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Author Message   ALIANNE OUSSAMEUR (Alianne) Starlite Member Username: Alianne Posted on Monday, August 15, 2005 - 10:13 am:    GOD'S WAYS ARE NOT MAN'S WAYS.WHAT ABOUT ABRAHAM ???   Michael .P (Mik3y) Starlite Member Username: Mik3y Posted on Sunday, August 14, 2005 - 09:17 pm:    No what i believe is that not all has been revealed to man only What God wants us to know will be known. God speaks quiet clearly about his disgust with ince5t so it makes no sense to say that Adam and eve were the only humans..and How did cain and able ever have kids? A wife just magically appeared. You see the word is God revealing things gradually to us. Study the scriptures more and more and God shall reveal even more to you from that very text. Seek and ye shall find. Its that simple. We could all go and believe in the book of enoch lol that would briefly explain in a very odd perculiar way how cain and able had children with no female.. Or maybe we should look at the book of jubilee..which was rejected by so many yet taken by others so dearly. Man must discern what is truth..he has been given that knowledge from God. It is just one of the gifts of the spirit. Michael william James   ALIANNE OUSSAMEUR (Alianne) Starlite Member Username: Alianne Posted on Saturday, August 13, 2005 - 09:11 pm:    MICHAEL: by your answer,I can only presume that you don't beleive that the Bible is truly the word of God. Therein lies the difference...man speaks in forgued tongue   Michael .P (Mik3y) Starlite Member Username: Mik3y Posted on Saturday, August 13, 2005 - 04:48 am:    If you take that story to be that literal..your really gona find dead ends. Not only does it sound odd the idea of inc3st[apparently you can't say ince5t on here]..But that it means we're all products of the first two humans.. with this logic how many kids did adam and eve have :S Michael william James   ALIANNE OUSSAMEUR (Alianne) Starlite Member Username: Alianne Posted on Friday, August 12, 2005 - 01:33 pm:    yo!! Scott that is a great question. As for the toy department the kids are having fun Where did Cain get his wife??? Having disobeyed God, Adam and Eve were put out of the garden of Eden and in time Adam became father to sons and daughters. (Genesis 5:4, " And the days of Adam after his fathering Seth came to be eight hundred years. Meanwhile he became father to sons and daughters.") For Cain to father children, he would naturally have married and had intercourse with one of his sisters. The sons and daughters of Adam and Eve were the only humans on the planet earth. As distasteful as it is to us today, at that time, so much closer to perfection than we are, marriage with brothers and sisters was approved by God. Had God not intended this close family marriage he would in His wisdom have made other provisions. The Bible goes on to tell us that after the murder of Abel, Cain went into banishment away from the areas surrounding the Garden of Eden to “the land of Fugitiveness to the east of Eden,” taking with him his wife, an anonymous daughter of Adam and Eve. (Ge 4:16, 17; compare 5:4, Following the birth of his son Enoch, Cain “engaged in building a city,” naming it for his son. His descendants are listed in part in the Bible and include men who distinguished themselves in nomadic stock raising, the playing of musical instruments, and the forging of metal tools as well as those who were known for their practice of polygamy and their violence. (Ge 4:17-24) Cain’s family line ended with the global Flood of Noah’s day. The much later example of Abraham’s marriage to his half sister Sarah We can see that this was acceptable as Abraham married his own half sister Sarah. (Ge 20:12. " And, besides, she is truly my sister, the daughter of my father, only not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. ) God abolished close family marriage when he gave the Israelites the "Law" at Sinai and violation was then punishable by death.   Michael .P (Mik3y) Starlite Member Username: Mik3y Posted on Thursday, August 11, 2005 - 11:56 pm:    Thankyou for that scott..you shall be in my prayers keep a strong hold on your faith but don't expect anything but God to be there for you Michael william James   ALIANNE OUSSAMEUR (Alianne) Starlite Member Username: Alianne Posted on Thursday, August 11, 2005 - 03:07 pm:    Yo!!! Scott: Miss Snow(she tells me her PC is burpiiiinng) and I want you to know that we do care and do ask the favor. If I can, it would be my pleasure. Take care, keep in touch we love you, and you are in our prayers.   Jim Armstrong (Njaeok) Starlite Member Username: Njaeok Posted on Thursday, August 11, 2005 - 06:26 am:    Scott-- My prayers go with you my friend. Know this, to the creator, myself and all your friends here, you are very much SOMETHING. Love Jim Jimbo   Scott Whitmore (Emhotep) Starlite Member Username: Emhotep Posted on Thursday, August 11, 2005 - 01:03 am:    I leave tomorrow morning for the Hospital to "FINALY DISCOVER HOW MUCH OF A MISFIT, MY BRAIN HAS MADE ME". I just wish with all my SOUL'S HEART that my FRIEND WOULD CALL BEFORE I GO, I CAN TRUST HER IF I NEED SOMEONE TO TALK WITH. GOD KNOWS I NEED THE HELP OF HER SMILE & LAUGHTER NOW MORE THAN MY LIFE IT'S SELF. I AM SO AFFRAID THAT THEY WILL WANT TO GO IN AND EITHER CUT SOME OF MY BRAIN OUT, OR CUT THE TWO HEMISPHERES APART. NITHER IS 100% SAFE OR EFFECTIVE, THEY RUN A 70% NEG / 30% POS. I WON'T LIVE LIKE THAT, BETTER IF SOMEONE SHOTS ME. Been Thinking About: Misplaced Trust This is from my " DAILY BREAD " I hope everyone ENJOYS & UNDERSTANDS IT'S MEANING UPON OTHERS If God is good, but good isn’t God, how do we avoid making some of our worst mistakes with the best things in life? In an effort to clarify the problem of misplaced trust, what if we said to our hearts: Love God, but don’t depend on your love for Him. Seek to know Him, but don’t rely on your own understanding. Make it your purpose to serve Him, but don’t ever imagine that He’s indebted to your service. Make it your objective to please Him, but don’t depend on your own efforts to do so. Listen to your conscience, but don’t depend on your own ability to discern right from wrong. Plan your way, but don’t presume to know what’s ahead. Seek good relationships, but don’t depend on good relationships. Try to find the company of wise people, but don’t stake your life on their counsel. Know the Word of God, but don’t make a god of your knowledge. Surround yourself with good teachers, but don’t idolize them. Feel sorrow for your sin, but don’t count on your sorrow to assure rightness with God. Count your money and manage it well, but don’t suppose that any amount of money can secure safety or satisfaction. Establish budgets to discipline your use of resources, but don’t depend on your budgets. Work hard, but don’t depend on your work. Sacrifice for the sake of others, but don’t depend on your sacrifice. Be generous, but don’t depend on your generosity. Seek to be self-disciplined, but don’t rely on your own self-discipline. Seek at all costs to be good, but don’t rely on your own goodness or godliness. Be clever, but don’t depend on your cleverness. Seek to be wise, but don’t trust your wisdom. Try to understand yourself and others, but don’t lean on your own communication skills. Be kind, but don’t rely on your kindness. Love others, but don’t be proud of your own love. Give gifts to others, but don’t depend on your gifts to accomplish the intent for which you gave them. Work hard to be a peacemaker, but don’t make peace into a god. Be faithful to others, but don’t rely on your own faithfulness. Seek to be successful, but don’t bank on your own accomplishments. Try to be efficient, but don’t rely on your own efficiency. Be careful, but don’t depend on your own carefulness. Work to make good decisions, but don’t depend on your own decisions. Develop a strategy, but don’t count on your strategies. Set goals, but don’t depend on your goals. Define clear and measurable objectives, but don’t count on your objectives. Pray, but don’t make an idol out of your prayers. Make worship a priority, but don’t depend on your worship. Know your spiritual gifts, but don’t pin your faith on them. Entrust yourself to others, but don’t depend on others. Follow good leaders, but don’t depend on good leaders. Surround yourself with good advisors, but don’t rely on your advisors. Read good books, but don’t depend on books. Value friendships, but don’t depend on your friends. Be careful about your appearance, but don’t rely on good looks. Try to stay healthy, but don’t depend on your own efforts to be healthy. Enjoy rest, but don’t live for your weekends. Exercise your body, but don’t trust your exercise to assure well-being and health. Try to live a long life, but don’t count on a long life. Enjoy good times, but don’t depend on good times. Be thankful for today’s provisions, but don’t lean on these provisions for tomorrow. Value a good education, but don’t worship education. Learn from your mistakes, but don’t depend on what you’ve learned. Use technology, but don’t depend on technology. Invest your money wisely, but don’t count on your investments. Try to think clearly, but don’t depend on your own thoughts. Try to reason logically, but don’t be conceited about your own thoughtfulness. Value your accomplishments, but don’t become puffed up over them. Honor your parents, but don’t live for your parents’ approval. Love your children, but don’t make gods of them. Enjoy your grandchildren. Pray for them. Give them your love and example. But don’t tie your hopes and dreams to their choices. Father, help us to hear You when You urge the wise not to trust in their wisdom, nor the strong to depend on their strength. Help us to hear You when You invite us to rely on this and this alone—that we know You, the everlasting God (Jeremiah 9:23-24). Teach us, Father, to trust what You have done for us through the undeserved provisions of Your Spirit, Your Son, and Your grace. And help us to hear your servant when he lovingly writes, “The Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life. Little children, keep yourselves from idols” (1 John 5:20-21). WISH MY FRIEND WOULD SEE THIS & KNOW HOW MUCH THAT I HURT RIGHT NOW, BUT LIKE EVERONE " DON'T CARE " Allianne I had thought of asking a favor from you, but then why would GOD ever allow me a NOTHING to even think to ask you a SOMEBODY for anything.. GOD'S LOVING GRACE BE UPON YOU ALL BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE WORTH IT Scott Ona Gwe, Waki Wm Scott Whitmore aka Em~Hotep   ALIANNE OUSSAMEUR (Alianne) Starlite Member Username: Alianne Posted on Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - 01:46 pm:    yo!! Scott that is a great question. As for the toy department the kids are having fun Where did Cain get his wife??? Having disobeyed God, Adam and Eve were put out of the garden of Eden and in time Adam became father to sons and daughters. (Genesis 5:4, " And the days of Adam after his fathering Seth came to be eight hundred years. Meanwhile he became father to sons and daughters.") For Cain to father children, he would naturally have married and had intercourse with one of his sisters. The sons and daughters of Adam and Eve were the only humans on the planet earth. As distasteful as it is to us today, at that time, so much closer to perfection than we are, marriage with brothers and sisters was approved by God. Had God not intended this close family marriage he would in His wisdom have made other provisions. The Bible goes on to tell us that after the murder of Abel, Cain went into banishment away from the areas surrounding the Garden of Eden to “the land of Fugitiveness to the east of Eden,” taking with him his wife, an anonymous daughter of Adam and Eve. (Ge 4:16, 17; compare 5:4, Following the birth of his son Enoch, Cain “engaged in building a city,” naming it for his son. His descendants are listed in part in the Bible and include men who distinguished themselves in nomadic stock raising, the playing of musical instruments, and the forging of metal tools as well as those who were known for their practice of polygamy and their violence. (Ge 4:17-24) Cain’s family line ended with the global Flood of Noah’s day. The much later example of Abraham’s marriage to his half sister Sarah We can see that this was acceptable as Abraham married his own half sister Sarah. (Ge 20:12. " And, besides, she is truly my sister, the daughter of my father, only not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. ) God abolished close family marriage when he gave the Israelites the "Law" at Sinai and violation was then punishable by death.