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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 02:45 PM Original message |
Do you have to be miserable to be Born Again? Semi-serious question. |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. failure brings humility and causes one to look outside of |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 03:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Very true and I recognize that |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. some born agains but, not all |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 04:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Certainly not all |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 08:02 AM Response to Reply #16 |
26. in my understanding of the term 'born again' pretty much all |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. I think part of it is because |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. misery is a big part of spirituality. |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 03:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Very true |
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KenHodson (220 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. Nope, just ask politely before crawling back in |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 03:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I have no idea what this means |
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Omphaloskepsis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 08:37 AM Response to Reply #7 |
27. It was a funny born again joke.. |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 07:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. ROFL! |
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u4ic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
8. Many also have addictions |
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fla nocount (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
9. Wow, never realized the connection. |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. I think it may be a part of the "Recovery Chic" culture in America today. |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 03:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Exactly |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
12. Just my 2 cents worth.............. |
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deepthought42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
13. To me, it makes them more suceptible to the brainwashing |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
14. "Drugs or Alcohol?" |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 07:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Yep - trading one addiction for another. |
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GenDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
17. From my experience there are two main groups |
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Monk06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
18. Born again means being able to have a nervous break down without the stigma. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 04:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
39. Not sure if you meant this as snarky, but you're spot on |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
21. I used to go to a born-again church for a while. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
22. a winner doesn't need religious hysteria |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
23. In my experience, yes.... |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
24. I have no idea. |
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Christa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
25. Yes |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
28. "Hardly Anybody Comes To Jesus On Prom Night" |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
29. Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me... |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 01:51 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Thoughtful post |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 06:26 AM Response to Reply #33 |
44. I agree that.... |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
30. Sort of |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
31. I think so. |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
32. The one born again I know became one out of fear, not misery |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
34. Eye of the Needle effect. |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 02:48 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. But how do you explain those who believe without ever being desperate? |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 06:21 AM Response to Reply #35 |
43. I was trying to express statistics rather than absolutes... |
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BushOut06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:30 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. How well do you really know your landlord? |
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toddaa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
36. Oddly worded question but I'll give you four types of born agains |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 03:35 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Thanks for your reply |
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toddaa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 04:48 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. It's not pat answers they seek, but relief from guilt |
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boomboom (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
40. I was successful in life, had a stable home.....i was single and not dating, |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 02:17 AM Response to Original message |
41. It certainly helped in my case. |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 03:26 AM Response to Original message |
42. Contemporary "born again" Christianity seems very cult-like. |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
46. I've noticed several things |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
47. Like all cults, BAC leaders exploit such people. |
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