Hi Gay, sorry to hear about the personal issues, but I was glad to read the rest. The changes in you over the years have been remarkable, and I'm really glad that you keep looking up; trusting and depending more upon Him. Life has its travails, that's for sure, and being in Christ doesn't make it all go away. In fact, I'd say that our battles are increased, exponentially as we also have to battle this flesh, daily, once we begin anew.

Reminds me of Christians who are in gross error. People come against them, and scorn them for this and that; trying to correct the error(s) they are promoting, but the backlash is received as being persecuted for Christ's sake, as living martyrs.

God provided His Living Word, for any and all; clear, concise, and simple...we will all be without excuse in the end, whether that means being in gross, scriptural error, dedicating ones life to gods or goddesses that never were, mother Earth; nature worship, or choosing to serve Satan himself...nobody will be able to claim ignorance, or being duped by some false teacher or prophet, etc. God made The Way, simple and clear, for any and all.

The only "almost" issue I had was two tax seasons ago, when I dropped my stuff off 2wks before the file date, April 15th. Due to the time constraint, he handed my package off to one of his associates, and when I called to see what the damage was, I was getting a large return that I wasn't expecting. I questioned it, and after verifying his associates numbers, found that she had doubled something, which would have redflagged me for a guaranteed audit, so, whew! Close one.

Anyway, I know many have complained about the limit on property taxes, and other reductions here and there, but the child tax credit was doubled for those with kids, the standard, automatic deduction is at 24k, and the greatest thing for we, small business owners is that we can shave 20% off of our net profit, dramatically reducing our taxable income.

Imagine that. Trying to save little, helpless human lives is morally repugnant. Denying women their "right" to murder, on-demand, and for any reason, whatsoever, is morally repugnant. The right to murder is celebrated, but the right to life, well, that's morally repugnant. A baby in the womb, is a disgusting, repugnant nothing, and has no rights, simply because the child hasn't been delivered yet?

I'm glad that many have, and still are, falling away from this false, and diabolical system, but where are they landing, is my concern? This false system dooms them while they remain with them, faithful, and in a state of grace, and it dooms them as they depart; pronouncing them, ananthema. The system, I believe, dooms them in another way now, as the "faithful" become disillusioned, and venture on to Athiesm, Agnosticism, and the metaphysical, etc. They believed the church of Rome was their salvation, so where do they go, and what do they do when everything they knew, and believed in, implodes, so the church dooms them, thrice.

I hope the bulk of them decide to start fresh, praying fervently, and unceasingly, opening their minds, grabbing their bibles, and begin to re-learn everything; slowly reversing all of the hardwired lies.

I would add that Mormonism is of very recent invention, being invented by Joseph Smith in 1830. Do you believe that God allowed the whole of mankind, up until 1830, to be condemned, and miss out on the spirit paradise, and the three degrees of glory, because He chose to withhold very important information that we needed?

Smith practiced religious folk magic, and magic supernaturalism, such as divining, and searching for treasure by peering into a seer stone, etc. His parents and grandparents also claimed to be seers; saying they would have visions, and receive secret messages from God, etc. Unfortunately, young Joseph grew up around this sort of supernaturalism, and metaphysics that he took a big step further, later on, as a mass con, or which allowed him to eventually be deceived by Satan, or a very high ranking fallen angel, and invent Mormonism.

Consider this: Just as every other false religion, and cult, were invented in more recent years, save for Islam and Buddism, etc., so was Mormonism invented by a mere man around 1830, and just as every other false religion and cult is, Mormonism, according to God-breathed scripture, is fully anti-bible, anti-God, and anti-Christ, in all it teaches and believes.

It also would erode equality for women "by denying female athletes fair competition in sports, depriving women of business opportunities designed for them, and forcing them to share private, intimate spaces with men who identify as female." Waggoner said."

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Tim, I don't disagree with you, but I beg to differ.

That's great, Dolores. One thing I always remember my dad saying is that life's trials will either make you, or break you. Unfortunately, they finally broke him, because he killed himself in 1996, when he was 56yrs old. No note, no warning signs...nothing. nevertheless, he tried his best, and his words rang true. Like many, I've been through some really horrible things, but never once said, "Why me", or felt sorry for myself. The reason for that is because early on, I came to realize that my traumas gave me the ability to relate to the struggles of others, and actually offer real world help, and advice, as opposed to merely listening, but having no clue what a person was really up against, or had to endure. I thank God for all I've had to endure, because I can look at anyone, and tell them, "Hey, I get it", and do what I can from there.

Sometimes we're the teacher, but always, the student, and ever learning. Scripture is always the final word though...not the teacher, so we always need to examine whether or not the teachers words be so, and we got things right, no matter how hard our brains might want to fight against something that's been hardwired into us as truth, because it's what we learned at first, or is status quo within our Christian community.

Again, you're not alone...people here disagree with each other, 24/7, so I'm never quite sure why you think everyone's against you, on a personal level, when anyone happens to disagree on a matter.

Hi Dolores, I wanted you to know that I've taken notice. You mentioned somewhere that you were in debate class in high school, I think. Debating is a learning experience, and through trial and error, you learned to hone your skills. I'm not comparing this forum to a debate class, but it can be very useful for learning, and honing our witnessing skills, again, through trial and error, and as you said above, learning how to effectively handle all kinds of different people, which is always a challenge in and of itself, because everyone's so uniquely different.

"...because of my background and low self esteem, have to get off..."

I always get the vibe that you think you're all alone, and that it's you against everyone else here, but that's just not so. Take a look around, and you'll see that disagreements abound, and none of them ever say they're signing off whenever another disagrees with them. They make their case, and then silently, agree to disagree if that's what it comes to, and move on.