25 November 2007, 11:11 AM
dandelionReligion 101 or How is the orange crop doing?
Or, they could go the other way and replace one of two legs with a prosthesis containing a birdcage.
26 November 2007, 12:14 PM
Phil KnoxPhilnic-
There's never an issue of denying the way one is. A misunderstanding on that. It's about setting it aside.
There are certain things I know about myself that are very culturally popular and I would have made big money on in the past, but I learned not to act on it. Why? If I am to reflect the image of God in which I was created, I need to understand in my behavior there are certain things that do not reflect that image. Most important, I don't find any power whatsoever in myself to overcome it.
I can emotionally hold my breath, so to speak, but that does not set anything aside. It actually makes matters worse. When I accepted Christ, I am going to spend the rest of my life in the process of understanding how his perfect self can be absorbed into my psyche and soul. And THAT is how things not reflecting God gets set aside. Thru life, little by little, it's now Christ in me, not me.
26 November 2007, 01:39 PM
Doug Spauldingquote:
Originally posted by Phil Knox:
There are certain things I know about myself that are very culturally popular and I would have made big money on in the past, but I learned not to act on it.
Well now you have to tell us what these things are.
26 November 2007, 01:56 PM
philnicIndeed! (It sounds unlikely...)
27 November 2007, 05:26 AM
tinkerbellDear Mr Knox, You speak in tongues. May we have that in
plain American please...OR English...OR Latin if you prefer.
And you still haven't answered my question. Are you a fundamentalist?
27 November 2007, 09:19 AM
Phil Knoxtinkerbell
Trying to say a lot in a small area sometimes requires condensed language. Where do you want me to begin?
27 November 2007, 10:09 AM
Doug SpauldingThe USA and The Old Country - two countries separated by a common language!
As they say.
27 November 2007, 10:55 AM
fjp451Francesco is a great name!
27 November 2007, 01:46 PM
tinkerbellPhil Knox
You trouble me. I think you could use a hug.
27 November 2007, 01:49 PM
tinkerbellDoug Spauling
If you trot out that
cliche AGAIN, I shall personally throttle you!
27 November 2007, 02:24 PM
philnicThrottle is a good word. So is cliche.
(So is "Spauling"...)
27 November 2007, 03:06 PM
tinkerbellTwo common countries divided by a different spelling ...
27 November 2007, 04:45 PM
Doug Spauldingquote:
Originally posted:
If you trot out that cliche AGAIN, I shall personally throttle you!
And I
hate cliches! I don't know what possessed me.
I shall fairly throttle myself.
27 November 2007, 04:46 PM
Doug SpauldingBut Spauling
is a good word.
As is throttle.
28 November 2007, 08:21 AM
Braling IITink seems to really want to "reach out and touch someone" - hugs and throttles!
We'd better all get together someday so she can do this.
I've got dibs on the first hug!