Cursive..bet the bloddy Brits are to blame here too

Dammit Chris...ever since that question about cursive now i do wonder as well. I plan to ask an English teacher at our school today.

Meanwhile, i bet it's because of the British influence in our culture, fa cry-eye, King James even arbitrarily tossed out books of the Bible...bloody britain anyway.

Lol I take it you don't like the brits?  ;P    You know I am aware of the various books that were tossed aside in the KJV.   Perhaps it's events like those that fuel my doubts about Christianity.  Especially when churches today say that the KJV's compilation was inspired by God.  Seems to me like it was inspired by King James...

well yeah, this is the whole thing...inspired by God, manipulated by Man. As I say, for me, I don't doubt God's presence in my life, I feel less secure about letting _____ Chursh into my life.

Again, this is one of those touchy subjects. I do not meant to offend anyone with any of my comments.  I'm simply a soul who is struggling with his own faith and decided to blog some thoughts and such.   This is one of those subjects you really need to be on the phone or in person to talk about.  I have no doubt that God exists either.  There's so much in this world that you can believe in and all seem to have valid points.  No doubt that the Christian faith is the most unique and all other religions seem to resemble or mention in some form or fashion.  I honestly do think that at one point in time it was the complete truth. I just think man has screwed it up for the last 3,000 years or so.  Take a simple sentence and tell one person and have them go around a room full of people and see it gets all misconstrued when it gets back to you. Change the sentence to God's word and add 3,000 or so years and surely it can't be the same as it originally was.  Sometimes I feel like people put too much faith in their faith!  If you just look at the current world around you and think back on your own life at how much has changed with just Christianity itself it's amazing!  I remember when listening to Christian rock was considered a sin and drums were instruments of satan!  Electric guitars were inhabited by demons!  Now churchs have praise teams that play that same music every sunday not to mention concerts and such.  There are many Christians out there that pour their money into the professional Christian bands buying their CDs, clothing and other gear.  Don't get me wrong, I love this music and I'm glad churches have come out of the dark ages.  I'm just trying to show how things change in such a little time. I'm only 27 years old yet I've seen these changes in my lifetime. I mean *****ALLY knows what happened when Jesus was on earth?  Was He God or was He just a man who decided something had to be done about the Jewish church at the time?  If you notice my capital letters you'll see that I am still hanging onto the divinity of Jesus but I still constantly struggle with this and almost everything!  I envy the Christians who don't have problems accepting the "milk" and can enjoy their peace and serenity they obtain from God.  I used to be like that... I'm not sure where I started having these questions.  Have I been saved? Yes, of course, I've even led a motorcycle ministry and tried really hard to reach people for Christ.  I have even shown a few how to get saved in my lifetime, yet here I am, choking on milk.  I'm not any unhappier now than I was when I did all those things. I not any less successful, in fact I'm more successful. I honestly feel like "I" did all that but I still also feel like I'm blessed at the same time.  Go figure.  Okay enough ranting.

did you catch my post a few days ago about nanowrimo? go check it out - wanna do that this November?

Write a novel??? I didn't see your post.  What the hell are you talking about? lmao, i'm confused!

novels...chris...your posts...trained into a book....that's where I'm going. You are a brilliant writer.

Wow, thanks!  You really think so?   I feel like my thoughts are never together and my postings are just a bunch of insane ramblings! I'm not sure I have the skills to write a novel although I am pretty damn good at going on and on about a single subject that most people can only write 1 or 2 sentences about! lol!

You make some very valid points there, Chris.  Still I have to believe that enough of the truth of Christianity has survived to know how to best live life.  People have always and will always argue over the details, but I think the basics are still in there.  If I hadn't been a Christian for as long as I have, there's no telling what my life would have been like by now.  Honestly, there are some things that have happened to me that I KNOW were God.  Other things I think I did, but would I have if it weren't for God in my life?  Hard to say.  If a tree wasn't a tree, what would it be?    What "milk" are you choking on?  (And yes I know the Hebrews passage you are referring to.)

Yes!  Luckily for all of us, the cream manages to rise to the top. Man makes it more difficult than it has to be. His message, reflected in the Bible, is very simple: Know God and  love one another. In my mind, there are no further hoops to jump.  And, for sure, there are worse things than being a Christian and living Christian ideals. It's funny, I would say I am a Christian, there are those who would argue that.  God works in all our lives, Christian or not, is my bottom line. He has many names.