His record we want free life is poetry. Everything I ever thought

And pretend I just said "gawd" and didn't write it in letters.

Measurements differ from time to time, that's why you have to keep updating, not only other people's science, but your own science as well.

Bull shit..

My philosophy is that nobody has had an encounter with the "almighty". The truth is that everything man believes to "know" about a supreme being is a figment of his imagination. To say you know god is equal parts hopium and conceit.

I have had an encounter with the almighty. My shoulders were worn out and I was having chest pains almost hourly. I was certain that death was going to happen soon. I decided to just live out the little I had left since there was point in doing anything else. About a week later God showed up. It has been 18 years and no more chest pains and my shoulders are fine. May God show up for you when you need him.

Walter, I am happy that your health has improved. That you ascribe it to divine intervention seems a leap of faith to me, not being a witness to events preceding and subsequent to your recovery. I suppose if I knew a lung cancer patient with one lung removed and the other so degraded that he was confined to his death bed, and I awoke one day to find him on his feet with both lungs fully restored, bounding up and down the hospital stairs, I might believe a god had intervened. I have heard many stories of faith following good fortune but have yet to hear that one truly unbelievable tale to instill in me a belief in a proactive supreme being. What I have heard are tales from obscure locations of heavenly visions witnessed only by the teller of the tale. These stories have much in common with UFO abduction tales and I believe neither. In 12 years of Catholic education I was told that god was all powerful and merciful, and he wants me to believe in his existence. An omnipotent god could easily appear to all men unambiguously declaring his existence, yet he chooses to appear in darkened rooms in the middle of the night or remote locations, to less than credible witnesses. I do not deny the existence of a "god" and I admit to the unlikely possibility that you have found the absolute truth in the matter, but I trust the scientific facts that refute scriptural descriptions of our existence. If we are made in his image then he is imperfect, as we are surely flawed, in our construction and our performance. You might say it's a mystery or it's gods will, but that is an argument with no proof. Father Markos, my senior year religion teacher, probably sensing our waning faith, taught us the theory of causality. He posed the questions and objections to faith, working back to the big one, where did we come from? When he had gone as far as possible he said the answer is we came from god. Trouble is, when believers make this argument they aren't just talking about the concept of god, they are talking about their god. There is a wide gulf between the question and answer and his lesson built no bridge to span it. Perhaps if he didn't always punctuate his proofs with the same tagline, "If you don't see the truth in that, you might as well just blow your brains out". Guess he really thought we were lost causes. Whatever caused existence is still a total mystery to us and will probably remain so forever, if it gives comfort to you to believe, so be it. The brain I was given won't let me accept the tales told, after all, the people who first told those stories also told me about Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. BTW, if you want to see examples of religious lies read about Scientology, or watch Leah Remini on A&E. Joseph Smith's cult is also a good story to promote a cautionary stance on religion. Christopher Hitchens would be too strong for you, though he makes excellent sense.

That brings us back to personal philosophy and personal experience. I appreciate the time it must have taken you to type your response especially when I consider how brief and incomplete mine tend to be. I have been watching the series exposing scientology for what it is as I have the chance to see it and Koolaid will never be the same. We actually serve it at our visitors center- I always cringe just a little bit when I think of the irony. Who is Christopher Hitchens? I can look him up. My experience is mine and it definitely is personal. You would have had to have been there so I can understand you grouping it in with alien abduction. Thank you John and may life be kind to you.

I can assure you it did not. Also google 'can a virgin get pregnant?'

We're all waiting to see proof of ANYONE finding heaven. Billions of people have come and gone, yet nothing on the side of proof. That's not a good track record. Kind of like the unicorn and Tooth Fairy.

the problem with what you say, is nothing is proof. anything i bring is never good enough...

How about SOMETHING? What convinced you beyond all doubt and made you leave reason behind?

2 walking, talking angels. they appeared in front of me. they also brought a movie screen or tv like thing, yet there was no hardware and the two guys were lit from the inside, in my dark bedroom. the first time scared the crap out of me, to the point i froze in fear and shock. the second time not much better, by the 5th or so time i was able and somewhat willing to hear them out. they showed me terrible things and said it is about to happen to the world. they showed me much of america and the hell to come. a rapture to save the chosen few. SO HELP ME GOD I TELL THE TRUTH. IT REALLY HAPPENED AND IT HAS FOREVER CHANGED MY LIFE AND THE WAY I VIEW THINGS. The bible played out until the last word. that is what i saw...

and no, they are not aliens, in fact, next alien you see, anyone reading this, just say Jesus name and watch what happens. they, the aliens, are the fallen, they were placed here before adam and eve, they gave us most of the tech we use today, what they didn't give was given by the angels, like the two i met. it all depends on who you are dealing with as to who shows up, good guys or bad guys...once again, so help me GOD i bring the truth as i have been told or shown. the end is here. there is another 1000 years yet on earth after this last great war. we have to get a few people removed first, those who don't believe and their offspring. a bunch are leaving and not returning. all the rich and famous, all of them, gone!!! they know what i tell you now. each one of them met with the evil one and cut a deal. it was a raw deal. they knew the cost, now it is time to pay what is owed. much sadness will find us all shorty. a mark (chip) will be forced on everyone. every last member of all world governments and even your local gov know they deal, they took the deal also on some level. the evil one came to me when i was 17 and offered the world to me, i turned it down. i am 52 now. ready yourself, the time has come. pray, it is your only hope. so help me GOD, he (GOD) hears every single word you say, talk to him today....

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he has a prescription, Its legit 😎