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01-22-2002, 10:28 AM | #12 |
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The best reason I heard for this was 'if we have food we can help other people who don't, if a crisis happens'.
Stackin' cases of Spam and ammo while singing "Pass the Lord, and Praise the Ammunition!" But I still would have liked to hear more serious discussion among Christians over where to draw the line between "God will take care of us if a crisis happens - of course!" and "Where is the nearest spam vendor?" I thought "Be Prepared" was a xian motto? |
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Does anyone else here remember 7/7/1977? There were some folks worried about such an "unlucky" day - especially at 7:07 am and pm.
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01-22-2002, 05:26 PM | #14 |
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Helen posted:If a theist always takes care of their own needs - real and even potential - then they will never know whether God would have done it for them in awesome ways, demonstrating His personal love and care for them, had they waited for him to do it.
Someone once said <don't ask me who, I'm old and suffer from crs> "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Give a man religion and he'll die praying for a fish". Sandy |
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