The 1st commandment of the Lord reads that we shall not worship any false gods in place or in leiu of Him. The Catholic Church, who claims to be the true church, mostly based on a loose interpretation of a vague phrase, blatnatly defies the Lord's commandment. They defy the Lord when they openly worhip and pray to Jesus's mother, Mary and the folks whom the corrupt college of cardinals deem to be a "saint." They try to justify it thru dogmatic decrees and writings to their naive and manipula...
The 1st commandment of the Lord reads that we shall not worship any false gods in place or in leiu of Him. The Catholic Church, who claims to be the true church, mostly based on a loose interpretation of a vague phrase, blatnatly defies the Lord's commandment. They defy the Lord when they openly worhip and pray to Jesus's mother, Mary and the folks whom the corrupt college of cardinals deem to be a "saint." They try to justify it thru dogmatic decrees and writings to their naive and manip...
I've prayed for many things in my life. I've never kept a tally of my prayers and theri result, but like most, who pray on a daily basis, I am quite sure that my prayers were not answered most of the time. For most of my life, that hasn't bothered me. Like most people with faith, I was told about God's mysterious ways and told that it might be my fault that my sincere prayer wasn't answered. Many reasons are given, and looking back now, none of em make a lick of sense. After all, Jesus, ...
Recently, I wrote an article about Jesus, The Bible and prayer. The article was not a condemnation of Christian faith, but rather intended to perhaps find answers for questions that I had. Of course, some took offense and thought the intent was to discredit Jesus. For the rest of us, we had a pretty good discussion and I got a good variety of perspectives from several JU'ers. I look for God in different places perhaps. I find God in a child's eyes or in a picturesque sunset. I am sorry ...