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Old 10-05-2015, 06:01 PM
 
Location: Pacific 🌉 °N, 🌄°W
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Agree. Time for more people to leave superstitious nonsense behind. It's the 21st century.
I agree. Just imagine how many more centuries society could have evolved past where we are today without religion!

It amazes me how long it takes societies to evolve.

Religion should have been eradicated a long time ago.
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Old 10-05-2015, 06:06 PM
 
Location: Free State of Texas
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Because, your generation is thinking with their genitals, and thinking about the genitals of others.
Young men need adult male mentors who give them social, cultural, and spiritual guidance. What they get is angry condemnation, bigotry, and misogyny from other men.

Jesus did not lead with his genitals. He lead by example.

Start becoming the person who reaches out to an isolated young teen. You can really make a difference. Share those experiences here. There will be some struggles, and there are people here who can offer you real advice from the heart.
My Southern Baptist church does reach out to teens. The love and mercy of God makes a huge difference in their lives.
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Old 10-05-2015, 06:18 PM
 
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My Southern Baptist church does reach out to teens. The love and mercy of God makes a huge difference in their lives.
Awesome. Do you mentor a young man? Are you a Big Brother? What does your church do for these young men? How do they make a difference?
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Old 10-05-2015, 06:24 PM
 
Location: Free State of Texas
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Awesome. Do you mentor a young man? Are you a Big Brother? What does your church do for these young men? How do they make a difference?
I don't personally work in that ministry. We have many who do though. We take the love and mercy of Christ to them. We encourage them in their education. We minister to their families.
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Old 10-05-2015, 06:26 PM
 
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I don't personally work in that ministry. We have many who do though. We take the love and mercy of Christ to them. We encourage them in their education. We minister to their families.

Do you take them out? Movies? Go to their games? Be there when they get awards?

Call them to see how Chemistry is going?
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Old 10-05-2015, 06:31 PM
 
Location: Free State of Texas
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Do you take them out? Movies? Go to their games? Be there when they get awards?

Call them to see how Chemistry is going?
Those who work with teens do those and other similiar things.
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Old 10-05-2015, 06:31 PM
 
Location: Parts Unknown, Northern California
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Sorry that's not the reality that I'm seeing. .
This is an extension of your dishonesty. You are not seeing because you are deliberately not looking, merely assuming.

Rather than argue, I propose a field test. Come over to the atheist forum and ask them directly about how atheism impacts their happiness. Ask them if they are feeling any sense of deep loss for having abandoned religious beliefs.

So, how about it? Ready to back up your claims with some readily available proof? If you are correct, you will get plenty of ammunition for your position from the lost and despairing atheists who frequent that forum. If you are incorrect, then you might consider apologizing for your inaccurate characterization.

And if you refuse to even try, well, that is how we will all know that you have been lying all along.
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Old 10-05-2015, 06:32 PM
 
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Those who work with teens do those and other similiar things.
You should join them jimmie. You have a lot to offer.
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Old 10-05-2015, 06:38 PM
 
Location: Free State of Texas
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You should join them jimmie. You have a lot to offer.
My spiritual gifts are best used elsewhere. We have others who are gifted in that area.
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Old 10-05-2015, 06:42 PM
 
Location: Baldwin County, AL
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My spiritual gifts are best used elsewhere. We have others who are gifted in that area.
Read: "Nah, I'm good."
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