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Old 06-06-2016, 12:35 AM
 
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What led you to the beliefs you are now practicing is something everybody have a different answer to.
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Old 06-06-2016, 02:58 AM
 
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Do we actually "practice" beliefs? I mean I do not go out and exercise my beliefs or look for opportunities to act out beliefs.

I just do what it is I do if that makes sense. For example, I believe that for the most part, people are good, if not capable of good. But I also see idiots in the world that really have ZERO business consuming oxygen. That does not mean I get to ACT on that and either cut off their oxygen or start lecturing them as to how they need to change heir lives?

I believe people "change" by interacting with others and seeing behaviors that influence them--not through lecturing and intimidation.

It is like holding a gun to another's head demanding they say XYZ..the presence of the gun itself nullifies the sincerity of the words and generally only creates greater animosity towards the proselytizer.

In my mind when I hear how are you "practicing your belief," I have visions of missionaries heading up my driveway.
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Old 06-06-2016, 03:34 AM
 
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Before I came to Christ I dabbled in the occult arts where I could find numbers for gambling which had some numbers for low wins but not the big ones , but then my house got haunted , so I ran to Jesus Christ as there were demons , and Jesus is the only way to get rid of these pest spirits ...... So then Jesus came on my life and cleansed my house , and Jesus Spirit abides on my life to day , as God led me to his belief where He is alive .......
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Old 06-06-2016, 04:16 AM
 
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What led you to the beliefs you are now practicing is something everybody have a different answer to.
Trial and error.
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Old 06-06-2016, 07:22 AM
 
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Before I came to Christ I dabbled in the occult arts where I could find numbers for gambling which had some numbers for low wins but not the big ones , but then my house got haunted , so I ran to Jesus Christ as there were demons , and Jesus is the only way to get rid of these pest spirits ...... So then Jesus came on my life and cleansed my house , and Jesus Spirit abides on my life to day , as God led me to his belief where He is alive .......
Any secrets you'd like to share as to how I can parlay a $100 bet into a few grand?

Did you by chance get pix or electronic voice phenomenon of the spirits?

I have done some paranormal investigations here in SouthEastern Michigan. We have pix of spirits manifesting as orbs, smoke and streaks of light.
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Old 06-06-2016, 07:36 AM
 
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Before I came to Christ I dabbled in the occult arts where I could find numbers for gambling which had some numbers for low wins but not the big ones , but then my house got haunted , so I ran to Jesus Christ as there were demons , and Jesus is the only way to get rid of these pest spirits ...... So then Jesus came on my life and cleansed my house , and Jesus Spirit abides on my life to day , as God led me to his belief where He is alive .......
Wonder if he d come and clean mine.......
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Old 06-06-2016, 08:01 AM
 
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The belief I aspire to practice in my life, is that love has the power to impact my world for the better (best). I came to that belief through personal experience and observation.
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Old 06-06-2016, 08:02 AM
 
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my upbringing.
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Old 06-06-2016, 08:03 AM
 
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What led you to the beliefs you are now practicing is something everybody have a different answer to.
I believe in science.

My reason is that scientific knowledge is the most accurate source of information that has ever been acquired in human history.

If any belief is incompatible with science, then it is simply not likely to be true (in my opinion).
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Old 06-06-2016, 08:03 AM
 
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personal experience, trial and error, nothing else made sense or addressed the big questions with as much heart and depth, nothing else is as nourishing
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