jennifer_bloom

The bible teaches there are 2 secrets that make you rich: 1 - You must offer humble, sacrificial, unpaid and careful service to a humanitarian cause and do it for results and not for attention and you must be modest, private and unselfish about it. 2 - You have to have genuine respect for others...

1 - You can’t fake your knowledge. I said that smart people manipulate objects and slackers manipulate emotions. If you don’t take a math or chemistry class and continue to paint your hair different colours, you become chained to the temporary gifts of youth. 2 - You can’t fake your quality. A...

You have people who say they are religious committing acts of terrorism against outsiders, supporting xenophobic political candidates, trying to exclude their cultural or religious “other” from the public sphere, opposing welfare reform for the disabled and mentally ill, humiliating new converts...

I know three people with tested genius IQs that ended up unemployed, broke, or underpaid. All three had character issues and family transgressions and sins. One person was a social coward, too terrified to talk to people or express her views, and was also an elitist snob that did not acknowledge...

There is a psychiatrist who said 80% of obese women were molested as children, meaning it happened before their late teenage years. I believe obesity and food addiction is caused by cognitive dissonance, where there is a conflict between what you experience and what you desire, or what you are...

I do not view the idea of one God as a Christian God or a Muslim God or a Buddhist God or an Orthodox Judaism Tetragrammaton. My idea of one God is much more easy to understand. That there is only one way to live and properly gain profit: the way or love and kindness and honesty. Today I read...

When I was in middle school I was the smartest kid in my class, not religious at all, and I used to mock people less popular and less intelligent then me and I loved to make people feel dumb. Looking back at these 12 year olds now, I wish I could hug and kiss them and let them know they are...

The 12 / 14 Tribes of Israel No G-d beside justice and charity // Zebulun (Dreams) No image or status or standard worship // Simeon & Levi (Knowledge & Power) Do not take the Lord’s name in vain // Reuben (Responsibility) Keep the sabbath spiritual and righteous and reverent and holy // Gad...

I had a dream where God said that if I worry about what I can control, that God will worry about what I cannot control. I can think of examples in my own life, I had debt and could not afford too much but diligently attempted to save enough to prevent unpaid credit card bills and than because it...

How I understand the 10 Commandments as a Gentile 1 - No other Gods To worship justice and not sensation. Spending money on shelter and food and not wine and vacations and disco jams. 2 - No idols To delight in spiritual gifts and not in physical beauty and to respect people who lack confidence...

This week, somebody told me they did not believe the story of Genesis because apples came from Asia and not Africa and I pointed out the bible never said it was an apple tree and that the apple tree might be a symbol for reproductive fertility or access to spiritual affinities and knowledge and...

I used to know a guy that I thought was absolute trash. He flunked out of college, flunked out of his real estate exam, slept with strangers at bars, had anger issues, talked hate all day long and could not understand why I did not show interest in sleeping with him when he tested me. Now this...

As a Christian, I have many things you can't buy with money or social status I have the promise of good health through the many verses in the bible about healing, many conditional on acts of faith. I have peace, that I'm protected by God, and do not need to hire a thousand body guards to make...

In Isaiah, it says, the spoil speeds, the prey hastens. If you reverse genders, you could say, riches flee from your life when you chase them too hard, same as lovers or achievements. From what I observe in my own life, the girls who don’t show off or brag or parade their problems and struggles...

The bible teaches that love is not enough. It must be combined with dignity, humility, honesty, modesty, patience, obedience, tolerance, delayed gratification, respect, obedience, receptivity, productivity, philanthropy, discretion, discernment, shrewdness, openness, optimism, courage, boldness,...

I believe trusting in God means investing your emotions and thoughts to God and not making assumptions about people. I was offended when a lady that I believed disliked me did not give me a link to a digital zoom event for a friend who was hosting the event. Later I found out the event was...

People who follow the bible say you should not judge others, but most believe it’s okay to judge those that judge others, since they invite judgment when they justify their own ability to judge others. I realize one problem I have in my religion is I’m a very suspicious person that does not...

Over ten years ago I was having a private conversation with my pastor and I told him I did not want to listen to my parents because my parents were crazy and aggressive and they might endanger my health or my self interest if I listen to them all the time. My pastor said when you listen to your...