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There's another thread about this topic Suicide and Christianity 2007 has some good points in it!

I have had a problem of passive anger since i was a small child due to a whole host of things. However, today i make choices when i feel angry and when that emotion builds, instead of making choices that hurt me i try always to focus outward and do something kind for another human being. This, for me, acts as a neutraliser (love) to the anger and more often than not, helps me to get past the negative emotions and focus on what is really important.

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Hmm, where do i start Far greater significance than how people sound I don't know that any of our country-persons like to be called British. I would only use that term when i don't wish to stipulate which country i come from.

I don't have a soap box.... will a 'Cutan Alcohol Gel' container suffice?

I forgot to say... Welcome to Worthy

Matthew 19:16-17 (King James Version) "And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments." Jesus came to point the way to the Father

Excellent! Thank you GeneV

Dental work!?

Interesting Greg, Watchman was kind enough to explain that verse to me in the chat room the other day 2 Corinthians 12:9 But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." It's not until you pull out specific words that i could see the accusation in them and i do realise that satan is the accuser of the brethren. Thing is, the accuser is not saying anythiing that isn't true, i think... "well he's right, i did do those things, i am that wretched, he's not telling me anything that is not truth" Revelation 12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. But i can also see that who you are in agreement with is a serious thing Job 22:21 "Agree with God, and be at peace; thereby good will come to you. That is a beautiful song Wingwalker, i have prayed a couple of times, short prayers and am praying for little Harry in the prayers forum for ladypeartree's request which i found easy to do as it wasn't about me. I am thinking about what you've said. I do appreciate your encouragement, i really do and i will do it but maybe small steps for now. I don't want it to seem like i am making excuses, i'm not... it takes me a while to unravel the confusion and to see what the truth is. It's taken me over an hour now, just to be able to write this response to you. Confusion is dreadful but i have picked up a thread of truth and i'm following it what feels like through the dark. I have hope though; something i didn't have when i got here.

It was quite obvious that there are many homosexuals in the Islamic Republic. If it is a crime punishable by death under Iran's Islamic sharia law then i'm not at all surprised they don't have a problem with them as they're all in hiding.

Thank you, both of you. I don't go to a church, no. I haven't for a long while. I was part of a church from age 18 onwards when a friend convinced me to join. I don't think i would be of any use to any church at the moment so i don't attend. I would not want to go there and be a drain on their resources either, i know how it can be when people need a lot and can give very little at first.

I hadn't seriously read your reply until this morning, i skimmed over it the day you posted it but it's taken me a while to read it with a view to actually doing what you suggested. I came to the realisation; what choice do i have? Stay confused Walk away Move forward in faith and try somethng new It's not that i believe my sin is too huge for God to forgive, not at all. I just am so afraid he can see my heart and see's the hypocracy and mess in there and knows that's the only reason i would be repentant. If you ask me, i would tell you that's not the reason but God is supposed to know my heart more than i do, so it could well be. I know i'm probably not making sense but i'm just very mixed up and confused about all this still. I've started praying though I figure i have nothing to loose even if by my own actions, i have burned the bridge.

I would look at who it is that's inspiring young people, what it is they are saying and how loud.

Almost as funny as the lad in the UK who wrote his full name on the wall whilst committing a crime.

The Anglican church has faced testing times before and managed to stay together, the ordination of women was a huge issue that threatened to split the church. Below is a quote from the 1978 Lambeth Conference which was directly related to the issue of ordinating women. Twenty years on it was much less of an issue, People felt strongly then about the ordination of women as they do about this issue now. I wonder if this will be the 'straw that breaks the camels back' within this section of the church.

All of us are less than perfect regarding sin; we are all sinners. The fact that we sin does not negate our responsibility or right to protest an issue that people consider to be an abomination because it stands in opposition to the truth. He was not "complaing" as you put it; on the contrary he was being attacked for seemingly being indecisive on the issue. The topic is about the possible split in the Anglican church, not a personal attack on the Archbishop and how he dresses. I wonder if you even read the news articles, it doesn't seem so from what you've written here.

I agree entirely Kari; for me it would be the difference between living life in fear or living it in love.

On this issue, yes *raises eyebrows* I agree, we need to be alert and engaged. However, some people consistently draw out the negatives from the world in which we live. I'm not into that because it often produces a climate of fear and hopelessness. Watchful and positively proactive on issues that matter whilst not sweating the small stuff. I agree it was hugely unfair to take it out on someone so obviously not even in the age bracket concerned. That's what we call a Jobsworth, lol.

There are lots of ways i can think of to give but this one would not necessarily have jumped to the front of my mind. What an excellent idea and such a support to the people when they're due to be released

I wouldn't even agree with the gentleman, that it's bureaucracy gone mad as my daughter currently workd in an identical store to Morrisons (different brand). She works one evening a week only as she has college and studies most evenings to work any more but, this is the only important element working as a teller that she has to be concerned about. Everything else is just stacking shelves and checking cash transactions etc. Many of these stores have been fined for selling alcohol to underage people (as her's was again just last week) so i wonder if they are not making an issue out of this gentleman so as to be 'seen' to be having tight control of this issue when in reality, within the age group where it really counts, they do not! buckthesystem, i really admire your tenacity with this. I think it is really important to be a watchman in these times and confess i am not half as aware as i should be. I have no idea about this. I would instinctively have given it, if asked though. Just as an aside, we have had incidences of rogue security guards in museums etc (who are not connected to the museum) checking id and asking to search people, then stealing their cell phones, car keys etc... Makes one think!

The thing is, they are making an issue out of something that clearly isn't an issue, when very many children buy alcohol every day in these stores. That's where they need to have tighter boundaries, where it counts. They did not get fined for failing to ask for and secure proof of identity, but for actually selling alcohol to an under 18 year old. I agree that there is a push to have id cards carried at all times in Britain, it has been on the cards for years and eventually some party or other will make a case for it especially if we already have to provide proof during several transactions already, which it's going that way.

Thank you for answering Karen. Why do you think that most Christians say no?

Seems to me that the government has made a huge commitment, that now the regular joeblo is going to have to accomodate. I feel the voting public should definitely have had a say in the matter first. I particularly liked this sentence, which i have a sneaking suspicion will end up being more than a few dollars. I can't see these catching on myself, lol

This is not a reply to Karen per se but anyone. I just pulled this paragraph as in example I have always been confused about demonic activity and was always reticent to get involved with anyone praying for someone about it. I have seen some pretty bizarre behaviour from Christians when they've been prayed for by others, vomiting, shaking, growling etc... and was thinking if i were to believe that Christians cannot need deliverence from demon because they are sealed with and occupied by, the Holy Spirit... then what can account for these testimonies? This one and some others that i have seen and heard are pretty compelling.