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Ok, I have a personal question for everyone. How do you pray? Do you clasp your hands, close your eyes, etc? Are your prayers formal or informal? Do you have a special time of day during which you pray? Also, what emotion or sensation do you experience during prayer? And last, has God ever...

Wow, thanks Faithful - those quotes must've taken quite some time to compile!

Eh? I don't remember anyone ever claiming God isn't Love. We were discussing whether it was best to *armor* oneself in love or not - but we weren't debating the nature of God. Sacredstar is a very positive, upbeat person. She is very devout. She is a believer in Christ. Why would anyone...

Ok, just a thought... It seems kind of strange that man could exist for so long, and yet not accomplish that much. I mean, think about it - in the 20th century alone, how many leaps and bounds in technology have we made? That's a mere hundred years. If we have had over a hundred thousand...

Of course God needs no protection! The armor is for us, silly...so that we aren't led astray...

Love is easily corrupted. We can easily "fall in Love" with all the wrong things, and all the wrong teachings...after all, that is Satan's true power - seduction. So, we take up the full armor of God to protect our Love from corruption...

I think that last line ("6:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints") explains how to properly put on the full armor of God...live in the Spirit, pray, and do as the saints do...

Ephesians, Chapter 6... 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities...

Interesting stuff. Kind of depressing for such a romantic holiday, though. :)

I rather liked the article...glad you reposted it...

Argh! I wrote a long reply and my Mozilla bombed out! :mad: Anywho... [/b]Ok, first of all, let me point this out: in order for a crime rate to be accurate, the cops have to report the crime. I lived in Bahrain for three years, and let me tell you, the police were *corrupt*. If a...

Ah, materialism. The crux of modern western civilization. An unfortunate side-effect of capitalism - but without it, wouldn't we all be living centuries in the past? After all, business emerges from a lust for wealth, and from business emerges industry, and from industry all sorts of things...

Actually, there are "negative" NDE's. http://dubinserver.colorado.edu/prj/tpa/p08.html Freaky.

Wow, I totally had never heard of that faith before...learn something new everyday! :D Or maybe she likes being mysterious, and enjoys watching people fumble about in the dark...:p

Tishrei, Thanks for your post! I've only got one more question really - just something that I've been wondering about for some time... Is the practice of having or praying to a patron saint widespread? I've asked a couple Catholics before if they had one, and they either looked puzzled...

Ah, my bad...my understanding of Catholicism is outdated, obviously...:D That's interesting...so would you say the Second Vatican Council changed the face of Catholicism? I mean, is the Catholic Church today the same as it was before the 60's? Or has the whole tone changed? Anways...

Erm, every Christian believes good deeds are necessary. The actual dispute is over 'good works'...good works meaning not good deeds, but rather rituals. Protestants hold that faith alone transcends us from our sinful nature, so rituals are not important. Unfortunately, some Protestants...

Protestant. Heh, pretty generic answer...

I'm still here, lurking...:p [/list] Ah, so those are the practical applications of quantum physics? Interesting... I'll be ordering some books later this week...so I think I'll include that on my wishlist...but just a quick question before I do so. It was published back in '82, it looks...

Y'know, I would, but I just don't like his running mate, Nyarlothotep...I mean, sure, he's a glittering, multi-colored mass stretched out across the Cosmos - but I feel he just doesn't have substance...