No pagan god had the best interests of humanity at heart. Moreover, no pagan god could be counted on to be consistent. So pagans offered up sacrifices and the best they could hope for is regular rain, no
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A little girl asked her Mom, “Where do human beings come from?”
Mom answered, “God made Adam and Eve and they had children, and so was all mankind made.”
Two days later the girl asked her Dad the same question. Dad answered, “Many years ago there were monkeys from which the human race
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Contributed by Jung Lee on Jan 19, 2024
I recently watched a video by Pastor David Wilkinson discussing the innate human understanding of good and evil, heaven and hell. Based on this, I believe that our inherent moral sense inevitably drives humanity to create various religions. Hinduism, with its openness to diverse divine forms, and
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Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jun 10, 2004
"Why do we hide things of value? To keep them safe. In some cases, because of their sentimental value, or their deep personal meaning for us, we might keep them hidden because we consider only a select few people in our lives worthy of sharing the knowledge of them. Like some item that may
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 17, 2009
"What we value speaks volumes about us. When the oil industry got going, gasoline was a curious side-product. It wasn’t good for much. When auto pioneers worked on developing engines, they would buy gasoline by the quart from the pharmacy. Now, we fight wars over oil fields; we value what once was
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Contributed by W F on Sep 29, 2004
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The whole idea that a god can tempt humans to do evil is not a Christian concept. It comes from the ancient gods of Greece and Rome – like Mars, the god of violence, and Athena the goddess of war. Ancient people believed that these gods interfered with human life in evil ways. But it’s not like
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
Abstinence Up U.S. Department of Health and Human Services officials, Wade Horn and Jeffrey Trimbath, publicly defend abstinence education programs. They claim the goal of such programs is to delay teens’ introduction to sexual activity, noting reliable statistics indicate that’s exactly what it
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"We can amplify the human voice many times, but we seem unable to do anything for the
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