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I have red hair and I wear a beard because the bible says not to cut the corner off of thy beards - because its a sin to look like a woman. I shave around my mouth.
I was born of english parents who lived near Bradford.
My father was in Israel or Egypt ready

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Religion & Spirituality > Thoughts on God Is God relevant in today's world?: 1 of 65
We can know God exists because god is in the spirit with which we do things. 'God is a spirit' - John's gospel. A spirit is the invisible energy cloud associated with the way you perform a task: whether working or making love with your wife.So God is relevant because God is part of every single thing we do - whether were awar... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Religion & Spirituality (Other) Assessing the theory of reincarnation: 1 of 48
As I understand it, Reincarnation is the idea that when you die you are reborn again as another person so that you can get a chance to improve on your previous performance and learn to be a god not a man.In my view the Buddhist reincarnation theory is worst because you do not have an immortal soul in their theory but when you... More..
Religion & Spirituality > New Age Concepts New age belief and Christianity: 1 of 26
How many of us really appreciate the fact that the truth can set us free? You cannot appreciate the truth unless your free.What is freedom? How will you know what freedom is if you are not free now you can only guess. And if your a prisoner now are you able to face that truth if it was revealed to you?In the movie The Matrix,... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christianity (Other) How to put emotions aside and trust in God: 3 of 53
Well what ARE your emotions anyway? Sometimes emotions don't surface for several years or more, but suddenly your daughter goes on a first date and all these intense emotions arise - for example. Or you think everything is fine at work and suddenly you're fired and strong emotions arise. Sportsmen sometimes break down and cry... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Religion & Spirituality (Other) Does religion divide or segregate people: 3 of 49
True religion in the Bible is said to be '...to look after widows in their distress and to keep oneself unpolluted from the world.' This means religious people are '...in the world but not of the world.' How can a person possibly be in the world but not of it? Obviously it means spiritually not of the world, but spirit impl... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: The Passion of the Christ: 1 of 16
I was not brought up to be religious - thank God. I see religious people as people more self deceived than others because they actually believe they have a relationship with God, but very few or none of them walk on water. At least I have done a few miracles. So when Mel Gobson's movie came out I was curious like everyone els... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues Christian understanding of Jesus' death on the cross: 1 of 14
As a Christian with a captital 'c' or a little 'c', or as just a curious person, what are to understand about jesus and his death?The Christian understanding is the simplistic notion Jesus somehow set us free from sin by offering his death in place of our own: like a hero who dives in front of you to take the bullet meant for... More..
Relationships & Family > Romance & Sexuality Teen advice: Why is sex such a big deal?: 5 of 31
Because people don't understand that there is supposed to be no ejaculation during sex, so everyone is worried about young pregnancy. No ejaculation! Am I crazy?People worship POWER! And power does not care much about anything except excitement and intensity.So people get as many bad sexual experiences as they do good when th... More..
Sciences > Anatomy Do humans use only 10 percent of their brain?: 2 of 12
When you sleep you dream, and your dreams are ignored, so you waste a lot of your mind by ignoring your dreams?If we behaved correctly as a natural human is naturally supposed to then we would find that our dreams would become useful and we would learn a lot about living well from our dreams.Even our feelings would become use... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Religious Speculations & Criticisms The significance of revelation in a modern world: 1 of 5
I am concerned about the error of literal interpretation of the book of Revelation. For example some people are waiting for the Two Witnesses in Revelation 11 to come and start making fantastic preaching with powerful miracles - this will never happen. The two witnesses are not actual men but are only symbols representing tru... More..