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• Who Am I - Casting Crowns
  by Robert Boretti

  I hope this will brighten your day…. This is such a wonderful Christian Song/Video and the “photography” is amazing! “*Watch Video H…

  I hope this will brighten your day…. This is such a wonderful Christian Song/Video and the “photography” is amazing! Watch Video Here

• Religious nutcases hear Satanic incantations from a child's toy
  by Cl1n70n Tyree

  Does it get any more Dark Ages without burning a witch???...

  Does it get any more Dark Ages without burning a witch??? “Parents are outraged about the messages they’re hearing from a doll. It’s Fisher-Price’s “Little Mommy Real Loving Baby Cuddle and Coo” doll. Some people claim they can hear it mumble “Satan is king” in one track; then clearly speak “Islam is the light” in another. Gary Rofkahr of Owasso was at his office, when a man brought the doll in to show his co-workers. “There’s no markings on the box to indicate there’s anything Islamic about this doll,” Rofkahr said. Rofkahr said he found several versions of the doll at Wal-Mart and Target in Owasso. Those stores have since been pulled the dolls from the shelves. The dolls are sold nationwide. A Target spokesperson said their company has no plans to pull the doll from all of its shelves.” Now, you can’t explain this one away by lead plumbing or mouldy wheat!

• The great sin of the Christian church
  by Daniel Rarela

  _This quality of restraint in Jesus – one could almost call it a divine shyness – took me by surprise. I realized, as I absorbed the sto…

  This quality of restraint in Jesus – one could almost call it a divine shyness – took me by surprise. I realized, as I absorbed the story of Jesus in the Gospels, that I had expected from him the same qualities I had met in the southern fundamentalist church of my childhood. There, I often felt the victim of emotional pressures. Doctrine was dished out in a “Believe, and don’t ask questions!” style. Wielding the power of miracle, mystery, and authority, the church left no place for doubt. I also learned the manipulative techniques for “soul-winning,” some of which involved misrepresenting myself to the person I was talking to. Yet now I am unable to find any of these qualities in the life of Jesus. If I read church history correctly, many other followers of Jesus have yielded to the very temptations he resisted. Dostoevsky shrewdly replayed the Temptation scene in a torture cell of the Grand Inquisition. How could a church founded by the One who withstood the Temptation carry out an Inquisition of forced belief that lasted half a millennium? Meanwhile, in a milder Protestant version in the city of Geneva, officials were making attendance at church compulsory and refusal to take the Eucharist a crime. Heretics there, too, were burned at the stake. To its shame, Christian history reveals unrelieved attempts to improve on the way of Christ. Sometimes the church joins hands with a government that offers a shortcut to power. “The worship of success is generally THE form of idol worship which the devil cultivates most assiduously,” wrote Helmut Thielicke about the German church’s early infatuation with Adolf Hitler. “We could observe in the first years after 1933 the almost suggestive compulsion that emanates from great successes and how, under the influence of these successes, men, even Christians, stopped asking in whose name and at what price…” Sometimes the church grows its own mini-Hitlers, men with names like Jim Jones and David Koresh, who understand all too well the power represented in miracle, mystery, and authority. And sometimes the church simply borrows the tools of manipulation perfected by politicians, salesmen, and advertising copyrighters. – excerpt from The Jesus I Never Knew, by Philip Yancey it is for this reason that, even though I am a Christ follower, I can only be so offended when people like Bill Maher (whose show is extremely insightful, entertaining, and funny) are quick to bash Christianity. If you listen very closely, insults like Maher’s are nearly always directed at Christians, but hardly ever Jesus himself. If anything, it sheds a light on how much we need God’s grace: believer or not, nobody does a good job of walking in the same footsteps of Christ, and every time we try to pave that road into something that’s a little easier on our feet, we do such a lousy job of it that it should come as no surprise that so many people roll their eyes at Christians. Ghandi said it best: “I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” And Margaret Cho put it a little more bluntly: “Many of my contemporaries are atheists, and for good reason. God isn’t really the problem; some of His followers are big assholes.” That being said, I kind of feel the need to let people know that JESUS is the true face of Christianity, not other Christians, not Jerry Falwell, not the misguided believers (that’s pretty much all of us) who get the most media attention when you turn on the news. So, to my atheist friends, I won’t fault you for sniping or rolling your eyes at Christians in general – in truth, we deserve it, more often than not. But, if whatever doubt you have in your heart is really that strong, I hope it motivates you to find some answers – I hope it motivates you guys to study the Man whom I find it difficult to stop listening to/ thinking/ praising/ writing/ singing/ talking about. And if you really take a good look at Him, read about him, who He was, and what He did, from all viewpoints and perspectives, then I hope you’ll understand why I call myself a follower of Jesus Christ, why the most anyone can be is a poor reflection of Him, and why I keep trying to be a little more like Him in spite of the fact that I seem to fail at every single attempt.

• Arables - Grounds for Growing Faith - My First Book!!!!!
  by lightsmith

  Well, I’ve done it. My first book! Not of images, but stories. Arables Short stories aimed …

  Well, I’ve done it. My first book! Not of images, but stories. Arables Short stories aimed at developing (and sometimes challenging) your Christian faith. They are funny, they are sad. They will amaze, they will suprise. As with most of my works, they are very, very different. Look at your beliefs from a different perspective….. and deepen them. Arables

• WOW......I am brought to tears............ Thank you Living Christianity Group..........
  by bamagirl38

  Somedays, we struggle to find our way…........ Somedays satan comes at us and lies and tells us things we know are not true....... So…

  Somedays, we struggle to find our way…........ Somedays satan comes at us and lies and tells us things we know are not true....... Somedays, we have to close our eyes, and ask OUR ALMIGHTY GOD TO POUR OUT HIS SPIRIT AND LOVE UPON US AND MOVE US FORWARD…............My heart has been somewhat burdened today…............I just now logged back on to see that not 1, but 5 of my pieces are featured in the LIVING CHRISTIANITY GROUP ! GOD BLESS YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would like to take this opportunity to tell each and everyone of you how blessed I am to know you. How thankful I am that I am given the opportunity to spend my days here with each of you. I was just about to write a friend of mine an email and tell them that I was going to stop RB for a little while….......... PRAISE GOD ! HE IS ALWAYS ON TIME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALWAYS ON TIME ! Satan, I WILL NOT BE DEFEATED FOR YOU A LIAR AND KNOW NOT THE TRUTH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For anyone that does not understand the Love and Grace of GOD…...... I PRAY THAT YOU WILL OPEN UP YOUR HEARTS AND LISTEN BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I SERVE AN ALMIGHTY AND AN AWESOME GOD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WILL NEVER BE ASHAMED AND I WILL ALWAYS PRAISE HIM !!!!!!!!!!!! ALWAYS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you Living Christianity Group ! I am truly honored and humbled…......... GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bonita Moore

• Is it a cure, or a curse? Is it even real?
  by Daniel Rarela

  “Is it true?! They can cure us?” _“No, Rogue… they can’t cure you. Do you know why? There’s nothing to cure. Nothing’s wrong with…

  “Is it true?! They can cure us?” “No, Rogue… they can’t cure you. Do you know why? There’s nothing to cure. Nothing’s wrong with you… or any of us, for that matter.” X3: The Last Stand might very well have been the worst movie out of the X Men movie trilogy, but some of the underlying social/ ethical issues throughout the movie really did hit home for me. The biggest of these was the issue concerning whether or not Rogue ought to have taken the “mutant cure” and become a normal human being. First, let me provide a bit of background information for those of you who might not be familiar with what I’m talking about – X Men started out as a very popular comic book series that eventually made its way onto the big screen, featuring people who were born with special traits/ abilities/ powers that made them different from others. These people were called mutants, and were feared by the rest of the human race because of what made them different. Eventually, however, that fear began to melt away, and was instead replaced with (misguided?) compassion – in X3: The Last Stand, a medical company develops a serum that, when taken by injection, removes the mutant gene from the body, and turns the mutant into an ordinary human being, without any of the different traits/ abilities/ powers they had been born with. This, of course, sparks a fierce controversy in the mutant population – for some mutants, their special abilities (ranging from telepathy, fast reflexes, the ability to manipulate the elements, etc.) are something to be celebrated, and any attempt to remove that or take it away is a huge insult to everything they are. For other mutants, this cure is viewed as an opportunity to finally be free of oppression, exclusion, and prejudice – an opportunity to finally be accepted by the mainstream society that has given them the cold shoulder for so long. This is especially true for a mutant named Rogue, whose special ability is that she can inflict intense, even life-threatening, pain on somebody just by touching them. Some might think it to be amazing, but for Rogue, it is a curse, as she feels condemned to live for the rest of her life without ever coming into contact with another human being. Her powers prevent her from being able to touch her boyfriend, Bobby, and prevent her from being able to even kiss him without putting his life in danger. As a result, she is eager to get a dose of the mutant cure, in spite of the fact that a lot of her peers and friends advise her not to, or at least think it over instead of just rushing into it. The question that I would like to ask the RedBubble community, particularly the gay and the Christian community on RedBubble, is: what if there was a way to cure homosexuality? What if it was possible for a gay person to change his or her sexuality and become a heterosexual? How many of us in the gay community would take that cure? I don’t care if you believe your sexuality cannot be changed. Assume, for a minute, that what I’m asking you right now is actually common knowledge and you really did have a choice. The reason I am asking you this question, is because this is a path that I have recently wondered if I am capable of walking on. As I said in a previous journal entry- , yes, I am gay… I also became a Christian four years ago, and have been trying to live my life in tune with the message of Jesus Christ ever since. I can’t say I left behind a life of promiscuity, since I’ve only had sex twice in my entire life… but the fact remains that my sexual desires are still directed towards other men, and even going beyond sex, I find it virtually impossible to even imagine myself married to and in love with a woman, with biological children of my own. Now this probably isn’t a problem at all for the gay man who doesn’t believe in God, and recklessly acts on his sexual desires every chance he gets, but for someone like me… it’s tough to call yourself a true follower of Christ when you find yourself getting really uncomfortable with verses in the Bible like Romans 1:27 and 1 Corinthians 6:9-10. Promiscuity no longer feels like freedom… instead, I only feel like a slave to my own body, which is humiliating, considering that I’d like to be seen as an intelligent human being that’s above bowing to every single request made by the area between my legs. In terms of love… I’d like to imagine that there’s a man out there who sees past whatever he witnesses with his own two eyes. I’d like to imagine that there’s a man out there who sees kindness and graciousness before he even notices muscles or good looks… a man who knows and loves Christ more than he could ever love me, and at the same time, be willing to make a commitment so that my lips would be the only lips he would ever kiss for as long as we both would live. And then I wonder… am I wishing for an impossibility, hoping that there’s a good Christian man out there that I could love with all my heart? Is it even more outrageous to hope that God would look down from Heaven at the two of us and smile? Is it like holding an apple in your outstretched hand, and hoping that it’ll fly up into the sky, instead of falling down to the ground when you let it go? I ask all this because I just get so tired of being at war with myself. The worst fight is over, mind you – I feel that it’s important to let you all know that I’m NOT struggling with this because I’ve got this intense fear that God is going to send me to hell. If it’s true that whosoever believes in the divinity of Christ Jesus will have everlasting life, then there’s no need for me to be afraid of the future. But if it’s also true that real Christianity transcends mere religion, and is instead a relationship with God, then I see my homosexuality as a barrier preventing my relationship with God from becoming more wonderful than it is as of today. Think of it this way – imagine a man who has the perfect wife… a wife who loves him wholly, unconditionally… and constantly forgives him in spite of the fact that he’s constantly cheating on her. The man sees how much his wife loves him and feels an intense wave of guilt over the fact that he feels so unworthy of her love because of his unfaithfulness to her. The husband knows that his wife’s love for him is so pure that she would never divorce him, but instead of seeing that as an incentive to keep cheating, the man is now inspired to stop, in hopes of becoming at least a little more worthy of the love that his wife gives so freely. That’s kind of the way it feels between me and God. I know, of course, that salvation is given by grace, and that even if I was as good of a person as Mother Teresa, it could never match the kind of love that God has for me. That being said, I also feel it important to mention that I’m not looking to destroy my sexuality in order to earn God’s love. There’s no point in trying to earn something that was already given to me freely. The reason why I’m trying to do this is because it tortures me to know that God is so madly in love with somebody like me, and I feel as if He deserves so much better than me. So even if I could never be “good enough” to God, I feel as if I should at least try to be good enough, so I can feel a little less guilt over the fact that I’ve received an incredible blessing that I know I don’t deserve. Think about the last time you deeply hurt somebody you love. Then think about how good it felt to be forgiven…to have that person hug you, look into your eyes and say, “It’s okay. I forgive you. I love you and will always love you.” I think about God’s forgiveness, and I as much as I am filled with relief and happiness… there’s another voice that points a finger at me and says, “You’re such a fucking asshole! If you really understood the weight of what you had done, you would’ve jumped into a tub of acid, because a person as bad as you doesn’t deserve to even look into the face of the person you wronged.” I’m sure I’m not the only one who’s felt this… more often than not, even though we wish to be forgiven… a lot of us sometimes wish that the person we hurt would stop loving us altogether, because we know that punishment is what we actually deserve, as opposed to having that person look us in the eye and say “I love you still, and I don’t love you any less than I did yesterday, or the day before.” To have God say that makes you all the more aware of how unworthy you really are… it makes you feel bad about yourself… it makes you want to hold God at arms length and wail “Look, God – just don’t_… STOP IT, okay?! I know You love me, and I love You too…but You’re too good for me, and I love You too much to let you settle for less than what You actually deserve… so let me just jump off this bridge, so You’ll have room in Your life to actually find someone who’s _GOOD ENOUGH for You, because that person isn’t me, as much as I wish it was!” So, going back to homosexuality… what if there really was a way to become straight? What if there really was a way to be at least a_little_ bit less ashamed of yourself when you look into God’s face for the first time? Why would anyone turn down the opportunity to make life a little easier, Christian or not? And if the opportunity is truly there, what am I supposed to do? Watch lesbian porn for weeks on end until I finally get turned on by it? Ask a random girl out on a date and pretend that I’m sincere enough times, hoping that by the end of the date I really will be sincere about it? It’s obviously not enough to argue the point that one should turn away from homosexuality because the Bible commands you to… if that was all it took, then nobody on this planet would be gay because nearly everybody on this earth has heard a pastor say those words at least once! So having a valid point in an argument clearly doesn’t do the job… So to my fellow brothers/ sisters in Christ, I ask you, how exactly does one deal with and fix homosexuality after letting God into their lives? I’ve prayed about it more than once, believe me, and my prayers have not been halfhearted either… yet I woke up the next morning and was still gay, so if “former” homosexuals are the real deal, it’d be nice to know what it is they did that I am obviously forgetting to do. I’m not even leading a homosexual “lifestyle” – been celibate for four years, don’t go to gay clubs/ bars/ events, don’t go around looking for hookups with other guys – check, check… checking everything off my list and I still know quite clearly in my heart that I’m gay. So what exactly am I missing? And to my gay friends/ family… if there really was a way to turn yourself around, if there truly exists out there a way for you to no longer be a homosexual, would you take the opportunity? And if you wouldn’t, why not? I sincerely hope you’ll try to give me more than the “I was born this way/ love yourself for who you are” cliché. There are serial killers and pedophiles out there that could probably make that same argument (keep in mind that I’m not equating my fellow gay brothers/ sisters with serial killers and pedophiles – I’m just saying that clichés heard a thousand times will not justify you in the eyes of the rest of the world when worse people than you will say the same things). Just because you’re born a certain way doesn’t mean you need to stay that way. If a person is born blind, would it be wrong for him to accept a doctor’s offer to give him a new set of eyes? Would the rest of his blind friends tell him there’s no need, and that he’s fine the way he is? And is that just because none of them have ever known what it’s like to have sight, therefore they just don’t know any better? Again, I say all this because I want to at least try. For all anyone knows, I might fall flat on my face and fail. I might never get married or fall in love for the rest of my life. I might even fall deeply in love with a man and stay married to him for the rest of my life. At this point, I hardly know what to pray for anymore. I might show up in Heaven one day just to have the angels say, “We’re letting you in, but just make sure you know that you were fooling yourself when you thought being in a loving monogamous relationship with another man would erase what the Bible said about homosexuality. Doesn’t matter if you sincerely loved him and weren’t having one-night stands all over the place.” I might hang my head in shame (I’m going to be humbled in the presence of God regardless), but I want to at least be able to say, “Yes, I failed at being able to live completely by Your word, God… but I can tell You, if nothing else, that at least it wasn’t for the lack of trying.”

• If That Isnt Love........ A Thought For The Day
  by bamagirl38

  I have something I just wanted to share with you all….............. In the past several months, My life has changed BIG TIME ! I have s…

  I have something I just wanted to share with you all….............. In the past several months, My life has changed BIG TIME ! I have stopped running from the Lord like I had done for so, so many years…....... I stopped, I listen , and I heard ! I am more filled at this point in my life than I HAVE EVER BEEN ! I THANK GOD ! PRAISE YOU LORD !!!!!!!!!! Im on such an emotional high, things good are happening in my life so quickly, that Im going from tears, to laughter, and If I truly didnt know it was the Lord, I myself would think I had went nuts ! LOL GOD IS SO GOOD PEOPLE ! SO GOOD ! I have since childhood felt the presence of the Lord in my life, but on and off for many years, I ran…...... Go back for a little while, and then run again… I use to look at people and envy them for the relationship that they shared with the LORD… I could see it all over them, and knew that I would never have that! MAN WAS I WRONG ! LOL God is just blessing me left and right….......... I feel like Im flying….... TRULY SOARING ! I want you all to know, that no matter WHERE YOU ARE IN YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW…........ NO MATTER WHAT YOU HAVE DONE….......... GOD IS REAL….... HE LOVES YOU…...... HE WILL COME INTO YOUR LIFE…... HE WILL CLEANSE YOU AND MAKE YOU WHOLE AGAIN…............... And you CAN HAVE THAT CLOSE WALK WITH HIM ! YOU CAN ! YOU CAN ! YOU CAN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What I do from now on, I AM NOT DOING FOR ME, BUT TO MAGNIFY THE LORD….........Everything that I do…..... WILL BE FOR HIM….......... GOD IS SO GOOD ! I ve had several people to ask me how I have sold the things that I have sold lately….... Its really simple…...... THE LORD IS SO GOOD …................ He is not just working for Bonita Moore…...... HE IS GOD TO YOU ALL ! HE WILL BLESS YOU ! He will pour out a blessing upon you like you HAVE NEVER IMAGINED IN ALL YOUR LIFE…........... HAVE FAITH…...... CALL OUT UPON THE LORD…...... BELIEVE…....... Thats all you have to do …......... / Lord, I thank you for the sales, I thank you for the friendships made, I thank for you allowing me to SPREAD YOUR WORD …....... I thank you for loving me…...... I thank you for pouring out your HOLY SPIRIT ON THE WWW and PRAISE GOD I KNOW THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOD BLESS YOU ALL ! If you ever need me, Just hollar… Im around here somewhere…..... I love you all and am so honored to have you as friends…............... Below, just a little something for you to read… Lyrics of a beautiful song…......... He left the splendor of heaven / Knowing His destiny / Was the lonely hill of Golgotha / There to lay down His life for me And if that isn’t love / Then the ocean is dry / There’s no stars in the sky / And the little sparrows can’t fly / Yeah if that isn’t love / Then heaven’s a myth / There’s no feeling like this / If that isn’t love Even in death He remembered / The thief hanging by His side / Then he spoke of love and compassion / And He took him to paradise And if that isn’t love / Then the ocean is dry / There’s no stars in the sky / And the little sparrows can’t fly / Yeah if that isn’t love / Then heaven’s a myth / There’s no feeling like this / If that isn’t love

• Something funny: The Cowboy's 10 Commandments, West Texas Style
  by Patricia Anne MccARTy

  People here in Texas have trouble with all those “shalls” and “shall nots” in the ten Commandments. Folks here just aren’t used to talkin…

  People here in Texas have trouble with all those “shalls” and “shall nots” in the ten Commandments. Folks here just aren’t used to talking in those terms. So, some folks out in west Texas got together and translated the “King James” into “King Ranch” language: THE COWBOY’S TEN COMMANDMENTS / (1) Just one God. / (2) Honor yer Ma & Pa. / (3) No telling tales or gossipin’. / (4) Git yourself to Sunday meeting. / (5) Put nothin’ before God. / (6) No foolin’ around with another fellow’s gal. / (7) No killin’. / (8) Watch yer mouth. / (9) Don’t take what ain’t yers. / (10) Don’t be hankerin’ for yer buddy’s stuff The Cowboy’s Ten Commandments are posted on the wall at / Cross Trails Church in Fairlie, Texas. “THE EYES OF TEXAS ARE UPON YOU” / / www.BlackjackMulligan.net In Honor of BlacKJack Mulligan’s new book “True Lies and Alibies” The true story of a true pro wrestler superstar.( details apond request.) /

• Who Am I ?
  by bamagirl38

  Let the words of this beautiful song, touch the hearts of all that will take the time to read it…....... God Bless You All…....... / B…

  Let the words of this beautiful song, touch the hearts of all that will take the time to read it…....... God Bless You All…....... / Bonita Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth / Would care to know my name / Would care to feel my hurt / Who am I, that the Bright and Morning Star / Would choose to light the way / For my ever wandering heart Not because of who I am / But because of what You’ve done / Not because of what I’ve done / But because of who You are I am a flower quickly fading / Here today and gone tomorrow / A wave tossed in the ocean / Vapor in the wind / Still You hear me when I’m calling / Lord, You catch me when I’m falling / And You’ve told me who I am / I am Yours, I am Yours Who am I, that the eyes that see my sin / Would look on me with love and watch me rise again / Who am I, that the voice that calmed the sea / Would call out through the rain / And calm the storm in me Not because of who I am / But because of what You’ve done / Not because of what I’ve done / But because of who You are I am a flower quickly fading / Here today and gone tomorrow / A wave tossed in the ocean / Vapor in the wind / Still You hear me when I’m calling / Lord, You catch me when I’m falling / And You’ve told me who I am / I am Yours Not because of who I am / But because of what You’ve done / Not because of what I’ve done / But because of who You are I am a flower quickly fading / Here today and gone tomorrow / A wave tossed in the ocean / Vapor in the wind / Still You hear me when I’m calling / Lord, You catch me when I’m falling / And You’ve told me who I am / I am Yours I am Yours / Whom shall I fear / Whom shall I fear / ‘Cause I am Yours / I am Yours Recorded By : Casting Crowns

• Today, As I SIT HERE.............
  by bamagirl38

  With tears flowing down my face, I TELL EACH OF YOU…............... GOD IS REAL…...... OH IS HE EVER REAL…....... OH IS HE SO PRECI…

  With tears flowing down my face, I TELL EACH OF YOU…............... GOD IS REAL…...... OH IS HE EVER REAL…....... OH IS HE SO PRECIOUS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HE WILL SET YOU FREE !!!!!! HE WILL SET YOU FREE….......... DONT LET SATAN TAKE YOUR GLORY AWAY ANOTHER MINUTE…................ I KNOW YALL ARE HEARING WHAT THE LORD HAS BEEN SAYING THE PAST MONTH OR SO OUT HERE ON THE WWW…................... THE TIME IS NOW ! PRAISE GOD ! HE IS POURING OUT HIS BLESSING IN AN ABUNDANCE LIKE I HAVE NEVERRRRRRRRRRRRR SAW IN MY LIFE ! EVERRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!! ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS RECEIVE IT ! JUST LET HIM IN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THATS ALL ! HE WILL DO THE REST ! BELIEVE THAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BELIEVE THAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU ARE FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! / YOU ARE FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! / YOU ARE FREE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Meaning of Life
  by Pilgrim

  This is not really a daunting question – cartoons of pilgrims and gurus on precipitous peaks notwithstanding. What is the meaning of …

  This is not really a daunting question – cartoons of pilgrims and gurus on precipitous peaks notwithstanding. What is the meaning of a painting, a poem or a novel? The academic may attempt a convoluted answer but for most of us the answer springs quickly and readily to mind. The meaning is in the experience as it occurs. The “meaningâ can no more be distilled from the art than blue can be separated from the Australian sky. It is so intrinsic to the experience that they are one and the same. The meaning of Macbeth, Godot, a Velasquez portrait or a Mozart aria cannot be abstracted without killing the art. So we leave the patient alone and simply accept the meaning is in the experience of the art as we stand before it. Other, more trivial things, may be taken from the experience and turned around and argued upon, but the essence and the heart of the art will not lend itself to the vivisection. And so, the Meaning of Life is indeed in the experience of it. With great faith I believe that this experience is complete whether the life is short or long, full or (apparently) empty, rich or poor, healthy or ailing. Each has a vitality which colour the tapestry. So, the more difficult question, at least to me, is what is the purpose of life, what end does it indeed serve? And here we enter the realm of who is experiencing the life as it is lived. The I can no more experience it than a circle can define itself. A circle without that which lies beyond it cannot be round. And I, without that which lies beyond it (experiencing the life and giving it meaning) cannot have definition. The fact that we have definition (to most of us) is a great comfort as it points to that which lies beyond. In meditation we grasp at this – that which is beyond the I – and aspire to know more about the context in which the experience of life is being lived. This is a journey beyond simple thought. Not even Christ or the Buddha attempted to put into words the precise nature of the Divinity they so deeply knew.

• Zeigeist-The Movie...Spread Love not Fear!!!
  by midnightdreamer

  Spread Love and Knowledge…wake up from the “American Dream’ and remember you are beautiful! / In Peace and Love Always…. The Link~ ...

  Spread Love and Knowledge…wake up from the “American Dream’ and remember you are beautiful! / In Peace and Love Always…. The Link http://zeitgeistmovie.com/ The Info Zeitgeist, produced by Peter Joseph, was created as a nonprofit expression to / inspire people to start looking at the world from a more critical perspective and to understand that / very often things are not what the population at large think they are. The information in Zeitgeist / was established over a year long period of research and the current Source page on / this site lists the basic sources used / referenced and the developing Interactive Transcript includes / exact source references and further information. A Q & A page is also being developed. Now, it’s important to point out that there is a tendency to simply disbelieve things that are / counter to our understanding, without the necessary research performed. / For example, some information contained in Part 1 and Part 3, specifically, is not obtained / by simple keyword searches on the Internet. You have to dig deeper. For instance, / very often people who look up “Horus” or “The Federal Reserve” on the Internet / draw their conclusions from very general or biased sources. Online encyclopedias or text book / Encyclopedias often do not contain the information contained in Zeitgeist. However, if one takes / the time to read the sources provided, they will find that what is being presented is / based on documented evidence. Non-Profit DVDs / Free Video Downloads are / available through the Downloads page. Furthermore, in October 2008 the sequel to Zeitgeist will be presented for free online. / This feature length work will address the solutions to the problems presented in / the original work. This work is entitled: “Zeitgeist – Addendum” That being said, It is my hope that people will not take what is said / in the film as the truth, but find out for themselves, for truth is not told, it is realized. Thank You Let the Light of Love Guide your Spirit….

• God's Grudge
  by Sarai

  There is a spirit, that walks upon these lands. / He is not a human, / Nor, is he woman or man. / He seeks to destroy what God has created. ...

  There is a spirit, that walks upon these lands. / He is not a human, / Nor, is he woman or man. / He seeks to destroy what God has created. He desires to be worshipped, / As God Is praised and adored, / He is jealous of God, that is his quip, / The Throne of Heaven he has no door. The dark spirit stalks every man. / He entraps every woman, / When we are children, if he can. / Walking to and fro, urgent in his plan. “Take my hand, go my way. / If it feels good, just do it, my friend.” / He whispers in our minds like rotting decay. / Directing us to that eternally burning end. Why, oh why, do we listen? / Instead of doing that which is right. / We seek what is shiny and glistens. / Committing evil deeds in the midst of night. Wake up God’s child, look around. / Open your eyes, and understand. / We walk on Christ’s Blood on Hallowed Ground. / Blessed by His Father, given for man. His wrath is approaching near. / He will NOT tolerate the evil he sees. / Mankind destroying this life, it is clear. / Filth, vile, wickedness is ominous degree. Immorality, lasciviousness, horrible deeds. / They shall be punished and we shall be judged. / Repent NOW, while their is still the Word of Seed. / Else face a mighty, angry God’s Grudge.

• Featured in "Live, Love and Dream" Group...
  by RockyWalley

  My photo A Psalm(s) of Thanksgiving was featured. I am honored to be featured in Live, Love and Dream group! / Thank you very much!!! / ...

  My photo A Psalm(s) of Thanksgiving was featured. I am honored to be featured in Live, Love and Dream group! / Thank you very much!!!

• Time to wheel Negativland out again...
  by Cl1n70n Tyree

  Christianity is stupid! WARNING: this is gory, but thankfully nowhere as brutal as the Bi…

  Christianity is stupid! WARNING: this is gory, but thankfully nowhere as brutal as the Bible.

• "Pictures of Me"
  by Gottography .

  By Jill Carattini Master photographer Edward Steichen once remarked that the mission of / photography is to explain man to man and each…

  By Jill Carattini Master photographer Edward Steichen once remarked that the mission of / photography is to explain man to man and each to himself—a mission he / found at once both complicated and naïve, but worth fumbling toward. / “Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper,” notes / Steichen. “The photographer begins with the finished product.” It is a / thought befitting of a scene from 2001, when the who’s who of the / country’s finest photographers volunteered their time for such a mission. / What they discovered is that when the “finished products” are the faces of / children in foster care systems across the country, photography offers the / chance of new life. Diane Granito is the founder of the Heart Gallery, a unique program that / uses photography to help find homes for older foster children, sibling / groups, and other children who are traditionally difficult to place with / families.(1) The program started in New Mexico in 2001 at the suggestion / of a local photographer. Space was then donated by a prominent gallery in / the city, where more than 1,000 people came opening night. The photos on / exhibit were the end result of the photographers’ attempts to coax out the / unique personalities in hundreds of children—a great contrast to the / typical photos attached to a child’s file. “They look like mug shots,” / said one of the photographers. “This is an opportunity to just portray / them as kids in their environments,” said another involved. “We’re / treating this as a living, breathing project.” Since its inception, the Santa Fe project has inspired 60 more Heart / Galleries in 45 states. In some places, the adoption rate after an / exhibit is more than double the nationwide rate of adoption from foster / care. Such photography earns a description worthy of its roots: the word / in Greek means “to write in light.” Those who work to find foster children adoptive families are used to / rubbing up against the public perception that most foster children have / serious emotional and behavioral problems. Sometimes, though not always, / it is an accurate perception. And a picture offered in a different light / does not change the child it portrays. But an image of a troubled child / at play offers the accurate light of hope. We all have many faces that could be portrayed to the world. If the / pictures that represented us to the world were pictures that showed our / worst sides, I wonder how different the circles of people around us would / be. There are definitely certain faces I would prefer not to have / captured in a photograph and placed in my file. While those close to me / have by now seen me in many kinds of light, it is frightening to imagine / my adoption being contingent on any one of them. Yet, our adoption as / God’s own was completed as we stood in the worst of all possible lights. / “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still / sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). As Christ died for the sins of / the world, he held dear even the pictures of us at our worst. While in prison, Dietrich Bonhoeffer struggled with the many reflections / of his life. As a seminary instructor he was considered a saint and a / giant. In America they made him feel like an escapist. In prison they / made him feel like a criminal. There were days when he saw himself as all / three and all the stages in between. It was in such a convolution of / images that he asked: “Who am I? / This or the other? / Am I one person today, and tomorrow another? / Am I both at once? A hypocrite before others, / And before myself a contemptible woebegone weakling? / Or is something within me still like a beaten army, / Fleeing in disorder from victory already achieved? / Who am I? They mock me, / these lonely questions of mine. / Whoever I am, Thou knowest, O God, I am Thine.”(2) Our adoption by God is our identity, the picture we hold as children until / the day when there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, and / God will wipe every tear from our eyes. Neither death nor life, nor / anything else in all creation, can separate us from this love of God that / is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Jill Carattini is managing editor of A Slice of Infinity at Ravi / Zacharias International Ministries in Atlanta, Georgia. (1) http://www.heartgalleryofamerica.org/About_Heart_Gallery/History.asp / (2) Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison (New York: / Touchstone), 348. —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-——- / Copyright© 2008 Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM) / “A Slice of Infinity” is aimed at reaching into the culture with words of / challenge, words of truth, and words of hope. If you know of others who / would enjoy receiving “A Slice of Infinity” in their email box each day, / tell them they can sign up on our website at / http://www.rzim.org/slice/slice.php. If they do not have access to the / World Wide Web, please call 1-877-88SLICE (1-877-887-5423).

• I AM BLESSED
  by Godwin Jones

  Recieve blessing from God and Jesus Christ now! The blessings are for you,claim it!

  Recieve blessing from God and Jesus Christ now! The blessings are for you,claim it!

• MERRY CHRISTMAS
  by Donnie

  I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas filled with all the blessings of God. As we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Saviour,...

  I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas filled with all the blessings of God. As we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, remember the love that God had for us. God gave us the greatest gift of all, his son, who was born in a manager, died for our sins on that old rugged cross, arose on the third day and is now at the right hand of the father. It is the will of God that no not one should perish, but that all should have eternal life. Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God. We must be born again to enter into the kingdom of heaven. We have to come to Jesus and admit that we are a sinner, repent of our sins and ask him to come into our heart and forgive us of our sins. Let your life be a light to someone that they may see the love of Christ in you. / In my profession as a Funeral Director my first thought when someone passes away is that I hope that they were a born again Christian. They will spend eternity in heaven. This is one of the greatest comforts a family can have. If they are also born again they know that they will see their loved one again someday. We live in a day and time where God is being taken out of everything. We need to take a stand for what is right. It is not Happy Holidays, but Merry Christmas. It is not a Family Tree, but a Christmas tree. Don’t let them take down the manager scenes and the Ten Commandments. There was even an article today in one of the newspapers in our state that State Employees cannot receive a Christmas card from someone on the job. I don’t know what our leaders are thinking. / MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE AND GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES!!!