Like He/she is GOD or the LORD.....like I wont get to heaven unless pastor says so!!!!   COME ON!!!
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I think it is because they see them as a stand-in for God.  They want so hard to believe in anything beyond themselves and yet they can't see God as anything beyond human like themselves.  \n\nI also think the pastors that allow this to happen may have a God complex and relish the power over the people.
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Maybe this is a time of testing and God is trying to teach you patience with these situations.  Ask God to tell you the right thing to say, to put the words you need to speak into your mouth.
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sometimes. but then again, it would be kinda weird to be a pastors kid. u know what i mean. ur supposed to be pure and perfect. u cant do anything bad etc. but he is sooo good to his kids. it is depressing.
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YOU WON"T !            I believe in God. I believe In Jesus Christ. I believe He died on the cross for all mankind. (that includes me, you, everybody.) I don't believe in a Hell dragged out of the dark ages. Jesus said,"If I be lifted up I draw all men (mankind). The bible says Hes VICTORIOUS!!!  He won! Who did He win from?...( SATAN) What did He win? (LIFE), Satan gave us death, Jesus gave us life.  Those who believe say it is a choice, and their prideful egos think they made that choice. they need to give the credit where it belongs. TO GOD. God chose them, just as Jesus(GOD) chose 12 men out of hundreds to be His first followers. Did God choose all men to write the Gospels? NOoooo. Unfortunely most are blind and can't hear, but even God does that. So if most of mankind is supposed to burn in a fuery fire in pain and torment for eternity, then how victorious does that make our Savior?? Well I believe the savior I worship is 100% victorious. I do believe god will punish the disobediant and unbelieving, but with a fathers love. And Fathers who love thier children don"t throw them into a fire. God gave everything to his Son to have authority over, and God said that everything given to Him, He would lose nothing.Jesus has authority over all creation(all mankind included).  SORRY DEVIL!!  You Lost!  God is not narrow minded, people are.
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u are an idiot. you call yourself a christian, but you dont even understand your god's teaching. \n\nhow can you worship a god who condemns people who try to be good? why would u WANT to worship a god who is so vain, and so full of himself, that the only way to get in his good graces. that's disgusting. not to mention, that you only worship this god, TO SAVE YOURSELF! \n\nno one is righteous, that's for sure, but the mere fact that someone tried to be means something.
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watching the video made me sick to my stomach. i can't answer why he made that joke. it is something you would have to ask him yourself. i believe all people are to be loved and not singled out because they live contrary to what the bible says. to be honest, i'm just speechless as to a pastor behaving in such a manner.
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Yeha i know, they don't know what in the world they are taking about! Because in hell there will never ever be a party of any kind! insstead those that go get to be in a lake of buring sulfer, in total darkenss, hear cries of pain, be in solitude, and be miserable for the rest of eternity, sounds like a great party to me! NOT! and in heaven there will be no dring and sex! how rediciolous! in heaven we will be praising our holy father and be doing his will! sure up there there will be a constant party but not in hell! heaven will be beautiful, pearly gates, gold roades, safire, emerals, and stones we have never heard of will be there along with alot of our loved ones! i mean who wouldn't want to go to heaven???!!! But those that say that the real party is in hell i suggest that they do some research in the BIBLE and see what it is really like! becasuse it won't be what they are expecting!!!I agree the people that say well lets go to the party in hell, they are stupid and don't know anything! (i would suggest that you download the podcase sermons about what will heaven be like from southeast christian church! i get them every week and these particular sermons talk about this subject, you might enjoy them. they're free so that's cool just go to http://www.southeastchristianchurch.com or something like that and download the series, it's really good!! I have really enjoyed them! highly recomend them!)
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Yes, but not all of them. I'm sure there are insane people who worship the Lord, but kill people in the name of God. Would they get into Heaven? I'm sure there are mentally challenged people who worship the Lord, and don't go killing people, so they shall be allowed in Heaven. But I'm sure there are those who don't follow, and I don't think they can get into Heaven. No one is allowed in Heaven unless they worship God.
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I think that we all struggle in our faith one way or another. Questioning God's existence doesn't really cross most of our minds. We may question why He allows things to happen or we may even question our own Christian walk and our relationship with God. My pastors -and I've had a few in my life -haven't been perfect. In fact there was one who was my Dad's boss that treated his underlings shabbily and used the church vehicle for personal business. I think he may've even taken some of the better donations given to the church for his own. I do know that he was eventually caught by his bosses with his hand in the cookie jar and in adultery. He was speedily fired. As for weird things in a worship service? I recall visiting a Charismatic service to see what it was like. I met one of those pastors who held rather rambunctious healing services. You know the type.; they call you forward for healing even though you haven't volunteered or asked for it. He claimed -a few times- to be given a word of knowledge about some type of secret sin in some person's life. I found this made me extremely uncomfortable because I do not believe that God would humiliate an individual in this manner. Nor do I think that Jesus would compel anyone to come for healing. God is a Gentleman, and He never forces Himself on anybody. Neither should His servants
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You tell them,Pastor!
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Just remember this...your friends don't get to decide whether or not you go to heaven, only God does. So who would you rather please? Your friends or God?
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That's a very good observation!  I guess we'll never know until we get to Heaven (if we believe in Jesus)...and then it won't matter cause all we'll be doing is praising God!
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Exactly, ! worship the creator , not the creation.... It follows by logical necessity that if God is one, and if He is eternal, Then He does not beget , Nor is he begotten. Because if He beget, then He will have a child then the child will have to be God-like. So there will then be two Gods. Since there is only one, you cannot have two.  OR If he was begotten, that means he would have father. Then the father will be older than him, wiser than him, more eternal than him. and you cannot have one who is more eternal than ETERNAL.
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remember the morality police will decide what's best for us , we're only mature human beings with a brain we don't know what's best for us...and neither do they....until their preacher tells them... but it's gotta be a really good preacher who talks to god...like ... say.... fred phelps... or ....pat robertson.
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Dear Brown Sugar...My dear, stop listening to the ignorant rantings of a few...it's not "cool" to get on your knees and pray to our Creator who ALLOWS us to breathe and live! Everyone wants some "sign"--perhaps a note on their pillow at night saying,"HEY! I'M GOD! I'M REAL! WON'T YOU BELIEVE ME???" GOD ALMIGHTY has GIVEN US PROOF! Look around you! Do people really believe the magnificent Human Body just happened on it's own? The Brain just FORMED ON IT'S OWN? Yeah, right...and my car just assembled itself--no maker, it just came together out on the road--you would think I was crazy!!! What about the STARS,MOONS, AND SUNS? AN ACCIDENT OF STUPID NATURE? PLEEEEEAAAASSSSEEE!!! I think we are a bit more intelligent than that--at least I do! Of course, there is another being who loves you to keep on having no hope for your life...and he is very clever in disguising himself as a "god". Demons are real, too....and they have many believing life is hopeless and going nowhere. But I tell you now YOU MATTER! What you do in this life DOES have consequences! But they don't have to be BAD! GOD WANTS TO GIVE YOU AND ME THE UNIVERSE!!! That is the absolute truth!!! But He won't give it to rebellious,hateful,disobedient people! He's ALREADY BEEN THROUGH THAT WITH SATAN!
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Yeah, there is a scripture that says something like "I am a jealous God" (not exact quote) and I have no idea what exactly it was referring to, but it was not our supreme being saying he was jealous.  Geez Louise!  Whomever wrote that surely wasn't quoting God.  God is all love and I would imagine in a constant state of bliss.  Can you really imagine him being angry or jealous.   I don't care what Sunday School teaches, that's just silly!
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I agree. i think that they are mad at us christians b/c we preach to them, they get mad at me for saying this sometimes: I know that you can go to heaven if you get saved and the way that you get saved is if you believe that Jesus died on the cross from your sins, rose on the third day, and then you have to confess to God in prayer that you are a sinner and that you believe He died on the cross for your sins and ask for His forgiveness on your sins and it is THAT simple, salvation is a free gift, we can't earn it. I am a baptist who believes (let me rephrase that, I KNOW) that this stuff I said is true. My name is Matthew James Needham and don't be shy to contact me on this. my email address is im_proud2b_a_christian@yahoo.c...