where are my agnostics at ? throw them A's high in the air

[TheRomanSF415]

I hope the guys writing these essays in here are goin to church Sunday, if not quit fakin

[CrazyMike]

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Originally Posted by TheRomanSF415 I hope the guys writing these essays in here are goin to church Sunday, if not quit fakin

For sure. But it's not just going to church once a week, its how you live outside the church walls that demonstrates that you're authentic about what you believe.

[CrazyMike]

Thanks Pancake! In one breath you managed to insult and compliment me.

I understand alot of people want to argue that believing in God requires faith and they say "oh well, it's obviously false because you can't answer this or that because it hinges on faith". But it seems pretty obvious when I compare all the scientific discoveries about our world that it would take more faith for me to be agnostic/atheist and believe that we were not created but are evolved over millions and billions of years by complete chance. That, my friend, takes a truckload of faith!

The Lord is awesome, infinite, omnipotent, wise and perfect in His love.

[CrazyMike]

When was the last time you took a bite of a juicy, red apple? Like Chef Boyardee says, “Mmmm, mmm good!”. But did you know ALL the benefits of eating an apple?

“Each apple has only about 75 calories but they are loaded with flavonoids, phenols and other antioxidants. Nutrition experts have shown very convincingly that a diet high in fruits and vegetables, largely because of those antioxidants, lowers the risk of high blood pressure, coronary artery disease, stroke and some cancers. Apples are rich in quercetin, which lowers the risk of lung cancer and asthma. What about vitamin C? Apples have about 8 milligrams, not very impressive compared to the 42 milligrams in an orange or the 200 milligrams in a guava. But that's not the whole story. Loaded with hundreds of flavonoids and similar nutrients, a single apple has the antioxidant activity equivalent to 1,500 milligrams of vitamin C. We need lots of antioxidants - there are about 4,000 of them in the plant kingdom - to neutralize harmful free radicals that form in our bodies when we burn calories, fight off infection, breathe in tobacco smoke or other pollutants, or sunbathe. The soluble fiber in an apple not only gives you a feeling of fullness; it keeps those sugars from being absorbed quickly, which may help to keep type 2 diabetes at bay. It's heart-healthy too. This soluble fiber is called pectin. It binds with cholesterol in the intestinal tract and helps to keep blood cholesterol levels down.
The insoluble fiber in apples aids digestion and lessens the risk of colon cancer, the second leading cause of cancer deaths. There were some early studies that disagreed with this observation, claiming that 15 to 18 grams of fiber in the daily diet had no such effect. Of course not! Our bodies are designed to work best with several times that much. Hunter-gatherers, the modern equivalent of Stone Agers, get up to 150 grams of fiber in their diet every day. “

Philip J. Goscienski, M.D. is the author of Health Secrets of the Stone Age, Better Life Publishers 2005. Contact him at drphil@stoneagedoc.com.

God didn’t just put us on a planet to fend for ourselves. He filled the earth with all kinds of plants that are both delicious to eat and bring health to our body.

“ 18The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.” Romans 1:18-20