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Re: From homeless drug user to millionaire

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Or, we read it, then started scoffing. Please, do not generalize around these parts about religion.

Actually, you are the one generalizing by saying my comment was about religion. I mentioned nothing of the sort.

Generally when people refer to the bible they are talking about religion. Were you referring to the study of the bible as literature?

Re: From homeless drug user to millionaire

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Or, we read it, then started scoffing. Please, do not generalize around these parts about religion.

Actually, you are the one generalizing by saying my comment was about religion. I mentioned nothing of the sort.

The thread was clearly about Christianity, and you were talking about the Christian holy book, and you're going to blame other people for thinking you were saying something to do with religion?

Re: From homeless drug user to millionaire

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I had a head-on collision and very nearly was killed. While I was in the hospital I read the Bible and became a Christian. Yay for Christianity. It can help people.

Yes the Bible can and does help people daily. In fact, the Bible has changed my life in the most profound ways. Unfortunately, most folks are too busy scoffing at it to pick it up and give it a read.

You know, the Bible helped me too! Things like "Don't kill your neighbor"... I never would have came up with this myself!

Re: From homeless drug user to millionaire

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Yes the Bible can and does help people daily. In fact, the Bible has changed my life in the most profound ways. Unfortunately, most folks are too busy scoffing at it to pick it up and give it a read.

You know, the Bible helped me too! Things like "Don't kill your neighbor"... I never would have came up with this myself!

It's people like you who inspire me to post examples of Christianity genuinely helping people. I am an atheist, but I don't agree with the hateful or mocking attitude many atheists have.

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Yes the Bible can and does help people daily. In fact, the Bible has changed my life in the most profound ways. Unfortunately, most folks are too busy scoffing at it to pick it up and give it a read.

You know, the Bible helped me too! Things like "Don't kill your neighbor"... I never would have came up with this myself!

The Bible is worth a read if you have any interest in history, which most readers here probably do. IIRC it is the most influential literary work in existence, and that alone is a reason to read it.

Re: From homeless drug user to millionaire

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"I knew a lot of the chemists and taught myself about the chemistry of paint. In my spare time, I was a wildlife artist. There wasn't a good airbrush paint on the market. Everybody was using automotive lacquers. I spent about two years developing one for myself."

He's a closet engineer! He just needed some impetus.

Re: From homeless drug user to millionaire

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I had a head-on collision and very nearly was killed. While I was in the hospital I read the Bible and became a Christian. Yay for Christianity. It can help people.

I'll go right ahead and bite the karma loss for suggesting that "near death experiences" and perhaps head trauma causes people to lean towards the bible.

Re: From homeless drug user to millionaire

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

You know, the Bible helped me too! Things like "Don't kill your neighbor"... I never would have came up with this myself!

The Bible is worth a read if you have any interest in history, which most readers here probably do. IIRC it is the most influential literary work in existence, and that alone is a reason to read it.

Um, which part is history: the burning bush part or who begat who?

Re: From homeless drug user to millionaire

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You know, the Bible helped me too! Things like "Don't kill your neighbor"... I never would have came up with this myself!

It's people like you who inspire me to post examples of Christianity genuinely helping people. I am an atheist, but I don't agree with the hateful or mocking attitude many atheists have.

I expect it's mainly in response to the argument that without religion you cannot have morality which lots of religious types seem to believe.

The hijacking of morality by religious people can be pretty irritating.

Re: From homeless drug user to millionaire

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I had a head-on collision and very nearly was killed. While I was in the hospital I read the Bible and became a Christian. Yay for Christianity. It can help people.

>Yay for Christianity. It can help people. I hear that if you're ever in prison you should join the church so you can get paroled faster.

America is way too religious. It's seriously scary that a developed country is still deeply religious.
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