Topic: Don't wait till the last second
Abracadabra's photo
Thu 01/17/08 11:50 AM
{{{Jesus still loves you

whether you acknowledge Him or not }}}

please lighten up Abra ~


I thought my responses were light-hearted. :wink:

I know Jesus loves me, and I love him too (if indeed he did exist). That’s a given. So I do acknowledge him (if indeed he did exist). I just don’t acknowledge that he was the sole incarnation of the God of Abraham. Nor would I accept his offer to be nailed to a cross for my sake (whether he was God or not).

This may not make any sense to you, but it makes perfect sense to God. bigsmile

Rapunzel's photo
Thu 01/17/08 12:48 PM
Edited by Rapunzel on Thu 01/17/08 12:50 PM
i don't know why you feel the way you do...

i don't know what persistent need you have,
that drives you to get on all the Christian threads
and to denounce Christ as Lord
as loudly and as often as you do ~

it has puzzled me and i have lots of compassion for you
i have no idea why you are like that,
except that i see that it just is so strong in you ...

i cannot help but wonder what happened to you all these years as to make you so vehemently against Christianity ~

and I care about you because of all these months i have seen you in such utter turmoil ~ great inner pain and suffering
even though you oftentimes try to project strength and self assuredness ...I can read between the lines very well...


call it a spiritual intuition ~ a compassion & understanding unexplainable by the very limited human mortal thought processes





:heart: flowerforyou drinker smokin happy smokin drinker flowerforyou :heart:

tomie's photo
Thu 01/17/08 12:58 PM
Klaugh laugh L Post Rapunzel...and great observation on abra.
:tongue:

Rapunzel's photo
Thu 01/17/08 02:15 PM
Edited by Rapunzel on Thu 01/17/08 02:18 PM

Klaugh laugh L Post Rapunzel...and great observation on abra.
:tongue:



Hi Tomie....thank you for your reply ...

i don't know what the beginning part of your message means

K laugh laugh L Sorry, I can't decipher


I appreciate someone else's observation besides my own...

Abra has been on my heart and mind for some time now,
and when i think of deactivating sometimes,
i think of people like Abra and i so want
to be able to reach them with the Light of God
that is within me ~
& i want that amazing peace and blessed assurance
to dwell within him ~ and others ~ as well~

and if he chooses to reject it,
then that is his own free will and choice ~

but i will not be easily discouraged
and i believe that my prayers will be answered ...
i have searched far and wide for the truth...

it isn't like i was raised a Christian
and have allowed myself to have been blindly
led about without checking out
a lot of different beliefs and lifestyles

and while there is so much truth to be learned out there , still
there is something very mysterious and amazingly
extraordinary about Our Lord Jesus the Christ



Rapunzel's photo
Thu 01/17/08 02:20 PM
this was a message i just posted yesterday


~ Dear Friends I've met here
~ and all my acquaintances , too ~
~ and to those whom I haven't met yet ~
~ here at Just Say Hi...


To all of those who share my spiritual beliefs
and to those who don't ~ I love you ~


I would just love it
if you all would please listen to
& watch the following u tube video
i just happened to find...




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZVNOGtEINw

also :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7IUKyDkDig&feature=related






i do not follow the news daily,
so i just found out
of Evel Knieval's passing into eternity
and i found this video of him ~
i feel soo very inspired to pass it along...
so ,

please i ask all of you , ~
whoever you are out there
in this big beautiful world ...

hear the wisdom and words of a very mighty man
who was getting ready to pass into eternity

and hear what he had to share with all of us,
if you have not already ~
and if you have,
it is definitely
worth hearing again and again and again...

Love & Light ~ hugs ~ blessings ~ & prayers







Abracadabra's photo
Thu 01/17/08 02:42 PM
i cannot help but wonder what happened to you all these years as to make you so vehemently against Christianity ~


Christianity is a very negative picture of God and humanity.

It has nothing to do with me personally.

and I care about you because of all these months i have seen you in such utter turmoil ~ great inner pain and suffering


I’m simply saying that Christianity is mythology just like Greek mythology. It’s an intellectual observation. My purpose is to help educated humanity. Nothing more, nothing less.

Your suggestion that I’m in some kind of turmoil is your own unwarranted delusion and certainly has no substance in reality.

I can appreciate your misguided notion that people need to be ‘saved’. But I can assure you that any efforts to save me are entirely wasted as no one could be closer to God than I already am. flowerforyou

tomie's photo
Thu 01/17/08 03:36 PM
Hey Rapunzel,
Let me explain the first half...KOOL or Cool thus Klaugh laugh l using the laugh icons as "O"'s lol.
I'm saddened by the thought you're thinking about canceling your existance here. You've been such a blessing for all of us here, let me encourage you to stay on. Your prayers for others who seem to be negative on Christianity are also negative in life in gerneral. They make their claims to be heard of the hurt they are experiencing. So, your prayers are more than simply apprecitated. Please reconsider & may the peace of GOD always be with you no matter what your decision is.
T:tongue: mie

Rapunzel's photo
Thu 01/17/08 03:52 PM

i cannot help but wonder what happened to you all these years as to make you so vehemently against Christianity ~


Christianity is a very negative picture of God and humanity.

It has nothing to do with me personally.

and I care about you because of all these months i have seen you in such utter turmoil ~ great inner pain and suffering


I’m simply saying that Christianity is mythology just like Greek mythology. It’s an intellectual observation. My purpose is to help educated humanity. Nothing more, nothing less.

Your suggestion that I’m in some kind of turmoil is your own unwarranted delusion and certainly has no substance in reality.

I can appreciate your misguided notion that people need to be ‘saved’. But I can assure you that any efforts to save me are entirely wasted as no one could be closer to God than I already am. flowerforyou




all of your attempts at criticizing me are to no avail flowerforyou

and i can assure you
that my observations are hardly delusional happy

and my efforts and prayers
are not wasted in the least ~ flowerforyou

i believe so strongly Abra that if you were so happy and so free ~ and so secure in your existence & your convictions ~ Abra ~ truly ~ ohwell
it would not even matter to you ~ one smidgeon ~
what any one of us who profess Christianity says or does ~ thinks or doesn't think flowerforyou




Rapunzel's photo
Thu 01/17/08 03:56 PM
Edited by Rapunzel on Thu 01/17/08 03:58 PM

Hey Rapunzel,
Let me explain the first half...KOOL or Cool thus Klaugh laugh l using the laugh icons as "O"'s lol.
I'm saddened by the thought you're thinking about canceling your existance here. You've been such a blessing for all of us here, let me encourage you to stay on. Your prayers for others who seem to be negative on Christianity are also negative in life in gerneral. They make their claims to be heard of the hurt they are experiencing. So, your prayers are more than simply apprecitated. Please reconsider & may the peace of GOD always be with you no matter what your decision is.
T:tongue: mie



It is messages & compliments and observations
like this
that are encouraging and uplifting

and i really appreciate you Tomie....

your positive presence
and the Spirit of God in which you speak

thank you so much ...flowerforyou drinker flowerforyou



time to go bike riding drinker


see y'all later flowerforyou


abra.....drinker did you watch that video ???? flowerforyou

please pretty please drinker watch it happy

Onomar21's photo
Thu 01/17/08 03:58 PM
oh my, that was hillarious

feralcatlady's photo
Thu 01/17/08 04:05 PM
Edited by feralcatlady on Thu 01/17/08 04:06 PM
Very funny......and I got the meaning.....unlike some

laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh


Hey abra question for you?

If you believe in God.......

And you believe in Christ.....


Then I don't see any difference in us? Do you?

Rapunzel's photo
Thu 01/17/08 04:08 PM
hi my sister ...flowerforyou :heart: flowerforyou

i was wondering who would cruise in here drinker bigsmile drinker




Rapunzel's photo
Thu 01/17/08 04:19 PM
Edited by Rapunzel on Thu 01/17/08 04:19 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZVNOGtEINw

also :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7IUKyDkDig&feature=related



drinker these two videos are so awesome drinker

flowerforyou watch them & listen to what is being said flowerforyou



~ flowerforyou drinker please drinker flowerforyou

Abracadabra's photo
Thu 01/17/08 04:25 PM
i believe so strongly Abra that if you were so happy and so free ~ and so secure in your existence & your convictions ~ Abra ~ truly ~
it would not even matter to you ~ one smidgeon ~
what any one of us who profess Christianity says or does ~ thinks or doesn't think


Do you think that just because I’m happy I should be content to sit back and watch cancer consume others?

To me, Christianity is cancer of the spirit. It’s seriously harmful and detrimental to humanity in general.

It has a terrible historical record of driving mankind in the wrong directions.

Do you realize that it was Christians who came to America and ran the natives here off their land calling them savages?

Do you realize that it was Christians who went to church to be saved by Jesus whilst their African slaves picked cotton in their field.

Yes, Christianity, the supposedly ‘godly’ religion.

It’s bigotry gone wild, is what it is. Someday humanity will finally be rid of this terrible spiritual disease.

Abracadabra's photo
Thu 01/17/08 04:28 PM

Hey abra question for you?

If you believe in God.......

And you believe in Christ.....


Then I don't see any difference in us? Do you?


No, there probably isn't much difference on a personal level.

The only difference between us is that I denounce an organized religion that I believe has become very anti-Christ-like and you support it.

Other than that, we are probably both very nice individuals. bigsmile

feralcatlady's photo
Thu 01/17/08 04:31 PM
Edited by feralcatlady on Thu 01/17/08 04:32 PM


Hey abra question for you?

If you believe in God.......

And you believe in Christ.....


Then I don't see any difference in us? Do you?


No, there probably isn't much difference on a personal level.

The only difference between us is that I denounce an organized religion that I believe has become very anti-Christ-like and you support it.

Other than that, we are probably both very nice individuals. bigsmile



Havn't I always said I don't care what religion you are...If you believe in God, And Christ as his son.....then all good with me.........

and will think about the nice abra :wink:

I think also abra that your always preaching to people to open their mind and look at other possibilities...but have you ever thought that maybe that is the case....and people are now living what they believe after their great search.

Abracadabra's photo
Thu 01/17/08 04:46 PM
I don’t preach to anyone. I just offer my views for whatever they're worth.

People can take them however they like. flowerforyou

Rapunzel's photo
Thu 01/17/08 06:19 PM
Edited by Rapunzel on Thu 01/17/08 06:23 PM

i believe so strongly Abra that if you were so happy and so free ~ and so secure in your existence & your convictions ~ Abra ~ truly ~
it would not even matter to you ~ one smidgeon ~
what any one of us who profess Christianity says or does ~ thinks or doesn't think


Do you think that just because I’m happy I should be content to sit back and watch cancer consume others?

To me, Christianity is cancer of the spirit. It’s seriously harmful and detrimental to humanity in general.

It has a terrible historical record of driving mankind in the wrong directions.

Do you realize that it was Christians who came to America and ran the natives here off their land calling them savages?

Do you realize that it was Christians who went to church to be saved by Jesus whilst their African slaves picked cotton in their field.

Yes, Christianity, the supposedly ‘godly’ religion.

It’s bigotry gone wild, is what it is. Someday humanity will finally be rid of this terrible spiritual disease.






until the Lord returns,

there will always be people who misuse the name of Christ

that does not mean that He is any less important or magnificent


{{{ you are so hung up on what people have done
by misappropriating the Name & Power of Jesus
that you fail to see Jesus for who He really is }}}


and no matter what anyone says....drinker
&
no matter how you hate to hear it :smile:



The Birth ~ Life ~ Death and Resurrection of Jesus the Christ

has had the most monumental significance in all of history flowerforyou

anoasis's photo
Thu 01/17/08 06:52 PM
I thought the story was sort of funny...

I'm a bit surprised that the Christians like it though- it's actually quite critical of christians IMO. Christians have literally killed and metaphorically "eaten" cultures whose individuals didn't agree with or convert to their beliefs.

ACtually, if I think about it too much I don't like the story because I really dislike when one religion is so intolerent of others beliefs.

Then again maybe I should just lighten up and laugh at the praying bear?



Dragoness's photo
Thu 01/17/08 06:57 PM

"Lord bless this food, which I am about to receive from thy bounty through Christ our Lord, Amen."


Yep, that sounds like a typical Christian alright. laugh

Praise the Lord and eat thy neighbor!

~~~

Go ahead and eat your neighbor,
Go ahead and eat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgment day,
On the bloody morning after....
One full grizzly walks away.



Very truelaugh