I hear that people leave money in Gideons Bibles(The kind you see in Hotels and Hospitals)to reward people for looking at the Bible.
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This is probably more along the lines of people staying in a hotel room and hiding their cash in the bible in case of theft. When they check out, they simply forget it is in there and leave it.
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The Bible has a lot to say agains those who teach God's Word falsely.
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The bible is just a book, that started out OK but then came along mankind and changed Lot's of bit's, why ? so man can gain, and profit out of it Proof, when was the last time you saw a poor Church, except in 3rd world country's. Take a look at that lot on US TV fogging religion, and raising millions, do they look poor, no not on your life.\nFaith in God is what we need, forget the bible, to much has been changed, I'm sure God does not have a problem with us working seven days a week, again it comes down to how man tried to control us by using the bible.\n\nLove & Peace
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I dont think that God is bad at handling money.  I think its the televangelists shaving the books before they fedex him the  check.
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I agree. The Bible has a lot of wisdom, a lot of true stories, a lot of symbolic stories, and errors.
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this is common in every church and organization.  people who have the money, have power in those settings.  If this was particularly obvious and cumbersome in your church, then be proactive--for real.  talk to the minister and see if he/she would address the issue.\n\nyou may want to go to a different church-but you will find those types of people everywhere, some less obvious and kinder though.
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Yes, I do because the Bible says there is and I believe the Bible.  Our life down here determines what crowns we will receive up there.  Everything you do down here in this life  reflects what you will earn up there.  That is why good works or things you do for others matter.  They are not the basis for getting TO heaven but they will determine what crowns you will get once you are IN heaven...Most people don't realize that this life is a dress rehearsal for heaven.  They are really going to be disappointed that they did not tell their friends about Jesus when they knew him as their personal Saviour and did not let anyone else know. The reason that you do "good" things is out of love for Jesus, not because you are expected to.  We are all sinners, Christians have just asked for forgiveness.  They will continue to make mistakes but the key is to ask for forgiveness whenever you realize you have done something wrong so you do not break that relationship you have with the Lord.
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OK, this is just a thought. But I got into the same thing when I studied John Wesley's concept of "second blessing holiness." [By the way, I used to live near a congregation that was a part of your denomination. You ain'y scary. ;-)] For what its worth, this is what I came up with, and its just my opinion. Sometimes a person reads a verse or section of scripture that REALLY says something to them. Something maybe no one else has ever noticed. The reason for it is that God is trying to show THEM something they need to know. It may nat apply to anyone else. But they miss that part and in trying to share it (which is OK) it becomes something else. It becomes "THIS is the way it is and its this way for everyone!" rather than what it was meant to be, which was "THIS is for YOU, if I wanted everyone else to see it I'd have shown it to everyone else." And its not that God is showing respect of persons in a case like this because I honestly believe that this type of thing is availabe to everyone. No respect of persons there. Its just that different people need to see things in a way that THEY can understand it and so grow closer to God. That's all it is. God dealing with people where they are. But, human ego being what it is, folks make something else out of it. And then theres the other thing where people just try to make it (the Bible) say all kinds of weird and wonderful stuff it doesn't because they want attention and money. And of course there is always ignorance, but that's another topic. But, hey, you can get that at Wal-Mart too. ;-)
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Read the book below.  It will open your eyes to a new way of looking at the Bible.\n\nExample:  how Jesus said not to try and take the speck out of someone else's eye when you have a plank in yours.  Picture in your mind how it would look.  It's a funny analogy he is making!
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I have ran into some of these KJ only folks before. They are arrogant in their belief that they are superior to others who do not believe as they do. The Bible says knowledge puffs up but love edifies. They believe that all English versions are corrupt except for the KJ version. First of any English version is not technically as accurate as the original Bible languages, Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek. Secondly, they fail to realize the even the KJ has been thur several updates itself- just open a KJ up and look at the copyright page that will state various years of editions copyrighted. If some one is going to be so hard-lined that they will not tolerate others who have different view then themselves-best to save your breath and time and let god deal with them.
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you can look up the scriptures on your own, but the 10K dollars is NOT all given to the synagogue. Halachically only 2% went to the upkeep of the synagogue, the other 8% was divided between the needy, and not collected by the synagogue and distributed by them, but rather given by the individual him/herself.
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I think it is a bunch of stories made up - fairytale like tales more or less.  If people found out that this was true they would probably just toss the book aside - recycle it, burn it, whatever - there will always be the true believers and the book will never go away.
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I do. I like it, it gives you another  way of viewing scripture. The same meaning in most of it, just worded differently
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It is confusing. That is why I read my Bible everyday. I believe it is the Word of God. That is all He has given me to go on. I do feel sorry for people who do not realize this. They are easily swayed. It also keeps me on track by belonging to a church. Jesus loves the church, He is coming back for the church.
660313
I wonder if you can get the bible in E-book format and then all the people can plug in their laptops and PDAs on the train and read it, thinking that all this stuff inside and outside of the train origionally came from God.... Yeh right!
80809
God wants you to read and learn the Bible, then go teach it to others.
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i see what you mean, i too am a christian, and i work with the eldery, i have seen the older adults that are home bound, give most of their checks to these preachers. it really makes me sad, i think it is good for small local churches to have a group that will visit there home, and have good people in charge that will not take advantage of them. i just do not think it is right to ask for money over the tv.