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Rigormortis Metamorphosis Captain
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 Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 7:20 pm
This would be a place mostly for those who are completely new or have only dabbled in the Christian faith and want to learn more about it before converting or continuing in Christianity.
Here we'll focus on learn and understand more about the facts of the Christian faith.
A great place for a blending and mixing of the new to learn and the old to teach.
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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 9:05 pm
Now I just need me some members in this guild and the learning can commence! ><
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Rigormortis Metamorphosis Captain
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Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 6:02 am
Religion: something one believes in and follows devotedly; a point or matter of ethics or conscience
[Middle English religioun, from Old French religion, from Latin religiō, religiōn-, perhaps from religāre, to tie fast; see rely.]
Look carefully at the bolded words; the origin.
Religion is a set of beliefs, a pattern of doing something continuously over and over and ever again. Religion is a load of feces. Religion is something that the pagans have. Religion is what the Pharisees had - and look what they did with it.
A personal relationship with Christ. Now that's something. God tells us not to have religion. He asks us to have a personal relationship with Him.
Revelations 3:20 "Behold, I stand at the door and knock."
God wants us to let Him in. He wants us to bond with us.
Romans 10:13 "Everyone who calls upon the name of the LORD will be saved."
God wants us to call out to Him to save us. He doesn't have a hero complex, people, He just wants us to call to Him. How good does it feel for a mom to hear her child ask for help when they're in trouble? How much better does it feel for God to hear His dying children to come to Him?
Romans 5:8 "For while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."
God loves us so much that He shed His own blood to atone for our sins. It has nothing to do with religion.
Religion is cold and it's distant from God. Yes, it's easier to say that your religion is Christianity, but what you really must be seeking is the warmth that only God can give. Don't ever forget that religion is an umbrella term, please. Don't fall into the comfort of "religion"
God wants each and everyone of us to call out to Him and bond with Him. He wants a personal relationship with us.
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Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 9:56 am
I didn't even think that using the word Religion would be bad when it came to Christianity, but now that you put it that way, it does make sense. ><
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Rigormortis Metamorphosis Captain
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Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 1:19 am
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Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 11:01 am
Wow! Thanks for putting that up dude!!!
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Rigormortis Metamorphosis Captain
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Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 2:15 pm
Yeah, it puts it into a better perspective of what the Christian faith is about, for instance I didn't understand why my boyfriend's (Rishon) mom was upset when she saw the demon of religion over the old church that we went to, But now it makes sense.
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Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:39 am
^ O.o....Could you clarify that? The whole demon of religion thing....?
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Rigormortis Metamorphosis Captain
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Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 12:06 pm
We used to go to a church called, New Life. It was a really nice church, but there was a lot of extra things and the pastor, he was funny. How ever it never seemed like his sermons had any thing to do with the Lord, More the less it seemed like he was talking about his own beliefs as to you could get to heaven. You know that feeling you get when you go to church? Feeling so full and refreshed after being there. How bright and beautiful the world feels, well it didn't feel like that any more and my boyfriends mom had a dream in which she stood in front of the church and around the cross that stands on the roof of the church she saw something like a dragon wrapped around the cross, she then heard God say it was the demon of false religion/believers.
So we stopped going.
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Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 3:04 pm
hOLY SMOKES! tHAT'S CRAZY....i'VE ONLY EVER HAD TWO gOD DREAMS EVER. lIKE IN THE HISTORY OF EVER....oNE WAS OF ME AND jESUS. wE WERE STANDING ON MY FRONT PORCH AND hE POINTED OUT hEAVEN TO ME.
tHE SECOND ONE WAS OF ME LEADING A BUNCH OF PEERS FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BEHIND MY HOUSE TO THE MAIN STREET A BLOCK IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. i WAS BEING LED BY gOD'S AUDIBLE VOICE.
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Rigormortis Metamorphosis Captain
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Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 3:57 pm
I've also only had two, but uh...Why was all that in caps? ><
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Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 7:58 pm
Have you found another church yet?
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Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 6:49 am
Rigormortis Metamorphosis I've also only had two, but uh...Why was all that in caps? >< I was getting ready to go to bed and I was IMing my aunt...She was telling me about this new house they were hopefully going to move into, and I wasn't paying attention to the caps lock...
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Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 8:29 am
starfishluvsu Have you found another church yet? Yes we did, we're still none denominational, but we're going to an Evangelical church. @Ferret : Okay, that makes sense.
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Rigormortis Metamorphosis Captain
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Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 11:21 pm
As long as they preach Jesus...
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