feb 10

There is a particular mylotter whom I admire. He has the patience to read all replies and post a positive comment on each posting. It's incredible. If I have replied to twenty discussions I have received twenty replies from this...

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Mike227 Hi Ronaldinu, I admire that in people too. My father taught me very early in life that "Patience is the key to happiness" and my kids test, strengthen and give me plenty of opportunities to practice my patience. Once I manage to control myself when my...

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Would you assume a non-Christian hasn't read the Bible?

Leca @lecanis (16647) • Murfreesboro, Tennessee 13 Jan 08

A couple of days ago a customer at the bank where I work gave me a religious tract: this particular one was about "Why We Should Read the Bible". When I get this sort of thing from customers, I am polite to them about it, and just...

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christianity

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Mike227 Hi Lecanis, I admit - I have no confession at all but I still believe there is something out there to which we all are connected (more or less aware of it) and it doesn't really matter what we call it (I think so). I have read not all but a lot of the...

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Ken Follet

Adoniah @Adoniah (7513) • United States 9 Dec 07

I've just started reading Ken Follet's "A Dangerous Fortune". I read some of his works years ago but nothing recently. Does anyone else read his books or have any comments to make on his writing abilities?

reading

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Mike227 Hi Adoniah, I remembered the name, and after checking Ken Follet out on "Wikipedia" I remembered the book I read. It was "Die Nadel" (the needle). My next-door neighbour gave it to me (I don't know, if I actually ever returned it, most likely not, or else I...

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Tiamet the African Grey

Adoniah @Adoniah (7513) • United States 9 Dec 07

I have an African Grey Parrot that was raised in a garage. Thats how I ended up with her. A friend told me that she was being neglected so we went over to the house and told the people we would report them and I paid them $800 for...

parrots

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Mike227 Hi Adoniah, I read a lot about the Sumerian history (His Story), but mostly the books of Zecharia Sitchin as they made most sense to me. He mentined this name for a planet once positioned between Mars and Jupiter, which got torn apart, one half became the...

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What is sin?

MsTickle @MsTickle (25180) • Australia 9 Dec 07

Do you believe in sin? What is your definition of it? Is it the difference between right and wrong? Is it when you break the law? Perhaps it's if you disobey the Commandments? When I was an impressionable teen, I'd often hear...

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Mike227 Hi MsTickle, "Sin"... Who's to say? Killing for example: If you kill someone you probably have to go to jail. But if you "kill for your country" all of a sudden it is "O.K." but only if you "win" the war. I wonder who made up these rules, maybe rules like...

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I found out mylot is ranked 11,783 on Alexa

AnoChaudhary @AnoChaudhary (1719) • India 8 Dec 07

Mylot is ranked 11,783 on Alexa ....now i don't know if its good or bad LOL ....i just download Alexa tool which lets you know the rank of the page you visit. And when i open my blog it says 12. Since i have no idea how the Alexa...

alexa ranking

mylot ranking

what it means

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Mike227 Thank you for letting me know that you posted a new discussion. I just read the email and wanted you to know that I have no idea what it means. Sorry I can't help, but I am interested, as numbers don't lie lol. (See "Gods secret formula" by Peter Plichta...

8 Dec 07

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An Interview with God

estherlou @estherlou (5015) • United States 4 Dec 07

I just saw the coolest site. It has music and wonderful photography and is an interview with God. Well worth the minute it takes to watch it. http://www.theinterviewwithgod.com/

god

music

photography

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Mike227 Hi estherlou, thanks for sharing this, some very nice thoughts in the little clip... Cheers

5 Dec 07

A poem... feel free to criticize or beat me up or whatever

Leca @lecanis (16647) • Murfreesboro, Tennessee 11 Nov 07

I rarely write poetry these days, and I even more rarely share it. And I'm not sure mylot is the proper place to do so anyway. But some of my friends have shown curiosity or interest in my poetry so I thought I'd share the one...

poetry

writing

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Mike227 Hi lecanis, One more response for today, because this poem here is just too beautiful... :) It reminds me of a mountain lake (I was privileged to grow up in Berchtesgaden - Germany, a small village in the German Alps), so I know mountain lakes. The one I...

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A Philosophical Question

joshuakill @joshuakill (10) • Singapore 1 Oct 07

This is a philosophical question, so there is no right or wrong answer. You are on a sinking ship. You jump onto a lifeboat, but there is a leak in the side and you have to swim to the nearest island a short distance away....

philosophy

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Mike227 Hi joshuakill, I would explain the situation to the old lady and let her decide herself. After all, if she makes it to the island, I would not be able to guarantee her survival there, depending on what kind of island it is. If we would be on our own, she...

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Too stupid to live...

Leca @lecanis (16647) • Murfreesboro, Tennessee 22 Nov 07

Do you know anyone who is so stupid you wonder how they continue to live? Do you wonder if they'll just forget to breathe someday and that'll be it? I'm not talking about people who are actually mentally or developmentally...

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Mike227 Hi lecanis, Sure, some people sometimes make me wonder... But then I think to myself that they are a statistical necessity, just as the bunch of "super-brainiacs" is. Like everything in life, you will find two minorities (extreme "good" and extreme "bad") but...

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What's the last book that you read to your child?

beautyqueen26 @beautyqueen26 (16030) • United States 29 Nov 07

Just last night, we read our daughter a really cute book called, "The sheep is asleep." I can't remember the name of the author, but it's for beginning readers and preschoolers. Very adorable. It's a mix between a picture book and...

parenting

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Mike227 Hi beautyqueen, Currently I'm reading Enid Blyton's "Faraway Tree" to my kids (5, 8 and 10), they love it, - it is a "special edition" with beautiful, colourful pictures to every story. The individual stories are just right for a bed-time story (about 15 to...

29 Nov 07

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what would u be like if u know u will not last nuch longer

yanqiyao @yanqiyao (136) • China 29 Nov 07

After watching "a walk to remember", i keep on thinking what i'll be like if i can't live for long. I think i would live more publicze,more actively and made myself knew to more people. 'cause more comunications will make me...

a walk to remember

not last longer

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Mike227 Hi yanqiyao, The conversation of two people about life... "Life is long" - "Life is short" and both are right! Note, that they cannot be wrong, because "Life is" (beyond reasonable doubt). "Long" or "short" is in the eye of the beholder. But I suppose,...

29 Nov 07

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What are the best of Enigma?

dolarim @dolarim (134) • Israel 23 Apr 07

Do you know enigma? if not you dont know what you are missing! this is a - Poll about what are the 4 best tracks of enigma to your opinion? try to write the exact name or the track number and album the track is from...

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Mike227 I love Enigma, but it is hard to pick the "top 4" for me, because they change with my mood... However, at this moment I'm feeling like: 1. The child in us - Track 7 from "Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi" 1996 2. The dream of the dolphin - Track 6 from "The...

28 Nov 07

Why Do We Have to Follow GODs!!??

kayakalp @kayakalp (272) • India 11 Oct 07

We are always been taught, humans are full of Sins and God is someone who is devoid of such human sins. We as a humans have to follow God and get ourself rid of humanly sins and become one like him. Like, all Catholics wants to...

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Mike227 Hi kayakalp, Great topic! Why does the Universe exist? ...because it IS POSSIBLE! Everything which is possible therefore can exist. With God it is just the same. Is it possible that God exists? Is it possible for more Gods to exist? Maybe not in the...

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Which animal do you identify yourself with?

AnoChaudhary @AnoChaudhary (1719) • India 17 Nov 07

I know there is something called our personal animal totem...but i have not researched on the subject much. For now i would just like to know which animal you identify yourself?.....i somehow figured i would be a pony!...so do...

animal

love animals

pony is my totem

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Mike227 Hi Ano, To identify myself with an animal... Well, I guess you would go by the characteristic of an animal, therefore I could see myself more like a mixture of a few different animals. However, I can identify myself with the horse (or more specific - the...

27 Nov 07

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Can you tell me what kind of person am I?

LadyLudie @LadyLudie (359) • Philippines 27 Nov 07

Because sometimes I really hate myself for being so patient to anybody.although that they are abusing me and sometimes they are torturing me mentally still i just keep quiet,I just let them nag,for me as long as they are not...

what kind of person am i

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Mike227 Hi LadyLudie, Just be a little bit patient with yourself, you deserve at least the same treatment as anybody else, don't you think? Hating is such an unpleasant feeling and for all "they" do to you, you only hate yourself? I am sure you do have someone you...

27 Nov 07