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Author Topic:   Encouragement From A Believers Perspective
ringo
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Message 16 of 37 (808264)
05-09-2017 1:03 PM
Reply to: Message 7 by Davidjay
05-09-2017 9:05 AM


Re: I think most fundamentalists have read a similar devotional.
Davidjay writes:
Actually the angels said it because they were awesome and scary in power, so that the viewers would settle down and listen to the message rather than fearing the messenger.
Worth quoting because you actually got it right for once.

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ringo
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From: frozen wasteland
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Message 19 of 37 (820482)
09-21-2017 11:59 AM
Reply to: Message 18 by Phat
09-21-2017 10:19 AM


Re: From "A Tension Of Faith"
Phat writes:
Tangle writes:
Relieving yourself from the obvious burden of your conflicting religious beliefs would do you a power of good.
Perhaps it did you a world of good, but not I.
You haven't relieved yourself of the burden yet.
Phat writes:
And nobody has to pray when their life suddenly becomes less content. We choose to pray.
No. "We" don't.

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