I really didn't think that faith healing was used, till I watched this documentry on American Chrisitianity.

I don't need spiritual healing. I'm fine as it is.

Everybody needs spiritual healing for something SO I salute your wish for healing and pray that you get what you need.

What is wrong with you?

What do you mean what is wroung with ME?????
Its been a hard frekin year.

peace.

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Originally posted by faerienite:

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I am also going to a Catholic retreat this weekend so I will hopefully be healed by God

What is wrong with you? Why is it that you feel the need to search for healing by God? If you don't mind my asking...

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I CANT WAIT UNTILL THIS WEEKEND

good bye every one

Nice to see you excited. I'm glad you feel better about your confusion about spirituality.

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Originally posted by ampmaster:
I could have used some of that spirtual healing when I went on my retreat last January, I was sick as a dog and in constant agony

o I'm so sorry

I could have used some of that spirtual healing when I went on my retreat last January, I was sick as a dog and in constant agony

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I am also going to a Catholic retreat this weekend so I will hopefully be healed by God

What is wrong with you? Why is it that you feel the need to search for healing by God? If you don't mind my asking...

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I CANT WAIT UNTILL THIS WEEKEND

good bye every one

Nice to see you excited. I'm glad you feel better about your confusion about spirituality.

Hey everyone I wrought that post up there

and yeah a lot of you have said some wounderful things and I thanck you for that.

I'm startiung to see that God has a purpose for me to be feeling like this only to make me stronger
and show me how strong I really am

for all of your that sugetsted help I am getting it and have been

I am also going to a Catholic retreat this weekend so I will hopefully be healed by God itrs going to be so EMotionall
but its so beutiful too to know that someone will always love me up there

and for those who dont belive I understand why you dont

keep on keeping on all.

dont give up sometimes things serprise you and you find answers you never thought you would

I CANT WAIT UNTILL THIS WEEKEND

good bye every one

I see this forum has tooken a differnt tunr
please stop arguning I probley wont be checking this one much anymore
thanx for all your help

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Well, if there is a God, I'm fairly sure he or she didn't intend for me to become a skeptic. But I'm happy (more or less) being a skeptic, so things could be said to have worked out for me, if that makes any sense.

Ok, well, EQB pretty much said what I would say. We all have free will. That is what God has intended. He wants everyone to be able to make their own choices and develop faith in their own time. God may have a will for you, but you still have a choice in what you want to follow. What priorities you have and what you find to be most important to your life. Faith in God is based entirely on your free will.

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Originally posted by clpo13:
Well, if there is a God, I'm fairly sure he or she didn't intend for me to become a skeptic. But I'm happy (more or less) being a skeptic, so things could be said to have worked out for me, if that makes any sense.

No, but He did intend you to have the free will that allowed you to become a skeptic. Plus, you are happy in your present state. God could very easily have made us all believers, but that would have been the epistemological equivalent of rape. And that is definitely not love.

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Originally posted by clpo13:
Well, if there is a God, I'm fairly sure he or she didn't intend for me to become a skeptic. But I'm happy (more or less) being a skeptic, so things could be said to have worked out for me, if that makes any sense.

No, but He did intend you to have the free will that allowed you to become a skeptic. Plus, you are happy in your present state. God could very easily have made us all believers, but that would have been the epistemological equivalent of rape. And that is definitely not love.

hey, so i obviously haven't been on here in a while, and so i don't really know whats going on anymore. Sorry about that. a lot of stuff just hit at one time,and i've not really had time for much of anything. sorry. but i just wanted to say that you guys should read some stuff by Josh McDowell.(evidence that demands a verdict, a ready defense, more than a carpenter, or just about anything else.) Or Francis Schaffer. (he is there and he is not silent is a favorite of mine, but really just about anything.)k, that's all.

Well, if there is a God, I'm fairly sure he or she didn't intend for me to become a skeptic. But I'm happy (more or less) being a skeptic, so things could be said to have worked out for me, if that makes any sense.

clpo ~ would you care to explain that one?

Things may always work out, but not always the way God intends, it would seem.

She speaks

Im sure that many people feel this at times. Just because things aren't going our way doesn't mean that God forgot about us. The plan we have for ourselves isn't as great as the one God has for us, so we hang strong, and keep praying. Even if we don't get what we want, pray for the strength to overcome it. I promise things always work out in the end. I've been through soo much stuff in my life and I always come out of it all, just fine and stronger than what I ever was before.

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Why don't these supposed "Christians" live in semi poverty?

They were called the Franciscans. People with exceptionally strong faith still do.

Thank you, Brehon, but it's of no avail as Hydrok doesn't "give a fuck" about his generalizations.

And they are indeed still called the Franciscans, the Benedictines, the Dominicans, the Augustinians, the Carmelites, etc. The Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Eastern Orthodox Churches still have mendicant religious orders, and they live not in semi-poverty but in true poverty. And we're not just talking about monastics who live in community but also the oblates and associates who commit themselves to the rules of life of these groups.

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Why don't these supposed "Christians" live in semi poverty?

They were called the Franciscans. People with exceptionally strong faith still do.

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Originally posted by bluegurl7:
Does any one feel like this somtimes?
I feel like God has forgotten me In have depression and I'm always sad why would he let this happen to me! I feel to forgotten by him because I like beg for him to make me happy and nothing its almost like he wants me to be sad whats does every one else think about that? If you dont belive God its ok..even Satan Belives in God

I don't want to judge you, because it's not my place. Have you ever thought that maybe you're making yourself depressed? I'm not saying that God/Jesus can't help you, because he openly offers you his help, comfort, and guidance. He's always there even if you feel like he's not. Then again, you're not going to go through life without problems, this isn't heaven. Get counseling. Get biblical counseling. If you go to church, let someone know about your condition so that you can have someone helping you. Sometimes God indirectly helps us through others.