In church today my preacher warned us that single Christians should avoid eating bananas, cucumbers, and zucchinis because SATIN can use these foods to temp us with impure thoughts. \nI know exactly what the preacher was talking about.
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bannanas are very tricky things and they can get into your mind and sneak into your body through falic thoughts and images and some end up giving themselves to the bannanas so much that the guy who stocks them in the produce dept. ends up knowing that person by first name !!!\nBEWARE THE BANNANA!!!!!!!!!
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Watch out.....for talking snakes and apple trees,\nOr you ...will burn in hell for all eternity.\nWhen you ...lie on Sunday\nYou'll have a yabba dabba do time\nAdabba do time \nYou'll have a gay(if there allowed)old time!
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I made a grilled cheese sandwiche today.  It was good.  The cheese kind of just ozzed out the edges.  I was kind of ticked when I took that first big bite and it burnt the top of my mouth.\n\n\n\nOh wait you had a question.  Ya, that is annoying.  They are probly not capable of self thought.  So, they are left with talking about what their preacher told them to say.
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Best not to listen to pretenders. Christians are called to freedom, not bondage to diets, traditions or rituals.\n\ndukalink6000-That's a pretty intolerant thing to say.
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Foremost, quote the book and scripture from which you are referring.  There are a myraid of things that may be wrong with your argument that may not come to light unless you are honest in asking a question.  Honesty in asking includes citing your source.\n\nSecondly, this was a question proposed by Saint Augustine during the Fall of the Roman Empire.\n\nThe real question is - "So, we know the right way to live.  Great!  Why don't we do it?"\n\nThe answer is that we still have sin on our souls.  As sinners, we are given over to minor bouts of gluttony where we wish to eat things that taste good rather that what is best for our body.\n\nIt is not easy for anyone, let alone the whole of the Christain world (read Western Society), to break completely from this sin.\n\nIf you are so enlightened as to what Christains should eat, tell me, how do you purge your soul of minor bouts of gluttony?\n\nIt seems you ask your questions more to discredit Christains than to help them.
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Well in the Bible it says " do not be anxious of anything" I dont remember maybe in the Gospels. I have anxiety attacks but it does not mean I am a bad Christian. I help my attacks by taking medicine.
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well....don't ever listen to ppl and scientists.one time they'll say something is good for health and next time they'll say that the same thing is bad.god has created  vegetables etc. for us to eat so just go ahead n enjoy god's creation hopefully nothing will happen to u.
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It is similar to what health enthusiasts have been promoting for 5 decades--back to nature. It is the man-made things that are bad to eat and cause pollution. Notice that there is not a big list of what plants to eat or not eat. Man can eat meat in case he needs to. The bible recommends plant foods in the beginning.\n\nThen after the great flood plant foods are hard to come by so then there is the involved list of which animals to eat and not eat. But now there is an abundance of plant foods in stores like never before. Also it appears that raw plant foods are the best for health. That automatically fits into the makers diet, almost like a garden of Eden diet.\n\nThis is my first post on this site and I read the rules and guidelines but not sure if it is OK to refer to another site so I guess I can try and find out. www.phifoundation.org/heal.html There is this great 4 paragraph story on this webpage about a minister who recovered from many health problems including depression by switching to an 85% raw vegan diet.
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I do not disagree with your "challenge".  At times I find myself wondering if I am ignoring Jesus' advice in Matthew 7:06 ("Do not cast your pearls before swine").  I think it is okay for a Christian to get a little emotional in their defense of the faith...as long as it doesn't cross the line to an uncontrolled anger.\n\nAre our words falling on deaf ears?  Maybe they are hardened "reprobates" and they only come here to be "a thorn in the side". But maybe, just maybe, deep inside they come to this page because they know that they might be wrong...
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There's a passage of Scripture that speaks of how "A LITTLE wine is good for the infirmities of the stomach", and the Bible speaks openly of it's SYMBOLISM involving purity. Therefore, I would say, don't drink it in excess, for being drunk displeases God and damages the Temple (us) in which He wants to dwell.
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LMAO--made me think of those summers in the backyard eating watermelon at the picnic table.  And yes, my grandpa told me that if I swallowed the seeds that I would grow a watermelon in my stomach.  Kids...we'll fall for anything
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Jesus slapped the taste out of the Pharisees mouths by his words.  I imagine he would do the same to those judgemental people at that church.  You made a mistake, you have accepted the outcome, you realize and admit that you did wrong, now can't they just put it aside and help you raise your child?  Apparantly not.  You are very right for leaving that church.  The Bible never said we must go to church to have a relationship with God.  It does talk about not forsaking the gathering together of believers though.  Talk to other people who believe in God (not only Christians)...as iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens the countenance of their friend.  God bless you and your daughter.  Thank you for bringing her into the world.  =)  I'm sure God would be pleased.
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Concentrate on Fruits & Vegetables + Proteine. Walk & drink water a lot. Read about the healthy food mentioned in the Bible. You will be happy to learn that God loves you & wants you to be healthy. Blessings.
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Wow - Brother Jed - there's a blast from the past.  (The alt.brother-jed usenet group FAQ is linked below.)\n\nI was sitting in the sun on the quad one day, studying for a freshman physics midterm, when I overhead the start to my favorite BroJed sermon.  It began something like:\n\n"You do not eat pizza through your ear.  Similarly, you do not drink through your nose..."\n\nJed had quite a few brilliant insights into the proper, natural uses of orifices.  They were all part of his anti-gay sermon.  I was, of course, intrigued, because I had seen many examples of nose-drinking during my grade school days.\n\nIf I remember correctly, the sermon broke down within a few minutes, with Jed just shouting, "you are all fornicators!" at everyone.  Sigh - my engineering friends and I wished we were so lucky.
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>>>I currently don't have a wife or girlfriend (although I most positively AM straight) and was giving serious thought to being single for the rest of my life so I could pursue spiritual and humanitarian goals<<<\n\nWhy not?  Catholic bishops, priests, brothers, and nuns have been doing this for centuries.  \n\nEven if you're not a Catholic priest or nun -- or even if you're not Catholic -- it's entirely possible to do this.\n\nJesus spoke of those who "made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the Kingdom" and He gently challenged people to accept this lifestyle if it were within their abilities (Mt 19:12).  \n\nSt. Paul writes about how the single man can be more devoted to God -- though he didn't denigrate marriage at all, saying that marriage too was a bona fide Christian vocation. \n\nI think it's great that you're seeing the single state as an opportunity to "pursue spiritual and humanitarian goals" when a lot of the rest of us would see it as the opportunity to turn life into a big party.  \n\nAnd who knows?  You can live this life for a certain period of time, and then later on meet a woman and ... well, you know.
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Central, no. Inclusive, yes. The Bible gives us many guidelines (food and health laws) to start with. God's word teaches us to love and respect all His creation. That in itself should give anyone pause to think before acting and to take responsibility for his/her own actions. Self respect should lead us, as well, to keep our environment clean for health. Considering specific species saving or not - a complex issue by itself, beyond my time alloted for this venue.
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Oh some people make me so mad. I live in southern Alabama and religion is thrown in my face every day, and I know that I am not a perfect person. I have faults just like EVERYBODY else. But what right does the FAT preacher have to preach to me or my family that we are so WRONG when GLUTTONY is VERY much a SIN. GREED is a SIN too as the FAT preacher drives his NEW car (cause he's too fat to walk very far) and talk on his NEW cell phone and preaches to us that we are so wrong..... OOH I get so worked up on some religious things. I need to quit now or I will p*ssed about this all day long.