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Why must we believe *before* we die?

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tsig
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10-02-2005 4:39 PM 		Reply to: Message 35 by iano
09-29-2005 9:44 AM

going to hell
Which is kind of why I write what I do...even if I'm not going there. I wouldn't wish it on worst enemy (if I had one)
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Never met anyone who believed in hell who thought they were going to go there, it must be comforting to see your enemies suffer.
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10-02-2005 5:17 PM 		Reply to: Message 71 by iano
09-30-2005 6:05 AM

Re: Canceling
Mother Theresa, Hilter, you, me. All steeped in the filth and dirt of sin. There was only one born and who remained sinless. Only one who was considered a suitable sacrifice on which to lay sin. But death couldn't hold Jesus - which is why he rose from death.
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When he rose from the death did it cancel your salvation?
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10-02-2005 5:28 PM 		Reply to: Message 79 by Faith
09-30-2005 6:58 AM

Re: death makes strange bedfellows
Love God. Be immensely happy.
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No Faith, I think you'll be joining me and Crashfrog as we plot the revolution. We'll be on the first beer fountain.
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10-02-2005 5:42 PM 		Reply to: Message 98 by Legend
09-30-2005 11:42 AM

can't cut it
I, for one, think iano put it quite beautifully there. This is what Christianity (and most religions) are all about: *Desperation*. The vast majority of born again Christians I know, converted during a serious personal crisis: serious illness, bereavement, bankruptcy, etc. When they couldn't rely on themselves or others any longer they turned to the last desperate recourse, God.
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So we only find god when we can't cut it, sorry been there got no answer.
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