Religious Beliefs
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"Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers. "
~Garth Brooks0 -
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Here are all the "unanswered prayers" with pictures to boot of what should have been, now what you gonna do?Jason P wrote:
Judging from his physical appearance, I'm guessing Egg McMuffins are also one of God's greatest gifts for Garth.pandora wrote:"Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers. "
~Garth Brooks
Eat an egg mcmuffin?0 -
love me some Garth not so much the mcmuffin ...Jason P wrote:
Judging from his physical appearance, I'm guessing Egg McMuffins are also one of God's greatest gifts for Garth.pandora wrote:"Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers. "
~Garth Brooks
what do people see in those chewy ass tasteless things?
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maybe both huh?RW81233 wrote:
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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. [Carl Sagan] 0
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"But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things."
~Vincent van Gogh, Dear Theo: An Autobiography of Vincent van Gogh, 19370 -
"Are you wrinkled with burden? Come to God for a faith lift."0
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OK, the lithp thing was cute.
Did anyone ever watch "thirtysomething" in the late 80s? It was, and still is, one of my most beloved TV shows.
In it, one of the characters develops cancer, and through a support group, forms a friendship with another woman who also has it.
The friend tells of her own mother dying of cancer at a young age, and a priest or family member telling her, "God never gives us more than we can handle."
The friend says, "So I asked, if I were a weaker person, would my mother still be alive?"
It's always stuck with me.0 -
hedonist wrote:"God never gives us more than we can handle."
The friend says, "So I asked, if I were a weaker person, would my mother still be alive?"
Can't stand that expression. I have been told that so many times (obviously by those who don't know me well!). How people who say this can think it's reassuring/encouraging/inspiring is beyond me. Someone said that to my sister in law and my two nephews about a month ago as she put her husband to rest. Then went to repeat it to my mother and father in law who had just lost their son... Pfft. :roll:
Love the friend's answer......0 -
Be God or let God...0
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It feels patronizing, doesn't it? Even if the intent isn't in that vein.redrock wrote:hedonist wrote:"God never gives us more than we can handle."
The friend says, "So I asked, if I were a weaker person, would my mother still be alive?"
Can't stand that expression. I have been told that so many times (obviously by those who don't know me well!). How people who say this can think it's reassuring/encouraging/inspiring is beyond me. Someone said that to my sister in law and my two nephews about a month ago as she put her husband to rest. Then went to repeat it to my mother and father in law who had just lost their son... Pfft. :roll:
Love the friend's answer......
I'm sorry about your family's loss.
Pandora, I'm not sure what the phrase you posted means.0 -
Jason P wrote:
They cure hangovers.pandora wrote:love me some Garth not so much the mcmuffin ...
what do people see in those chewy ass tasteless things?
Yeah, they really do.
... And one of God's greatest gifts is unanswered prayers???? Gimme a break. With Gods like that, who needs Devils? :roll: Tell someone whose child just died of cancer and see how great they think that shitty gift sounds.
The way I see it, simply, is that the belief is God is the off-shoot of a lot of scared animals that happen to be intelligent enough to wonder how their consciousness exists and what's going to happen to it once they die... and they get scared when it occurs to them that they will not be any different than that poor dead raccoon they saw on the side of the road. Religion is all the crap that seeps out of that fear. Whatever sense that some may feel that they wouldn't feel a connection to the world without God are simply stuck with a bad addiction... they don't feel like they can be complete without it anymore. I figure they should feel lucky that there will be people to remember them, and that their life had so many possibilities and a definite richness that is unique to humans, and much more than can be said for the raccoon.With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata0 -
Be God or let God...
letting go of insistence...
of the attitude that says in effect that I can only be happy if life responds
in no other way than I determine
that is my opinion of that quote it is 'author unknown' not mine0 -
PJ_Soul3388 wrote:Jason P wrote:
They cure hangovers.pandora wrote:love me some Garth not so much the mcmuffin ...
what do people see in those chewy ass tasteless things?
Yeah, they really do.
... And one of God's greatest gifts is unanswered prayers???? Gimme a break. With Gods like that, who needs Devils? :roll: Tell someone whose child just died of cancer and see how great they think that shitty gift sounds.
The way I see it, simply, is that the belief is God is the off-shoot of a lot of scared animals that happen to be intelligent enough to wonder how their consciousness exists and what's going to happen to it once they die... and they get scared when it occurs to them that they will not be any different than that poor dead raccoon they saw on the side of the road. Religion is all the crap that seeps out of that fear. Whatever sense that some may feel that they wouldn't feel a connection to the world without God are simply stuck with a bad addiction... they don't feel like they can be complete without it anymore. I figure they should feel lucky that there will be people to remember them, and that their life had so many possibilities and a definite richness that is unique to humans, and much more than can be said for the raccoon.
We see it very differently ...
unanswered prayers is where our strength comes and if that parent is a believer
they know they will be with their child again ... something you do not, I take it.
Scared :? actually it is empowered with the big picture of life and beyond
also something you do not get, I take it.
Please do not confuse the knowledge of God with religion.
They are two different things.
We are all connected on our paths matters not our beliefs.
"In nature we see where God has been. In our fellow man, we see where He is still at work."
~Robert Brault0 -
hedonist wrote:The friend tells of her own mother dying of cancer at a young age, and a priest or family member telling her, "God never gives us more than we can handle."
The friend says, "So I asked, if I were a weaker person, would my mother still be alive?"
I have actually used that same response to someone who said that to me. I wonder if I stole it from Thirty Something? I used to watch that show all the time with my parents.
My other response to that is "I guess all the people of Africa are the strongest people on the planet".Gimli 1993
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hmmm.pandora wrote:Be God or let God...
letting go of insistence...
of the attitude that says in effect that I can only be happy if life responds
in no other way than I determine
that is my opinion of that quote it is 'author unknown' not mine
If that was in response my earlier post, I don't think insistence even plays a part. More like an effort to understand and make sense of that which makes no sense...whether they're experiences or words.0
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