Posted on 12/24/2012 7:03:35 PM PST by Frank Broom
What power, exactly, am I missing by not being one of his people? The power of self-delusion? I could be wrong, but what do you expect from an agnostic? God exists or God doesn’t exist. Proponents of either position are unable to PROVE their points, hence my skepticism...in spite of years of Catholic training.
I don’t remember any of that happening in my lifetime but I do remember the moment that I decided that there was no Santa Claus and I was not yet in Kindergarten...My second oldest nephew believed in Santa until he was almost nine. I don’t know of any kid that doesn’t like to have presents show up out of seemingly nowhere with their name on them...What’snot to like about Christmas?
When my grandfather passed around Christmas many years ago I asked The Lord to hold off though I knew it was his time and he was not in pain not for me but for my mother as I felt she would need me when the time came. I finished my exams and immediately hit the road. I arrived home after a ten (normally twelve) hour drive. 15 minutes later the call from the hospital came. I knew as soon as the phone rang my pray had been answered but that it was time. I know the power of prayer and faith.
I also know as a physics major the wonder of creation and that there are too many statistical issues for it to be just happenstance - the 3rd law of thermodynamics alone is enough proof of creation by design for me.
Merry Christmas all and to all a blessed good night.
Thanks for posting these inspirational, well articulated thoughts. I especially like you analogy to sitting in the house with the lights out when the power is readily available. Merry Christmas!
That word “authority” is undeserved kindness. It’s will and it’s faith. And it is free to all. No matter where we are on the outside, but where we are on the inside.
This post is prosperity gospel garbage. When Jesus spoke about receiving “whatever you ask”, He followed with a statement about keeping His commandments.
Check out 1 John 3:22-23.
Thank you Seizethecarp for taking the time to read this article and for your comment. Thanks!!!!!
The title of the article drew me to it and conveys a message that I need to be reminded off every day as I struggle with a progressive illness for which there is no evident cure.
The article exemplifies exactly the kind of “seed” that is discussed in the article itself...and in scripture, as the article explains, IMO.
So thanks again for posting it!
Merry Christmas!
God’s “power”? To do what? get rich? Be successful?
No, that is magic, and the devil who offers you the power to show off by floating down from the pinnacle of the temple. It is the devil who offers you the power to rule the world.
Grow up. Stuff like this makes a lot of us reject “god”, i.e. the false god of a lot of so called “christians”.
God’s “power”? To do what? get rich? Be successful?
No, that is magic, and the devil who offers you the power to show off by floating down from the pinnacle of the temple. It is the devil who offers you the power to rule the world.
Grow up. Stuff like this makes a lot of us reject “god”, i.e. the false god of a lot of so called “christians”.
ah, which is why you should take Pascal’s wager.
I am moral for morality’s sake, not out of fear. I can’t deny that my Catholic upbringing may have had something to do with my morality but that doesn’t change the fact that I am unsure as to whose, if anyone’s, view of an unprovable supreme being (or lack thereof) is correct. I’ll remain curious until my dying day...unless, of course, I discover the truth beforehand. I’ll keep searching in the meantime as mine is a personal search for truth irrespective of the opinions, no matter how well-meaning, of others.
I wish people would concern themselves with my opinion as much as I concern myself with theirs...and definitely no more.
LadyDoc who is talking about showing off, are you saying the woman with the issue of blood got healed by magic. Are you saying that lame man got healed by Peter doing magic. Didn’t Jesus tell his disciples to heal the sick, cast out devils, raise the dead, how were they going to do that by magic. Didn’t Jesus say believers would lay hands on the sick and thay would recover, is that magic. And by the way the Bible does say, “It is he that gives you the POWER to get wealth” Due. 8:18. Don’t throw out the baby with the bath water. Just because someone misuses something doesn’t mean it should be done away with. God Bless
Seizethecarp I can speak from personal experience with the word. I had something going on with my body, but I decided to put my trust in the word Proverbs 4:20-22 is excellent for dealing with sickness. It did take some time, but the end result was that word was medicine to my flesh. God Bless! If you have any questions feel free to ask, I hope I can be of some assistance.
Thank you reed13k for taking the time to read this article and for sharing your comment. Thanks!!!!
Thank you Navy_Air for taking the time to read this article and your comment. Thanks!!
“I had something going on with my body, but I decided to put my trust in the word Proverbs 4:20-22 is excellent for dealing with sickness.”
Thanks for the pointer!
As it happens, my own father is a clergyman, so I was raised as a PK, though I have gone off in a different direction spiritually. It is good to be reminded of things that we “already know.”
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