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Bring a sense of calm and serenity to your backyard. This beautiful Blessed Mother Mary sculpture is just the right touch to your tranquil garden. It will make a lovely addition to any floral setting. The detail on this item is exquisite. Use it indoors or out.....whatever best suits your needs. Measures approx. 19-1/2 H. No assembly required. Made from painted resin.

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Dept. 56 Christmas in the City ST. MARY CHURCH Limited~" 799996. Limited Edition 6000. 7.25 x 8.5 x 11.25". . Each item comes mint in box

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A photograph of a depiction of the Crowning of Mary from a vintage stained glass window printed onto a ceramic tile and elegantly framed in wood. The dye-sublimation process used to print these images onto ceramic is especially good at capturing the richness and depth of colour of the original stained glass.

:  Frame is made from stained Cherrywood, There are two holes on the back of the frame for wall mounting. It can also be stood on a desk or tabletop using a small wooden peg which is included., The frame measures 6 x 6 x 0.5 and the tile is 4.25 x 4.25
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Everybody's favorite precocious sprite of a soprano comes out with her third album in Dream a Dream. It's only been two years since Charlotte Church's smash debut, Voice of an Angel, but that's a big chunk of the Welsh singer's life span so far. This latest is basically a Christmas album, so full of festive cheer you'd never guess it was recorded in the summer. Even the glummest of moods will disappear when you hear Charlotte's infectious take on chestnuts such as "Winter Wonderland" and "Little Drummer Boy" (and having the London Symphony Orchestra as your backup band doesn't hurt either). And on top of that is a really special treat: the title song (borrowing an unforgettable classical melody) which blends Church's soaring vocals with the tender voice of young country prodigy Billy Gilman. --Sarah Chin

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Atists:  Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square
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Director:  Tay Garnett
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(PRAISE FOR THE AGES contains 27 of the greatest songs ever perfomred at Thomas Road Baptist Church. It includes all the following inspirational selections: Out of His Great Love [The Old Time Gospel Hour Trio]; The Old Gospel Ship [The Sounds of Liberty]; I'm Getting Ready to Leave This World [The Old Time Gospel Hour Choir]; Solid Rock [The Old Time Gospel Hour Choir]; I Go to the Rock [The Old Time Gospel Hour Choir & Trio]; Great is Thy Faithfulness [Doug Oldham]; Unworthy [Bev Lowry]; How Great Thou Art [Kendra Cook & The Old Time Gospel Hour Choir]; There is Coming a Great Day [The Old Time Gospel Hour Choir]; Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee [The Old Time Gospel Hour Choir]; Great is the Lord [The Old Time Gospel Hour Choir]; Beyond What I Can See [The Sounds of Liberty]; Jesus is Worthy [The Sounds of Liberty]; His Name is Jesus [The Sounds of Liberty]; The Lord is My Light [Linwood Campbell & Gary Lowe]; Throw Out the Lifeline [The Old Time Gospel Hour Choir, Mary Elness & Robbie Hiner]; Let the Lower Lights Be Burning [Bev Lowry]; He Still Reigns [The Old Time Gospel Hour Choir]; If God Be For Us [The Old Time Gospel Hour Choir]; Who Am I [Kendra Cook]; Because He Lives [Doug Oldham & Robbie Hiner]; There Arose a Lamb in Jerusalem [The Old Time Gospel Hour Choir]; Cornerstone [Doug Oldham]; By His Stripes [The Old Time Gospel Hour Choir]; Who Will Call Him King of Kings? [Shari Falwell, The Old Time Gospel Hour Choir & The Sounds of Liberty]; You Will Never Walk Alone [Kendra Cook] & Be Strong and Take Courage [The Sounds of Liberty]. "Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely" (Psalm 147:1).

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Classic teen comedy mixes with cunning satire in Saved!. Fervent Christian Mary (Jena Malone, Donnie Darko) believes God wants her to save her gay boyfriend by sleeping with him. But he gets sent to an anti-gay indoctrination camp while she ends up pregnant--which starts to drive a wedge between Mary and her snotty best friend Hilary Faye (Mandy Moore, How to Deal). Meanwhile, they're both interested in the son (Patrick Fugit, Almost Famous) of their Christian school principal (Martin Donovan, Trust). Saved! respects faith but gleefully mocks the excesses and absurdities of contemporary organized religion, particularly its suburban, let's-speak-the-language-of-the-kids manifestations. The actors, including Macaulay Culkin (yes, from Home Alone) and Mary Louise Parker (Fried Green Tomatoes), play their parts with sincerity, which makes the fusion of humor and heart succeed. A delightful movie. --Bret Fetzer

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MARY CHURCH TERRELL (1863-1954) Mary Church Terrell, one of the early women of color engaged in lecturing and other activities for recognition of women and Negroes, was born in ... (more...)

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Mary Church Terrell (born September 23, 1863 in Memphis, Tennessee - July 24, 1954 in Annapolis, Maryland) was a writer and civil rights and women's rights activist. (more...)

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Mary Immaculate Catholic Church located at 14032 Dennis Lane in Farmers Branch or Dallas Texas 75234 (more...)

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Includes a welcome message, bulletin, mass schedule, staff, activities, and links. (more...)

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Church Of Mary's Nativity 46-02 Parsons Blvd Flushing, NY 11355 718-359-5996 Pastoral Staff Rev. James T. Rooney, Pastor Msgr. Edward J. Bottino, Pastor Emeritus (more...)

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Welcome, We hope you can join us on Sunday at St. Mary's. We believe that everyone who enters our doors is honored as a child of God. As Episcopalians, we promise to follow Jesus ... (more...)

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Details worship service times, staff directory, and ministries. (more...)

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Lancaster, Diocese of Harrisburg. Schedules, current events, parish programs. (more...)

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Now, I openly state I dont know much about Catholicism. I just want to learn. Im not trying to accuse. I was raised as Christian, not catholic. I dont understand how its okay for catholics to worship mary, arent we only suppose to worship god and jesus? i know mary was chosen by god, but she was a human. Also, from my point of view it seems like the statues in churches are worshiped. I dont remember which commandment number it is, but your not supposed to worship idols (stautes). last thing: the saints. There's patron saints for everything. for women, for animals , for fertility... doesnt that seem like greek mythology with all their different gods? just change the word God to Saint? But dont you pray to the saints for whatever? llike saying "saint ___ please keep my baby safe tonight" ? (more...)

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Gumby--DNA:??THats literal right?No way around it...did they or didnt they that was your question---that it wasnt stated---now here s the quotes again:Apostle Talmadge(considered greatest theologian in the church before McConkie,and BFRoberts)states.I quote: "Jesus Christ is the Son of Eloihim BOTH(my emphasis)as spiritual and bodily offspring;that is to say ,Eloihim is literally the Father of the spirit of Jesus Christ and also of the body in which Jesus Christ performed His mission in the flesh."James E:Talmadge,A Study of the Articles of Faith(SLC.CJCLDS.1977),page466 Second:Exra Taft Benson,The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson,(SLC:BOOKCRAFT,1988),page7 quoting: (There is)no question as to the paternity of Jesus Christ.God was the Father of Jesus'mortal tabernacle,and Mary,a mortal woman was His mother...The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints proclaims that Jesus Christ is the son of God in the most LITERAL SENSE(my emphasis).The body in which He performed His mission in the flesh was SIRED(my emphasis)by that same Holy Being we worship as God,our Eternal Father.Jesus was not the son of Joseph,nor was He begotten by him...He was the Only Begotten Son of our Heavenly Father in the FLESH-DNA:my emphasis)-the only child whose MORTAL body was begotten by our Heavenly Father."Now thats pretty clear- Now Gaia-diaLDS dont speculate about these things.They are sustained by the membership and when a prophet speaks the thinking has been done end quotes,(1945 Sunday School teachings).You have based your future on their doctrine whether you like it or not-its not speculation. (more...)

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We met a man named Peter at church and now he calls his friend Peter. He sort of looks like the man. I've sat him down and explained the difference between looks and names... but he still calls his friend Jacob, Peter. Jacob's mother has confronted me about this, she does NOT like this at all. Her ex's name was Peter, and now Jacob goes around saying his name is Peter. I've tried numerous times to stop this... but my son won't stop!! It seems like I've tried everything, even threatening to punish him if he calls Jacob by Peter again. He still did it, even when he was sent to bed straight after dinner along with no wii for the week!!! He didn't seem to mind. WHAT IS GOING ON? OH, and as if that wasn't enough he just recently (as of 2 hours ago) started calling our neighbor Susan, Mary. Again, Olivia sort of looks like his Aunt Mary... How can I get this to stop? (more...)

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Why are all us Catholics so in love with mary and all the saints? Let me Give you the answers and you can read and learn them. PLEASE DON'T DELETE. Deuteronomy 18:10-12 Genesis 3:15, 24:43-46 - Rebecca, 28:12 Jacob's Ladder, 30:13?, Exodus 3:11-12, 13:2, 13:14 (Magnificat), 15:20, 21, 26 (Magnificat), 25:8 Ark, 34:19-20 Leviticus 12:2, 8 Purification Numbers 18:15 Presentation Judges 6:12, 15 Annunciation 1 Samuel 2:1-10 (Magnificat) Isaiah 7:14 Virgin Birth Ezekiel 44:2 (Mary's perpetual Virginity) Mat, 1:16, 18-25 (Mary to be found with Child 2:11, 13-14, 20-23 Maji flight to Egypt 12:46-50 Who is my mother? 13:55 is his mother not Mary? Mark 3:31-35 Your mother is outside 6:3 is he not son of Mary? Luke 1:26-56 Annunciation, visitation magnificat 2:5-7, 16-19, 22, 33-35, 39, 41-51 Nativity, shepherds, presentation, finding in the temple 8:19-21 Your mother outside 11:27-28 Blessed is the womb that bore you Jn 1:14 incarnation 2:1-5 Cana 6:42 Do we not know his mother 19:25-27 Acts 1:14 Gathered in prayer with Mary Gal 4:4 God sent son born of woman Col 1:15, 18 first born, Head of body Rev 11:19 Ark in Heaven 12:1-17 Woman clothed with the sun to answer on why on saints and everything. It would be easy to conclude that this is the only way to use the word "saint." However, long before the time of Christ, King David used the term "saint" while speaking to his fellow Jews, "Love the Lord all you his saints" (Psalm 31:23 NRSV and NIV). The KJB has over 80 instances of the word "saint" in the Old Testament that don't refer to "living Christians"( i.e., 1 Sam.2, 2 Chr.6:41, Job.5:1, Prov.2:8, Dan.7:18, 21, Hos 11:12). Even Paul sometimes gives the word a distinct meaning: "believers and saints" (Acts 9:32 ), "to the saints and faithful brothers" (Col 1:2). 1 Timothy 2 does not say that God wants us only to communicate with Jesus. It says there is only one mediator between God and man, which is a different thing. The passage does not say we should be cautious of asking people to pray for us. It doesn't do anything of the sort. The chapter begins requiring intercessory prayer by 3rd parties, indicating that it actually helps bring people to salvation and knowledge of truth. Any mother who prays for her children knows that. In Hebrews 8:6, it says Jesus has obtained a more excellent ministry than any of the high priests. In 9:15 and 12:24 the passage goes on to say he is the mediator of a New Covenant, Catholics fully agree. We fully agree he is the mediator. We think Christians in heaven are a heck of a lot more aware of who Christ is than we are. The Bible says that he has helpers that participate in his ministry by his invitation. We believe he has invited Christians on both sides of heaven to do that. When a saint enters into the joy of their Master, they are "put in charge of many things" (Mat 25:21) I hear that a lot from Evangelicals. The Church doesn't think heaven is a "dead" place. Catholics believe people in heaven are alive. (Mat 19:29, 25:46, Mat 10:17-22, Mk 10:30, Lk 10:25-30, Lk 18:18-30, Jn 3:15-16). We see Lazarus alive by Abraham's side (Lk 16:22). And at the transfiguration we see Moses and Elijah alive beside Jesus. (Mat 17:3) There seems to be a lot of conversing in Heaven in Revelation (i.e. Rev 4:10). The Church thinks heaven is a lively place with lots of singing and stuff. Jesus opened the gates to Heaven. "Graves were opened." (Mat 27:52). Jesus said "Now he is a God not of the dead, but of the living; for to him all of them are alive." (Lk 20:39-40) In criticism of Catholics honouring of Saints, some Evangelicals point to Deuteronomy 18:10-12. The Catholic Church believes that Deuteronomy 18:10-12 speaks about the occult, soothsayers, sorcerers, spells, ghosts and spirits. It is not about heaven, angels and Jesus. Ghosts have not entered into heaven so it would displease God to talk with them. Also this passage occurs before Jesus conquered death and so no one was in heaven. Samuel was in the ground (1 Sam 28:8-25). They were all in Sheol (dead) so the passage makes sense. Leave them in peace. I have had experiences with spirits that are not in heaven before I became a Christian and it is not pretty! (See the "New Age" section for more on that) Scripture says we were "all baptized into one body" (1 Corinthians 12:13). Christians are one body which is not divided by death or anything else (Rom 8:38-39). Christians in heaven are still members of that body of Christ? We are invited to honor the "heroes" of the faith (Heb 6:12, 11:1-40, Jas 5:10-11). I honour those heroes and I feel a unity with them. My friend Jeff Haydt, explains why some saints would have a particular ministry in heaven. (i.e., healer of the sick) Some people have been gifted with specific spiritual charisms, (i.e., healing - 1 Co 12:9). These charisms are a gift from God and used during the person's lifetime on earth. The Lord's prayer says "On my source for all this information. http://www.davidmacd.com/catholic/saints.htm These charisms are a gift from God and used during the person's lifetime on earth. The Lord's prayer says "On earth as it is in heaven" (Mat 6:9) So it makes sense that they would have these same gifts in heaven. A Christian who was a lawyer on earth might pray for lawyers when he gets to heaven. And God would probably be glad to ask him to do that. Some Evangelical think that the Catholic Church is saying that Jesus needs saints to do his work for him. They wonder if we are saying that Jesus is inadequate to do the job himself. He [Jesus] has been, He is, and He always will be complete on His own. Absolutely. God is complete. It is not out of Jesus' incompleteness that he has called angels and saints to join him in ministry. It is not because he is not strong enough and needs help. He could easily snap his fingers and the entire population of the world would suddenly see God and know He exists. He does not need Mary, angels, or saints. Nor does he need you or me. It is not out of his incompleteness that he has invited Mary, the angels, the saints and you and me to join in his ministry. It is out of his overabundance of Graces. Catholics think it is because of his generosity, his desire to share his graces, his overflowing goodness, and his great Love for us that he asks people to help him. The Psalmist said "my cup overflows" (Ps 23). That is what God is. He is overflowing with graces that he shares with his angels and all his children. If he loves you and me so much as to invite us to join in his ministry, I don't think it is hard to imagine that he would invite his disciples who are in heaven to join in his ministry. I think the fact that all Christians agree that angels are helping us shows that we understand that Jesus invites helpers in heaven to join him, Catholics believe those helpers include faithful Christians who are in heaven. Catholic vs. the Evangelical approach to relationship with Jesus Scenario 1: If someone falls in love and they say: I love you so much. I love you so much that I want to spend all my time with you. I never want to talk to your mother. I never want to see your family or friends. I want you to banish them when they come around, I just want to spend my whole life with you and love you. That's how I understand the Evangelical take on a relationship to Jesus. Scenario 2: On the other hand he could say: I love you so much. I love you so much that I want to spend my time with you. Your mom is welcome to visit our home. Your family is my family, your friends are my friends. The people you love, I will love. We are one flesh and I welcome everyone you welcome. I think the second one sounds like a more authentic love. I think this is the Catholic approach to a relationship with Jesus. Doesn't Revelation say not to bow in worship to Angels?: Then I fell at the angel's feet to worship the angel, he said ""You must not do that! [worship me] I am a fellow servant with you and your comrades the prophets, ...(Rev 19:10) This person was suggesting that it is unscriptural to communicate with anyone in Heaven except Jesus. Let us examine the relationship between John and the angel. The angel was his "fellow servant." The angel was sent by God to give a critical message to John and all Christians: "Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book." The angel told John to write down what the angel showed him. The result was the Book of Revelation, the Bible, the word of God. Yes, given through an angel. Revelation opens with this verse... 1:1 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place; he made it known by sending his angel to his servant John... God used an angel, and did not do it himself? The angel didn't say "hey, don't talk to me, talk to God alone." I suggest that God uses servants. They are servants who know a lot more than us humans on earth. This takes nothing away from God. It simply reflects the overabundance of his grace. I suggest that the communication John had with the angel was what we may call "prayer." The passage supports the catholic viewpoint on the role of heavenly servants rather than the contrary position held by some non-denominationalists. John's communication with his "fellow servant" the angel did not mean that they were peers. In an army, a "private" is not a peer with a "corporal" even though the corporal is a "fellow soldier." There is a hierarchy in the military and also in heaven. (archangels, angels, seraphim, cherubim, etc) And at the bottom of this hierarchy are us lowly fellow servants on earth. Most evangelical theologians readily preach this hierarchy in heaven and we Catholics think there is nothing whatever unscriptural about communicating with heavenly creatures. Apparently, John, Mary, Zachariah and a ton of other holy servants had no problem with it either. The Bible says so. God commissioned us to fight the spiritual battle on earth. Catholics don't think he'll decommission us when we get to heaven. What about Catholics who pray to the Saints? Many Evangelicals think the word "pray" means "worship." So it makes sense that they think Catholics who "pray" to the Saints actually "worship" them. Let's look up the word "pray" in the dictionary. Here is what Webster's says about the word pray: (1) To utter petition to God ... (2) To make a fervent request: PLEAD (3) To beseech: implore (4) to make a devout or earnest request for. The first thing to notice is that the word "worship" is not included in the definition of "pray." It does not mean "worship." The English language is often limited in that we often have to use the same word to say different things. There are several meanings of the word "pray." When Catholics pray to God they "utter a petition to God." When they pray to the Saints they are making a "devout or earnest request for" prayers from Mary or the saints. In mediaeval times when a royal court official was asking something of a person who outranked him, he would say "I pray thee your majesty." You have to say that in an English accent to get the full effect :-) The person was simply making a request in a polite manner. Two Judgments For those Evangelicals who understand their teachings about the "Great White Seat of Christ", the "Judgment Seat of Christ" and God's judgment of sin at the Cross, this could be helpful. Some Evangelicals are nervous about asking Christians in heaven to pray for us because they think the final judgment hasn't occurred yet. The Evangelist, Calvin held that the final destiny is not decided until the last day of history. (Inst. III, 25) Catholics believe that there will be a final "general" judgment at the end of history but that there is a "particular" judgment at the time of death: that immediately after death, the eternal destiny of each separated soul is decided by the just judgment of God. Then at the end of the ages there will be a "general judgment" when the deeds of all will be known by all and nothing will be hidden. (Mk 12:38-40, Lk 12:1-3, Jn 2:20-21, Rom 2:16, 1 Cor 4:5) There is a song that is a "Top 10" Christian hit by Evangelical singer Chris Rice. It says "I just want to be with you [God], I want this waiting to be over." Catholics say "Amen" to that. At every Evangelical funeral I've attended, I hear people saying "He is with the Lord now." They are confident the person is in heaven. So these good Evangelicals are saying that Judgment has occurred. These Evangelicals are agreeing with Catholics that there must be two judgments. Christ is the Centre The Catholic Church is clear about the centrality of Jesus. There is no other way of Christian prayer than Christ. Whether our prayer is communal or personal, vocal or interior, it has access to the Father only if we pray "in the name" of Jesus... to invoke him (Catechism 2665-2666) The Saints are simply "alumni" who are there to help Jesus in the same way the angels help. Pope John Paul II wrote in his Message to World Youth day 2000 the following: "The Cross, which seems to rise up from the earth, in actual fact reaches down from heaven, enfolding the universe in a divine embrace. The Cross reveals itself to be the centre, meaning and goal of all history and every human life." Lord, let your wish of unity for Christians become a reality, in your way we have absolute confidence that you can bring your people together we give you absolute permission to move Amen (more...)

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The head priest at a certain church was out for the day, so he asked the deacon to do confession for him. The deacon agrees, and the first person that comes says, "Forgive me, for I just gave a guy a blow job." He says, "You have sinned." Then he looks at the sheet on the wall that had punishments for certain sins on it, but blow job was not on there, so he went out to ask one of the altar boys what he usually gives for a blow job. The altar boy answered, "Oh, about five dollars." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A married man goes to confessional and says to the priest, "Father, I had an affair with a woman... almost." "What do you mean almost?" question the priest. "Well, we got undressed and rubbed together, but then I stopped." "Rubbing together is the same as putting it in," explains the priest. "You're not to go near that woman again. Now, say five Hail Mary's and put $50 in the poor box." The man leaves confessional, says his prayers, and then walks over to the poor box. He pauses for a moment and then decides to leave. The priest quickly runs over to the man and exclaims, "I saw that... you didn't put any money in the poor box!" "Well Father, I rubbed up against it and, like you said, it's the same as putting it in!" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A drunk man who smelled like beer sat down on a subway seat next to a priest. The man's tie was stained, his face was plastered with red lipstick, and a half empty bottle of gin was sticking out of his torn coat pocket. He opened his newspaper and began reading. After a few minutes the man turned to the priest and asked," Say, Father, what causes arthritis?" "My Son, it's caused by loose living, being with cheap, wicked women, too much alcohol, a contempt for your fellow man, sleeping around with prostitutes and lack of bath." "Well, I'll be damned," the drunk muttered, returning to his paper. The priest, thinking about what he had said, nudged the man and apologized. "I'm very sorry. I didn't mean to come on so strong. How long have you had arthritis?" "I don't have it, Father. I was just reading here that the Pope does." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Is God Real? An atheist professor was teaching a college class at Alabama and he told the class that he was going to prove that there is no God. He said, "God, if you are real, then I want you to knock me off this platform. I'll give you 15 minutes!" Ten minutes went by. He kept taunting God, saying, "Here I am, God. I'm still waiting." He got down to the last couple of minutes and a big 240 pound football player in the class walked up to the professor, hit him full force in the face, and sent him flying from his platform. The professor struggled up, obviously shaken and yelled, "What's the matter with you? Why did you do that?" The football player replied, "GOD WAS BUSY; HE SENT ME!" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There was a Minister whose wife was expecting a baby. The Minister went to the congregation and asked for a raise. After much consideration and discussion, they passed a rule that when the Minister's family expanded, so would his pay check. After five or six children, this started to get expensive. The congregation decided to hold a meeting again to discuss the Minister's pay situation. You can imagine there was much yelling and bickering. Finally, the Minister got up and spoke to the crowd, "Having children is an act of God!" In the back of the room, a little old man with a full beard stood up, and in his frail voice said... "Snow and Rain are also 'acts of God', but when we get too much, we wear rubbers!" i'm glad i cheered you up tanya... =] (more...)

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Ok, what if the God really is ok with homosexuality? Perhaps there was some misunderstanding when the Bible was written, after all, it WAS written by humans, wasn't it? And humans aren't perfect, we make mistakes. And maybe, the Lord is trying to show that He cares just as much about the people from the LGBT section, as He does the R&S section by (with lack of a better word) "making" or "continuing" homosexuality? Because the Lord makes us all from the beginning, He knows exactly how our lives will be when He creates us, if I'm not mistaken, because I'm sure I've heard or read that somewhere. What if God is trying to show us that it doesn't matter whether you are gay, lesbian, transgendered, straight, or whatever. He creates us all and makes us the way we are, and God doesn't make mistakes, so explain that to me? If God doesn't make mistakes, then why are there people that are gay, or people that crossdress? I've been thinking about all of this a lot lately, because I'm a Christian, and I go to Church most of the time, I have even recently started serving in the Church through being a Deacon, but I like to crossdress, and I'm not sure about my sexuality, or if I am even happy being a guy. I'm not claiming to have had visions or anything like Mary and Joesph did, and I'm not claiming to be a prophet, I'm not even really interested in studying religion or anything in college, but I just think people should be more accepting of others, and I think the Lord creates people all equally, and that He loves everyone just the same. So what are your opinions on this? Do you agree or disagree? If you disagree, please don't just call me an idiot, and leave, give me a reason, but not just the classic stuff, like "Idc, you're going to Hell!" Because only the Lord should judge, right? You're only human, just like me, and just like all of the other people on this Earth, but by being human, you should have the brain capacity to come up with an actual, quality, answer. So what do you think? Thanks for taking the time to this. Buddy R- I like how you went in to your answer, if you didn't just copy and paste, but you kind of go around one of the points I made? That the Bible was 'written' by man-kind, and that man-kind makes mistakes, that they interpet what they want, and who knows, maybe whoever wrote, edited, or could've altered 'anything' in the Bible had a grudge against someone who was gay? Maybe it was some way to make them pay? But obviously, neither of us can really know for sure at the moment, with the knowledge we have. Texasdolly- Pretty much what I just said to Buddy, and your last couple of sentences didn't make much sense, like you're saying liars(in the Bible, probably someone who steals, lies on oath of the Bible like in court nowadays, or some other worse sense of lying then, "I didn't knock over the lamp!") are better than people who are gay, who are probably honest as well. Vanessa- Looks like you got what you wanted, lol. Denver Noe- True. Ran out of room, I?m posting more. Esther- Care to post any verses verifying that? Or chapters at least? Xenypoo- *Sighs* Did you not read the ending of my question? I was trying to say be original, or don't post, all you pretty much say is, "Ditto to Buddy, and homosexuality is an abominiation!" No verses, no chapters, nothing. Mythos- Ditto what I said to Xenypoo... Crystal3K- Thats a good point, at the end it sort of matches up with what I said, that we as humans shouldn't judge, but God should and will when the time comes. I'll try to respond to more answers later, enjoy these, lol. And thanks to those LGBT who came out and supported me so far. Ok, back. Mr. 'My Mother.'(Odd name, but ok)- Not much in the way of substance, huh? Is that all you have to argue your case with? Just a tad of imagination in your answer? And how do you explain homosexual 'attractions' aren't sinful, but they lead to sinful 'acts'? Can you please explain better, but write Edit to make sure I see it. Tuberoot- Good answer, but not much for 'me' to say about it. David H- That's something R&S could learn from(at least some answerers from there) Even if you don't like homosexuality, is it really your bussiness what 'other' people do with their lives? Ryan H- Addiction to sin? You're saying that we are addicted to sin, in the same way smokers are addicted to nicotine, and kids can be addicted to chocolate? Everyone 'knows' sin is wrong, so how can we be addicted? Posting more in a second, ran out of room once again. Probably a couple of more posts in all. Wildchild 16- He doesn't like homosexual acts? You mean he doesn't like two guys doing it together? That could be another possibility, maybe God is okay with two guys being in love, but that He isn't okay with two guys having sex, same with girls, too. Interesting thought. Yesmar- You say that the Bible is not messed up or full of mistakes. Can you please explain how you acquired this all knowing knowledge that only God has? How could you 'possibly' know if someone altered the Bible to their liking? Its impossible for us as humans to know, only God knows. S.Jesus Reality- You have some good points, too, and I agree about Buddy, btw...But not my place to judge others obviously. M. D.- Why 'do' people kill and rape? I don't know any more than you, greed possibly, how about envy? Hey, aren't those two of the seven deadly sins right there? But I'm pretty sure that it was a pope or someone that said those, not the Bible. Chadocat- Mostly yours is what others have said, but I do have a comment about your ending. You say that satan's trick is "okay to be gay", could it not just as easily be, "wrong to be gay"? What I'm saying is, what if satan influenced someone who had access to altering the Bible, and changed it? What if? Ruby- Thanks for the support, although I personally am not gay(though not 100% sure yet), and I know how you feel about the people here that act like they do. They annoy me too. Monica M- Although I may not agree 100% with what you say, at least you gave a thought out answer unlike others, and you make some interesting points as well. Ah CutiePie, for some reason I felt compelled to talk to you a lot, so I can't fit it all in 1000 characters, but I can't really shorten it either, so here goes. I agreed some of what you said, but a guy and guy can't reproduce, so how could man-kind of grown and challenged each other mentally without both a boy and girl? And yes, God didn't make 2 boys and 2 girls, but what does that really prove? If those guys had been gay, they wouldn't be interested in the girls now would they? One of yours I believe said 2 guys can't make a baby, well duh, I learned that in elementary/middle school! I think most people did! But that's why God created us both, as equals because we both play an important role in that process. And how could God have shown with Jesus' birth that he approved of both gays and straights at the same time? He could either give Jesus to us through Mary and Joesph, or he could give Him to us through two guys, which one is going to connect with more people? More ppl r strait. Last post this time, don't worry. So thanks for the quality answers, people(at least most or a lot of you), once again, I'm just merely stating my opinions, I am human, too, so how could I know any more than you? I just thought I would bring these options into the light as well. Thanks again. (more...)

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1. Who is God? 2. Who is Jesus? 3. How many sacraments does your church have? Name them. 4. Does your church believe in infant Baptism? Why or why not? 5. Explain what happens at the Lord's Supper. 6. What are the positions of clergy and religious in your Church (i.e. deacons, priests, bishops, elders, nuns, monks)? Are there any female clergy? 7. What does your Church believe about the Virgin Mary? Please explain. 8. What does your Church believe about the Communion of Saints? 9. How do people get to Heaven? 10. What does your Church believe about Purgatory? 11. Name some well-known people for your Church, past and present. 12. Is there anything else you want to tell us about your Church? Please answer these questions, I really want to know about everything I just asked. It doesn't matter what type of Baptist, I'm not picky. Thanks guys, you all helped a lot. (more...)

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the worst nightmare ive ever had... was 2 nights ago, i was in a stone castle and i had a feeling that someone was following me, i turned aroud and a statue of the virgin mary pushed me out the window and as i was about to hit the ground i woke up in a cold sweat, then the night after this dream,i dreamt that i was lyng on the pavement watching as the stone castle went up in flames and the virgin mary stood at the window and waved at me untill she crumble with the building it as soo scary and im not even that religous, alot of my family are though :S it freaked me out, i WONT be able to go in2 the church for weeks (more...)

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I already asked this question before, and the guy who responded seemed right, but I need more answers... There's something more to this dream and I truly believe it has something to do with religion... The other response I recieved seemed right, but I just want to hear from other people. This is a really serious question and I can't seem to forget this dream... here it goes: I was at my church and there were several animals and a mary-go-round in the parking lot. A hippo and some other strange animal (too weird to explain), but that was nothing... In the center near the church entrence, I saw my older sister, but she was young and looked to be in her Elementary year. I quickly went up to her since she was next to this huge tiger... This wasn't a normal tiger. It was alot larger and didn't kind of looked real from the face. Before I could stop her, she took off two or three mouth piece off the tiger. One was a rope tied around it's jaws over and over the mouth and I think there was another one, and finally there was a strong rope like mouth piece making sure the tiger jaws stayed shut no matter what with a lease tied on it. The tiger had a huge grin or pure hunger and hate. It looked sort of cartoon/real with razor sharp teeth. It smiled at me in an evil way and fear struck me like a knife. Before I could even think, I ran into the entrence and yelled at my sister to run into the entrence also. The tiger was chasing her but she made it on time, and I slammed the door right when she came in with the tiger hot on her tail. I ran into the main chapel right when the adults were ending service and went into the "technological place where they raise the pastors mic when he talks or turns on the projector...???" (I don't know what the room is called.), but it wasn't that room at all. When I ran into that narrow room. I saw stairs leading upwards. It had sort of a bluish light in the atomosphere and it got whiter looking up. It reminded me of a catacomb tunnel stairway. I didn't go up, but waited at the door calling out for my sister to come quickly, but I noticed she was nowhere to be seen. Then I heard alot of commotion, and many people panicing. Only three second or so passed and it became gastly quiet. I was afraid that my sister had been already eaten by that tiger. I plucked up my courage and went back out. I went outside the church only to find that everyone was pulling on the rope/ lease that the tiger had got out of. It was the mouth gear...It looked like a tug or war battle and the harder you pulled, the tighter the strap around the mouth of the tiger got. It was a equal match, and my sister was there pulling also. I walked to the front of the rope and helped pull. I knew the tiger had lost and it seemed that the tiger knew also. I pretter sure this dream has to mean something. can someone try to explain? I think it's religious... No, I'm 100% positive this isn't some random crap. I dream alot, but this dream is killing me inside. I just feel it's really really important. I can't stop thinking about it and I'm thinkinig about asking my pastor about this, but I'm still not sure. Anyone else have any idea what this could mean. My sister and I had our fights when we were young, but that was the past and it's nothing. There's something really deep about this dream and I know it's important. (more...)

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