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The only one that wins in the court is the court. Justice is with God. My dad moved out of a house in decent condition years ago. The landlady came and found tons of "damage". She got in contact with a lawyer, who was both a friend of hers and very crooked, and filed a lawsuit against my dad. Except, being a crooked lawyer, he never sent my dad any papers and so he never knew about it. Lo and behold, if you're not present in court, it's taken as guilt and so he was stuck with a debt. He ended up having to pay her around... I think he said somewhere from $1300 to $1700 before he was able to prove in court that there was no damages. Then he had court fees on top of that. It's almost funny how people go out of their way to be petty, but it's really not funny.

Again, it depends on the heart, as others have said. I've heard this metaphor before, so i'll use it. Think of it like Cinderella. A raggedy and dishevelled woman doing chore after chore for her evil and overbearing stepmother and stepsisters. She does not mop the floor out of love. She does not do their bidding out of respect... Or, the right kind of respect, at least. She does them because she feels that she must. This is to seperate between the heart and the action. Even if you do the right thing, it means nothing if the reason why you did it wasn't right. If this person said it in a moment of anger, ignorance, or misunderstanding, then it was a mistake. We have all said or done things when we're upset that are regrettable. If the person truly repents of their anger and their words, and they truly do not hate God in their heart, then it would be forgiven. However, if someone says sorry and their heart snickers in disagreement, then it would be meaningless.

Title ^ There you go

Other people, even pleasant ones, are tiresome to me. Reading the Bible too long makes me sleepy. Things do indeed get rough. However, rather than use the word "fun," I think i'd use the word "enjoyable". I'm not having fun, per say, but it's nice all the same.

This plays into a fear i've had since I was a kid. There was a movie called Dreamcatcher, where these guys go out to these snowy woods and lodge in a cabin. Then there's this mysterious disease that surfaces on all living organisms, which is actually a form of alien parasitic infection AKA people get sick because there's an extraterrestial worm growing within them. Once it is fully grown, it exits the host body, ending the host's life in the process. A random man shows up with the sickness, and unknowing of it, they allow him to recover at their cabin. Later in the movie, the man goes to the toilet because he feels like he has to go, but it's actually the alien worm coming out of his backside and he dies on the john. I rewatched it years later and got that it went OUT rather than IN, but as a kid, I thought that it came up through the toilet and killed the man through his rear. I was like 6 or 7 years old and it screwed me up. To this day, if i'm sitting on the toilet and it starts making noises, I get really uneasy. I realize that some giant alien parasite isn't going to attack me, but when has fear ever been rational?

He also played as God on Bruce Almighty, a comedy movie, so I can't say i'm surprised.

I normally just sit down and read until my eyes get tired/heavy. It happens easily with the Bible; I can read other things without an issue, but for some reason, the Bible fatigues me - Not to imply that it is boring, of course. If my eyes do get tired, I just close them for a few minutes before continuing. I try to read at least 5 chapters each day (depending on the chapter lengths) maybe reading up to what looks like a good stopping point or when it comes to books like Psalms, I typically had a "10 psalms a day" rule. It's like a regular exercise routine. It sounds tough at first, and maybe it will be, but once you get the hang of it, you don't like to go without. It makes you feel good. If you can't squeeze a bit of time in each day, just set aside time when it's available - I suppose it's not quite necessary that someone reads it every day after all.

My goodness. You really do like to talk. My answer to this, you may not enjoy. It sounds to me both as if you've already left H and honestly, this P guy sounds a bit manipulative. There's a guy i've known for quite some time who is basically homeless, but he goes online and chats up women and (somehow) convinces them to let him move in with them over internet messaging. He just hops from woman to woman, moving on to the next when the former gets tired of him. This isn't quite the same as that, sure, but it just sounds to me like trouble. If anyone seems far too good to be true, they're probably not. If you want to abandon your husband, I think you'd both be better off, and again, it sounds as though you've already left him in your heart. If you want to go galavanting about with this P fellow, that's your choice - I'm not about to rush after someone who willingly leaps off a cliff. The fact that you're out and about with P, sleeping in the same hotel room, seems like adultery to me. If you were my wife, sayonara; i'll try to not let the door hit you on the way out. However, if you intend on mending your relationship with H, I would suggest having an actual sit-down with him. I doubt he is as closed off as you say. Voice your concerns about the relationhip and realize that love is a two-way street. A christian must know and realize that God does not like divorce, and only allows for it in the case of adultery or abandonment. Again, I cannot stop you if you truly want to follow after your desires, but I will voice my objection to it.

Everyone else has posted well, but I'd just like to correct the wording. You say Jesus was BURIED but the correct term would be "entombed". His corpse was placed within a cave and a large boulder was rolled over the opening, requiring multiple men in order to move it.

In order to get my cardio in, I use a weight bag every once in a while; So I shall answer this near as I see it. To me, I think the answer is two fold. First, a person should try to avoid violence when necessary; it should only be the last resort. Second, it's a matter of if you wish to subdue your enemy rather than seriously injure them - Getting them to stop is in everyone's interest, but going so far as to beat them either to or near to death is malicious. Boxing can work, but you must keep in mind that everything about boxing has you aiming for their vital areas, the torso and head. A couple punches to the head can work to disorient someone, but one must never underestimate the damage that blunt force trauma can do. They might not be bleeding visibly, but if you punch good and hard enough, they could be bleeding within. Just picture that fight with Kimbo Slice where he punched James Thompson's ear. You would have to work exclusively on punching their arms and legs if you wanted to subdue them, and whilst I do like my weigh bag, boxing can be a fairly limited thing in an emergency situation. Not to mention that your hands should be padded or else your bare fist will be injured as well. If you do consider martial arts, I would recommend one that focuses on grappling moves. Try to look up and practice submission grapples, because you wish to subdue rather than seriously injure. One can never forget the use of pepper spray or a tazer; they work very well at subdueing enemies. However, I must slightly protest tazer usage; someone who's doped up or high enough won't react to it, and it has been shown to be inadvisable against people with heart conditions. if I were you, i'd just focus on submission grapples. Put that mugger in a boston crab or something, lol.

I am making this topic because i'm curious how others feel about the process for not only looking for a job, but obtaining one. It seems as though it is not so much who is most willing or in need of work, but rather, who can lie and lick the employer's shoes best. Do you or have you ever lied on your application or during the interview? Do you think a person should be honest, even if their work history is not perfect, or they hit that catch 22 obstacle of "no previous experience"? Do you or have you tried to make yourself appeal more to them, like saying that your worst quality is that you work too hard? Is that not deceitful? How can a person who's work history is lacking and who wishes to be honest obtain a job? You don't have to answer those questions specifically; I am only curious as to what thoughts you might all have on the matter.

I'm not a parent, but I might try to offer advice. What we do with sorrow and/or worry is what determines what comes after. Essentially, "on the battlefield, it's all about how you react". A good watchman on the wall is a vigilant creature - His eyes dart about and his ears are to the wind. He may come across as paranoid to his more lazy coworkers, but who's going to be caught dozing off when the enemy toots their horn? Who is going to see it coming, and will thus likewise be better able to prepare themselves and their allies? These feelings you're having, they will help you to be a mother. You just have to try and remember to be calm and rational, as a soldier might be. Have faith that regardless of what might come, everything will be okay. Trust in the Lord.

I did. There is no gay gene. There is absolutely ZERO proof that being gay has anything to do with your DNA or anything else that occurs naturally at birth. I also disagree with the notion that genetics/biology determines a person's personality. Nobody is just naturally born angry, adulterous, or murderous. Just as nobody is born gay. Nothing in the blood makes it so, other than sin. It is a matter of personality, or malleable factors. I can't become a person of African descent, and neither can I will my nose to grow longer... But I can stop being angry. I wouldn't define it as "love". I'd call it what it is, it is confusion. Saying it isn't a lifestyle also doesn't make it so. This vice versa argument works for your point here. It can be changed with prayer and repentance, the same as any other sin.

What exactly makes it a part of a person's identity, and would not this view also then apply to other forms of sexual deviancy? We can't kick this man out because his dog is much more than his best friend. Neither can we expel this other fellow who really shouldn't be anywhere near the middle school. There is no "gay" gene. No four year old boy fantasizes about kissing other boys. This is a matter of psychology or "personality," which is something subject to change and definitely NOT set in stone or biology. If a man has anger problems to the point of being violent, and this is a recurring problem, then even if it is a part of his "identity," it does not justify him. If that was how people thought, then everything they do or believe would be okay, because it's just "how they are". Whoops, I kissed this other guy, my bad, that's just how I am. WELL IT ISN'T HOW YOU SHOULD BE. If there is an unrepentant sinner, I don't see anything wrong with not including them within the membership. If they wish to change, if they wish to repent and not be that way anymore, then they are more than welcome to. Doing otherwise is just giving permission to the lifestyle. As another poster said, if a person's spouse commits adultery, then divorce is a viable option, as is remarriage. It's not the same thing as a gay person not doing anything about being gay.

I put "several times" on the first one, but I really wasn't familiar with it. I had a fairly Christian childhood, but due to conflicts at church, my parents quit going and weren't too keen on instilling Christianity into my brother and I. They still spoke of God and not in a negative way, of course, but I mean that it wasn't a "teaching" kind of environment. I tried picking up the Bible as a kid, and as a number of other posters have said, I didn't really get it. A kid unfortunately lacks refined thought. Then atheism became a sort of "fad," and me being a bit of a bookworm at the time (around 11 or 12 maybe), I bought into it. I still hadn't read the Bible, but then again, most of my distaste was aimed at religion in general rather than anything specific. However, as things go, the more that you read and learn, the more you realize that you've read nothing and learned nothing. I became disillusioned with the idea that science contained all of the answers and was the key to unlocking the world's mysteries. It forced me to sit down and think, really reconsider myself. At this time, I think I was 18, nearing the end of high school. I came to the conclusion that, a creator made more sense than random coincidence. That does not mean that Christianity was my first stop, oh no, that came later. My first stop was a general and undefined "new age" - Which, after coming across a variety of weird ideas and clear poppycock, was dropped. It was in this middle area that I realized I was honestly a terrible person with a horrible heart. I was disgusting and, being disgusted with myself, I decided that asceticism was the route to go, in order to try and cleanse myself of what traits I hated. This was partially inspired by reading about Ben Franklin - He kept a book where he would mark down mistakes he had made on any given day, a sort of "no-no score book" in order to try and lessen his mistakes with time. I liked the idea, and so came up with my own I dubbed "Daily Dissallowance". Basically, I would count anything negative I had said, done, or even thought, and keep a score. If it exceeded 15 points, I would then punish myself by inducing vomit. Certain actions would be counted as immediate failure, and thus I would have to puke. Doing this... I think screwed me up hardcore. It wasn't fun and it's like my problems became far more rampant and uncontrollable. Hardly a day passed where my fingers didn't tickle my throat. Along with this idea of self-punishment was Buddhism, mainly inspired by my love of Asian history. Again, it really didn't help and it made me desperate for assistance. Then and only then, I think at the age of 21, did I pick up the Bible. The intention wasn't the best... It was maybe more along the lines of "maybe this can help me contain myself" rather than anything noble, you know? I would still read the bible and I would try to pray, being fairly ignorant and self-interested at the time. It was an experience I had one night, when I was lying awake and twitching in bed trying to fight my body, that opened my eyes to the words I was reading. It just hit me that God was real and Christianity was the answer. I've been a Christian ever since, trying to improve yet still - With far less vomit and difficulty, too! Praise be to the Lord for that.

As the others have said, you are not alone, as God is with you. Not only that, but this site is a place to talk; this place is where I communicate most. I find posts like this difficult to respond to, because when it comes to me, I rather like being alone. Have you ever been to a party and thought, if I left, would anyone notice? Would anyone care? Many people might find that to be a depressing and negative thought, but it can be fun, too. If nobody is noticing you, you can just look around and watch people, without having to worry about being noticed and likewise looking strange. It's one of my favorite things to do, to step outside of myself. I pretend like i'm a detective/psychologist and i'm trying to figure people out. Being alone allows a person to focus more externally than internally. That being said however, I do at least somewhat understand the desire to speak with others. It's the reason I come here - Even if i'm rather reclusive and closed-off, as you said, all people are social. Perhaps you haven't found the right church just yet, or perhaps the companionship you desire is closer than you realize.

Take a jog on the wheel to take my mind off it. If I had to assume what you mean, it would be something along the lines of "it's like they're reading from a script"? There are books and manuals out there, which do attempt to explain how persuasion works and how to likewise persuade people to your viewpoint. However, I might expect this from just one person, not an entire congregation. I think i'd buy into the idea of trying to connect with some of the people on a more private and personal level. Even if we don't realize it, people act differently around different people. It behind closed doors where you see more of the actual person. If the people still seem as though they're putting up fronts or being disingenuous, you could perhaps try looking into other churches.

1 and 6. I don't mind openly reading the Bible. I try to be nice, though my rather aloof personality comes off as rude to a number of people. I am aloof indeed, however, and I don't like talking that much. I either don't have anything to say or i'd rather not say anything, you know? I more than likely do need to learn how to deal with people, though; I think I get too comfortable being closed off and so when I do have to deal with someone, i'm a bit inexperienced.

Sounds like nervous ticks. I think they call that "self-touch as a means of self-comfort". They're nervous, and so they fiddle about. I do it a bit myself. I might rub my fingers together (what I call my invisible "worry token," like i'm rubbing a coin) or more commonly, I stroke my goatee both because it's fun and a less obvious nervous tick. I don't know what you could do, other than try to understand, or otherwise ask them if they're okay and assure them that they can relax.

I think it's best if a person seperates themselves from anything that's rather negative. I say that a bit hypcritically, as there are shows, movies, and games I like or have seen/played that would raise a few eyebrows. I've been working to get away from such things, however. If you look at the GTA series, even as far back as the PS1 when it was a bird's eye view game, it has always depicted and glorified a criminal lifestyle. You gun people down, you beat them to death, you break the law, you deal drugs, you engage in illegal street races, in Vice City you get to purchase an adult film studio and help them produce, and you have to have sex with prostitutes to give yourself a boost in health. I don't think it's to the point where anyone kills anyone or breaks the law "because they played GTA," but I think the emphasis on crime and the stance the games and games like it seem to take, might make a person's views or feelings on such things much more soft. You are what you focus on. Playing a game where the gameplay is focused primarily on wicked deeds, and much more glorifies and relishes in such things, isn't very healthy. I don't know if I would define as "sin" per say, but still, best avoided.

You know, a guy is a visual creature. It's also rude to stare, especially so openly at a girl's... Assests. Even if she just straight up puts them out there, like they're spilling out and you don't expect people to look? Not to imply that of you, of course; wicked eyes will see what they want to see, even if were to put on something like a nun's smock or a muslim woman's garb, they would still look and see what they wish. The fact that you describe his expressions as "sexual" gives me the idea that he probably just checks you out when he thinks you're not looking or otherwise might not notice him. I know; I was an unbelieving teenage boy myself. A little glance at this girl, a little peek at this other girl... Guys aren't all that picky. I even took mental pictures of this or that so I could ruminate on them later. If there is any interest there, I don't reckon it goes beyond the physical barrier. I'd avoid him myself as well, were I in your shoes. I take it by the classroom setting that you're young. It's not to say that young people can't be mature or wise, but those two things aren't exactly in high supply, you know? Even among older people. I'd wait until you're a bit older. I had chances when I was in school to do the deed, but even as a hormone-crazed teenage unbeliever, I realized that pursuing such things at that point was unwise. Society places an emphasis not only on loose sexual values, but on pursuit of love or "love" in general, when there is infinitly much more to life than that. All good things to those who wait, as they say.

I back what Billiards said. Especially if you're hoping to make Youtube and E-Books your career. You might even eventually open a donation page, where people can support your content. It might perhaps go without saying, but please be mindful that Youtube can be a bit cancerous at times. The word either reaches people or it doesnt; don't let anyone who spits venom wear you down too much, yeah?

I'm not sure about speaking with Worthy Bot, if that's what you mean. I haven't tried. As for if people can reply to each other within the US News section, yes. I haven't tried to post an article there either; I don't know if it needs mod approval or not. If you don't get a message when you click "start new topic," it should be fine. The mods have the passwords to those sections in general. If the one doesn't respond, another might. I'd just send a message to whomever maintains that particular club.

You are what you focus on. It might be better if you focus on more positive things. Ask yourself, WOULD you betray Christ? They might take your possessions. So what? Would you rather have a chair, or would you rather have salvation in Jesus? They could starve you in a holding cell. So what? Would you rather have a cheeseburger, or would you rather have salvation in Jesus? Say they strap you down to a table and torture you. Would you rather give in and admit defeat, or would you rather stand strong and have victory with Jesus? If you find yourself in need of strength and bravery, then pray to God. Matthew 17:20 - and He said to them, "because of the littleness of your faith; for truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you".

It perhaps depends on the person, but I like a quote by Sun Tzu - A leader leads by example, not by force. He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone at her. A person needs to have open arms to welcome a possible brother or sister - not folded arms and venom spit into their wounds. Many people mistake that for permissiveness, or being soft on sin. It must be stated that whatever the issue(s) is/are is not okay. None of us come out clean, but everyone is much better off when they can turn their foot from sin. We make mistakes, but that's why we learn from them - we try not to repeat them, and we regret them., we repent for them. I must admit a lack of experience in this regard, however. I tend to stick to myself; people don't seem to react well to criticism, even if it isn't harsh. I would still try if the opportunity presented itself, I suppose, like if someone came to me with their troubles. Oh, and I do know I should try to engage people more - I hope to change, but as they say, old habits die hard.