I'm finishing up training at the police academy for police and medical 911 dispatch, but I heard from someone, potentially unreliable, that you have to take a polygraph test as part of the hiring process.
I'm quite freaked out by that.. what kinds of questions do they ask you? Do they ask you...
the famous hymn from Philippians 2 is one of my favorites:
5Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
6Who, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
7but made himself nothing,
taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in...
For me, it's because having my faith challenged by those outside of it causes me to have to dig deeper. An atheist will bring up the problems and holes in my beliefs, forcing me to examine them and reevaluate them. If something doesn't make sense, I'm going to have to address that, and when I...
For me, it's because having my faith challenged by those outside of it causes me to have to dig deeper. An atheist will bring up the problems and holes in my beliefs, forcing me to examine them and reevaluate them. If something doesn't make sense, I'm going to have to address that, and when I...
So many possibilities!! It's almost too much for me to handle... Ummm...
The religion that Kim Jong-il makes the people in North Korea practice. The one where he is a god and he makes them believe he controls the weather. (For real!)
So many possibilities!! It's almost too much for me to handle... Ummm...
The religion that Kim Jong-il makes the people in North Korea practice. The one where he is a god and he makes them believe he controls the weather. (For real!)
So many possibilities!! It's almost too much for me to handle... Ummm...
The religion that Kim Jong-il makes the people in North Korea practice. The one where he is a god and he makes them believe he controls the weather. (For real!)
Kevin Roose, and you don't understand how much I love that book.
He wasn't and isn't an atheist though. He's an agnostic Quaker who prays regularly.
10 Cane: You should!!! It was AMAZING!!
I think you might be confused about what Christians believe.
Some Christians believe in the literal scientific truth of the Creation Narrative.. that God created Adam of the dust of the earth, after six days, etc. Those people still believe in different races though.
Other Christians, like...
How do you deal with that? I tend to read very emotional books in very public places, like delis or crowded waiting rooms.. I try not to cry, but it's hard when the author is describing how their father abandoned them/pet died/etc.
I have this light blue long denim skirt that looks really good on me, but coupled with my long hair, whenever I try to wear it I look like I'm in some kind of cult.
Is there any way to pull it off without looking like I have a freshly washed brain? Suggestions?
I've seen the whole movie at least four times and listened to the entire commentary.
I personally wouldn't send my kids to a camp like that because I'm not a fundamentalist, but I wouldn't have a problem sending my kids to a Christian camp as long as I felt comfortable that they wouldn't be...