tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7161039714647158243.post496991180415757221..comments2023-09-22T10:29:57.906-07:00Comments on MR. ROSEWATER PRESENTS...: We are all strange people in a strange land.Taylor Glen Musehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15546861494693873407noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7161039714647158243.post-42027692116189154732009-07-13T13:52:34.598-07:002009-07-13T13:52:34.598-07:00I do want to add that my church was very big - abo...I do want to add that my church was very big - about 5,000 people though when I was in it if someone had asked me to guess how many people I would have said around 750. They counted membership numbers I think.<br /><br />Anyway, everyone I was friends with, acquaintances with, or even just "knew of" - these are all "normal", mainstream society people. They are fashionable, funny, they go to school, etc. I just always think that when I tell people I went to a church where we spoke in tongues they picture backwoods cabins, etc. Nope - it is basically a mega church & they definitely wanted to be hip & in with whatever was happening in the world at the time.Lindseranniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12643044105345071349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7161039714647158243.post-21770011377416233742009-07-13T13:49:28.108-07:002009-07-13T13:49:28.108-07:00I use to believe in speaking in tongues and I beli...I use to believe in speaking in tongues and I believed that I had that "gift"...but I wasn't a liar! :)<br />In my church community it was something that people talked highly of and it was considered very special - but it was also considered a "gift" that everyone could & *should* have. I grew up surrounded by it and it didn't strike me as really weird until about 2 years ago. <br /><br />Looking back now I realize that I never really had a spiritual encounter with the "Holy Spirit", that I didn't "receive the gift" from the Holy Spirit - I was at church youth camp & was in the midst of a fevered worship/prayer session. Everyone I knew had this gift and I wanted it so badly so I was praying very hard & being prayed for by others intently & I think I cracked under pressure (physical, mental & emotional) and just started babbling incoherently. That was good enough for me at the time. Even more insane was that I thought my gift was too simple, it was not as pretty as others...so I was a little embarrassed by it and never spoke it loudly during group prayers. <br /><br />Anyway, just thought you might be interested in the personal experience of someone who did it all the time & didn't think it was weird until recently - it was just a part of my spiritual life. Or maybe you were kidding when you said those people were liars?Lindseranniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12643044105345071349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7161039714647158243.post-50037238039209299322009-06-14T16:47:31.864-07:002009-06-14T16:47:31.864-07:00I don't think biologists collectively, or the ...I don't think biologists collectively, or the entire scientific community have "head honchos"... just saying. Ben Stein is a fraud in everything he does and his movie is probably a giant biased stinking pile of crap. He's a Fox News shill and a weasel. Go watch his amazing financial advice on Fox News from a year or so ago where Washington Mutual and Bear Stearns were his top stock picks.<br /><br />Faith is believing in something in spite of logic. Understanding evolution does not require that.teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278275728653459688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7161039714647158243.post-9236750803693710462009-06-13T23:06:23.525-07:002009-06-13T23:06:23.525-07:00If you enjoy thinking about the evolution/design s...If you enjoy thinking about the evolution/design stuff and weird faith, you should watch Expelled. Ben Stein made it and you can watch it instantly on Netflix. If nothing else, there is an interview with some head honcho in the 'evolution is the only way' camp (and I can never remember his name) who basically admits that it takes faith to believe his side too. It's a great interview. They talk a bit about Dawkins too, and maybe those conversations would mean something to you since the book is all fresh in your mind. I though Ben Stein did a good job with the movie, it's entertaining but not dumbed down. Just a thought.Nanook of the Northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00487914985677897327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7161039714647158243.post-71841980290289504402009-06-12T13:39:05.129-07:002009-06-12T13:39:05.129-07:00Oh, and the whole bathroom thing grosses me out, a...Oh, and the whole bathroom thing grosses me out, as well. When I worked at my last job before I had the kids, there was a girl who was well known around the office to not wash her hands after she went to the bathroom. I saw her walk right out of the bathroom one day, stopping only to look in the mirror. When I got back to my desk, she came over and decided that since I was pregnant I needed a neck massage. Yep. Dirty bathroom hands lady gave me a neck massage. Not fun.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03457839897862359648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7161039714647158243.post-2635343996568608482009-06-12T13:36:38.118-07:002009-06-12T13:36:38.118-07:00The bleeding hands story is easy for me to believe...The bleeding hands story is easy for me to believe. I have seen first hand some "crazy shit," as you put it (mostly in my travels outside of the Western world) and some pretty "unbelievable" things have happened to me personally.<br /><br />As for Christians who don't believe that stuff, I would encourage them to get out more.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03457839897862359648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7161039714647158243.post-55095557426767108072009-06-12T12:27:29.391-07:002009-06-12T12:27:29.391-07:00I went to hear the author of "90 minutes in h...I went to hear the author of "90 minutes in heaven" (I think his name is Don Piper?) speak at a church here in Houston not that long ago. It was really interesting, especially from the viewpoint of a non-believer. His story is amazing, as is the fact that he can walk and move and use all his limbs when one of his arms and one leg wes completely severed from his body. (Sorry if that's too much detail..) I really wanted to hear from everyone else involved though, like the doctors who treated him. Because all he says is that God healed him.. and ok, even if that's true, he was also in the hospital for like a year, so the doctors did SOMETHING. (Maybe he outlines this in his book, I haven't actually read it). <br /><br />Where he lost me and those I was with, who ARE christian, was with his description of heaven. Angels with 4 and 6 wings and streets of gold that you could see through, and all the cheesy stereotypical things people say about it. I mean, really? I don't know. I guess I just wanted something a little more original.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com