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<p><p><p><p><p>Naw, it's fine.</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>I didn't know about it until a few years back...plus the date changes, so it's hard to keep track of it! President Obama actually said some good things about it though...and is endorsing that it be put back into its rightful place (Apparently the Bush administration was the cause for it being so....secretive)</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>Well, it's intolerable to bring a Bible to school where I'm at, too. We've got a Bible club, but the principal has not allowed for us to hang meeting posters all year, instead, it's all by word of mouth. Like first-century Christians!! <img src="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/biggrin.png" alt=":D" srcset="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/biggrin@2x.png 2x" width="20" height="20" /></p></p></p></p></p>
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It's more of a forewarning than anything, Spotty =/ (And no disrespect there, I just think that alias is cool! ) The fact is, I've seen enough subtle hints towards disrespect here that this just needs to be made clear. Hinting at it eventually leads to more and more spiteful attitudes, which by extention spirals into a downhill of negativity. Not cool, man, not cool! It's all over in my other community, and even while they are not us, human nature tends to repeat itself no matter whereat...I'm just taking precautious measurements for the safety of our members. :] Yes, but forums also note the quality of the people who work to better the community. I would rather be seen as a respectful group than a group of creepy furry-esque people working on all of this. Perhaps it's just yet another personal preference. We can put on a good show, but it's just not the same if we have technical skeletons in our closet.
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<p><p><p><p><p>No, I never wish luck. If anything I'll say "Godspeed and good luck." But always Godspeed first <3</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>Happy National Day of Prayer! :] I spent it well...brought my personal KJV to school and sat and read it whenever I had free time. I guess I haven't picked it up in so long...I can actually read and understand it now! (Although, next to the Lord's help I credit American Lit, when we had to read a bunch of stories in similar old-english!)</p></p></p></p></p>
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<p><p><p><p><p>No, I never wish luck. If anything I'll say "Godspeed and good luck." But always Godspeed first <3</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>Happy National Day of Prayer! :] I spent it well...brought my personal KJV to school and sat and read it whenever I had free time. I guess I haven't picked it up in so long...I can actually read and understand it now! (Although, next to the Lord's help I credit American Lit, when we had to read a bunch of stories in similar old-english!)</p></p></p></p></p>
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As one of my favorite songs states: I'm not claiming to hold all the answers, but I'm holding on to the One who does~ 33Miles That's my view, simply put. :] Oh...and I had another good laugh at that one post that related me to a heroin addict today...or rather, called me a heroin addict. Just because, today being NDoP...it was like, no I'm not addicted to heroin...I'm addicted to JESUS~ <3 lovelovelove. Time in prayer is always time well spent for me. We always have a good laugh. [Thanks Lord, love You!]
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Yes, I do believe that if things aren't handled well, they will fester and become out of hand. Remember that I'm a Moderator in another Pokemon community, and I've seen it happen...that's why my authority kicked in almost out of impulse here. The thing is, if you're wrong, humbly admit you're wrong and get over it; respect the other person for calming you out and respect the fact that you were wrong. This exact thing is happening in an after-school program I attend every Monday. There is no respect there, and there should be, because we're a higher level than the rest of our class and are therefore, leaders. (Everything revolves in this cycle of respect, as a result) As the result of respect, this community could one day become a leader next to Smogon and Serebii and the like...but we will never grow and mature if we don't respect one another's views. In order to be leaders of our community here at the Project, we need to handle everything with something as simple as respect. :]
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<p><p><p><p><p>Sorry, I was house-cleaning! <img src="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/biggrin.png" alt=":D" srcset="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/biggrin@2x.png 2x" width="20" height="20" /></p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>Clutter is not something I enjoy having around my own personal space if I can help it!</p></p></p></p></p>
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<p><p><p><p><p>Sorry, I was house-cleaning! <img src="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/biggrin.png" alt=":D" srcset="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/biggrin@2x.png 2x" width="20" height="20" /></p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>Clutter is not something I enjoy having around my own personal space if I can help it!</p></p></p></p></p>
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<p><p><p><p><p>Heheh. Neither is mine, my friend. Just keep pressing on, once you've got your degree or whatever, you're free to move on!</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>Yes, yes. *nods* I've had that discussion in both my French class and my American Literature class over the past few years. If I took the time I could adequately understand the KJV, but I, too, am yet another one of those blasted lazy Americans! Any type of read that is poetic captures me, another reason why I love the NLT. I captures the poetic force of the KJV quite well, especially in the Psalms, I think. :]</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>Yeah, basically. It kind of disgusts me. But there are both good and bad places, as there are in any Bible translation.</p></p></p></p></p>
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<p><p><p><p><p>Heheh. Neither is mine, my friend. Just keep pressing on, once you've got your degree or whatever, you're free to move on!</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>Yes, yes. *nods* I've had that discussion in both my French class and my American Literature class over the past few years. If I took the time I could adequately understand the KJV, but I, too, am yet another one of those blasted lazy Americans! Any type of read that is poetic captures me, another reason why I love the NLT. I captures the poetic force of the KJV quite well, especially in the Psalms, I think. :]</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>Yeah, basically. It kind of disgusts me. But there are both good and bad places, as there are in any Bible translation.</p></p></p></p></p>
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Hey, science has a special place in my heart. I love learning about the human anatomy. I would love to see advances in research on autism and cancer and other disorders and the like. And I simply ADORE the complexity that we call the brain. That's why I don't like it when people simply brush aside my beliefs and why I tend to clarify things. The fact is, I just feel sometimes like I've got the best of both worlds...why would anyone want to crush that? Wait, nevermind, I know that answer. I just wish people would respect it. I've got a bit of an overactive emotional drive and hypothalamus, people: that's how my relationship with Jesus Christ is so so REAL. ;P I can be a completely realistic person while also being a very spiritually mature one as well. I firmly believe it. While others may not, it does not sway my views any. Which then goes back to my original post, of course.
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<p><p><p><p><p>Indeed he has...</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>It's just the old english variants of words that trip me up. </p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>Now if we're talking like The Message or something...it's almost laughable. That should not be taken as a true translation at ALL. But, I own a copy of the NT in it, just for enjoyment reading. It's nice to sit back and soak in God's words without having to analyze every little thing.</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>Ah, but I am going to a fully-Biblebased Christian college. I will be double-majoring in Bible/Theology as a primary and Psychology/Counseling as a second. Personal and spiritual growth is one of the biggest things this college has to offer, that's why I chose it.</p></p></p></p></p>
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<p><p><p><p><p>Indeed he has...</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>It's just the old english variants of words that trip me up. </p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>Now if we're talking like The Message or something...it's almost laughable. That should not be taken as a true translation at ALL. But, I own a copy of the NT in it, just for enjoyment reading. It's nice to sit back and soak in God's words without having to analyze every little thing.</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>Ah, but I am going to a fully-Biblebased Christian college. I will be double-majoring in Bible/Theology as a primary and Psychology/Counseling as a second. Personal and spiritual growth is one of the biggest things this college has to offer, that's why I chose it.</p></p></p></p></p>
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<p><p><p><p><p>Yeah, you're right. Scratch that. <img src="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/tongue.png" alt=":P" srcset="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/tongue@2x.png 2x" width="20" height="20" /> I don't know everything about my Bible...a lot, but not nearly close to everything!</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>They were right in saying you learn something new every day!</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>As for me, I use the NLT...simply because it's understandable to me. I've never really seen the point in believing if I can't understand what it is I'm supposed to be learning about. Not dissing the King Jimmy or anything, because I use it on occassion, myself. I enjoy paralleling Bible translations...</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>And I'll be able to learn more once I'm actually in school, since I'll be in a Bible Interpretations class and so forth. Good stuff. Jesus and Psychology. That's what I'm going for in college to learn more about.</p></p></p></p></p>
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<p><p><p><p><p>Yeah, you're right. Scratch that. <img src="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/tongue.png" alt=":P" srcset="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/tongue@2x.png 2x" width="20" height="20" /> I don't know everything about my Bible...a lot, but not nearly close to everything!</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>They were right in saying you learn something new every day!</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>As for me, I use the NLT...simply because it's understandable to me. I've never really seen the point in believing if I can't understand what it is I'm supposed to be learning about. Not dissing the King Jimmy or anything, because I use it on occassion, myself. I enjoy paralleling Bible translations...</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>And I'll be able to learn more once I'm actually in school, since I'll be in a Bible Interpretations class and so forth. Good stuff. Jesus and Psychology. That's what I'm going for in college to learn more about.</p></p></p></p></p>
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<p><p><p><p><p>Yeah, that's where I get caught in issues too, too many people are too gullible to see through my sarcasm =/ Ouch, I hurt many by that and I don't even mean to!</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p><img src="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/laugh.png" alt="xD" srcset="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/laugh@2x.png 2x" width="20" height="20" />! Yeah. You'd recognize me instantly if you were in the chats with me at all...I'm generally "Moderator.Okami" (facebook) or "Okami.KDR" (Meebo) And since there is a strict rule against impersonation, I am the only Okami there. Of course, my full title is Moderator Okami the Marine Mademoiselle (We all have a color/gender thing...)</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>Ah, and I agree with you about the whole important verse omittion thing. My thoughts are that because every version of the Bible was handwritten back then, some people probably just left things out (perhaps by accident, like how if you're rewriting a long essay and you skip a line)</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>I don't know. It's yet another tricky subject, if you ask me...I'm just grateful that the translations add the footnotes. It adds to my personal experience, because I'm a footnote junkie!!</p></p></p></p></p>
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<p><p><p><p><p>Yeah, that's where I get caught in issues too, too many people are too gullible to see through my sarcasm =/ Ouch, I hurt many by that and I don't even mean to!</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p><img src="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/laugh.png" alt="xD" srcset="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/laugh@2x.png 2x" width="20" height="20" />! Yeah. You'd recognize me instantly if you were in the chats with me at all...I'm generally "Moderator.Okami" (facebook) or "Okami.KDR" (Meebo) And since there is a strict rule against impersonation, I am the only Okami there. Of course, my full title is Moderator Okami the Marine Mademoiselle (We all have a color/gender thing...)</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>Ah, and I agree with you about the whole important verse omittion thing. My thoughts are that because every version of the Bible was handwritten back then, some people probably just left things out (perhaps by accident, like how if you're rewriting a long essay and you skip a line)</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>I don't know. It's yet another tricky subject, if you ask me...I'm just grateful that the translations add the footnotes. It adds to my personal experience, because I'm a footnote junkie!!</p></p></p></p></p>
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Yeah I know =/ I just always overclarify....sorry. Hm...but then what comes of it when the earliest manuscripts of the Bible are found to be written within 200 years of the actual dates of happening...I believe the earliest found was written about 30 years afterwards. And yet some of today's most (Oh, what's the word?) valuable....important....books on history, were written within 400 years or later (Up to 1000 or even more) of the events of which they were written... Which one is more likely to be accurate? I mean, we lose information as time goes on, either way. But the thing is, people are more likely to accept those other manuscripts as real and true before they're going to accept that a manuscript of the gospel of Luke is also real and true. It's really sad when you research it, because both have credentials for different reasons. Credibility should be given to the early-age Christians because they wrote down what Jesus said and preserved it as they remember it. Think about it, sometimes the disciples talk about themselves in openly human ways. They're basically dumber than dirt sometimes, and it opens them up as realistic characters, because why would someone making it up bother with such miniscule and plain STUPID details as some of the things written. I mean, come on, even after Jesus died, they forgot that He said He would raise again on the third day...instead of being happy and excited that Jesus was going to be raised, they were huddled in fear in a locked building. They simply forgot. What sort of IDIOT forgets that their Lord is coming back to redeem them?! I know I certainly wouldn't! I would be countining the hours "Okay guys, Jesus' comin' back in approximately 36 hours..." sort of dealio. I guess that's why I love the Twelve (well, Eleven at this point....) because they show that all of us make mistakes... And remember, Jesus told Mary to go "Tell the disciples, and Peter." Peter, who had denied Him, He was now forgiving. And later He asks Peter three times "Do you love me?" And Peter's all like "Uh...yeah, of course I love you!" (And probably mumbling in frustration 'Why are You asking me this...You know the answer, Jesus!!') And Jesus then replied "Feed my sheep." It's Jesus' simple way of making up the thing that was wronged. Hah...overclarification again. I got excited with this one!!
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Shoot, sorry for my late response to this, Wraith. I got so caught up! In my primary Bible , it goes from Acts 36: As the rode along, they came to some water, and the eunuch said "Look, there's some water! Why can't I be baptized?"* to Acts 38: He ordered the carriage to stop, and they went down into the water, and Philip baptized him. HOWEVER, there's that *. {Okami smiles} :] Which then goes down to the footnotes: Some manuscripts add Verse 37, "You can." Philip answered, "if you believe with all your heart." And the eunuch replied, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God." My Bible does that in a lot of areas, though. It adds texts that have been omitted or only found in certain manuscripts to the footnotes. Which is nice, because it means that they are still there! And I agree, it is most definately important when it comes to baptism...going back to what my pastor says!
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<p><p><p><p><p>Yeah, no kidding -__-;</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>I hear ya...my handwriting's horrible though, that's why I put my heart into things that I write. If someone wrongs me in any way, I can just sit here and laugh. Because it's better to laugh than to take offense, you know? :] I've learned from past mistakes. I can't argue with people who don't know what they're talking about! (Unfortunately that happens all the time with even IRL friends, even when I've made clear my sarcasm or whatever)</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>Sarcasm gets me into trouble. I need to dull on that a little LOL!!</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>Facebook is nice though for it's little games...I'm a huge Farm Town nut! I'm so addicted it's not even funny.</p></p></p></p></p>
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<p><p><p><p><p>Yeah, no kidding -__-;</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>I hear ya...my handwriting's horrible though, that's why I put my heart into things that I write. If someone wrongs me in any way, I can just sit here and laugh. Because it's better to laugh than to take offense, you know? :] I've learned from past mistakes. I can't argue with people who don't know what they're talking about! (Unfortunately that happens all the time with even IRL friends, even when I've made clear my sarcasm or whatever)</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>Sarcasm gets me into trouble. I need to dull on that a little LOL!!</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>Facebook is nice though for it's little games...I'm a huge Farm Town nut! I'm so addicted it's not even funny.</p></p></p></p></p>
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Yes. You're absolutely correct. The Bible was absolutely written by humans. The Holy Spirit is basically in charge of working through humans, and that is how God's Word is communicated effectively through broken, sinful creatures like us humans. It is written by humans so it can be understood by humans. Here's an example. Look at the Ten Commandments. Exodus 20: 1-17, New Living Translation (I'm breaking it down for my own personal use here) The four of the first five commandments are spoken directly by God. In the first person, I mean, but Moses is telling the people these just as God told to him. The people cannot handle it, and so Moses switches to third person. If the entire Bible was written directly by God it would scare the living hell right out of us. We would be so afraid of a Being that powerful, that we'd basically be brainwashed by our fear into worship. God doesn't want that, He wants us to choose for ourselves on exactly who we believe He is. What's the quote I'm thinking of by CS Lewis, guys? Help me out here. It's right there at the tip of my tongue...something about Jesus was either crazy, something, something, or that He was who He said He was. Grah, I can't think of the actual quote... Other favorites by CS Lewis, though: "God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world." "Try to exclude the possibility of suffering which the order of nature and the existence of free-wills involve, and you find that you have excluded life itself." And, of course, me being a Narnia nut "'Safe?' said Mr. Beaver...'Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. but he's good. He's the King, I tell you.'" Oh, and Foibles, you are the incredible one here. All I can do is sit here and ROFL in amazement that you would say such things in response to my reality.
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Gosh, I love Mark Twain. That quote sums it up perfectly. *melts into a puddle of goo* For me, there are three songs I would like to share that define what I'm looking for in love... Someday Soon ~ Francesca Battistelli Real Life Fairytale ~ Plumb Sink N Swim ~ Plumb I want just this amazing, passionate thing with my future husband, pure and beautiful. :]
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True love is something that's very intimate, very personal...two people being interconnected with one another. I mean this in a way that extends to friendship. Love does not exist without friendship. It's in sharing the highs and lows of life and laughing when you make a mistake, and forgiving one another when one has wronged the other. Love is a beautiful thing! Love has been just as overused as hate. No one truly knows the real meaning of the word anymore, and that's a sad thing indeed. =/
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than just cherries
