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April 26th 05, 05:09 PM

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says...
David wrote:
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I find anybody who functions from a religious center a little weird.
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David, There are probably a thousand ways to reply to your above=20
statement but I'll simply let you read the thirty-eighth chapter of Job=
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from the Amplified Bible. This only begins to answer why one SHOULD=20
make God Almighty and the Lord Jesus Christ the very Center and Core of=
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their lives and the Director of ALL of their paths!
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Chapter 38
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THEN THE Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,?
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2 =EF=BB=BFWho is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? =
=EF=BB=BF[Job=20
35:16.]
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3 =EF=BB=BFGird up now your loins like a man, and I will demand of you, =
and you=20
declare to Me.=EF=BB=BF
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4 =EF=BB=BFWhere were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Decla=
re to=20
Me, if you have and know understanding.=EF=BB=BF
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5 =EF=BB=BFWho determined the measures of the earth, if you know? Or who=
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stretched the measuring line upon it?=EF=BB=BF
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6 =EF=BB=BFUpon what were the foundations of it fastened, or who laid it=
s=20
cornerstone,=EF=BB=BF
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7 =EF=BB=BFWhen the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God =
shouted=20
for joy?=EF=BB=BF
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8 =EF=BB=BFOr who shut up the sea with doors when it broke forth and iss=
ued out=20
of the womb?=E2=A4=3D3F=EF=BB=BF
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9 =EF=BB=BFWhen I made the clouds the garment of it, and thick darkness =
a=20
swaddling band for it,=EF=BB=BF
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10 =EF=BB=BFAnd marked for it My appointed boundary and set bars and doo=
rs,=20
[Jer. 5:22.]
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11 =EF=BB=BFAnd said, Thus far shall you come and no farther; and here s=
hall=20
your proud waves be stayed? =EF=BB=BF[Ps. 89:9; 93:4.]
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12 =EF=BB=BFHave you commanded the morning since your days began and cau=
sed the=20
dawn to know its place,=EF=BB=BF
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13 =EF=BB=BFSo that [light] may get hold of the corners of the earth and=
shake=20
the wickedness [of night] out of it?=EF=BB=BF
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14 =EF=BB=BFIt is changed like clay into which a seal is pressed; and th=
ings=20
stand out like a many-colored garment.=EF=BB=BF
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15 =EF=BB=BFFrom the wicked their light is withheld, and their uplifted =
arm is=20
broken.=EF=BB=BF
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16 =EF=BB=BFHave you explored the springs of the sea? Or have you walked=
in the=20
recesses of the deep?=EF=BB=BF
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17 =EF=BB=BFHave the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you se=
en the=20
doors of deep darkness?=EF=BB=BF
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18 =EF=BB=BFHave you comprehended the breadth of the earth? Tell Me, if =
you=20
know it all.=EF=BB=BF
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19 =EF=BB=BFWhere is the =EF=BB=BF=EF=BB=BFway where light dwells? And a=
s for darkness, where=20
is its abode,=EF=BB=BF
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20 =EF=BB=BFThat you may conduct it to its home, and may know the paths =
to its=20
house?=EF=BB=BF
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21 =EF=BB=BFYou must know, since you were born then! Or because you are =
so=20
extremely old!=EF=BB=BF
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22 =EF=BB=BFHave you entered the treasuries of the snow, or have you see=
n the=20
treasuries of the hail,=EF=BB=BF
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23 =EF=BB=BFWhich I have reserved for the time of trouble, for the day o=
f=20
battle and war? =EF=BB=BF[Exod. 9:18; Josh. 10:11; Isa. 30:30; Rev. 16:21=
..]
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24 =EF=BB=BFBy what way is the light distributed, or the east wind sprea=
d over=20
the earth?=EF=BB=BF
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25 =EF=BB=BFWho has prepared a channel for the torrents of rain, or a pa=
th for=20
the thunderbolt,=EF=BB=BF
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26 =EF=BB=BFTo cause it to rain on the uninhabited land [and] on the des=
ert=20
where no man lives,=EF=BB=BF
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27 =EF=BB=BFTo satisfy the waste and desolate ground and to cause the te=
nder=20
grass to spring forth?=EF=BB=BF
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28 =EF=BB=BFHas the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?=
=EF=BB=BF
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29 =EF=BB=BFOut of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heave=
n, who=20
has given it birth?=EF=BB=BF
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30 =EF=BB=BFThe waters are congealed like stone, and the face of the dee=
p is=20
frozen.=EF=BB=BF
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31 =EF=BB=BFCan you bind the chains of [the cluster of stars called] Ple=
iades,=20
or loose the cords of [the constellation] Orion?=EF=BB=BF
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32 =EF=BB=BFCan you lead forth the signs of the zodiac in their season? =
Or can=20
you guide [the stars of] the Bear with her young?=EF=BB=BF
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33 =EF=BB=BFDo you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you establish=
their=20
rule upon the earth?=EF=BB=BF
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34 =EF=BB=BFCan you lift up your voice to the clouds, so that an abundan=
ce of=20
waters may cover you?=EF=BB=BF
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35 =EF=BB=BFCan you send lightnings, that they may go and say to you, He=
re we are?=EF=BB=BF
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36 =EF=BB=BFWho has put wisdom in the inward parts [or in the dark cloud=
s]? Or=20
who has given understanding to the mind [or to the meteor]?=EF=BB=BF
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37 =EF=BB=BFWho can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the=
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[water] bottles of the heavens=EF=BB=BF
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38 =EF=BB=BFWhen [heat has caused] the dust to run into a mass and the c=
lods to=20
cleave fast together?=EF=BB=BF
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39 =EF=BB=BFCan you [Job] hunt the prey for the lion? Or satisfy the app=
etite=20
of the young lions=EF=BB=BF
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40 =EF=BB=BFWhen they couch in their dens or lie in wait in their hiding=
place?=EF=BB=BF
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41 =EF=BB=BFWho provides for the raven its prey when its young ones cry =
to God=20
and wander about for lack of food?=EF=BB=BF
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The amplified Bible, containing the amplified Old Testament and the=20
amplified New Testament. 1987. La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.
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LOL, and you proved him right Al, not that there was any doubt about=20
your weirdness..

BDK