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[Superchecker]

Haven't been to church in like 30 years... Used to do the Monday night Bible hour until high school...

[mimi]

Not me....although I might pray that my head feels better. =)))

[teenie weenie]

Only christian here is deletedelete.

you are you are I am I am

[Lochdubh]

Not me....although I might pray that my head feels better. =)))

chowder head?

[Lochdubh]

I attend divine services for special family occasions only. Actually have not been since a baptism several years back. (weddings excluded)

[extralegs2000]

Nobody goes to Sunday worship any more. Christianity is dead as a doornail. It is in steep decline, and has been for the past fifty years. The churches are sitting empty, and are either shutting down, or being bought up by Muslims and converted into mosques.
Xianity is disappearing everywhere, all over the World. That is because, when I rejected Xianity, I rejected it for everybody: for the whole World, not just for myself.
You'll have to go to the mosque if you want to see any action at all. Those are full to overflowing; and new ones are being built all the time.

[Romero]

What's the point in deluding yourself? Christianity has more followers than Islam, more followers than ever in history, and is growing more every day.

[EastVanDude]

church is in my head. I am not into organized relegion. I believe in God altho i believe in a creator and do not know what to really think of the bible and all the relegions in general. What i am saying is i believe in some intelligent creator God that wants us to be good to each other and respect our planet, including the animals. I pray in my own mind and i give thanks for the good and prayers for those that need them. I guess i am more spiritual then relegious..i don't go around yapping about God, the bible or even go to church unless for funeral services, weddings, baptisms and so on. To each their own...try to live a good honest life and not be an asshole to people,plants, animals and mother earth. That is my ''relegion''

[extralegs2000]

I don't make a distinction between being 'spiritual' and being 'religious'. I think it is a false and phony one. My wife also goes on in that vein, calling herself 'spiritual', not religious. I think it's nonsense. I can be both. Both spiritual and religious. Why not? I'll take my religion with all its problems and flaws, and try to work around them and through them. I don't just discard my religion, with all that's good in it, just because there are human problems with its application in practice. And being spiritual does not remove all 'rules' from your life. So if you are going to have rules anyways, why not be religious. Organized religion may have its problems, but it also brings many benefits, as long as you safeguard it from its flaws. This does not mean blindly following dogmas. It means applying the Faith in practice according to the Will of Allah. Finding out that Will, and doing it, is what it's all about. Just try to 'think it through'.

[Lochdubh]

I don't make a distinction between being 'spiritual' and being 'religious'. I think it is a false and phony one. My wife also goes on in that vein, calling herself 'spiritual', not religious. I think it's nonsense. I can be both. Both spiritual and religious. Why not? I'll take my religion with all its problems and flaws, and try to work around them and through them. I don't just discard my religion, with all that's good in it, just because there are human problems with its application in practice. And being spiritual does not remove all 'rules' from your life. So if you are going to have rules anyways, why not be religious. Organized religion may have its problems, but it also brings many benefits, as long as you safeguard it from its flaws. This does not mean blindly following dogmas. It means applying the Faith in practice according to the Will of Allah. Finding out that Will, and doing it, is what it's all about. Just try to 'think it through'.

Is Mrs. Legs a Muslima? Do you plan on adding a wife or two?

[extralegs2000]

No, she's not.
No, I'm not. (Wish I could, though).

[Mad Serb]

This Sunday I'm gonna worship:

[Lochdubh]

No, she's not.
No, I'm not. (Wish I could, though).

Concubines might work out better than wives since they don't come with mothers in law.

[Lochdubh]

This Sunday I'm gonna worship:

going kayaking, then coming home and fixing a slap-up sunday brunch while fiona makes bloody marys does me more good than I ever got out of church. I feel happy and grateful to whatever powers that be. Just glad to be healthy, comfortable, and alive.

[Romero]

My wife also goes on in that vein, calling herself 'spiritual', not religious. I think it's nonsense. Organized religion may have its problems, but it also brings many benefits, as long as you safeguard it from its flaws. This does not mean blindly following dogmas. It means applying the Faith in practice according to the Will of Allah.

You believe in that hocus pocus Occult nonsense. It's heresy.

[extralegs2000]

What's the point in deluding yourself? Christianity has more followers than Islam, more followers than ever in history, and is growing more every day.

I am not deluding myself. You are deluding yourself.
The Catholic Church announced way back in 2008, that, for the first time in History, it was no longer the World's largest denomination. Islam had surpassed it in sheer numbers. Catholics are no longer 'top dog'.
Ever since after about 1962, when the New Age sewage first appeared, Christianity has had the biscuit. It then entered into a steep decline. Now that decline is more evident than ever. The whole Christian rhetoric has disappeared. Where are the Bible-thumpers of yesterday? We don't see them any more.
It is easy to make converts when you are the only game in town. When there are no options, no alternatives, no challengers, no contenders, no competitors, no other choice. But now, it will not be nearly so easy for Christianity to flourish.
ENTER THE CONTENDER: ISLAM. Now we shall compete. And we shall win. We are thrashing the competition. We pose a serious challenge to Xianity. Islam is growing rapidly in the Xian countries. But Xianity is NOT spreading in the Muslim World. Quite the contrary: Christianity is being exterminated and eliminated, and is rapidly disappearing. For the Christians are in the enemy camp, and always have been. Get out of our land, or else convert to Islam. That's our ultimatum to you. You've caused quite enough trouble already.
The churches are shutting down; the mosques are opening up.
When I rejected Christianity, I rejected it for everybody; not just for myself, but for the whole World. Any other (legitimate) faith is acceptable. Not this one, however.
O! And another thing: With the collapse of Communism, the entire Left Wing has lost its last base of support, and no longer has a leg to stand on. Now that option has also disappeared.
Pretty soon now, if not already, Islam is going to be the 'only game in town'.
Accept Islam or be damned. That's your choice: Take it or leave it.

[extralegs2000]

My wife also goes on in that vein, calling herself 'spiritual', not religious. I think it's nonsense. Organized religion may have its problems, but it also brings many benefits, as long as you safeguard it from its flaws. This does not mean blindly following dogmas. It means applying the Faith in practice according to the Will of Allah.

You believe in that hocus pocus Occult nonsense. It's heresy.

Just because I may 'buy into' some esoteric doctrines, that does not mean that I leave Islam. No, it only enhances my Islam. It is no substitute or replacement. But others who go into that New Age sewage, do so because they are spiritually bankrupt and are looking for an alternative to Christianity. So their motives are very different from mine. Quite the reverse, in fact.

[Romero]

I am not deluding myself. You are deluding yourself.
The Catholic Church announced way back in 2008, that, for the first time in History, it was no longer the World's largest denomination. Islam had surpassed it in sheer numbers. Catholics are no longer 'top dog'.

Christianity has two billion adherents and growing. The largest religion mankind has ever seen and growing.

Not exactly a "dead" religion, is it?

But others who go into that New Age sewage, do so because they are spiritually bankrupt and are looking for an alternative to Christianity. So their motives are very different from mine. Quite the reverse, in fact.

That's precisely what you're doing!

[extralegs2000]

But others who go into that New Age sewage, do so because they are spiritually bankrupt and are looking for an alternative to Christianity. So their motives are very different from mine. Quite the reverse, in fact.

That's precisely what you're doing!

You let me worry about that. It's my salvation or damnation. It's my soul in question, not yours. Butt out.

[extralegs2000]

My wife also goes on in that vein, calling herself 'spiritual', not religious. I think it's nonsense. Organized religion may have its problems, but it also brings many benefits, as long as you safeguard it from its flaws. This does not mean blindly following dogmas. It means applying the Faith in practice according to the Will of Allah.

You believe in that hocus pocus Occult nonsense. It's heresy.

So let's talk about heresy: All of Islam is a heresy, according to orthodox Christian belief. They make out our Prophet (pbuh) to be a false one--may Allah forgive me!
That's right. All Islam can be, and is, viewed as heretical by them.
So who's the heretic, now??

[Blurt]

No, she's not.
No, I'm not. (Wish I could, though).

Hey, I'm free. Can I apply?

I'll only ask that you give your wives some privacy in the bedroom.

[Blurt]

So let's talk about heresy: All of Islam is a heresy, according to orthodox Christian belief. They make out our Prophet (pbuh) to be a false one--may Allah forgive me!
That's right. All Islam can be, and is, viewed as heretical by them.
So who's the heretic, now??

Oh, I dunno, the Muslim?

[extralegs2000]

No, she's not.
No, I'm not. (Wish I could, though).

Hey, I'm free. Can I apply?
I'll only ask that you give your wives some privacy in the bedroom.

Are you pretty? Voluptuous?

[Romero]

You let me worry about that. It's my salvation or damnation. It's my soul in question, not yours. Butt out.

I only want to save your soul. With my help, we can do it!

So let's talk about heresy: All of Islam is a heresy, according to orthodox Christian belief. They make out our Prophet (pbuh) to be a false one--may Allah forgive me!
That's right. All Islam can be, and is, viewed as heretical by them.
So who's the heretic, now??

Um, sure, but magic and the Occult are indeed heresy in Islam. Allah does not approve of those who pretend to have His power.

[Blurt]

Hey, I'm free. Can I apply?
I'll only ask that you give your wives some privacy in the bedroom.

Are you pretty? Voluptuous?

Pretty? Eye of the beholder, I guess. Voluptuous? Yes.

And you can chalk that one up to foam hip pads and silicone breast forms.

[extralegs2000]

Send me your pics.

[Romero]

extra - no lusting.

[Blurt]

El, my pics are already on the forum. Somewhere.

I'm just surprised that winning a beauty contest is a requirement to become a Muslima.

No burqa for me!

[extralegs2000]

The sole requirement is to please Allah by being a good person. Be peaceful, serene, loving, caring, ethical, moral, with good principles and values. Have faith and believe. Believe in the Supreme Being and the afterlife. That's just for starters.
There was no beauty contest and no mention of 'requirements'. You dreamed that up.

[Blurt]

There was no beauty contest and no mention of 'requirements'. You dreamed that up.

Are you pretty? Voluptuous?

Send me your pics.