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Originally posted by Clearskies
reply to post by Quazga
Look, if someone had told me the false gospel of "you're just fine the way you are."
Which some did. I would have died long ago of a stroke or brain hemorrage
or overdose from the drugs I partook of Every Day. I was 'walking' dead at 23.
But, I heard a real, old-fashioned preacher.
I was agoraphobic and bi-polar AND depressed and had psychotic features.!
All my counceling DID NOT help or even put a dent in it. Not, to mention the medications, I was on 7 different ones until I began to self medicate and quit.
Lithium, stelazine, tegratol, wellbutrin
xanax for panic attacks, I can't remember them all(It was 16 years ago)I also was suicidal and thought Oh, well, if I die I'll be in heaven. WRONG.
Instead, some preachers (My Uncles)prayed for me and shortly thereafter, I heard the gospel and was saved from my sins(and others' sins) and saved from hell!
I knew Jesus was there with me in my bedroom, with noone else, no T.V.
or anything. He gave me the biggest hug I have ever had and cleaned me up from my baggage and heavy weights on my shoulders.
THANK GOD, it wasn't illegal to have the unadulterated truth shown on T.V.
(Because I didn't go to church!)
Jesus' life-changing abilities are too precious to keep to yourself, when you know others need it. Even in China!
[edit on 8-2-2008 by Clearskies]
Originally posted by TheWalkingFox
or Muslims, or Hindus, or Tengriists... Oh, and just try to be a practicing Taoist in China... Taoism has had a sword at its throat since the inception of Legalist doctrine. And of course there's all the numerous people being persecuted for non-religious reasons
Can some of these kind, loving, hand-wringing Christians on the board explain why they don't give a damn about all these other people China is persecuting? Just like coverage of Darfur, why do only the Christians matter?
Originally posted by Quazga
Obviously, given your habits at the time you did not mentally feel as if you were fine as you were. If you had felt that way, you would have stopped all of the contorl based addictions you had.
That's not a false gospel, it is the Good News! I'm glad that you picked yourself up and dusted yourself off,
but have you ever read Ecclesiastes?
Take a gander at that and tell me again how important it is that we force others to comply with what we think is right.
Originally posted by Clearskies
reply to post by undo
You're right! No one has mentioned the one child policy. All the little girls killed or rotting in orphanages.(literally, parts of their brains do not develop because of lack of stimuli.)
R.A.D., look it up.
Just another side note on the barbarism of communism.
Originally posted by palehorse23
reply to post by undo
Whoa guys. The topic is changing rapidly. We are on religious persecution and now on one child laws? Everyone needs to take a step back and breathe.....breathe....ok. where were we?
Oh yeah. I do think the argument of communism and religious persecution fall hand in hand. But as far as missionaries go, who is the one that told them to go to a foreign country and change the way the people their believe? Isn't that like us going into Iraq and forcing our form of "democracy" on them? People from the US love to play "God" it seems. Why can we not be more tolerant of others beliefs. Just because we may think it is bad, doesn't necessarily mean it is.
Originally posted by undo
You want some hand wringing? I'll give you some hand wringing.
I'm absolutely fed up with people trying to decide what other people should believe. Your brain is your own. Your beliefs about a supernatural or hypernatural force, should also be your own.
I also don't agree with the one child policy since it has basically decimated their female population and left the orphanges filled with primarily little girl and infant girl residents. Hundreds of thousands of unwanted females. Millions of unborn and infant female children dead!!!!! All chinese!!! You want more?!!!!!!!!!
This is the FUTURE of our planet! Get rid of the baby producers, problem solved! And then they can all go masterbate to porno vids and forget having relationships, personal consideration and concern for others!! Who needs females anyway! For that matter, who needs love, compassion, concern, let's just toss all that away -- it's outdated!! We need to revert to barbarism and a bunch of men beating their chests like apes!!! Well, devolution it is then! All hail the nothing!!
You directed the post in response to "missionaries" bringing and forcing their religion on people and the reallllllllly inane accusation that "we" sent people to Iraq to force democracy on them. Good freakin' grief.
(And an easily solved scenario of the governments of the world would actually stop being such power hungry greedy buggers).
How can you say that we aren't trying to force democracy in Iraq.
Originally posted by undo
How can you say that we aren't trying to force democracy in Iraq.
Cause i'm not "we", I'm "me." See the difference yet? How many americans agree with the war in Iraq? How many agree with forcing democracy? The way it works best is when you give people the option, not when you force it down their throats. This has always been true and will never stop being true. Ever
[edit on 8-2-2008 by undo]
We elect them