Equippers

yes, i used to attend this church where they hold the same belief. that the rapture will happen before the 7 years of tribulation but only those who are ready will be taken by the rapture and those who are not will be left behind to suffer. so do you think there will be intense suffering before the 7 year tribulation period even for those who will be taken by the rapture? as you may have noticed, in western countries there is already an incredible dark evil clouds gathering, i mean we are already living in the time where disagreement with the PC belief is deemed hateful and bigoted and in many cases deserved to have our lives destroyed by it.

only affectionate ones.

well, hope you would still come back and visit us sometimes God bless you for the path in front of you and bring wonderful people into your life.

thank you and God bless.

the dead don't care, they are dead? actually, they are in heaven right now, so of course they CARE! the harder it is you me to be offended by others? judging by your tone, it seems you are very offended by what i wrote i can't expect them to have the exact same values as me? so why are you so aggressive? you stop judging what others do? well what are you doing in your response exactly?

thank you and God bless.

could be it is his choice obviously, but i just feel if he really cared about this family member he would allow his love to shown in his action.....

yes in his case, i am happy to agree with you though it is much harder to feel the sentiment with people who lies and abuse their power to destroy others. could they be fighting a battle, maybe is their evil deeds have less impacts on their victims, sometimes permanent impacts? i am so happy our God is a God of Justice and i pray He will reveal Himself in all of our lives where vindication is needed.....

thank you for your kindness. it is incredible it is so far in between on a site like this....

well, if you think this kind of thread is rediculous? then why do you keep click on it then?????

well, you and i don't even know each other, we haven't even met. so how do you know mine motive is to judge?

a while back i had someone from mine extended family passed on. he "had" this close friend who is a pastor who I also got to know well years. though i would not say we are friends or i have any respect for him. that said, the friendship between this pastor and the family member is genuine and real. and i do believe this pastor cared about the family member. he was on holiday with his family, and when he heard the news, he did not bother to fly home to pay his last respect or say goodbye here is the thing, this pastor is not rich, but he definitely got enough resources to buy a one way ticket home to attend the funeral and no, the holiday was not about a special occassion, it is not a wedding anniversary, it is not to celebrate one of his daughter impending wedding or anything like that. but recently i heard a sermon of his and this pastor eyes watered up and kept talking about how he loved the family member like a brother i just feel like, love is more than talk, if you LOVED him, than SHOW SOME RESPECT. DON'T JUST CONTINUE YOUR HOLIDAY THAN COME HOME AND GIVE A SOB STORY. but then again, i remember years ago i chose not attend this woman's wedding. i thought she was not a beautiful person on the inside at all and did not want all the negative energy to rub off on me. she apparently got offended and never spoke to me again. maybe in her mined she came up with all these storylines like one of those Korean melodramas and believed we were close friends.... if that is the case, then i understand why she would be so incredibly offended. i definitely think that people has right to be offended by a close friends not attending a wedding unless they have a good reason and unable to attend.

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i agree with you in a sense that "radical" feminism has pretty much taken over the mainstream now, the kind that i think that has nothing to do with equality, as in men and women should be equal, even though that what is radical feminist claims to want. i feel like you are seeing much promotion to get boys and men to be ashamed of their masculine traits, and being told the right traits are feminist traits and the only right way and men need to act more feminine it is like i have read when feminists talked about gender pay gap, it is actually more complicated because women tend to choose professions that pays less than professions that men choose, for examples engineers vs nursing. plus women tend to take time off work and that sort of thing also girl are out performing boys at school, have you seen radical feminists who strongly advocate for correction of this issue? i am willing to be corrected on this one if you have seen examples that indicate otherwise as i have not read extensively into this issue and this is just mine impression.

but does it not apply to girls who are too close to their fathers? in all fairness, i think son in laws are probably less prone to unreasonable jealousy of their father in law but still, Christians husbands "and" wives should have a healthy cleave from their parents in order to have a healthy marriage yes, you are right, you absolutely do not want to have a mental pushy woman marry into your family, and there are plenty of that even among the so called mature Christian woman on the other hand, sometimes mother in laws can be overbearing, too interfering at times. my ex BIL mother basically encouraged her son to cheat (she was not a believer btw), and boy God put her baby boy through the wringers all right, and in the process, made her suffer, she deserved it!

yes, i agree though i also wonder why the difference? why is it for boys having a too close relationship with his mother is considered negative including on his development where as it is the opposite for girls? i mean i have read this article on this woman talking about how much she adores her father and no other man would ever measure up, not even her poor hubby! i remember thinking wow, that can not be healthy for her marriage!

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that father tend to form a closer bond with girls and mother tend to form a closer bond with boys?

i was not thinking of OP when i made the snake comment btw.

LOL we have at least one snake among our midst!

what is the context for this passage ?

i think there is a difference between bring a child into this world in a time like this as oppose to adoption. i am not a parent myself, but one passage i can think of from the scripture that is related to this topic is Luke 2 35 “A painful sword will one day pierce your inner being, for your child will be rejected by many in Israel. And the destiny of your child is this: he will be laid down as a miracle sign for the downfall and resurrection of many in Israel. Many will oppose this sign, but it will expose to all the innermost thoughts of their hearts before God.” anyway, God gives each one of us freewill, there is nothing wrong with having children but it is not a choice i would make for myself in a time like this, and i think any Christians should consider it carefully before they do.

i think most Christians who are paying attentions to current affairs knows open persecution is coming to the West sooner than expected. i am kind of surprised to see so many Christians still carry on as nothing is going to happen. i mean it is bad enough to go through persecution yourself, does one really want to watch their children or grandchildren go through it? anyway, i am not trying to say there is anything wrong with having kids, but right now seems to be worst possible timing.

thanks you are right ,cheap ingredients is not good at all worker who mess with customers' food over some minor perceived injury? may God punish them fully! i have vindictive people like that!

honestly, i do not like language policing, which reminds me of what radical left is doing at campus and to society at the moment for example, one thing that is driving me crazy is we are moving towards the direction of using gender neutral language, and apparently saying he and her is bad? i will never go for it, ever! but i do see your point though but at the same time, if male user is going to be feeling lustful, they would feel it when they see the "actual'' photo. i am sure you know, we men are "visual" animals. where as women are more turned on by "language" that is why i do not agree with you because if a user is already feeling lust when they see the photo, me use the word "hot" is not going to make a difference what so ever. therefore if you are really concerned, you should be telling missmuffet to remove that photo.