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How many more debates are there to go? My Mum asked so I said I'd ask a Yank

I wouldn't have to try and turn it on during a hypo/seizure for instance, as I just sit there giggling until I pass out. It'd be funny to watch I imagine, if it ween't so serious

Maybe angels are the closest thing there are that is comparable to being dead, so that's why the comparison was made. I didn't know about that being said in the bible though (but I like reading quotes from other people). I was thinking more of people who are into the trendy popular culture of angels, if you go into a 'new age' shop or the like you'll find they do a very good trade on anything with angels on it. You know, the typical Botticelli images, and beautiful women with a pair pf perfect wings for example, which is highly idealistic in view. I think if an angel appeared to us today we would be terrified and overcome at the sight, as were the shepherds when the birth of Christ was announced to them.

True, but as I have insulin dependent type 1 diabetes and other health problems I admit I feel safer with it.

Oh yes, as I grew up on a property with horses in the middle of Queensland Australia in the early 1990's, so my time back then was spent outdoors with my dog and horse, riding all over the property. Today I feel like the Net has grabbed my attention almost as if it were an entity unto itself. I don't usually leave home without my mobile phone now either, which was unheard of back then. I no longer have horses so my life changed because of that anyway, but it feels now that I had freedom back then that I wasn't even aware of, when now if people want to get ahold of me they ring my phone or find me online, so there's no where I can hide and get away from everything like I used to be able to do. Of course having the Net has its good points too, but if given the choice I think I'd like to go back to those days where taking time to be out in the bush and marveling at His beautiful Creation was my favourite pastime.

Do you happen to have the link? Don't make me look up stuff

Yes, we're so good at believing we're all grown up and no longer need God, but we are nothing without Him. It seems as if popular society is having a collective childish tantrum, 'I want t that sweetie! I need that sweetie! Why shouldn't I have to have that sweetie?' God is the only one who has enough foresight and knowledge to determine what we really need as human beings, and we can't seem to see beyond our noses, to our obsession with material things and the onus on the self, as if we were autonomous, we no longer believe we need our family or church structures that are designed to support us in living lives worthy of Him. The needs of the many, or society as a whole no longer matter. Family and Christian values seem to be disappearing in the face of the worship of the individual self.

Wow, yes there are a few of them I was under the vague impression they may be in the Good Book. A few of them my mother has quoted to me during my life, so I think I just assumed where they were from really. No 5 is so often misquoted, it is 'The love of money is the root of all evil'. It changes the meaning entirely. No 12 is just weird, I don't understand people who think we become angels, or those who deify them either. Angels are messengers of God, very important and having key roles, but not exactly main players. No 14 is from Shakespeare's Hamlet, and I knew that couldn't possibly be in the Bible.... otherwise Shakespeare was a master plagurist and I'm the first to work it out. Hooray, me! I'm glad you posted this, it's quite thought-provoking and makes me realises that I don't know as much as I think I do!