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  • #16
    Originally posted by Christianbookworm View Post
    I guess they want money more than wanting to do good by not harming their community?
    Most people care far more about getting money for themselves than "doing good" or "not harming their community." Money buys stuff.
    Enter the Church and wash away your sins. For here there is a hospital and not a court of law. Do not be ashamed to enter the Church; be ashamed when you sin, but not when you repent. – St. John Chrysostom

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    • #17
      Originally posted by Christianbookworm View Post
      Do Christians ever do horrible things by human standards? Because I feel terrible if I unintentionally harm someone else!
      Even pastors/priests, who are the ones who should most know better, sometimes do horrible things.
      Enter the Church and wash away your sins. For here there is a hospital and not a court of law. Do not be ashamed to enter the Church; be ashamed when you sin, but not when you repent. – St. John Chrysostom

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      • #18
        Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
        Even pastors/priests, who are the ones who should most know better, sometimes do horrible things.
        I pray that I never do anything really, really horrible by human standards!
        If it weren't for the Resurrection of Jesus, we'd all be in DEEP TROUBLE!

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        • #19
          Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
          Most people care far more about getting money for themselves than "doing good" or "not harming their community." Money buys stuff.
          Maybe I've watched too many idealistic children's cartoons....
          If it weren't for the Resurrection of Jesus, we'd all be in DEEP TROUBLE!

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          • #20
            I feel alien very often in the secular world, sometimes I feel of a different species. I can't relate to a lot of things in this world, a lot repulsed me on tv shoes, on the streets, in music, in movies, in commercials, in flyers, in books. I selectively have programs or music on and I am sometimes horrified at attitudes and apparel that I see outside

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            • #21
              Originally posted by princesa View Post
              I feel alien very often in the secular world, sometimes I feel of a different species. I can't relate to a lot of things in this world, a lot repulsed me on tv shoes, on the streets, in music, in movies, in commercials, in flyers, in books. I selectively have programs or music on and I am sometimes horrified at attitudes and apparel that I see outside
              I'm with you. I don't relate to TV shows or popular fiction at all. And I don't get peoples' fascination with what so-n-so music star or movie star wore or did (or didn't).
              Enter the Church and wash away your sins. For here there is a hospital and not a court of law. Do not be ashamed to enter the Church; be ashamed when you sin, but not when you repent. – St. John Chrysostom

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              • #22
                I quite regularly feel like an alien (or at least an outsider) around other people. Have all my life. People don't get me, and I don't get them. I tend to be a very easy person to ignore, because AFAICT people don't really know how else to respond to me.
                I DENOUNCE DONALD J. TRUMP AND ALL HIS IMMORAL ACTS.

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by Christianbookworm View Post
                  Why do people do unethical things like steal money from their place of work or shoplift?
                  Desperation, stupidity, thrill seeking, peer pressure, and a host of other reasons. Boiling it down to one reason is improper.
                  That's what
                  - She

                  Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
                  - Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)

                  I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
                  - Stephen R. Donaldson

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by Zymologist View Post
                    I quite regularly feel like an alien (or at least an outsider) around other people. Have all my life. People don't get me, and I don't get them. I tend to be a very easy person to ignore, because AFAICT people don't really know how else to respond to me.
                    I love you Zym.
                    That's what
                    - She

                    Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
                    - Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)

                    I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
                    - Stephen R. Donaldson

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                    • #25
                      I actually am an alien, from the planet Piraticus Prime. Don't tell anyone.

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by Bill the Cat View Post
                        I love you Zym.
                        As do I.



                        Securely anchored to the Rock amid every storm of trial, testing or tribulation.

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                        • #27
                          Sometimes.
                          Many times I have a civil war in my head. Then of course I have people who scoff at me for believing.
                          It seems strange but it isn't. I feel alienated because I am different. I may be tempted and sometimes I fall but I ain't a part of the world.
                          Ithe may sound corny but you guys make me feel welcomed.
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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by TheWall View Post
                            Sometimes.
                            Many times I have a civil war in my head. Then of course I have people who scoff at me for believing.
                            It seems strange but it isn't. I feel alienated because I am different. I may be tempted and sometimes I fall but I ain't a part of the world.
                            Ithe may sound corny but you guys make me feel welcomed.
                            If it weren't for the Resurrection of Jesus, we'd all be in DEEP TROUBLE!

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                            • #29
                              We are all aliens here, together. That is one of the great things about the internet, and tweb. Everyone is welcome and we are all equal (equally weird) behind our keyboards. Nobody knows if you are white, black, fat, autistic, mentally ill, physically disabled, etc, unless you want to tell them (well some are a bit weirder than others and it does show through, eh, Cow Poke?)

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                              • #30
                                Originally posted by Sparko View Post
                                We are all aliens here, together. That is one of the great things about the internet, and tweb. Everyone is welcome and we are all equal (equally weird) behind our keyboards. Nobody knows if you are white, black, fat, autistic, mentally ill, physically disabled, etc, unless you want to tell them (well some are a bit weirder than others and it does show through, eh, Cow Poke?)
                                Yeah, that Sparko fellow is a bit off the charts though isn't he?

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