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What I learned from my experimentation with visualization

A few days ago, I discovered an incredible Christian philosopher and motivational teacher named Alan Watts. While originally, I wanted to write my own book, I concluded that Alan Watts had said everything I had meant to...
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How I now view Sabbath after not getting proper rest

On Saturday I read a 365 page book and what made it hard was the book was written 100 - 200 years ago and used a lot of old English terms not commonly used in modern conversation so I had to make around 1-3 trips to the...
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Why I believe Christians are often ignorant of Christianity

I had a dream years ago, in my dream God told me “You don’t respect me, that is why there is so much darkness in your life.” I asked God what respecting Him looks like and He said “It means focusing on the lowly and...
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How God can help you lose weight

There was a psychiatrist who said that 80% of obese woman were raped by male adults when they were children. This is why I say that for the average obese person that is not fat due to medical causes, their obesity is...
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The lie almost all poor and middle class people believe - Bible talk

People think money and the ability to buy things like chocolate ice cream or designer bags or vacation souvenirs will bring them happiness, that if they are swimming in spas and drinking martinis everyday they will be...
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Why as a member of the LGBTQ+ community, we should have equal rights.

As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, I personally don't experience much hate, but that is mainly because I have kept quiet about my being Bi. Living in an ultra conservative area, I see a lot of arguments from their side....
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The difference between a good religious teacher and a bad one - bible talk

So Jesus said a good tree bears good fruit and a bad tree bears bad fruit. The tree is a symbol for faith. Some people put their faith in love and Justice and some people put their faith in material or social dominance....
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How to respect bad people when the bible tells you too

I learned this from a co worker: An extremely good looking married man wanted to buy a card and a gift for a morbidly obese and sick unmarried co worker when the overweight cow worker was sick at the doctor’s one day and...
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What I think God’s Kingdom is about

When I first became a Christian, I made the same mistake many religious people make, I thought the kingdom of God was a hierarchy and social system of descending respect and devotion based on your spiritual social status...
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Why Being Nice Pays - What God Told Me In My Dream

I had a dream one time, a very inconsiderate guy was walking around with a woman who looked like me, except she was far more beautiful than me, far more intelligent and far richer. I asked the very inconsiderate guy if he...
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Why it’s good to keep a low profile and a private life

One of the reasons I am active on this site everyday is because it is a private domain for me to secretly socialize and converse. I have a very good reputation at church and with my high school friends and co workers and...
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Why you should not take life TOO seriously.

I know I am not the only person that feels this way. We as a species put so much effort and stress into our lives about small things, when we are at no point guaranteed a tomorrow. We live as if we guaranteed a long life...
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A Sign of good, genuine and successful Christianity - my opinion

There are two traits I find in every successful and genuine Christian I know, and it’s not a matter of theology or ideology: The two traits are generosity and an absence of greed. You cannot love the people of God if you...
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How to deal with unloveable people when your religious

I find if somebody is so obviously unfair that loving them seems harder than climbing Mount Everest, Then: Don’t contort your emotions or twist your mind into something it can’t accept to love them. Instead, focus on...
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This is my Christian theory on why Asians are successful

I believe three qualities are taught in both religious and secular society in Asia. These three qualities are: 1. Fairness 2. Tolerance 3. Mercy North American Countries preach a gospel of self actualization and self...
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What Humility is and what it is not

A lot of people think humility is self hatred or self-rejection but that is not humility. Jesus was rejected by the religious leaders, he was not rejected by his people. Humility is the civil acceptance and favourable...
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One trap that might force Christians into a lifestyle of anger and bitterness

Jesus says you cannot serve both money and God I’ve discussed this before but today I learned something new. God is saying you cannot serve both possession and ownership and bless and gratitude at the same time. People...
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Why some lack rudimentary moral knowledge as believers

The bible says the foolish woman is loud. She is undisciplined / unruly and knows nothin. So a fool as the bible teaches is a self gratifying person who is so consumed with pride that they cannot accept the love and...
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Some Pitfalls I think religious people can ocerlook

1. The pitfall of jealousy and hostility. This is a hostility built around bitterness at opportunities other people have that they themselves forfeited through their complacency or wrongdoing. When another rises to claim...
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How I understand the three temptations in the bible

When Jesus is asked to turn stone into bread I think of how a lot of secularists deny emotional needs in favour of physical needs, the end result being either heathenism or emotional abuse. When Jesus is asked to throw...
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