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creativemechanic

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  1. I saw this letter in a collection of Dear Abby responses over the decades. It shows a valuable bible lesson that spills over into every day life. Can anyone spot it?
  2. Yep. Took me a long time to realise. Something that irks me is this- often people will ask for help in a way that drastically inconveniences you. You offer a much less strenuous alternative, they'll get angry and refuse, insisting on their method (as if theyre the one in control of your time/vehicle etc).If you dont bend, theyll quickly manage to do it without you.
  3. It may sound harsh, but something I noticed. It may be that we as Christians need to get an understanding of setting boundaries when doing for others. Yes, we need to be loving and sacrificial as Christs was but sometimes (at least in my opinion) this can lead to us believe we must unnecessarily burden ourselves for others who dont always need it. To explain- Lets say a person needs a ride far to the South, theyll ask someone who they know is going north despite the fact that...... 1) They know that they are inconveniencing them 2) There are people in the area going their direction who could easily drop them that way and not be as burdened 3) They could easily ask for a ride to the bus terminal and not incovenience them. But yet, they have mentally designated that person to do it and will accept no substitute or compromise. The person going north is already quite busy and it will put them far off route, but they may feel obligated to do so being to faithful servant. Ive noticed this and its often the relatives of the christian who tend to do this. To the point where it gets me angry seeing how the person is being exploited I actually myself had to get out of this mindset and learn to refuse help to people in certain situations based on the context. Often times, theyll get annoyed or angry, but find an alternative very quickly. In a nutsheel, we may have to learn how to not be selfish, but also observe a situation, know their limitations and then make a decision without being exploited.
  4. so people believe that of the millions of people alive at that time..... this face imprinted had to be Jesus and it happned to resemble the classic European art portrayals of Jesus too??? More crazy people are outside of the asylums than in......
  5. Advice comes from all over. Not all is good. Shown by the stories of Rehoboam and Amnon, heeding bad advice can ruin your life. Some can be down right hilarious so long as youre aware enough to ignore them. Do you have any examples of bad advice youve gotten and thankfully ignored. Here are some of mine- 1) A person who professed to be christian (and i sincerely began to doubt) once told me that if I want a wife just tell God, He needs to give you one if He wants you to keep serving him. I obviously ignored that. I was lonely, not STUPID. 2) A friend told me a married woman told her that- Worry about looking good now(being single). When you get married you can let yourself go. 3) One of my parent once told me to change my major in university to Accounting (a subject I HATED in school and failed at). Their logic was , if i did it, i could get a job out of school fast. Use the money to build a house on a plot of land they had that we can live in together. They even tried to get a friend of theirs to talk to me to change my mind. When i declined , they got angry. So they in short wanted me to do a subject I hate, get a job Id hate so I can build a house on their land and cohabit with them.
  6. the skunk relentlessly pursued the cat/dog despite her making it abundantly clear that she wasnt interested, running after her wherever she went and repeatedly grabbing caressing and kissing her despite her clearly not wanting him to........ Theres literally no way anyone could justify that not being rapey.
  7. some of those were too unPC for today. lol Pepe Le Pew has been permanently removed because the character let off too much sexual assault vibes. I agree now seeing it as an adult
  8. similarly- old magazines like mad give glimpses into how mindsets to certain issues changed so much over the years. this was from the 60s/70's .Amazing how public perceptions to getting kids before marriage has changed
  9. watching old tv shows is pretty amusing because it shows how much society has changed over the time- things that were huge deals then are just brushed over now etc I watched an old episode of A different world from the early 90's where a student revealed she was hiv+ and everyone was freaking out around her, one man wore a face mask etc. Reminds me of how terrified people were of Aids in the 80's and 90's. Now , you see ads for medication to take for hiv once a month that presents you from spreading and how you can live normally with it now.
  10. the bible doesnt because it's spiritually irrelevant. There were far more relevant things to put in it. I find people who focus on these things just want an excuse to attack the scripture or disregard it
  11. Its called the Halo Effect. If people like one thing about someone, we tend to blind ourselves to the negative aspects of their personality. Think like how we see someone who is attractive and we ignore how nasty their personality is or when we like a celebrity and refuse to believe the bad things they have done or were accused of- eg like how Michael Jackson's fans protested outside of his trial even though they hadnt heard any evidence or ever met him. Same thing with Trump, he supported some "Christian" policies and embarassingly, some Christians blinded their eyes to or excused the various very unchristianlike things he did
  12. Life Lesson:When God says dont do something........DONT DO IT
  13. Speaking from personal experience i have a theory. Because of alot of female led single parent homes, we have boys growing up without men there to teach them to be men. Little girls however will have women who run homes to teach them to be women who run homes. My parents broke up when i was 4 , while my father was a presence in the home, I didnt have that male guidance.. I did grow up being bossed around by a multitude of women- mother, aunts, older female cousins. Now as a man, Im learning by myself how a man should be, after years of not knowing because of being taught. So some guys may be like this because they dont know any better due to a lack of guidance.
  14. what amuses me is how this topic got 9 pages while others with actual spiritual relevance end at 1 page. This reminds me of something I once witnessed in a my young adult sunday school class. We talk a variety of Biblical topics and there was one young lady who'd sit at the back almost always quiet and not saying much if anything. Then one day, I think in a class about money management ,the teacher spoke about Remi- this is human hair from countries like India. It is sold in my country for LOTS of money and the ladies attach it to their own hair to make it look long and straight. He was basically saying how ridiculously expensive it is. (about $600 a pack back then) The same woman who was pretty much quiet through all the other biblical topics got animated and began fiercely defending why it was worth the money. All I could think was- Where your treasure lies.........
  15. I saw this online and found it funny , for a specific reason. People claim the lgbtt community are the cause of the moral breakdown in society. While I agree with that in many ways- eg trans kids, putting little boys as drag queens etc. But when I see the part saying it desroys the traditional family, it remind me of something someone posted. Basically they said why do people say that they destroy the family but noone talks abut other problematics elements in society eg. 1) Men who run around impregnating multiple women,never settling with them. Often times these women are actually pregnant together. Also the women who see this and still get involved with said men. 2) Women who get kids from multiple fathers. sometimes not willingly sticking with one because they know it means multiple men they can hit up for money. There was a video of a woman showing the math of why she has 6 kids from 6 different men eg 6 kids from one man nets a far less percentage of his wages than 6 different men giving her 17% of their wages each. Also the men who still get involved with said women. 3) Rapid Celebrity divorces and remarriages. Kids growing up seeing this and emulating it may damage the family structure far more than the LGBTT. What do you think?
  16. I agree with that.Although I can say it i easier said than done. I have found eliminating the chance to sin makes it harder to sin. A man once told me- Dont go to the rum shop for a coke. ie If you know the temptation for something is a place you go for mundane things, dont go there for the mundane things.
  17. the inspiration was this- My former pastor once told us in a sermon, that if your spouse doesnt want you to be around certain people, you should heed them. Made me wonder. While i dont think it should be always like that, i think it in this situation has some relevance because 1) Sometimes we can be totally blind to how rotten our friends can be. Other people notice , but we somehow cant until they do something really drastic, then it all comes back. 2) We warn kids about the influence of bad company but adults have to be mindful ourselves. sometimes normally well behaved people can totally turn when they attach themselves to trouble makers- Ive seen this at workplaces. A peaceful office or school can become a warzone when one troublemaker gets transferred then and gets a following. 3) Travel can bring out the worst in people because when were away from almost everyone we know we can "free up" thinking noone will know. Ask any person working in the tourist industry about the antics people get up to while on trips. These can sometimes be engaged, married people.
  18. Something i heard about in a sermon. What would you say to this situation?
  19. I actually saw this with my own 2 eyes. Police chase a man through the city and catch him. Officer tells the man -Relax. When the man stops resisting, the officer choke slams him onto a parked car's windshield cracking it. The car owner comes out and is justifiably annoyed at his car winddshield being damaged. When he protests, the Officer who slammed the man tells him- Come to the station. A lady standing angrily nearby tells someone that the officer threw the man on the windshield, cracked it and when the owner came , he told him- Do something about it! I replied- He didnt say that. He said- Come to the station. The lady glared at me for a few seconds then repeats her previous statement- He told him- Do something about it! My point is this- Body cams are good because they hold officers to greater accountability for misusing their power but also helps protect them from blatant liars like that woman.
  20. Also in cases with police brutality, in can show what really happened and if the force used was necessary. When officers know this, it may be a deterrent for them to overdo it.
  21. Like said scenario, people in real life seem to think that just because a person is family, we have to give their bad or toxic behaviour a degree of tolerance, despite them doing stuff that we wouldnt tolerate from other people. So some people often undergo years of headaches from toxic relatives who they shouldve, for their own good cut off years ago. How do you think we christians should biblically deal with toxic relatives?
  22. An error in logic in this is some people assume that the woman will automatically feel better after the abortion.Which as I understand, isnt always the case.
  23. Honestly , some people tend to ruin things by being so uptight. Read what I said before I gave the examples. This in no way disrespects the scripture, its just pointing out humorous events that happened in the stories. Another amusing one- Acts 19: Some men try exorcise a demon using " the Jesus Paul preaches of" while not being actual disciples. Basically trying to ride on Paul and Jesus' coattails. The demon tells them- I know Paul and I know Jesus, who are you? Then proceeds to beat the stuffing out of the men and strip them naked. A good lesson is not to mix up in things where you dont have the spiritual authority to.
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