Who do you support for Governor in Texas in 2010?

[anonymous]

Heavy Fed wrote:

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Don't you have a registered Topix account???
You can send private messages ya know?

If I decide to make an account, I'll let you know. If you decide to come to the chat room, let me know. I don't want people at my school or in my area to harass me about the things I post, but it is in my opinion, slightly obvious who's posting this, anyway, to some who know me, if they're reading it.

[Heavy Fed]

anonymous wrote:

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Yeah, I think that he reveals separate things to each person, even non-believers. I DEFINITELY think he has a different experience interacting with each person, if I am to pretend to fathom his experience of things. But what do you mean when you say you do these things?

I believe that by speaking with you... by interacting with you... I am communicating with God.

God is everywhere... God is everything... he screams out for us at every turn... and we keep turning the other way looking for him.

Through people, things, travel and experience... I think for some reason I am hyper aware of this connection... so my communication line with God... and his direction of my life is spot on.

Everywhere I go... everything I do... it all keeps pointing me in the same direction.

[Heavy Fed]

anonymous wrote:

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If I decide to make an account, I'll let you know. If you decide to come to the chat room, let me know. I don't want people at my school or in my area to harass me about the things I post, but it is in my opinion, slightly obvious who's posting this, anyway, to some who know me, if they're reading it.

Sorry, I am not avoiding personal communication with you... I'm just not comfortable with the format of the site you sent me to, but I did register an account... so if need be...

[Nijoni]

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John Eldredge, the guy I won't stop mentioning long after it has seemed very annoying in my opinion. I'm very impressed with the books I've read.

Interesting. I am familiar with the name and of whom you speak.
I lived in Manitou Springs for many years.

[Nijoni]

Heavy Fed wrote:

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I believe that by speaking with you... by interacting with you... I am communicating with God.
God is everywhere... God is everything... he screams out for us at every turn... and we keep turning the other way looking for him.
Through people, things, travel and experience... I think for some reason I am hyper aware of this connection... so my communication line with God... and his direction of my life is spot on.
Everywhere I go... everything I do... it all keeps pointing me in the same direction.

And what "direction" might this be?

[Heavy Fed]

Nijoni wrote:

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And what "direction" might this be?

The direction I am headed.

I've been turning away my entire life... looking for another path... I want desperately not to take another step... but God insists.

[Nijoni]

Heavy Fed wrote:

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The direction I am headed.
I've been turning away my entire life... looking for another path... I want desperately not to take another step... but God insists.

Can't be more specific than that?

[Hezekiah]

Heavy Fed wrote:

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The direction I am headed.
I've been turning away my entire life... looking for another path... I want desperately not to take another step... but God insists.

I doubt that God is aware of your direction, much less concerned about it.

[Heavy Fed]

Nijoni wrote:

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Can't be more specific than that?

Towards the light.

In this life... you either head towards the darkness... or towards the light.

The further you get from one... the closer you get to the other... the more scary it becomes.

Brilliant light can be just as frightening as total darkness... most of us dwell in the comfortable middle ground and call it reality... when in fact there is so much more.

[Heavy Fed]

Hezekiah wrote:

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I doubt that God is aware of your direction, much less concerned about it.

God is aware and concerned with ALL of our directions... even yours.

But your very words you betray your disbelief in him... but he knows you... and your direction and he believes in it.

[Hezekiah]

Heavy Fed wrote:

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God is aware and concerned with ALL of our directions... even yours.
But your very words you betray your disbelief in him... but he knows you... and your direction and he believes in it.

You're just talking nonsense.

But just for the sake of more nonsense, on what do you base this knowledge of what a Supreme Being does and doesn't do?

[Heavy Fed]

Hezekiah wrote:

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You're just talking nonsense.
But just for the sake of more nonsense, on what do you base this knowledge of what a Supreme Being does and doesn't do?

God created everything of himself... everything is of God.

God is both good and evil.

[Nijoni]

There is none good, but God.

[Heavy Fed]

Nijoni wrote:

There is none good, but God.

Equally there is none bad but God.

[Texan]

There is no bad or evil in God. He gave us all a free will to follow Him or not. He created heaven and earth and all that dwell here. He gave man dominion over all creatures on land, in the sea, and in the sky. I believe in God and the fact that he has a plan for us, I believe he died on The Cross to pay for our sins, and I believe that all who believe in Him shall have ever lasting life. There are those who would like to explain Him away. They can't do it. It's called FAITH and when you have faith there is no need to fear.

[Heavy Fed]

Texan wrote:

There is no bad or evil in God. He gave us all a free will to follow Him or not. He created heaven and earth and all that dwell here. He gave man dominion over all creatures on land, in the sea, and in the sky. I believe in God and the fact that he has a plan for us, I believe he died on The Cross to pay for our sins, and I believe that all who believe in Him shall have ever lasting life. There are those who would like to explain Him away. They can't do it. It's called FAITH and when you have faith there is no need to fear.

Sorry, but... according to the Bible that you so believe in... first there was nothing.

God created everything... God created good... God created evil... therefore God must be both good and evil.

Neither would exist without him.

It's a Yin Yang thing.

[Texan]

That first there was nothing is a given. God created only good, and while it is true that God created Satan He did not make him evil, He did allow him free will, it was Satans choice to create sin and evil. When a cow gives milk it is sweet and good, it can go bad and sour. That does not make the cow bad. Man created the automobile and the gun, does that make man both an automobile and a gun? Neither would exist without man. So don't be sorry. I will just continue to believe and have faith, and live my life without that fear that bothers you so much.

[Heavy Fed]

Texan wrote:

That first there was nothing is a given. God created only good, and while it is true that God created Satan He did not make him evil, He did allow him free will, it was Satans choice to create sin and evil. When a cow gives milk it is sweet and good, it can go bad and sour. That does not make the cow bad. Man created the automobile and the gun, does that make man both an automobile and a gun? Neither would exist without man. So don't be sorry. I will just continue to believe and have faith, and live my life without that fear that bothers you so much.

BUT... when God created "Satan"... he knew everything he would do before he did it.

Just like he knew everything you would do before he created you.

So... God created these things... knowing they would do evil... therefore God is both good and evil.

He planted the seed... it bore both sweet and sour fruit.

[Heavy Fed]

Texan wrote:

That first there was nothing is a given. God created only good, and while it is true that God created Satan He did not make him evil, He did allow him free will, it was Satans choice to create sin and evil. When a cow gives milk it is sweet and good, it can go bad and sour. That does not make the cow bad. Man created the automobile and the gun, does that make man both an automobile and a gun? Neither would exist without man. So don't be sorry. I will just continue to believe and have faith, and live my life without that fear that bothers you so much.

The fear that bothers me so much... is not what you think.

My fear is for humanity... and them being told a story that is false... so that they can be exploited by other men.

That's what is happening here.

[Texan]

Your opinion, you live with it, or perish with it. No skin off my nose. I put my faith in God and will not fear lies or exploitation by men.