How many Christians here??

[Sister Fracas 5]

I wish there were more people like Dixie Peach. If there were, I probably wouldn't want to vomit everytime I hear someone start a sentence with,"Well, I'm a Christian......" Oh wait, if they were like Dixie Peach, they wouldn't do that

Dixie Peach you rock!

SOL

[almaty 19]

I am confused!

Confusion will be my epitaph!!! The song is by King Crimson from the album In The Court of The Crimson King... I have always planned to have that as my epitaph - so you are not alone Peter

good song...soog band melo..you know i dig robert fripp

[Melo 1]

Then Dean my dear, why don't you join the Bazaar? We all dig the same kind of music there, we talk politics, so on and so forth... you know you would be welcome as would anyone else into prog

here is the address: http://melosprogbazaar.com

We have a digital magazine too and this month's edition will carry an interview with Hugh Hopper (Soft Machine fame) that I conducted via Email.

You can see the magazine here:

http://melosprogbazaar.com/close_to_the_edge/

[almaty 19]

Then Dean my dear, why don't you join the Bazaar? We all dig the same kind of music there, we talk politics, so on and so forth... you know you would be welcome as would anyone else into prog

here is the address: http://melosprogbazaar.com

We have a digital magazine too and this month's edition will carry an interview with Hugh Hopper (Soft Machine fame) that I conducted via Email.

You can see the magazine here:

http://melosprogbazaar.com/close_to_the_edge/

excellent Melo...you are the music guru to me

Edited February 22, 2006 by almaty2004

[Dixie_Peach 1]

I wish there were more people like Dixie Peach. If there were, I probably wouldn't want to vomit everytime I hear someone start a sentence with,"Well, I'm a Christian......" Oh wait, if they were like Dixie Peach, they wouldn't do that

Dixie Peach you rock!

SOL

[pedroh 21]

ayy que flojera tengo!!

(sigh.. tryin to find something to avoid work lol)

[daisy16 0]

In some of the revisions, the Emperor or other wealthy old guy in charge, made changes according to his beliefs and preferences. Ahhhh, the benefits of being in power! You get to mess with the bible.

Could be because no one is reading it in the original Aramaic? Check your bible publishing history. The list of changes, "interpretations" and flat out errors is astounding. Also somewhat frightening considering how many people are reading it today and thinking it's accurate to the original.

To say nothing of the books that were edited/voted out.

"Revelations" only squeezed its way in by ONE vote. Imagine how different things would be today.......

[ace13 0]

Roman Catholic...but just want to add, that I find it much more dogmatic and money centred here, so I'm on a hiatus from going to mass whilst I'm here. I go in and light candles for family and friends that have passed away and say my own prayers...but am staying away from the organized aspect of my religion here

Remember that it isn't the priest or the other members of the parish that you are going to see on Sunday, it is that you are going to be with God. He is waiting for you. If there is termoil in your church or if you believe there is in the whole church, God still wants you to come, recieve grace and because of your feelings--could be trying to use you for a movement of change in the church.

[Sister Fracas 5]

Roman Catholic...but just want to add, that I find it much more dogmatic and money centred here, so I'm on a hiatus from going to mass whilst I'm here. I go in and light candles for family and friends that have passed away and say my own prayers...but am staying away from the organized aspect of my religion here

Remember that it isn't the priest or the other members of the parish that you are going to see on Sunday, it is that you are going to be with God. He is waiting for you. If there is termoil in your church or if you believe there is in the whole church, God still wants you to come, recieve grace and because of your feelings--could be trying to use you for a movement of change in the church.

If you aren't going to see the priest...why can't you speak to God from home? Why is the middle-man needed?

[ace13 0]

Roman Catholic...but just want to add, that I find it much more dogmatic and money centred here, so I'm on a hiatus from going to mass whilst I'm here. I go in and light candles for family and friends that have passed away and say my own prayers...but am staying away from the organized aspect of my religion here

Remember that it isn't the priest or the other members of the parish that you are going to see on Sunday, it is that you are going to be with God. He is waiting for you. If there is termoil in your church or if you believe there is in the whole church, God still wants you to come, recieve grace and because of your feelings--could be trying to use you for a movement of change in the church.

If you aren't going to see the priest...why can't you speak to God from home? Why is the middle-man needed?

We do speak to God from home. Sunday services are providing something else. Number one, Christians need other Christians. We need support from each other. I Peter 4:10 commands us to use spiritual gifts to help each other. Number two, we don't know everything and we aren't perfect, but we are striving to live a better life. We can learn from our ministers and priests and from other Christians and we can be called to serve others. A Christian who answers only to himself can easily rationalize sinful attitudes or actions; regular contact with other Christians can keep us sharp. If I never went to church, I wouldn't know about all the service opportunities and volunteer opportunities. God tells us in the Bible to meet and congregate. He wants us to! Maybe we don't know we are doing wrong and we need guidance.

"The eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of you." Neither can a Christian claim to be self-sufficient today.

The New Testament is full of "one another" commands. We are to comfort one another (I Thessalonians 4:18), build up one another (I Thessalonians 5:11), confess our sins to one another (James 5:16), pray for one another (James 5:16), and many more. How can we obey these directives if we stay away from the gathering of believers?

[Cassie 8]

Roman Catholic...but just want to add, that I find it much more dogmatic and money centred here, so I'm on a hiatus from going to mass whilst I'm here. I go in and light candles for family and friends that have passed away and say my own prayers...but am staying away from the organized aspect of my religion here

Remember that it isn't the priest or the other members of the parish that you are going to see on Sunday, it is that you are going to be with God. He is waiting for you. If there is termoil in your church or if you believe there is in the whole church, God still wants you to come, recieve grace and because of your feelings--could be trying to use you for a movement of change in the church.

If you aren't going to see the priest...why can't you speak to God from home? Why is the middle-man needed?

We do speak to God from home. Sunday services are providing something else. Number one, Christians need other Christians. We need support from each other. I Peter 4:10 commands us to use spiritual gifts to help each other. Number two, we don't know everything and we aren't perfect, but we are striving to live a better life. We can learn from our ministers and priests and from other Christians and we can be called to serve others. A Christian who answers only to himself can easily rationalize sinful attitudes or actions; regular contact with other Christians can keep us sharp. If I never went to church, I wouldn't know about all the service opportunities and volunteer opportunities. God tells us in the Bible to meet and congregate. He wants us to! Maybe we don't know we are doing wrong and we need guidance.

"The eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of you." Neither can a Christian claim to be self-sufficient today.

The New Testament is full of "one another" commands. We are to comfort one another (I Thessalonians 4:18), build up one another (I Thessalonians 5:11), confess our sins to one another (James 5:16), pray for one another (James 5:16), and many more. How can we obey these directives if we stay away from the gathering of believers?

Beautiful reply.

[Sister Fracas 5]

We do speak to God from home. Sunday services are providing something else. Number one, Christians need other Christians. We need support from each other. I Peter 4:10 commands us to use spiritual gifts to help each other. Number two, we don't know everything and we aren't perfect, but we are striving to live a better life. We can learn from our ministers and priests and from other Christians and we can be called to serve others. A Christian who answers only to himself can easily rationalize sinful attitudes or actions; regular contact with other Christians can keep us sharp. If I never went to church, I wouldn't know about all the service opportunities and volunteer opportunities. God tells us in the Bible to meet and congregate. He wants us to! Maybe we don't know we are doing wrong and we need guidance.

"The eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of you." Neither can a Christian claim to be self-sufficient today.

The New Testament is full of "one another" commands. We are to comfort one another (I Thessalonians 4:18), build up one another (I Thessalonians 5:11), confess our sins to one another (James 5:16), pray for one another (James 5:16), and many more. How can we obey these directives if we stay away from the gathering of believers?

Beautiful reply.

Whatever works FOR YOU!

[Scott & Lai 12]

Roman Catholic...but just want to add, that I find it much more dogmatic and money centred here, so I'm on a hiatus from going to mass whilst I'm here. I go in and light candles for family and friends that have passed away and say my own prayers...but am staying away from the organized aspect of my religion here

Remember that it isn't the priest or the other members of the parish that you are going to see on Sunday, it is that you are going to be with God. He is waiting for you. If there is termoil in your church or if you believe there is in the whole church, God still wants you to come, recieve grace and because of your feelings--could be trying to use you for a movement of change in the church.

If you aren't going to see the priest...why can't you speak to God from home? Why is the middle-man needed?

We do speak to God from home. Sunday services are providing something else. Number one, Christians need other Christians. We need support from each other. I Peter 4:10 commands us to use spiritual gifts to help each other. Number two, we don't know everything and we aren't perfect, but we are striving to live a better life. We can learn from our ministers and priests and from other Christians and we can be called to serve others. A Christian who answers only to himself can easily rationalize sinful attitudes or actions; regular contact with other Christians can keep us sharp. If I never went to church, I wouldn't know about all the service opportunities and volunteer opportunities. God tells us in the Bible to meet and congregate. He wants us to! Maybe we don't know we are doing wrong and we need guidance.

"The eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of you." Neither can a Christian claim to be self-sufficient today.

The New Testament is full of "one another" commands. We are to comfort one another (I Thessalonians 4:18), build up one another (I Thessalonians 5:11), confess our sins to one another (James 5:16), pray for one another (James 5:16), and many more. How can we obey these directives if we stay away from the gathering of believers?

Beautiful reply.

We can't claim to worship Jesus while at the same time avoiding His Body, i.e., the Church (not institutions, but the gathering of other believers). The New Testament knows nothing of "lone wolf" Christians so focused on God that they can't see their fellow believers. Worship in the Bible was always in community.

[Sister Fracas 5]

We can't claim to worship Jesus while at the same time avoiding His Body, i.e., the Church (not institutions, but the gathering of other believers). The New Testament knows nothing of "lone wolf" Christians so focused on God that they can't see their fellow believers. Worship in the Bible was always in community.

Like I said...whatever works for you...

[Scott & Lai 12]

We can't claim to worship Jesus while at the same time avoiding His Body, i.e., the Church (not institutions, but the gathering of other believers). The New Testament knows nothing of "lone wolf" Christians so focused on God that they can't see their fellow believers. Worship in the Bible was always in community.

Like I said...whatever works for you...

Well, you did ask why we couldn't just speak to God at home...ace13 and I simply answered based on what believe the One we worship told us in the Scriptures. If I didn't believe His Word, I wouldn't be worshiping Him at all, publicly or privately.