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HugsFromJesus #fundie rr-bb.com

[Fundies have been reacting to the news that Hawaii might be the next state to allow same-sex marriage.]

I agree, I don't even recognize this world anymore. I graduated high school in 1965 and I didn't know of any gay people in my real life or on TV. Nobody even knew about Rock Hudson or the Brady Bunch dad Robert Reed. When Ellen came out in real life and on her show, she opened the door for many to follow. That is when the gay movement truly started and actually Ellen is not an in-your-face gay activist as much as many other people.

ColinH3 #fundie rr-bb.com

[Fundies have been reacting to a gay pride rally that took place in Taiwan.]

The same spirit that ruled over Sodom and Gomorrah is now rampant, not only among the western nations, but all across the earth.

'It was the same in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulphur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed.' (Luke 17:28-30 NIV)

I have a strong feeling that 'Lot' is once again about to leave 'Sodom'.

Violette #fundie rr-bb.com

I was happy at first because I thought these men were true disciples of Christ, until I got the bible inside the house and started looking inside and saw the map. It said Map of Palestine at time of Christ. I about had a heart attack. After reading on RR all afternoon about this topic, it's in my hands? Then I look closer and the word Gaza is on it in the corner. What? The worst thing is the men gave these bibles to my neighbors!

OnlyHIM! #fundie rr-bb.com

[Fundies have been reacting to the news of a rare mosquito fossil that was found.]

What's interesting to me is that this fossil is suppose to be 46 million years old, yet look at the thing! It looks like I just flew out of my back yard. So the question is to all the evolution lovers out there, if we are always changing and evolving into a higher species, how does a mosquito that's supposedly 46 million years old look the same as the one a killed on my arm two days ago? If evolutionists are correct then there would be no mosquitoes at all left since life forms should have evolved past that species by now onto their final resting place..humans...or whoever is higher in the food chain.

Verisimilitude #fundie rr-bb.com

[Verisimilitude is trying to understand how there could be Nephilim in Canaan after the Great Flood, even though they weren't on the Ark]

If I remember correctly, Canaan was a descendant of Ham. The Bible is explicit in stating that Noah was found perfect in his generations (genes), but doesn't say that about anyone else including Mrs. Noah. Is it possible that Ham's wife carried the nephilim gene in her genetic makeup, as a recessive gene, and this is the reason for the reappearance of giants post-flood? Is this why in a Genesis 9:25 Canaan is cursed instead of Ham? Was Ham pure genetically but not his wife so that the nephilim re-emerged from their descendants through Canaan as the fulfillment of Yahweh's curse? The more I try to find out about this stuff, the harder it is to understand.

M4EVERHIS #fundie #homophobia rr-bb.com

[OP is asking whether or not she should attend her
sister's gay wedding]

I really don't see how attending a homosexual reception is any different than demon's destroying the masses. When Jesus approached the demons they acknowledged him, worshipped him, and trembled. Yet, then went on with their destruction. Your sister is saying I accepted Jesus, but I don't care what he says or that this is an abomination and they will spend eternally in hell. "I think"....no, we are Christians- "Christ like". We don't purpose to live contrary to his word. He lives in us and we live for Him.

God clearly states homosexuality is an abomination and that he has given them over to a reprobate mind. He also tells us that he will not be mocked and that they will go to eternal damnation. So, I am at a loss why a Christian would want to attend anything that has to do with something that is such an abomination to God.

I think you should take your cue from God's word, and your grandmother who obviously has some wisdom. As a Christian we are to be salt and light. We are to be in the world, but not of it. Judgement begins in God's house. Those that are his hear his voice. We aren't to partake in darkness- so obey God if he truly is your Lord and Savior.

I have 2 family members that are homosexuals. It is painful. I love them, but I know their eternal destination. It is their choice, but I don't go to attend their functions and 'celebrations' that are contrary to God's word. I love them. It pains me. But I live for Christ. God doesn't love them any less anymore than I do, but as God won't acknowledge their 'marriage' nor will I. Clearly this reception is for this purpose. How does one 'celebrate' and 'congratulate' a person living contrary to God's word???

czerney #fundie rr-bb.com

This may sound like an odd question but I'm looking to purchase a new keyboard for my computer.

The keyboard has a picture of a snake on the space bar. I'm interested in the keyboard for its actually features, the orange backlit keys and the mechanical key action.

What I'm concerned about is if buying a keyboard with a snake on the space bar would be offensive to God? Admittedly I'm not a big fan of snakes as an animal but that aside does anyone have an opinion on this?

Versimilitude #fundie rr-bb.com

[Another fundies has asked if others have noticed that the year seems to be going by fast.]

Not only has this summer flown by, the days, every day, seem to come and go far too quickly. I once heard an explanation for this on some Christian TV show but I cannot remember which one; take it for what it's worth:

The days are going faster to give evil doers less time to achieve their goals. Even though a minute is still 60 seconds, we don't realize those 60 seconds are going by faster than 60 seconds would have 40 years ago. Everything is being sped up to bring us to the end of the end of days while keeping the powers that be from taking over before their time. It is a partial fulfillment, an indication, of Mark 24:22 and Mark 13:20. As I say, take it for what it's worth.

Acts5:41 #fundie rr-bb.com

[Acts has been providing "updates" on how many people per day she hands Bibles out to.]

Seven!

One to each of my drivers (2).

Then, we ordered pizza. I put candy in with two Spanish New Testaments. Spanish folk like a hot, salty candy.

Acts5:41 #fundie rr-bb.com

[Another fundie has asked Acts for advice on how to hand out Bibles and tracts to people in a short amount of time.]

Generally, if I'm getting rung up, I chat about my purchases, then say "I'd love to give you something!" Or ask "Can I give you this?"

Make sure it isn't a Bible sold by the store, or they could get into trouble.

Sometimes I will say "I'd love to give you a Bible". Most everyone says "OK".

Yesterday, I tried to give a teller a Bible. She said "I don't want this" and handed it back. That's about as "bad" as it gets. Then I just put them on the prayer list. I do the same thing on a Big Bible handout. If they sneer at me or glare, I just smile and walk off, thinking "You're still on the prayer list!"

I have even had encounters where I held out a Bible to someone as they walked by, and they took it.

Listen to the Holy Spirit. You can't go wrong.

All that said, I have had a few times where I got a very clear NO BIBLE FOR HIM. When I disobeyed, the guy just freaked out. He had to have a demon. But, that happened because I disobeyed.

Shannon9602 #fundie rr-bb.com

[Responding to a still-ongoing shooting in the Washington DC Navy Yard]

If its a muslim, they will probably call it a workplace violence. If its a white man or a white Christian man, they will call it a terrorist.

waiting1 #fundie rr-bb.com

[Fundies have been discussing an article about an ancient road to Stonehenge having been found, along with ruts in the road. Another fundie has suggested that they were made by dinosaurs.]

That may not be so far fetched as you think Steve based on what the Lord said in James 3:7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:

And I fully believe this was the Horse Power or I mean Dino Power that accomplished those the movements of huge stones.

HugsFromJesus #fundie rr-bb.com

Whenever I see footage of President Bush I get a warm and fuzzy feeling. I feel that way with President Reagan also. I know they are both saved. Isn't it great when we have Godly men running our country?

President Bush was just asked about Syria and he said that "the President" had a big decision to make. The media wanted to get more words from Bush so that they could later criticize him for them but Bush didn't take the bait. I love the way that he has not said one bad word about Obama since he has been in office and yet I am sure that President Bush thinks that President Obama is not the cat's meow. President Bush's popularity has really gone up since he has been out of office and people can look back.

President Bush loved the military and he would have never sent troops into harms way if he didn't believe his own words when he said there were WMD in Iraq. Bush had so many hard decisions to make during his two terms and he always looked calm, cool and collected. He talked like a cowboy, but he didn't need a telepromptor in front of his face every time he spoke a sentence.

Versimilitude #conspiracy rr-bb.com

[Fundies have been discussing Obama's plans to meet with Russian LGBT rights advocates.]

Isn't Putin the guy who recently said that Russia would attack the US I'd the US attacked Syria? It seems to me that O is trying to goad Russia into getting angry enough to attack us. It's a long shot but if Russia did decide that global thermonuclear war was the only way to control O, that could bring us under marshal law. Right now the constitution prevents the US from joining a one world government. Under marshal law, O could pretty much have his way, in other words...goodbye American sovereignty!

Jan51 #conspiracy rr-bb.com

We had a computer for maybe 10-12 years, and ever since we got it (locally built), it had a strange, loud, extremely annoying beep. The guys who built it could not locate, explain or fix the beep. It didn't do it all the time--it followed no rhyme or reason. It was two-tone, high and low an octave apart, like a European police car siren. It might go on for a minute or two, or an hour or two. It might beep every day, or many times a day, or not for weeks or months. It appeared to have nothing to do with any particular program, the internet, or anything else. It would give you a headache, and drove our company nuts--we'd just have to turn it off. (One asked, "Do you have something in the microwave?" LOL) After many years, another outfit was working on it, and when we asked them about the beep, they could not explain it either, but disabled the part of the computer that made the noise so that we could no longer hear it, even if it was still happening.

Since no one could explain the mystery, I came up with my own explanation: The government has a secret chip they install in all motherboards so that they can listen to us. It's so secret that even the computer manufacturers don't know about it. In our case, the chip malfunctioned, but since it was secret, no one knew it was there, so no one could find or fix it.

Now I see I was probably right.

Now that I know they are there, sometimes when I'm talking on the phone, especially if the conversation is about something that I think may interest them, I tell them hi, that I know they're there, that Jesus loves them, and that I hope they read the Bible because that's where all the answers are.

Versimilitude #fundie rr-bb.com

Look at the history of pagan religions, many of them have goddesses the worship. Islam and catholicism have something in common, a great respect for Myriam as she is known in islam, or Mary as we know her. Many of you have heard of "our lady of Fatima". It was a demon in the form of Mary which appeared a number of times to 3 children in Portugal in 1917. What many of you don't know is that Fatima is the name of Muhammad's daughter by his first wife.

Bible_Gal17 #fundie rr-bb.com

It is funny that you NEVER hear Christian's burning down any church. That is because we follow the right faith. That Jesus Christ is Lord. Buddhist's against Muslims... Boy, If they followed the right faith, perhaps these things would be avoided. UGH. The truth will set you free.

WritetoLife #fundie rr-bb.com

Default Apple's Siri is Anti-Christian!
So I forgot her bias and just asked Siri about Jesus in the OT, hoping she would patch me through to Google without me having to type my question. Her response was, "Humans have religion, I just have silicon." I had forgotten that would be her likely answer.

To check out if Siri was so dead set about answering questions about just Christianity, I asked her questions about Buddhism and the New Spirituality and the New Age, and she offered to send me to the internet. Bingo! The only answer I could get out of her about Jesus was a fact sheet. Otherwise, just, "Humans have religion..."

RaptureReady_7 #fundie rr-bb.com

[Re: Chris Christie banning reparative therapy.]
The thing is, that if a child in grade school is assumed he is gay, the "teachers" will be able to force the parents to let this child participate in homosexual "activities".

they will use the schools/state to force this on children and parents - if they think for one instance a child may be leaning toward "gay" tendencies, teachers trying to score points for "protecting" children from their "horrible" Christian/narrow minded" parents.. And this is going to make children vulnerable to pedophiles in the school system. Just as the RCC has become a haven for pedophiles, the NJ school districts will too. Mark my words.

Time to move out of NJ if you care about your children.

This is going to become a mess. I hate that it appears evil is winning. Our children are so precious and people are so gullible and uneducated or deliberately ignorant on what is going on. Satan's vicious attacks on our families is gaining ground (for now).

I tell my kids to home school my grandchildren. Or bring them here and I will home school them.

Jo-NZ #fundie rr-bb.com

[Fundies have been discussing the earthquake that recently struck New Zealand.]
Hi, Jo from NZ here. I'm used to earthquakes, but this one is significant. The 6.6 earthquake that struck on the 16 Aug 2013 that was felt strongly in our capital Wellington was centered at a place called Seddon.

17 Aug 2013 It came to me during my Bible reading on Saturday morning that Seddon was a sign, and a warning. The town of Seddon is named after Richard Seddon, New Zealand’s longest serving Prime Minster (from 1893 to 1906). There is a prominent statue of Richard Seddon right outside NZ’s Parliament Buildings, where he is pointing to the sky. Seddon has come to represent the authority of the government in NZ.

Who grants the government that authority? God. It is written “By me kings reign and rulers issue decrees that are just” Proverbs 8:15. The government here in NZ has gone outside of its mandated authority.

On the 19 Aug 2013 the Marriage Amendment Act becomes law. The Marriage Amendment Act has changed traditional marriage from a man and woman to include same sex marriage. It was pushed through under urgency, without a referendum, without a mandate from the majority of New Zealanders. During the time it was going through parliament the country suffered a drought in both islands, the worst in 70 years.

Even though marriage is a covenant that God ordained to be between a man and a woman, and it is by God that rulers issue decrees, our government and media thinks they know better. Now Seddon, representing the authority of the government in New Zealand, is being shaken.

Its too late to recall the Marriage Amendment law but please pray for us as a nation as NZ is now under judgement.

angelka71 #fundie rr-bb.com

[Fundies have been reacting to the news of an "ex-gay" singer not being allowed to perform at an MLK concert.]
Why is it, that liberals have absolutely no problem with a straight person entering into a gay lifestyle (in fact, it's applauded) yet, they will scream to the top of their lungs if a gay person leaves the homosexual lifestyle? Why is that such an issue for them?

BarbT #fundie rr-bb.com

[Fundie is responding to the news of a gay couple that will be the first Australian same-sex couple married in New Zealand.]
I just got a mental picture of "Joe" standing before the Lord at the Great White Throne Judgment boasting he "made history" by marrying another man and expecting God to approve.

After all, modern homosexuals have "made it" haven't they? They've seen the LBGT agenda forced on schools, they throw parties celebrating the legal right to marry, they march in gay pride parades to the cheers of straight supporters in cities all over the world.

It's no wonder gays feel emboldened and empowered by all this ... and quite self-righteous about their choices in life.

So how incredibly heartbreaking it will be for Joe when his Creator tells him It was all for nothing. Pure vanity. Hard to imagine how Joe will feel once reality -- God's reality-- finally sinks in.

jonshaff #fundie rr-bb.com

[Another fundie has shared a news article speculating the effects of an EMP going off over the US.]
Hmmm...an emp/solar flare would be like Someone hitting the proverbial "reset button" on human advancement....

Genesis 11:6 (NASB) The LORD said, "Behold, they are one people, and they all have the same language. And this is what they began to do, and now nothing which they purpose to do will be impossible for them....

Genesis 11:9 (KJV) 9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

We are building an information based Tower of Babel through electricity, Internet, networks...etc. The world is working together as one...for who's glory?

Not God's

Makes you wonder if that is why John wrote about premodern usages of horses in battle and such...because helicopters plains and tanks would be deemed useless...

TimothyK #fundie #homophobia rr-bb.com

[Another fundie has asked TimothyK for advice about witnessing to his wife’s uncle and partner who are “unapologetic” homosexuals.]
The sting of the law is removed, though the physical consequences of sin are apparent and do take a toll. God will not be mocked. We do reap what we sow.

No one wants to be miserable. The physical consequences of homosexuality are readily apparent. Homosexuals live very short lives compared to the rest of the population. The physical sexual aspects of their practices are unmentionable.

To put it very generally, it’s unsanitary and not at all promoting of a healthy or especially content lifestyle.

They literally destroy themselves. They use their bodies in an inappropriate fashion and well... with time, it breaks. They’ll likely need surgery and even that might not help.

We wrestle with issues. We’re troubled with sin, we hate it.

No one who is saved wants to offend God or work against Christ’s work. If they would be saved and profess to be saved, you should see some progress over time to the secondary issues of sin, such as their homosexuality.

They should make efforts to turn away from this. If nothing else, they should be convicted of their sin.

If this does not let up if they refuse to repent of this sin, if they remain proud of what they do and entirely unrepentant with no evidence to the end of a change or a turning away from that lifestyle, it’s suspect.

It’s questionable if they were ever saved to begin with should they have professed to be saved. God alone knows the heart. But it is no sin to call a spade a spade. You might save someones life by doing so.

HugsFromJesus #fundie rr-bb.com

Gay people are very bitter. They think that born again believers hate them. If we hated them we would care less what happens to them. But, we do care! We care alot. We just tire of the way they go about things.

I was watching "Project Runway" on TV last night, a show that I recorded last Thursdsay night. I don't like all the gayness on the show, but I like the creativity of the ones competing. The ones competing need to make designer looking outfits from an assignment each week, example all things bought from a grocery store, a party supply store, etc. Each week there is a winner and one is eliminated. The final 3 makes a collection for Fashion Week in New York City. Many fashion careers have taken off from this show. Fashion is really not my thing but it is fun to watch.

The episode I watched last night had Jesse Tyler Furgeson on as a guest judge. I don't watch Modern Family and never did but last night they had to make an outfit using bow-ties. JTF is known for his bow-ties and he and his partner use them on the cause they created together about marriage equality.

"Project Runway" is a competition show. At the end of the episode when the runway show began for the designers to show their outfits, they picked the winner for this week. Well, to support JTF and his cause, the winner proposed to his partner of 18 years who was at home right there on the spot via TV. The show was taped months ago. Oh, the excitement! Everyone was crying, it was so joyful to them all. When "the winner" got back to his room he skyped his partner and his partner told him that Prop 8 (passed, not passed, dismissed, I am not sure the what the correct term is) on that particular day and that they were now free to marry so the winner's partner proposed to "the winner" via Skype from home. The winner said to the partner that he was skyping that he wasn't going to tell him until the show aired but that he proposed to him on National TV that very night. They were sobbing and saying how they were so excited that they could now grow old together. JTF was sobbing. It was one big lovefest between everyone.

Do they actually think that we didn't know that this was not an accident that this particular episode was taped on the day marriage equality went into effect? I am sure the editing made it look that way, but as I said, something more important would have been overlooked, but not this. We are dealing with a profession that is full of gays and this was one big statement for the them, that is for sure.

On the show JTF was saying how he was planning his wedding at that moment and since the show is taped, I just read that he did indeed got married a couple weeks ago.

I have seen JTF on talk shows and I like him, he is funny and appears like a really nice guy. But, one day he was cohosting with Kelly Ripa and it was the day that New York passed gay marriage and he congratulated all the gays in that State and then became very defensive. He put his finger out, which was blurred and said in a real snotty tone, "Oh, there are so many people who are going to be so surprised when all us gays show up in Heaven".

As I was watching the show last night, I thought to myself "what has happened that gays are so blatantly out there, on every show, are very "in your face" and so very accepted by most people, at least the liberals?" It makes me laugh when all these Hollywood crazies have been fighting this cause for years for their gay friends and saying "we are not going to get married until everyone is allowed to get married". What a laugh, they all shacked up and had babies out of wedlock way before this.

Drailon #fundie rr-bb.com

I was wondering if a Christian should consider learning a different language? I am reminded of the Tower of babel and was wondering if The Lord would approve of someone trying to learn to speak a different dialect. I won't say which one, but it is widely used. Any thoughts?

ThePenguin #fundie rr-bb.com

For the first time in a long time, there is no more earthly beacon of hope (i.e. America). It seems like for most of human history every country was a pretty terrible place to live. European countries improved faster than other places but they never did have a government like ours, a government like no other in history. It's terrifying to think that we're reverting back to a time when there was no true earthly freedom anywhere. The freedoms we enjoy today are mere echos from the past and soon they will fade away forever.

$teve #fundie rr-bb.com

[OP wants to go to study medicine, but is worried about having to learn about evolution]

Don't worry, if you get hit up with an exam question or assignment that requires you to demonstrate evolution, then give 'em the evolution of the lowly caterpillar into a beautiful butterfly.

All within a matter of days mind you. image

BarbT #fundie rr-bb.com

[Fundies are responding to the news that same-sex partners of military members could get benefits from the military.]
The absurd idea of two males becoming co-husbands in a "marriage" is something no one even remotely imagined just 50 or 60 years ago.

The fact our own military now supports this atrocity as if it's "no big deal" is proof that Satan has made significant inroads into a once strong and apologetically masculine American institution. What's next, I wonder .... a remake of "The Longest Day" where a guy marries his buddy before the invasion of Normandy?

BigMoose #fundie rr-bb.com

[Fundies have been discussing an imam leading a prayer at Congress.]
When "political correctness" came into the workplace in the late 1980's I saw it for what it was at the time, a Satanic infiltration. I remember the corporate "training" how we were to "role play" all the deviant sectors of our society and "embrace" them... I refused the role play. I paid a price of stunted corporate advancement. God still took fine care of my family, and I made it to retirement.

Coming home from my niece's wedding rehearsal last night, I said the same words you wrote: "We have lost the country. We will become Europe. It is my generation that lost it. We did not "cleanse the land" we embraced the diabolical, satanic and deviant factions. We made them powerful. We are now emasculated and incapable of resisting with our own power. We gave up that power and we support them with our taxes. They now demand that support and we give it, like "protection" was given back in the 1920's to the mob. It is only God's intervention, if He so chooses, that can save us now..."

I am saddened for my country and my children's future.

moosejive #fundie rr-bb.com

[Fundies have been discussing a video showing violent thunderstorms in China, Japan, and Taiwan.]
Also, it's said there is a spiritual battle going on around us that we can't perceive. Perhaps, the clashing together of the angels swords against the demonic ones contributes something to displays like this one... China probably has some pretty powerful principalities and rulers (in the air) over it.....

carol1948 #fundie rr-bb.com

[Fundies have been talking about a D.C. Imam opening Congress with a prayer to Allah.]
Jesus said they hated Him first, and now they hate those called by His Name. Isn't it amazing that in just the past few years the name of Jesus has been banned from almost all public places? I agree. He is coming very soon.

ColinH3 #fundie rr-bb.com

Have you ever wondered about the flag of the European Union: 12 gold stars on a blue background. Back in 1993-4 when I was researching for the first book I was attempting to write, Europe and the Beast, I got in touch with some EU officials to ask about the EU flag.......what did the 12 gold stars represent and would they eventually increase in number as other nations joined the European Union? The answer I was given was that the number of gold stars would remain the same (12) choose how many nations might join the Union. I was also told that the number 12 represented either the 12 just men on a jury (signifying JUSTICE, the notion of a JUST union) or the 12 disciples of Jesus Christ (can you believe that!).
Now, I am a firm believer that the EU is morphing into the final version (the world-ruling version with the Antichrist at its head) of the Roman Empire that we read about in Daniel. I feel the EU will come to be the main hub of a possibly ten-spoked wheel (other power blocks, such as the African Union etc., being the subordinate spokes).
As Christians, we know the devil, right from the time of Adam and Eve, has always tended to mock God whenever he can. The woman in Revelation 12 represents Israel; she has a crown of twelve stars on her head (symbolic of the 12 tribes of Israel). The EU flag has a crown of 12 gold stars on a blue background. The colours gold and blue are highly significant in the garments of Israel's high priests (Exodus 28).
I do feel the Antichrist, under Satan's influence, will, for a time, set himself up to be the one true god and ruler of the world. He will try his best to destroy the nation of Israel; and all this under a mocking emblem of the high-priestly colours and the crown of 12 stars which represent the very apple of God's eye!

mbrown1219 #fundie rr-bb.com

[Fundies have been discussing why they believe in Jesus.]

The veracity of the Bible is absolutely the cleanest logic anyone truly seeking Truth can wrestle with.

But, even if it were a fable and we are placing our faith and hope in Jesus in vain, whom have we hurt by believing in Him and following in His footsteps? (He brings out the best efforts in mankind, one must admit!)

XMaryX #fundie rr-bb.com

How do we know if we're witnessing to swine? I used to be very 'swine-y' when I was at my lowest years ago, but thankfully the Lord saw something in me & helped pull me out of the filthy pit I was in.

I'm surrounded by atheists, agnostics, New Agers, Catholics, etc.; I'm trying my best to witness but when will I realize if I'm pursuing 'swine'?

Versimilitude #fundie rr-bb.com

There are unconfirmed reports that this time, Israel is willing to cede The Temple Mount outright to those who call themselves palestinians. The glaring fact that Israel has turned over the Mount exclusively to muslims until August 11th shows their mindset. They do not value this place, bought and paid for by King David, (2 Samuel 24:24-25), as their own. Quite frankly, they are placing their hope and faith on Obama and Kerry and forgetting The Lord. Prophecy states that the tribulation, the time of Jacob's trouble, starts because "they divided the land". In my mind I cannot help but think of the times Israel has given up land for a peace which never materializes. They never trust on The Lord, they trust that the palestinians aren't lying and they are always disappointed.

I have the following theory, this time Israel goes all the way and gives up The Temple Mount. This makes God angry enough to release His wrath. The time of Jacob's trouble starts. As for America, because it has been pushing Israel to negotiate with the palestinians since the first President Bush, and because thanks to Obama and Kerry, Israel surrenders The True and Living God's Holy Mountain, God punishes the US severely. Yellowstone, the supervolcano, blows its top. This is so violent that it sets off the New Madrid fault line, the San Andreas fault line and a number of lesser known fault lines. America is literally left in shambles.

Whether or not its going to come down like this only time will tell. The fact that Israel itself prevents Israeli's from praying on the Temple Mount coupled with the news that for the next few days, Israel is allowing only muslims on The Temple Mount tells me Israel does not esteem this Holy place as it should. At this point, it is no longer an unimaginable thought that Israel would give up the site where The Temple to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob once stood.

vbf #fundie rr-bb.com

Obama: Crummy for America but ideal for satan and his end time schemes

I've been pondering what Obama means to various parties throughout the physical world, spiritual world, and the devil in particular. If there was ever a US President perfect for this time in human history it's Obama. He's crummy for us in the USA but ideal for satan! Think about every single agenda that satan needs to advance in order to achieve what God describes in His Word and no other human figure that I can think of is enabling so much harm so quickly on such a broad scale. From his disdain for Israel, open affections for the Brotherhood, support of gay marriage, support of abortion on demand, and socialistic administration hell bent on systematically destroying the Constitution he is the perfect foil for satan..perfect!! God raises up rulers and takes them down after they have accomplished His objectives and Obama is no different. The all encompassing, exponential moral and economic decay in our country is breathtaking and Obama is thee premier facilitator of it all. He's a puppet and a poorly veiled one at that!! Obama is the ideal man for satan at this point in human history and praise be to God for His sovereignty. I believe God raised up Obama and attached him to the puppeteers strings to help bring about conditions for the soon coming tribulation. So while I deeply mourn for the country I once knew, I know in my heart that god is in control and Obama is satan's tool for these last days. I will be stunned of he isn't the POTUS when the Rapture occurs. It stinks for us big time because of the vile rot that is occurring so rapidly here in the US but God's plan was set in motion before the foundation of the world was ever put in place and we are blessed to be witnesses to it, as hard as it is to watch. Please keep looking up, dear brothers and sisters, as God stages the final pieces for the final act soon to commence on the human race.

Walker #fundie rr-bb.com

My mother in law has been widowed for a few years. She is a Christian and has begun dating a similarly aged man (early 70's). He is divorced, but I don't know any particulars. Both her husbands died of cancer, she did a majority of the care-taking while they were sick. Her first husband died young, in his 40's. The second husband was 25 yrs later.

My husband and I are growing concerned about the relationship. She has stated that she doesn't want to be married again, she is enjoying being able to come and go as she pleases, travel on her own schedule, etc. She and I are very close and she casually mentioned that she and her new "friend" were planning a trip together to France for the Fall. I immediately told my husband and he asked her about it. Without any prompting or even a statement beyond, "I hear you are going to France with Tom." She told him that yes, they were going and she was an adult and it wasn't any of his business who she traveled with and their room arrangements. We talked to his sister and her husband about it and they both said that they should both be able to enjoy their "Golden Years" without any encumbrance from us.

When pressed about the moral issue of sleeping together without being married, they both felt like since she was past menopause, the usual restrictions don't apply, ie they could do it without impunity as long as they are discrete and not flaunting the relationship. This is coming from two people who claim to be Christians.

Verisimilitude #fundie rr-bb.com

Yeah, it's a pain when facts get in the way of evolution. Little things like most of the world being made up of sedimentary rock. Like dinosaur and human footprints being found together. Like the impossibility of the formation of fossils when the subject in question is either going to decay or end up getting eaten. Most of all the Cambrian Explosion where a huge diversity of different forms of life all appeared at the same time.

JJW81867 #fundie rr-bb.com

[Fundies have been discussing "evidence" for Creation.]
It really is simple logic......one of two things.

1- humans and animals began as babies. Obviously, this couldn't have happened. Babies, of any species, need an "adult" to survive. Option 1 is down the drain.

2- humans and animals were created as adults. Hence, Adam and Eve.

There is no logical way of getting around it. #2 is the ONLY option and points directly to there being a Creator. That being God, the Father.

Marie_M #fundie rr-bb.com

The concept of "mother nature" is not biblical. God created the heavens and the earth.

I don't have a problem with caring for what God gave us, but the environment shouldn't be a primary focus for Christians, in my opinion. God gave us the earth ... He sustains it, protects it and will ultimately destroy it.

This earth is not our home. Nothing is going to happen to this earth that isn't part of God's will or ultimate plan, no matter how many gasses I emit or plastic bottles I throw in my garbage can. I'm waiting for the new heaven and the new earth.

waiting1 #fundie rr-bb.com

[Fundies have been arguing about whether or not Leviathan and Behemoth were dinosaurs and whether Leviathan could really breath fire.]
Often times legends from times past are about things that really existed. Now I can't say for 100% surety that there existed fire breathing animals, but maybe the one described had the same thing or something even more potent as the bombardier beetle like Kliska pointed out. So on that part of it I cannot say what it means, but when you think about that it sure makes you wonder why they armor for knights that covered them completely , and possibly to protect them from fire, or just a scalding from some chemical process. Let's not mock the tail thing they probably swayed them back and forth and reminded them of a cedar for both the size and the swaying. I am not pointing it out to start an argument, but to actually read those verses with a little studying behind them. I am afraid of wasps and hornets, this thing would give me a massive heart check, if not complete heart failure!
Nothing is too hard for our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

giddy-up #fundie rr-bb.com

I've known for quite a bit of my life that God has blessed me with the gift of discernment. I am able to immediately tell if someone near me or in my presence is evil. My daughter, now 20, is also blessed with this gift. Once I pray for someone that the enemy is preying on, the spiritual battle begins. I have literally fought demons and wrestled them in my "sleep". My husband has woken me up out of concern when this occurs. My daughter has the same issues. Although, we are always victorious in these battles simply by using the pure name of Jesus, it is exhausting. Does anyone else deal with this?

We are both so sensitive to spiritual warfare going on around us that many times, we just have to leave wherever we are. It becomes unbearable. I always pray for the protection of my family, etc. before going into prayer for someone that I know is struggling with the enemy. I knew the enemy quite well when I was young, he used to visit me nightly before I knew anything of Christ. I thank God for the power of Jesus and the fact that I know the truth about the devil.

An interesting note, my daughter is a Biblical Studies Major and she tells me that it is extremely rare for the subject of spiritual warfare to even come up in class. Actually, from what she tells me, she is the only one of the group in her department that she knows of that has had dealings with it. I'm just really curious as to whether or not anyone here has had personal experience with this as well.

waiting1 #fundie rr-bb.com

What kills me is that back in the 60's they conjectured by the Red Shift that the universe is expanding, and because the Mount Palomar Telescope could only see 4.5 to 5 Billion light years into space and therefor that was how old the Earth was and then they did all their crazy dating based on this reference point. I am amazed at how they hide their reasoning and facts. Why? because they now have the Hubble Telescope seeing 16.5 Billion light years into space yet they haven't readjusted their data based on this revelation, and they won't do it because it will expose their lies.

Anybody watch the loggers on TV, especially the water loggers ( no pun intended ) the cypress that has been underwater for about 50 to 100 years has absorbed minerals in the wood from the water to the extent that it gives a dazzling shimmering look to the wood when it is cut and sanded. If this fossilization / mineralization can happen with just 10 to 20 feet of pressure under water, then it stands to reason any animal or person who was swept away in the flood and the intense pressure of the great depths the flood buried all this debris under as shown:

Genesis 7:20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
22 1/2 feet higher than the highest point on Earth.

This fossilization / mineralization would occur in a very short time.

They just won't accept the Truth about the flood and that it was about 4,000 years ago.

MaranathaLJ #fundie rr-bb.com

[Fundies have been talking about birth of the royal baby.]
It's interesting to contrast the birth of Jesus a real King and a child in the Royal family who really is just
a normal person but made out to be Royal and Highness.

Things aren't always as they seem ...same goes with the Pope who is called the "Holy Father"

As far as endtimes think it's interesting Prince William is headline news at the same time they are trying to
broker peace in the Middle East.

Even though he has a "real job" it's just another role as they are pretty much actors with the world as their stage. Rock Hudson was gay and had a child...BO also is rumored as being gay...yet has children...actors playing the role. Not at all saying PW is...just saying a person could be married and have no desire for women - the scripture in Daniel 11:37.

I may come across as a hater or heartless ... not true ..at a human level I'm happy for him, after losing his
mother ... a baby born is truly a miracle and wonderful time.

My only point is it bears watching with discernment in the light of the end times.

Eleora #fundie rr-bb.com

When Obama led the charge to strike down DADT, I said to my husband that this was a move toward changing the composition of the military from largely conservative to liberal (and loyal to him). As it stood, the military would not have been obedient to him should he want to utilize them for a nefarious purpose. I maintained that gays are so in-your-face about their sexual preferences, that it would drive away those who love the Lord. Soon after, we start seeing gay pics of military members here and there. Then we hear about a military-hosted "gay pride" event in (of all places) Kandahar, Afghanistan. In addition, I know of a man who was forcibly raped by a group of males and sodomized (Sodom and Gomorrah anyone?). Well, Obama got his change.

Unfortunately, they are not done with their change. Lately, Christians have come under attack in the military. A chaplain and Lt. Col. has been censored by the military and atheists are calling for him to be punished just because he used the phrase "no atheists in foxholes."

Folks, as a Christian and one who served in the Air Force under former President Reagan, I am appalled. I would have never believed that things could get this bad. The gays are being used as a tool in the belt of this administration to put Christians on notice. Once he purges the military, I have to wonder if he will go after churches. And he claims to be a Christian himself..? Thoughts..?

HugsFromJesus #fundie rr-bb.com

When I graduated from high school in 1965, I didn't know one gay person. Not a classmate, not a relative, not a celebrity. Now we are surrounded...

Were that many people in the closet? I don't think so!

Anymore, since there are so many open gay lifestyles, I am beginning to think that many are "choices" of rebellion. I use to think gays were born gay and I still think that in certain cases, but that doesn't mean a person has to act on these impulses anymore than any other personality or mental disorders. One gets help!

In less than 50 years look what has happened to this world. It truly makes me ill but the Lord warned us so we can't be surprised.

sirgak #fundie rr-bb.com

The way they do the dating of how old the fossils are is by way of circular reasoning.

Ask the paleontologist, sir, how do you know the fossils are 72 million years old, and he'll tell you the fossils are 72 millions years old because of the rock in which they were found. Since we know the rock is that old, therefore the fossils are that old too.

Then go ask the geologist, sir, how do you know the rocks are 72 million years old, and he'll tell you that we know the rocks are 72 million years old because fossils were found in it, and they are 72 million years old.

The more astute believer in evolution will point to radioactive dating. We know that so-and-so material has a such-and-such radioactive half-life (the time it takes for the radioactive material to decay/break down so that only half of the original amount remains), and we know what the materials are that the substance breaks/decays down into. So, we measure the amount of material it breaks down into, along with the radioactive material still there, and by these compute how long it has been radioactively decaying. Ergo: it is so-and-so many years old.

Sounds good, except ... it is arrogantly unscientific due to an overwhelmingly major flaw.

What is that deal-breaker flaw? The entirely unscientific assumption of how much radioactive material there was originally present! How do they know? They weren't there so-and-so many years ago. How much was present there originally? They ... don't ... know. They assume it was ALL radioactive material to start with, without a shred of fact to substantiate that assumption.

The fact is, they want to believe in evolution because if evolution is true, then there is no need for a creator God. As one atheist said, not only do I not believe there is a God, I don't WANT there to be a God, as it would interfere with the way I want to live my life.

Thus, we see the evil of a sinful heart as the true reason they believe in evolution.

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