Mongo

Tazmanian Devil. Because when I get mad I sound just like him.

I think I will ask ol Neb when I see him in heaven. Since everything else will be revealed to me, I hope that is too, but if not he's on my list. Also I want to ask the disciples how come they didn't recongize Jesus (after the resurrection) right away. There's a verse that I wonder about, though I think I know the answer. It'll give me something to do other than pester Jesus with those thousand questions I've been saving up.

In the movie, the priest tells how Emily had a vision of Mary (Jesus' mom, not the other one) and Mary told her she could either come and stop suffering or stay and her story would be told to the world and they'd know the Lord. So Emily stayed because she felt that whatever happened to her it was her mission to spread the word of the Lord. So everyone who thought the movie pimped the devil; "Oh snap! I was wrong!". Like I said, it was a very good movie. If you aren't secure in your faith, then you should probably refrain from a lot of activities. Not just movies, but going to the beach where scantily clad females gather. Or walking through some malls where various shops are pumping out secular music. The point is that you're either saved or you're not, and you can't protect yourself no matter how deep your faith from the assaults of the enemy. The best thing I ever heard, and it's so true, is that if you look around you and everything in your life is wonderful... Well, you know what that's a sign of, don't you. I also like how some people absolutely refuse to believe their's a devil. That's cracks me up to no end that someone thinks that by closing their mind to it it will go away. I can confirm that this technique only works with physical pain, and even then it has limits. In short, go see the movie (er, rent it I mean, fye on Hollywood!) if you think you would like a good drama that has some spiritual imagery and theme. Well, only if you are secure in your salvation and faith I guess...

Actually it says 'in the twinkling of the eye', but anyway. Those in Christ are raptured. There are things that happen after and we don't know how long these things take. The dead are risen and judged. There is clearly something occuring in between, but to me it matters not. Its God's plan and that's good enough for me.

I guess the question then becomes whether when you prayed you prayed out loud or if you prayed silently, at any time, or whether you vocalized your desire to have God help you with your asthma. Because I know for a fact, without any doubt, that Satan will mess with you if he knows your desires. He has an army of minions who do nothing but work at us all the time. People always want to attribute every bad thing that happens to us as something God did to them, but its just not true. God doesn't do bad things to you. Though He might allow them to happen, its usually that we are in the domain of Satan that is why we have to suffer so greatly. One thing I know is that the further away from God you are, the less you suffer. Satan doesn't want what he already has, he wants what he doesn't have. When you turn faithfully to God things will get tougher and you might have a lot of issues hit you at once, but if you ride them through you find the truth of God's love and promise. Then the next thing would be that you should take comfort in knowing that God will never give you a burden that you can't handle. The stronger you are in faith, the more severe the issues are that you can deal with and eventually they lessen and good things begin to come in abundance. You will never not have problems, but they become a lot easier to deal with. Edited for typos

I saw it. I liked how the movie was hyped as a horror, but it really wasn't. It was recounting of events while the priest was on trial. I expected another Exorcist, and what I got was Boston Legal on PMS/LSD. Though the movie was well done, all I enjoyed it for was the drama. I don't care if it was based on real events or not, it just didn't seem like a horror movie. Maybe the horror was paying 8 bucks to see it. That must be it. Why not? Just because you're a Christian doesn't mean you have to turn inward into a secluded world of only the prim and proper and pleasant. I guess if someone was unsure about their Christianity they wouldn't want to view such things. For me, it was just a trippy drama with neat special effects at times.

It was Jesus. He did not know His name, but he knew who it was none the less. Jesus also appeared in Joshua's camp to fight Jericho. Trippy, ain't it. Its just something you don't expect in the OT.

So let me get this straight: You blame God because you have to choose? Well, sadly it's not God's fault. You can actually trace the blame for that all the way back to Lucifer. He put you into this situation, so if you need to assess blame you should place it squarely upon the shoulders of the one responsible - Satan. You're mad because you were created a certain way? God created you because He is full of love and created us to love us and us love Him in return. Its only natural for children to rebel against their parents, He even states as much. He knows you might not listen and though it pains Him to see you do so, He has to let you decide for yourself. That's the "free will". You're mad because you were born and since you were you feel you are entitled to... what? Though you did not ask to be born, you were. Who's fault is it? No one's. The only one who can be held accountable is you, and only for your actions and choices. From the moment you are born, then enemy is working to keep you from God. He uses doubt, deception and flat out lies to place a barrier between you and God. You should pray to God and ask Him to remove those barriers and help you understand. Pray that until you get an answer. Like any parent, God will stop His work to answer the annoying child at his side. That's the way I got a lot of my things resolved. As far as judgement day goes, God gave you the opportunity to accept Him and if you choose to disobey you have also chosen the consequences. I think most people here are hoping you one day realize how severe those consequences are before you pass on and have no chance. You can say, "But how was I suppose to know" or "But its not fair" but in the end you were told and it's fair according to God. His universe, His rules. Accept it and you'd be amazed how great life can be.

There are many secrets in the Bible we are just now discovering, including hidden authentication codes indicating its origins, identical accouts from outside historical documents that explain things with the Bible, etc. The best resource I have found for learning a lot of this was a work that Chuck Missler assembled from various other researchers and his own efforts for more than 50 years. The 24 hour Bible Study program references much of this info and got me to start questing for more. It is 24 lessons, about 1 hour each, with a presentation along with the audio. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to learn about the Bible. The information revealed is so overwelming to some people I've met who were on the fence about Jesus, tipping them over into the light and helping them begin to understand things they never ever pondered til now. I find it incredibly funny that the more effort scientists put into disproving the Bible and dismissing it as folk tales, the more they end up proving its a true historical accounting. The missing day on the atomic clocks was the best one.