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  1. Joshua_Belyeu

    Truly Desperate...

    I'm doing a little better, compared to a few weeks ago. When I wrote my initial post, I purposely omitted the fact that I had re-embraced a porn addiction from my youth, not from any hate toward God but from desperation. It was only recently that I finally quit, and while the past week has not...
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    Secular Music

    With due respect, you haven't been quoting anyone in your responses, so it can be difficult for some people to realize who you're addressing.
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    Secular Music

    I certainly hope you're not using my intelligence to imply I'm on Satan's side, because if so you couldn't be more wrong.
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    Secular Music

    On a similar note, here's a thread I made on the importance of being honest, regarding how each of us stands regarding the Ten Commandments. I used my own life as an example; I hope you are well informed by it...
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    Secular Music

    While I admire your attempts to be more holy for God, I'd also like to point out it can become easy for any person to become corrupted by our own egos, and try to deserve or earn God's grace. He originally gave humanity just ten rules, that's it...but in a reasonably short time, their obsession...
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    Secular Music

    Exactly; while I don't deny that music can certainly be used to promote evil (church tradition does say that Lucifer was once the leader of God's heavenly choir), I also think God gave us brains so we could use them and learn, not take anything blindly. Generally speaking, I tend to avoid 99% of...
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    Secular Music

    I still maintain my initial view, that the lyrics of a song matter more than anything else. You could be standing on a stage wearing all-black clothes, half your body covered in tattoos...but if your music is honorable toward Jesus, that's the most important thing. People who pressure artists...
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    New

    As I've recently become fond of saying, "Welcome to the nuthouse; hopefully, you'll fit right in.":ROFL:
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    Nice to connect with everyone

    As I've recently become fond of saying, "Welcome to the nuthouse; hopefully, you'll fit right in.":ROFL: As for art, what kind sparks your interest? I'm a Photoshop junkie myself, and I love pop culture, so I tend to dabble in fan art and such. My avatar and signature are both references to The...
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    Hello Newbie here, just been active now

    Welcome to the local psycho ward...:ROFL:
  11. Joshua_Belyeu

    Hi

    Welcome, Jack; I like healthy debates myself. I personally got interested in apologetics almost 20 years ago, watching videos by Kent Hovind. I don't agree with his exclusivity stance on the King James Bible, but otherwise I think he's very smart. Another man I respect is Frank Turek, founder of...
  12. Joshua_Belyeu

    Hello!!

    Welcome to the family. We are all in a different place in our walk with God, but the important thing to remember is to do your best, always being pointed in the right direction. Don't others slam you for not going at their pace.
  13. Joshua_Belyeu

    Hi

    Welcome to the nuthouse. ;)
  14. Joshua_Belyeu

    Non-Christian related movies

    I will agree with you about much of the Star Wars franchise, especially the sequels directly supervised by Krazy Kathleen Kennedy (or "KKK" for short). Those movies are about as blatantly man-hating as you can get, especially regarding Luke Skywalker in The Last Jedi. Mark Hamill practically did...
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    Most People Who Claim to be Worthy Before God Are About to Prove to Everyone Who They Really are in a More Open Way

    Most hardcore anti-theists have been perpetually angry for decades. The main reason it appears to be more prominent now, is that over the last 30 years the rise of the Internet has given everyone a platform, both good and bad.
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    My Failures (and God's Incredible Grace) With the Ten Commandments...

    I wrote this about an hour ago, during a conversation on another website, and wanted to post it here because I think a lot of people tend to see Christians as "holier than thou", self-involved, or otherwise prideful. To counter that, I went down the list of the Commandments as found in Exodus...
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    Non-Christian related movies

    I really like most of the Marvel Cinematic Universe films and TV shows, though I'm admittedly about 5 years behind at this point. I really need to watch The Falcon and the Winter Soldier soon, so I can understand the new Captain America film when it comes out next summer. I'm also looking...
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    History and the Bible

    Put simply, the soul of someone who has rejected God and Jesus has become extremely sick, to the point they can't even hear His whispering voice anymore. As much as we might often emotionally wish otherwise, God is the ultimate gentleman. He loves us, and He wants us to trust Him, but He will...
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    Do you have a lot of friends?

    I'm 44 years old, and I can count the number of truly close friends on less than two hands...most of them being people I've met in my local church over the past five years. And the majority of those people are old enough to be my parents, some even my grandparents. I've been playfully referred...
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    Give me your top 10 Christian worship anthems

    I'm surprised no one's listed this one so far. I've loved Michael W. Smith for years, and this is one of my favorites regarding his slower numbers. This is another one from his earlier career that's more mainstream, but the lyrics are still worship-minded, as far as I'm concerned.