Is there a conflict between science and religion? Many would agree there is. I believe that humanity cannot exist without both. For a time, I was a fence sitter on this subject. On the surface, science and religion seem po...read more
by Peggy Molloy
Hey You! I'm talking back at ya! To me, sitting on the fence is like getting hit by a freight train, just a little bit. There are ramifications for thinking and doing nothing. Omission is a sin as much as comission. Omissi...read more
Decisions are one of life's many tasks. We all have to make them. Each and everyday. Some are easy. Some are difficult. Depending on the importance of the issue, study and research can help us make the right choice. Life d...read more
Many Christians believe life and death are acts of God. They will tell you God is making you pay for your sins by the death of a loved one. Many Christians believe God punishes people for their bad decisions. Many Christia...read more
There is a fence that stretches as far as the east from the west; a splintering divider where two pastures intersect. That fence bows and bends and sways under the forces of pressures exerted by the countless men and wom...read more
by Shammah
He stood amongst the crowd, yet distanced from them in all aspects. He was surrounded and yet a man alone he stood like a tall pine in the midst of a dying desert; his branches offered respite from the noon day sun, the g...read more
by C.L. Mareydt
Yes, I'm talking to you. If you are a believer would you please stand up. Stand up right now. Not later. Not when it is more convenient. Not just when you are pressured. Not just when you are trying to prove your own ...read more
by Mary Baird
Sitting on the sidelines - fence? seeing things but not wanting to be involved? I have heard and seen many christians remark how things should be, how the un saved need to be told and reach out to the people who are thro...read more
He is still watching this world blaze. He came to this world in the flesh, the children were the only ones not drunk by this dream. Be a passer-by. Our future will not let that happen cause we will be to busy fighting ev...read more
by Mark Tan
It is a fact that religion is practiced by many people. While figures are blur, a huge proportion of the world's population actively practice religion to a certain extent. In many countries, you are born into your relig...read more
I consider myself an agnostic. Many of the believers and non-believers look upon me as a theocratic fence-sitter, someone too weak to think things through and come to a definite conclusion. Both sides wonder, how can I sit...read more
by jagedi
I came into a matriarchy in the early fifties, where the appearence of propriety was important. Anyone or family that didn't exemplify the conservatism of that era, could have been listed, black wasn't a bad word in our h...read more
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