There is no instruction in the Bible to write prayers Hum, gee I wonder why? could it be because most people were illiterate, no means of writing and the Bible derived from verbal myths? Are the communications among the faithful today done exclusively as in Biblical times or do they use things like...

Stahrwe: Automatic writing has nothing to do with and is in no way like prayer. Prayer is total involvement of the person in conversation with God. Although not my purpose at the time (prayer) I would recommend automatic writing to those who wish to pray in a more effective way. First the paper and ...

Obama was 90+ percent certain even without seeing the actual man. Get the idea? It was all circimstantial evidence but it was enough to take a major risk. Millions and millions, and millions of people knew Osama Bin Laden was an actual PERSON before the compound was invaded and the evidence was muc...

Jozanny: What does it mean? According to our resident fundies: Stahrwe and Dawn, only people who have a "personal relationship" with Jesus and God are really Christians. Beats me what that means. Do you have a personal relationship with someone you can not see? Maybe they see them and hear...

I am posting this here because Jnoir was raised Seventh Day Adventist and is suffering because of his beliefs now at variance with that belief system and his families'. I bought my husband a book about Pitcairn Island and when we got home he was not interested as it deals with the island in current ...

Gregg M. I predict the winner of this year’s American Idol will be Haley Reinhart. Since Scotty and Loren are overtly Christian, May 21st will preclude their participation in the competition. I didn't know that about Scotty or Loren. I sure hope its Haley as she is my favorite, although I was a Case...

Many years ago friends and I used to experiment with "automatic" writing. This is the way you do it. You take a pencil and hold it lightly in your hand not quit touching (or only lightly) the surface of your paper. (we always used large sheets of newspaper opened up on the dining room tabl...

Thank you for your response Dawn.

Jozanny: but lady, Roman Catholics do indeed understand the Protestant insistence with asserting the autonomy of the *I* in its dynamic to the divine I was speaking of the fundamentalist view (not protestant which churches I am very familiar with) that the individual members have a "personal&qu...

Harry: Listening to God can happen by listening to our imagination. We may be "channeling" God. Say what? For sure if you think you are listening to God by listening to your imagination you are definitely listening to your imagination, not God. Which may not be a bad thing, if being quiet ...