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		<title>By: WolfMan</title>
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		<dc:creator>WolfMan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>No for nothin&#039; and no offence to you who aren&#039;t like this, but you christians should really be more tollerant of others and not preach your religion to those who choose not to be, we don&#039;t go to church for a reason, i&#039;m thurally agnostic and really don&#039;t wanna listen to you say that yoru better because your christain, and quite frankly even my catholic girlfriend would be appauled by you guys

so please don&#039;t be dicks like that it just re-enforces our belife in christains been jack asses and untalerant (you guys did start the crusaids and the Friday the 13th superstiation)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No for nothin&#8217; and no offence to you who aren&#8217;t like this, but you christians should really be more tollerant of others and not preach your religion to those who choose not to be, we don&#8217;t go to church for a reason, i&#8217;m thurally agnostic and really don&#8217;t wanna listen to you say that yoru better because your christain, and quite frankly even my catholic girlfriend would be appauled by you guys</p>
<p>so please don&#8217;t be dicks like that it just re-enforces our belife in christains been jack asses and untalerant (you guys did start the crusaids and the Friday the 13th superstiation)</p>
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		<title>By: HelloSiti</title>
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		<dc:creator>HelloSiti</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I know that word supposedly to be &quot;has&quot; (not &quot;have&quot;).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know that word supposedly to be &#8220;has&#8221; (not &#8220;have&#8221;).</p>
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		<title>By: HelloSiti</title>
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		<dc:creator>HelloSiti</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
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B Nelson says:
June 16th, 2009

I am glad many of you already knew this! That makes me smile.

BUT&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;
DID YOU KNOW????

the sheep in the picture is my gal named Diamond?
Yes its true!!!! she is one of our many pet sheep.
We dont eat them or force them to accept any religion. Thats just the way we are.

Uh-huh ... Is there any lamb have any religion anyway? LOL.
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B Nelson says:<br />
June 16th, 2009</p>
<p>I am glad many of you already knew this! That makes me smile.</p>
<p>BUT&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<br />
DID YOU KNOW????</p>
<p>the sheep in the picture is my gal named Diamond?<br />
Yes its true!!!! she is one of our many pet sheep.<br />
We dont eat them or force them to accept any religion. Thats just the way we are.</p>
<p>Uh-huh &#8230; Is there any lamb have any religion anyway? LOL.</p>
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		<title>By: Son of John</title>
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		<dc:creator>Son of John</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To B Nelson

My sister we don not need to drag this. I believe in a God who is the originator of all things and who manifested Himself in the person of Jesus Christ. The writings of historians like Josephus, Tacitus confirmed that Christ was a real person. Christ was and is a miracle worker. There are other recorded miracle workers in history as well. even with all their miracles put together including Christs there is one that intrigues me. this very one to me makes Him stand out tall among every miracle worker as well as any historical figure - the miracle of his resurrection from the dead. A miracle which could have been done by God only. You may rightly say he wasnt the only one who died and came back to life and so there is nothing unique about that. but then all others who died and came back to life died again. there are others who didnt die at all - for they were taken up by God. It is only this one person in history who died, rose up from the dead and never died again. He still lives today. To what end were His miracles - to confirm His messiahship. Now take note here no achaeological finding has ever contradicted the bible. the Dead Sea scrolls discovered in the Qumram caves in 1947 affirmed the reliability of our modern day bible. Jesus said any sin may be forgiven men but the sin against the Holy Ghost cannot and ever be forgiven men either in this age or the age to come. How may one commit this unpardonable sin. By rejecting Christ: for it is his Spirit that convicts you of sin and so when you reject Christ you reject His Spirit also and that is sin against the Holy Ghost.
My sister you have a beginning, so is the world. The world has not ended yet but billions of human beings have already expired. Have you ever asked yourself where all these came from and where they go after death; what was their real purpose on earth? The bible says in ecclesiastis that Human beings were created to have reverence for GOD(Christ). There is life after death. Death does not end all. You are fortunate to have life but sooner or later you will also be gone. To this end Id like to ask how have you prepared yourself to embrace eternity- eternity in hell or eternity in heaven? I can assure you that God is given you more time to repent and come to the knowledge of the truth. Jesus said I am the way, the truth and the life. He is the way to God, the truth about God and the giver of life. For He said I am come that they may have life and have it to the fullest. without Jesus you are dead and already condemned to hell. I am begging you my sister to give Jesus a chance. This moment may be yours but the very next second may not.You surely wouldnt like to be confined to a Godless place as hell when forever you will be tormented. Hell and the fate of the damned is not any human fabrication. They are real.
   In the part of the world where I come from (Ghana, West Africa) there are things which most of you in the Western world have not seen before. Public display of occultic powers. Ask yourself where the practitioners of these occultic powers derive their powers from. From the devil of course who is also very real. Some few years back a battle ensued between two tribes in the northern part of Ghana. Flaming arrows controlled from a remote location (occultic manupulation) were sent to kell their victims and these arrows would not rest until their find their victims. People could even command the rain to fall under occultic manupulation and strike their victims dead with thunderbolt from these rainfalls.
Let me tell you i have seen some of these occultic people who were deeply involved and have surrendered their lives to Christ because after encountering him they came to know there was an ultimate power beyond them.  I have heard witches confessing their wicked deeds and how their lives changed after encountering Christ. My sister dont fight against Christ. You will surely end up a loser. Christ said He that is not with us is against us. You will not win against the creator of the world.
 I want to invite you to Christ. Jesus said you didnt choose me but i chose you. Jesus had already selected you to inherit eternal life and be with Him even before the foundation of the world. It is up to you, your responsibility to choose Him otherwise you will have no excuse on the Day of His Judgment (the day when God has chosen to show His anger). The bible says if you shall confess with your mouth(verbally) that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the Dead you have already passed from death to life.God forgets your sin forever. The bible didnt say confess your sins and you shall be saved but rather confess the Lord Jesus and you shall be saved. Why? because your sins were nailed together with Christ on the cross. These are spiritual things Im telling you. for the bible says He came to the world to take upon himself the sin of humanity. God remembers no more our sins. What He requires from us is to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. to be saved you can say this simple prayer: Dear Lord Jesus I acknowledge you as my Lord, My God and my personal savior. i invite you to come and dwell in my heart and live with me forever. I believe in my heart that God raised you from the dead and He raised you for my Justification. I declare I am saved. I have passed from death to life. Hallelujah. Amen.
Finally I want you to know that it is 100% accurate to call Jesus God. For He is the embodiment of deity. For He Himself said I and My Father are one which means one in essence, one in everything. He has not robbed God of anything by calling Himself God. When the disciples asked HIm; show us the Father, his reply was: how long have I been with you yet you do not know me. Again it is 100% accurate to ascribe worship to Christ. Remember after the resurrection, prior to ascension some of the over 500 witnesses who saw the resurrected Christ worshiped Him and he didnt stop them neither did He say to Doubting Thomas: hey!!! you go far by calling me Lord and God (that was when Thomas was convinced, Jesus had really come back alive again). 
My sister I am done. The work the Lord Jesus gave me concerning you and any others who might be reading this is done. I wash my hands off. Remember your eternal destiny lies in your hands. SHALOM (PEACE)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To B Nelson</p>
<p>My sister we don not need to drag this. I believe in a God who is the originator of all things and who manifested Himself in the person of Jesus Christ. The writings of historians like Josephus, Tacitus confirmed that Christ was a real person. Christ was and is a miracle worker. There are other recorded miracle workers in history as well. even with all their miracles put together including Christs there is one that intrigues me. this very one to me makes Him stand out tall among every miracle worker as well as any historical figure &#8211; the miracle of his resurrection from the dead. A miracle which could have been done by God only. You may rightly say he wasnt the only one who died and came back to life and so there is nothing unique about that. but then all others who died and came back to life died again. there are others who didnt die at all &#8211; for they were taken up by God. It is only this one person in history who died, rose up from the dead and never died again. He still lives today. To what end were His miracles &#8211; to confirm His messiahship. Now take note here no achaeological finding has ever contradicted the bible. the Dead Sea scrolls discovered in the Qumram caves in 1947 affirmed the reliability of our modern day bible. Jesus said any sin may be forgiven men but the sin against the Holy Ghost cannot and ever be forgiven men either in this age or the age to come. How may one commit this unpardonable sin. By rejecting Christ: for it is his Spirit that convicts you of sin and so when you reject Christ you reject His Spirit also and that is sin against the Holy Ghost.<br />
My sister you have a beginning, so is the world. The world has not ended yet but billions of human beings have already expired. Have you ever asked yourself where all these came from and where they go after death; what was their real purpose on earth? The bible says in ecclesiastis that Human beings were created to have reverence for GOD(Christ). There is life after death. Death does not end all. You are fortunate to have life but sooner or later you will also be gone. To this end Id like to ask how have you prepared yourself to embrace eternity- eternity in hell or eternity in heaven? I can assure you that God is given you more time to repent and come to the knowledge of the truth. Jesus said I am the way, the truth and the life. He is the way to God, the truth about God and the giver of life. For He said I am come that they may have life and have it to the fullest. without Jesus you are dead and already condemned to hell. I am begging you my sister to give Jesus a chance. This moment may be yours but the very next second may not.You surely wouldnt like to be confined to a Godless place as hell when forever you will be tormented. Hell and the fate of the damned is not any human fabrication. They are real.<br />
   In the part of the world where I come from (Ghana, West Africa) there are things which most of you in the Western world have not seen before. Public display of occultic powers. Ask yourself where the practitioners of these occultic powers derive their powers from. From the devil of course who is also very real. Some few years back a battle ensued between two tribes in the northern part of Ghana. Flaming arrows controlled from a remote location (occultic manupulation) were sent to kell their victims and these arrows would not rest until their find their victims. People could even command the rain to fall under occultic manupulation and strike their victims dead with thunderbolt from these rainfalls.<br />
Let me tell you i have seen some of these occultic people who were deeply involved and have surrendered their lives to Christ because after encountering him they came to know there was an ultimate power beyond them.  I have heard witches confessing their wicked deeds and how their lives changed after encountering Christ. My sister dont fight against Christ. You will surely end up a loser. Christ said He that is not with us is against us. You will not win against the creator of the world.<br />
 I want to invite you to Christ. Jesus said you didnt choose me but i chose you. Jesus had already selected you to inherit eternal life and be with Him even before the foundation of the world. It is up to you, your responsibility to choose Him otherwise you will have no excuse on the Day of His Judgment (the day when God has chosen to show His anger). The bible says if you shall confess with your mouth(verbally) that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the Dead you have already passed from death to life.God forgets your sin forever. The bible didnt say confess your sins and you shall be saved but rather confess the Lord Jesus and you shall be saved. Why? because your sins were nailed together with Christ on the cross. These are spiritual things Im telling you. for the bible says He came to the world to take upon himself the sin of humanity. God remembers no more our sins. What He requires from us is to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. to be saved you can say this simple prayer: Dear Lord Jesus I acknowledge you as my Lord, My God and my personal savior. i invite you to come and dwell in my heart and live with me forever. I believe in my heart that God raised you from the dead and He raised you for my Justification. I declare I am saved. I have passed from death to life. Hallelujah. Amen.<br />
Finally I want you to know that it is 100% accurate to call Jesus God. For He is the embodiment of deity. For He Himself said I and My Father are one which means one in essence, one in everything. He has not robbed God of anything by calling Himself God. When the disciples asked HIm; show us the Father, his reply was: how long have I been with you yet you do not know me. Again it is 100% accurate to ascribe worship to Christ. Remember after the resurrection, prior to ascension some of the over 500 witnesses who saw the resurrected Christ worshiped Him and he didnt stop them neither did He say to Doubting Thomas: hey!!! you go far by calling me Lord and God (that was when Thomas was convinced, Jesus had really come back alive again).<br />
My sister I am done. The work the Lord Jesus gave me concerning you and any others who might be reading this is done. I wash my hands off. Remember your eternal destiny lies in your hands. SHALOM (PEACE)</p>
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		<title>By: Son of John</title>
		<link>http://relijournal.com/christianity/borrowed-pagan-traditions-of-christianity/comment-page-1/#comment-18373</link>
		<dc:creator>Son of John</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To B Nelson

My sister we don\&#039;t need to drag this. I believe in a God who is the originator of all things and who manifested Himself in the person of Jesus Christ. The writings of historians like Josephus, Tacitus confirmed that Christ was a real person. Christ was and is a miracle worker. There are other recorded miracle workers in history as well. even with all their miracles put together including Christ\&#039;s there is one that intrigues me. this very one to me makes Him stand out tall among every miracle worker as well as any historical figure - the miracle of his resurrection from the dead. A miracle which could have been done by God only. You may rightly say he wasn\&#039;t the only one who died and came back to life and so there is nothing unique about that. but then all others who died and came back to life died again. there are others who didn\&#039;t die at all - for they were taken up by God. It is only this one person in history who died, rose up from the dead and never died again. He still lives today. To what end were His miracles - to confirm His messiahship. Now take note here no achaeological finding has ever contradicted the bible. the Dead Sea scrolls discovered in the Qumram caves in 1947 affirmed the reliability of our modern day bible. Jesus said any sin may be forgiven men but the sin against the Holy Ghost cannot and ever be forgiven men either in this age or the age to come. How may one commit this unpardonable sin. By rejecting Christ: for it is his Spirit that convicts you of sin and so when you reject Christ you reject His Spirit also and that is sin against the Holy Ghost.
My sister you have a beginning, so is the world. The world has not ended yet but billions of human beings have already expired. Have you ever asked yourself where all these came from and where they go after death; what was their real purpose on earth? The bible says in ecclesiastis that Human beings were created to have reverence for GOD(Christ). There is life after death. Death does not end all. You are fortunate to have life but sooner or later you will also be gone. To this end I\&#039;d like to ask how have you prepared yourself to embrace eternity- eternity in hell or eternity in heaven? I can assure you that God is given you more time to repent and come to the knowledge of the truth. Jesus said I am the way, the truth and the life. He is the way to God, the truth about God and the giver of life. For He said I am come that they may have life and have it to the fullest. without Jesus you are dead and already condemned to hell. I am begging you my sister to give Jesus a chance. This moment may be yours but the very next second may not.You surely wouldn\&#039;t like to be confined to a Godless place as hell when forever you will be tormented. Hell and the fate of the damned is not any human fabrication. They are real.
   In the part of the world where I come from (Ghana, West Africa) there are things which most of you in the Western world have not seen before. Public display of occultic powers. Ask yourself where the practitioners of these occultic powers derive their powers from. From the devil of course who is also very real. Some few years back a battle ensued between two tribes in the northern part of Ghana. Flaming arrows controlled from a remote location (occultic manupulation) were sent to kell their victims and these arrows would not rest until their find their victims. People could even command the rain to fall under occultic manupulation and strike their victims dead with thunderbolt from these rainfalls.
Let me tell you i have seen some of these occultic people who were deeply involved and have surrendered their lives to Christ because after encountering him they came to know there was an ultimate power beyond them.  I have heard witches confessing their wicked deeds and how their lives changed after encountering Christ. My sister don\&#039;t fight against Christ. You will surely end up a loser. Christ said He that is not with us is against us. You will not win against the creator of the world.
 I want to invite you to Christ. Jesus said you didn\&#039;t choose me but i chose you. Jesus had already selected you to inherit eternal life and be with Him even before the foundation of the world. It is up to you, your responsibility to choose Him otherwise you will have no excuse on the Day of His Judgment (the day when God has chosen to show His anger). The bible says if you shall confess with your mouth(verbally) that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the Dead you have already passed from death to life.God forgets your sin forever. The bible didn\&#039;t say confess your sins and you shall be saved but rather confess the Lord Jesus and you shall be saved. Why? because your sins were nailed together with Christ on the cross. These are spiritual things I\&#039;m telling you. for the bible says He came to the world to take upon himself the sin of humanity. God remembers no more our sins. What He requires from us is to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. to be saved you can say this simple prayer: Dear Lord Jesus I acknowledge you as my Lord, My God and my personal savior. i invite you to come and dwell in my heart and live with me forever. I believe in my heart that God raised you from the dead and He raised you for my Justification. I declare I am saved. I have passed from death to life. Hallelujah. Amen.
Finally I want you to know that it is 100% accurate to call Jesus God. For He is the embodiment of deity. For He Himself said I and My Father are one which means one in essence, one in everything. He has not robbed God of anything by calling Himself God. When the disciples asked HIm; show us the Father, his reply was: how long have I been with you yet you do not know me. Again it is 100% accurate to ascribe worship to Christ. Remember after the resurrection, prior to ascension some of the over 500 witnesses who saw the resurrected Christ worshiped Him and he didn\&#039;t stop them neither did He say to Doubting Thomas: hey!!! you go far by calling me Lord and God (that was when Thomas was convinced, Jesus had really come back alive again). 
My sister I am done. The work the Lord Jesus gave me concerning you and any others who might be reading this is done. I wash my hands off. Remember your eternal destiny lies in your hands. SHALOM (PEACE)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To B Nelson</p>
<p>My sister we don\&#8217;t need to drag this. I believe in a God who is the originator of all things and who manifested Himself in the person of Jesus Christ. The writings of historians like Josephus, Tacitus confirmed that Christ was a real person. Christ was and is a miracle worker. There are other recorded miracle workers in history as well. even with all their miracles put together including Christ\&#8217;s there is one that intrigues me. this very one to me makes Him stand out tall among every miracle worker as well as any historical figure &#8211; the miracle of his resurrection from the dead. A miracle which could have been done by God only. You may rightly say he wasn\&#8217;t the only one who died and came back to life and so there is nothing unique about that. but then all others who died and came back to life died again. there are others who didn\&#8217;t die at all &#8211; for they were taken up by God. It is only this one person in history who died, rose up from the dead and never died again. He still lives today. To what end were His miracles &#8211; to confirm His messiahship. Now take note here no achaeological finding has ever contradicted the bible. the Dead Sea scrolls discovered in the Qumram caves in 1947 affirmed the reliability of our modern day bible. Jesus said any sin may be forgiven men but the sin against the Holy Ghost cannot and ever be forgiven men either in this age or the age to come. How may one commit this unpardonable sin. By rejecting Christ: for it is his Spirit that convicts you of sin and so when you reject Christ you reject His Spirit also and that is sin against the Holy Ghost.<br />
My sister you have a beginning, so is the world. The world has not ended yet but billions of human beings have already expired. Have you ever asked yourself where all these came from and where they go after death; what was their real purpose on earth? The bible says in ecclesiastis that Human beings were created to have reverence for GOD(Christ). There is life after death. Death does not end all. You are fortunate to have life but sooner or later you will also be gone. To this end I\&#8217;d like to ask how have you prepared yourself to embrace eternity- eternity in hell or eternity in heaven? I can assure you that God is given you more time to repent and come to the knowledge of the truth. Jesus said I am the way, the truth and the life. He is the way to God, the truth about God and the giver of life. For He said I am come that they may have life and have it to the fullest. without Jesus you are dead and already condemned to hell. I am begging you my sister to give Jesus a chance. This moment may be yours but the very next second may not.You surely wouldn\&#8217;t like to be confined to a Godless place as hell when forever you will be tormented. Hell and the fate of the damned is not any human fabrication. They are real.<br />
   In the part of the world where I come from (Ghana, West Africa) there are things which most of you in the Western world have not seen before. Public display of occultic powers. Ask yourself where the practitioners of these occultic powers derive their powers from. From the devil of course who is also very real. Some few years back a battle ensued between two tribes in the northern part of Ghana. Flaming arrows controlled from a remote location (occultic manupulation) were sent to kell their victims and these arrows would not rest until their find their victims. People could even command the rain to fall under occultic manupulation and strike their victims dead with thunderbolt from these rainfalls.<br />
Let me tell you i have seen some of these occultic people who were deeply involved and have surrendered their lives to Christ because after encountering him they came to know there was an ultimate power beyond them.  I have heard witches confessing their wicked deeds and how their lives changed after encountering Christ. My sister don\&#8217;t fight against Christ. You will surely end up a loser. Christ said He that is not with us is against us. You will not win against the creator of the world.<br />
 I want to invite you to Christ. Jesus said you didn\&#8217;t choose me but i chose you. Jesus had already selected you to inherit eternal life and be with Him even before the foundation of the world. It is up to you, your responsibility to choose Him otherwise you will have no excuse on the Day of His Judgment (the day when God has chosen to show His anger). The bible says if you shall confess with your mouth(verbally) that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the Dead you have already passed from death to life.God forgets your sin forever. The bible didn\&#8217;t say confess your sins and you shall be saved but rather confess the Lord Jesus and you shall be saved. Why? because your sins were nailed together with Christ on the cross. These are spiritual things I\&#8217;m telling you. for the bible says He came to the world to take upon himself the sin of humanity. God remembers no more our sins. What He requires from us is to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. to be saved you can say this simple prayer: Dear Lord Jesus I acknowledge you as my Lord, My God and my personal savior. i invite you to come and dwell in my heart and live with me forever. I believe in my heart that God raised you from the dead and He raised you for my Justification. I declare I am saved. I have passed from death to life. Hallelujah. Amen.<br />
Finally I want you to know that it is 100% accurate to call Jesus God. For He is the embodiment of deity. For He Himself said I and My Father are one which means one in essence, one in everything. He has not robbed God of anything by calling Himself God. When the disciples asked HIm; show us the Father, his reply was: how long have I been with you yet you do not know me. Again it is 100% accurate to ascribe worship to Christ. Remember after the resurrection, prior to ascension some of the over 500 witnesses who saw the resurrected Christ worshiped Him and he didn\&#8217;t stop them neither did He say to Doubting Thomas: hey!!! you go far by calling me Lord and God (that was when Thomas was convinced, Jesus had really come back alive again).<br />
My sister I am done. The work the Lord Jesus gave me concerning you and any others who might be reading this is done. I wash my hands off. Remember your eternal destiny lies in your hands. SHALOM (PEACE)</p>
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		<title>By: Son of John</title>
		<link>http://relijournal.com/christianity/borrowed-pagan-traditions-of-christianity/comment-page-1/#comment-18371</link>
		<dc:creator>Son of John</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To B Nelson

My sister we don&#039;t need to drag this. I believe in a God who is the originator of all things and who manifested Himself in the person of Jesus Christ. The writings of historians like Josephus, Tacitus confirmed that Christ was a real person. Christ was and is a miracle worker. There are other recorded miracle workers in history as well. even with all their miracles put together including Christ&#039;s there is one that intrigues me. this very one to me makes Him stand out tall among every miracle worker as well as any historical figure - the miracle of his resurrection from the dead. A miracle which could have been done by God only. You may rightly say he wasn&#039;t the only one who died and came back to life and so there is nothing unique about that. but then all others who died and came back to life died again. there are others who didn&#039;t die at all - for they were taken up by God. It is only this one person in history who died, rose up from the dead and never died again. He still lives today. To what end were His miracles - to confirm His messiahship. Now take note here no achaeological finding has ever contradicted the bible. the Dead Sea scrolls discovered in the Qumram caves in 1947 affirmed the reliability of our modern day bible. Jesus said any sin may be forgiven men but the sin against the Holy Ghost cannot and ever be forgiven men either in this age or the age to come. How may one commit this unpardonable sin. By rejecting Christ: for it is his Spirit that convicts you of sin and so when you reject Christ you reject His Spirit also and that is sin against the Holy Ghost.
My sister you have a beginning, so is the world. The world has not ended yet but billions of human beings have already expired. Have you ever asked yourself where all these came from and where they go after death; what was their real purpose on earth? The bible says in ecclesiastis that Human beings were created to have reverence for GOD(Christ). There is life after death. Death does not end all. You are fortunate to have life but sooner or later you will also be gone. To this end I&#039;d like to ask how have you prepared yourself to embrace eternity- eternity in hell or eternity in heaven? I can assure you that God is given you more time to repent and come to the knowledge of the truth. Jesus said I am the way, the truth and the life. He is the way to God, the truth about God and the giver of life. For He said I am come that they may have life and have it to the fullest. without Jesus you are dead and already condemned to hell. I am begging you my sister to give Jesus a chance. This moment may be yours but the very next second may not.You surely wouldn&#039;t like to be confined to a Godless place as hell when forever you will be tormented. Hell and the fate of the damned is not any human fabrication. They are real.
   In the part of the world where I come from (Ghana, West Africa) there are things which most of you in the Western world have not seen before. Public display of occultic powers. Ask yourself where the practitioners of these occultic powers derive their powers from. From the devil of course who is also very real. Some few years back a battle ensued between two tribes in the northern part of Ghana. Flaming arrows controlled from a remote location (occultic manupulation) were sent to kell their victims and these arrows would not rest until their find their victims. People could even command the rain to fall under occultic manupulation and strike their victims dead with thunderbolt from these rainfalls.
Let me tell you i have seen some of these occultic people who were deeply involved and have surrendered their lives to Christ because after encountering him they came to know there was an ultimate power beyond them.  I have heard witches confessing their wicked deeds and how their lives changed after encountering Christ. My sister don&#039;t fight against Christ. You will surely end up a loser. Christ said He that is not with us is against us. You will not win against the creator of the world.
 I want to invite you to Christ. Jesus said you didn&#039;t choose me but i chose you. Jesus had already selected you to inherit eternal life and be with Him even before the foundation of the world. It is up to you, your responsibility to choose Him otherwise you will have no excuse on the Day of His Judgment (the day when God has chosen to show His anger). The bible says if you shall confess with your mouth(verbally) that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the Dead you have already passed from death to life.God forgets your sin forever. The bible didn&#039;t say confess your sins and you shall be saved but rather confess the Lord Jesus and you shall be saved. Why? because your sins were nailed together with Christ on the cross. These are spiritual things I&#039;m telling you. for the bible says He came to the world to take upon himself the sin of humanity. God remembers no more our sins. What He requires from us is to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. to be saved you can say this simple prayer: Dear Lord Jesus I acknowledge you as my Lord, My God and my personal savior. i invite you to come and dwell in my heart and live with me forever. I believe in my heart that God raised you from the dead and He raised you for my Justification. I declare I am saved. I have passed from death to life. Hallelujah. Amen.
Finally I want you to know that it is 100% accurate to call Jesus God. For He is the embodiment of deity. For He Himself said I and My Father are one which means one in essence, one in everything. He has not robbed God of anything by calling Himself God. When the disciples asked HIm; show us the Father, his reply was: how long have I been with you yet you do not know me. Again it is 100% accurate to ascribe worship to Christ. Remember after the resurrection, prior to ascension some of the over 500 witnesses who saw the resurrected Christ worshiped Him and he didn&#039;t stop them neither did He say to Doubting Thomas: hey!!! you go far by calling me Lord and God (that was when Thomas was convinced, Jesus had really come back alive again). 
My sister I am done. The work the Lord Jesus gave me concerning you and any others who might be reading this is done. I wash my hands off. Remember your eternal destiny lies in your hands. SHALOM (PEACE)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To B Nelson</p>
<p>My sister we don&#8217;t need to drag this. I believe in a God who is the originator of all things and who manifested Himself in the person of Jesus Christ. The writings of historians like Josephus, Tacitus confirmed that Christ was a real person. Christ was and is a miracle worker. There are other recorded miracle workers in history as well. even with all their miracles put together including Christ&#8217;s there is one that intrigues me. this very one to me makes Him stand out tall among every miracle worker as well as any historical figure &#8211; the miracle of his resurrection from the dead. A miracle which could have been done by God only. You may rightly say he wasn&#8217;t the only one who died and came back to life and so there is nothing unique about that. but then all others who died and came back to life died again. there are others who didn&#8217;t die at all &#8211; for they were taken up by God. It is only this one person in history who died, rose up from the dead and never died again. He still lives today. To what end were His miracles &#8211; to confirm His messiahship. Now take note here no achaeological finding has ever contradicted the bible. the Dead Sea scrolls discovered in the Qumram caves in 1947 affirmed the reliability of our modern day bible. Jesus said any sin may be forgiven men but the sin against the Holy Ghost cannot and ever be forgiven men either in this age or the age to come. How may one commit this unpardonable sin. By rejecting Christ: for it is his Spirit that convicts you of sin and so when you reject Christ you reject His Spirit also and that is sin against the Holy Ghost.<br />
My sister you have a beginning, so is the world. The world has not ended yet but billions of human beings have already expired. Have you ever asked yourself where all these came from and where they go after death; what was their real purpose on earth? The bible says in ecclesiastis that Human beings were created to have reverence for GOD(Christ). There is life after death. Death does not end all. You are fortunate to have life but sooner or later you will also be gone. To this end I&#8217;d like to ask how have you prepared yourself to embrace eternity- eternity in hell or eternity in heaven? I can assure you that God is given you more time to repent and come to the knowledge of the truth. Jesus said I am the way, the truth and the life. He is the way to God, the truth about God and the giver of life. For He said I am come that they may have life and have it to the fullest. without Jesus you are dead and already condemned to hell. I am begging you my sister to give Jesus a chance. This moment may be yours but the very next second may not.You surely wouldn&#8217;t like to be confined to a Godless place as hell when forever you will be tormented. Hell and the fate of the damned is not any human fabrication. They are real.<br />
   In the part of the world where I come from (Ghana, West Africa) there are things which most of you in the Western world have not seen before. Public display of occultic powers. Ask yourself where the practitioners of these occultic powers derive their powers from. From the devil of course who is also very real. Some few years back a battle ensued between two tribes in the northern part of Ghana. Flaming arrows controlled from a remote location (occultic manupulation) were sent to kell their victims and these arrows would not rest until their find their victims. People could even command the rain to fall under occultic manupulation and strike their victims dead with thunderbolt from these rainfalls.<br />
Let me tell you i have seen some of these occultic people who were deeply involved and have surrendered their lives to Christ because after encountering him they came to know there was an ultimate power beyond them.  I have heard witches confessing their wicked deeds and how their lives changed after encountering Christ. My sister don&#8217;t fight against Christ. You will surely end up a loser. Christ said He that is not with us is against us. You will not win against the creator of the world.<br />
 I want to invite you to Christ. Jesus said you didn&#8217;t choose me but i chose you. Jesus had already selected you to inherit eternal life and be with Him even before the foundation of the world. It is up to you, your responsibility to choose Him otherwise you will have no excuse on the Day of His Judgment (the day when God has chosen to show His anger). The bible says if you shall confess with your mouth(verbally) that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the Dead you have already passed from death to life.God forgets your sin forever. The bible didn&#8217;t say confess your sins and you shall be saved but rather confess the Lord Jesus and you shall be saved. Why? because your sins were nailed together with Christ on the cross. These are spiritual things I&#8217;m telling you. for the bible says He came to the world to take upon himself the sin of humanity. God remembers no more our sins. What He requires from us is to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. to be saved you can say this simple prayer: Dear Lord Jesus I acknowledge you as my Lord, My God and my personal savior. i invite you to come and dwell in my heart and live with me forever. I believe in my heart that God raised you from the dead and He raised you for my Justification. I declare I am saved. I have passed from death to life. Hallelujah. Amen.<br />
Finally I want you to know that it is 100% accurate to call Jesus God. For He is the embodiment of deity. For He Himself said I and My Father are one which means one in essence, one in everything. He has not robbed God of anything by calling Himself God. When the disciples asked HIm; show us the Father, his reply was: how long have I been with you yet you do not know me. Again it is 100% accurate to ascribe worship to Christ. Remember after the resurrection, prior to ascension some of the over 500 witnesses who saw the resurrected Christ worshiped Him and he didn&#8217;t stop them neither did He say to Doubting Thomas: hey!!! you go far by calling me Lord and God (that was when Thomas was convinced, Jesus had really come back alive again).<br />
My sister I am done. The work the Lord Jesus gave me concerning you and any others who might be reading this is done. I wash my hands off. Remember your eternal destiny lies in your hands. SHALOM (PEACE)</p>
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		<title>By: B Nelson</title>
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		<dc:creator>B Nelson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>to son of John
I did not say I was quoting the Bible.  but just because YOU believe the bible, does not make it fact.  
changes to the Bible have been made for thousands of years... heck, the original text was NOT even written in verses.  there are oodles and oodles of variations of the Bible, so therefore changing it is NOT punishable.  people do it all the time...from Constantine to King James...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>to son of John<br />
I did not say I was quoting the Bible.  but just because YOU believe the bible, does not make it fact.<br />
changes to the Bible have been made for thousands of years&#8230; heck, the original text was NOT even written in verses.  there are oodles and oodles of variations of the Bible, so therefore changing it is NOT punishable.  people do it all the time&#8230;from Constantine to King James&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: son of John</title>
		<link>http://relijournal.com/christianity/borrowed-pagan-traditions-of-christianity/comment-page-1/#comment-18341</link>
		<dc:creator>son of John</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To B Nelson
 A statement of fact: believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and You shall be saved. Could you please quote which part of the bible that states ...........if you believe on the Lord Jesus Christ You &quot;believe&quot; you will be saved. Please don&#039;t quote things out of context or deliberately make additions to the bible. that is punishable (read the very last verses of the last chapter of the book of revelation) </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To B Nelson<br />
 A statement of fact: believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and You shall be saved. Could you please quote which part of the bible that states &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..if you believe on the Lord Jesus Christ You &#8220;believe&#8221; you will be saved. Please don&#8217;t quote things out of context or deliberately make additions to the bible. that is punishable (read the very last verses of the last chapter of the book of revelation)</p>
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		<title>By: son of John</title>
		<link>http://relijournal.com/christianity/borrowed-pagan-traditions-of-christianity/comment-page-1/#comment-18337</link>
		<dc:creator>son of John</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description> to B Nelson
I don&#039;t need to argue with you. you&#039;ve taken your stance. your eternal destiny is in your hands. as for me i&#039;ll worship Jesus Christ because He is my LORD(master and ruler) and my God.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>to B Nelson<br />
I don&#8217;t need to argue with you. you&#8217;ve taken your stance. your eternal destiny is in your hands. as for me i&#8217;ll worship Jesus Christ because He is my LORD(master and ruler) and my God.</p>
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		<title>By: B Nelson</title>
		<link>http://relijournal.com/christianity/borrowed-pagan-traditions-of-christianity/comment-page-1/#comment-18193</link>
		<dc:creator>B Nelson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>to Son of John
clearly if I do not believe in worshipping Christ, I also do not believe their is an &quot;Anti-Christ&quot;.. that should have been obvious.  

to Johnson Faddool
you said that in Christianity if you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ you will be saved.. that is not true.. if you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ you &quot;believe&quot; you will be saved.. that does NOT mean you will be....
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>to Son of John<br />
clearly if I do not believe in worshipping Christ, I also do not believe their is an &#8220;Anti-Christ&#8221;.. that should have been obvious.  </p>
<p>to Johnson Faddool<br />
you said that in Christianity if you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ you will be saved.. that is not true.. if you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ you &#8220;believe&#8221; you will be saved.. that does NOT mean you will be&#8230;.</p>
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