"duke" <duckgumbo32@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 08:11:49 -0000, "Mary" <mary123@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>>>Wisdom is not a by-product of age.
>>> But it's a major contributor.
>
>>No, it is not. If you have spent your whole life burying your head in
the
>>sand by believing in some non-existant entity, then why would you be any
>>wiser when you reach old age ?
>
> Now I'm absolutely sure of God's presence - I have had a lifetime of
> finally
> arriving at and saying "yes" to his words. His words "I give you a new
> command
> - that you love one another as I love you" is compelling.
>
> His words don't say anything about getting rich, or famous, or good
> looking, or
> living an earthly life forever. His words don't say anything about
being
> sick
> free, or pain free, or no disease, pestilence, war, hatred, etc in the
> world.
> These are the problems caused by man, so well shown by A&E when they
told
> God
> "no, we'll decide, not you".
>
> God so loved his creation that he sent his only Son to show us the way
to
> the
> Father thru full and complete obedience, and then sent the Holy Spirit
to
> guide
> us and keep us on the right track.
>
> There's nothing so wonderful as rolling out of bed in the morning and
> setting
> aside all man-type hatred and letting God's love come into your life.
>
>> Surely wisdom is gained by opening your eyes
>>and actually start thinking - something you don't know how to do, it
>>seems.
>>Have you ever "thought" about why so many people (including myself) have
>>called you a moron.?
>
> God doesn't. And he's the one that counts.
exactly what George Bush said after invading Iraq based upon the words of
an
invisible entity, when it turned out there were no weapons of mass
destruction there. You just don't realise the damagage you religious nuts
are capable of in the name of invisible entities.


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