I know I am not perfect, I repent for my sins and pray God forgives me so I can do good for his Kingdom. I love Jesus Christ and they have helped me feel better then ever, even if I make mistakes, I want to change all of them to always following the will of God. So I try sometimes to share this with my mother, she sometimes believes in God, sometimes doesn’t, she has tried to commit suicide before. When I was 13, she had an affair and left her first husband for someone else her own age, and he kept me and siblings, so she tried to commit suicide and was put in a mental hospital. She moved to Florida for her second husband. I wasn’t Christian at the time, but see that an adulterous marriage is a deadend street, but she wasn’t Christian and still isn’t so doesn’t see that only that it was abusive by her terms as well, so 12 years and my sister, she ended that marriage. Her second husband says she threated suicide with him.

When they broke up, I learned I was expecting my son, felt so bad of being unmarried and the situation, I repented and turned my life over to Jesus Christ! Glory to God I was saved, wanted to raiase my son saved also. My mom had a tough childhood, very tough and that with wanting to raise my son, I stayed with her for about five years, paying her when I could. We argued a lot because she doesn’t believe in God and likes to have tension, but I was trying to raise my son in a loving way. She also started seeing some guys and twice tried to kill herself by drinking and medication to where she was vomitting and called the cops because I wouldn’t give her her keys to go get more liquor for her pills. She has been threatenig suicide to her children and family for years.

In any event five years later, I started to date, led to sin, I stopped and repented and will never as I live willingly make that mistake again, by the grace of God. Anyhow, she reallly go down on me, saying how a Christian could do that, we are “all alike”, I repented and pray I only live as a Christian following Jesus and God in everything I do, and to help lead others. I pay for my mistakes.

I finally moved out with loan money from my schooling, and want to start working for a job that I believe God has intended for me. I moved to a place with a hidden mold problem, me and my son got sick and I had to find a new place, but stayed with my mom a few days during. We moved into a new place, my son fell at the playground broke two bones in his forearm and I stayed with her that weekend since my car doesn’t drive far lately (waiting for check from first apartment to hopefullly take it to a shop or to be fixed), and she insisted I stay with her and take her car. I could have waited for the next day at a closer office but was so worried about my son I agreed. My younger sister was upset because she is 15 and doesn’t want the commotion of me and my son there so they argued and my mother yelled at me and I told her I don’t want to talk to her. I was just trying to pick up and go to my apartment and she started with the same stuff of she can’t take it. She said we are all ungrateful and she is broke, and she is saying good bye to everyone. She had a will notarized the next day, paid 1,095 dollars for a cremation service and sent the will and a “last wishes” saying that there will be papers on the table about what to do with money her ex owes her, that she loved us, and she told me we are all ungrateful and goodbye for good. She emailed it to my brother told him to forward it, he did and I called 911 as I was farther away at my apartment. They saw the email Baker Acted her and she was taken in handcuffs, so she told my cousin, and put in a mental hospital for about 24 hours. They told me she wasn’t at the hospital so we filed a missing persons report. All this was done for her safety, as she lost her job recently and a job it took two months of doing things to apply for told her no on Monday, and she says it is the end of the world to her. So I didn’t want her to do something in distress she would regret. Now she is mad and says she wants nothing to do with me or my brother. I feel for him, he isn’t Christian, and I pray for his peace. I turn to the Lord and pray I did the right thing, in my heart, I just didn’t want her to commit suicide, but now I think she was lying because she told me she has no money when she had about 3,000 dollars in her bank on Monday. She needs Jesus, maybe this is part of the unequally yoked relationships and I need to just let her go for good? Sorry so long, may God bless you for your time and help!

so before i put it here, i would like to note that even though i am a sophomore in highschool. i knew NOTHING about evolution. literally nothing, in our christian highschool all we ever learned about evolution is the reasons why it is wrong. and plus I’m just extremely SLOW in science in general. this is all from information I accumulated in the past 2 days (I’m also a procrastinator) I’m not looking for any harsh judgement, just anything I could add or take out THANKS SO MUCH
(and I’m going to work cite the things from websites dont worry no plagerism here)

The beginning of the earth has been a mystery, boggling the minds of the erudite and the simple minded alike for years. The topic of creation vs. evolution has become increasingly controversial. In biology, Darwin’s Theory of Evolution is a change in the genetic material of a population of organisms from one generation to the next. Though changes produced in any one generation are normally small, differences accumulate with each generation and can, over time, become substantial changes in the population. Such similarities among species suggest that all known species are descended from a common ancestor (or ancestral gene pools process of gradual divergence). Evolution is supported in many different ways, but one major category pointing to its validity is fossils. Through fossil dating, hominoid fossils, and, evolution has become the theory accepted by the majority of those in the scientific forefront.

Evolution is supported through fossil records. The study of the sequence of occurrence in rocks reveals the relative time in which organisms lived. This technique shows that one layer of rock is older or younger than another. Later through the discovery of radioactivity, scientists were given the opportunity to learn the age of fossils and rocks . Through these records, a vague timeline is illustrated of the evolutionary change that has been occurring over the past four billion years. This proves that the earth is much older then creationist would like to argue. A popular criticism of the fossil records is that the gaps in this timeline are enough to disprove the line all together, but the more that is learned about the evolution of specific species line’s, the more these gaps or missing links in the chain are filled with transitional fossil specimens. A specific example of this is the Archaeopteryx. This was the earliest and most primitive bird known . The London specimen of this bird was discovered only two years after the publication of On the Origin of Species. Fossils records are one factor that works to make evolution true beyond a reasonable doubt.

Evolution is supported through hominoid fossils. Hominoids are those belonging to the super family Homiondea which includes apes, humans, and, sub-species in between this spectrum. Evolution refers to the slow process of human adaption over millions of years, so hominids are crucial in giving legitimacy to the concept that humans were slowly developed and that there ancestry is rooted in another species. The roots of humanity are believed to be located in South Africa where the earliest hominoids are discovered. Many hominids fossils of fragmented body and skull have been discovered. One of the more famous examples is Lucy, discovered by Donald Johanson and Tom Gray in 1974 At Hadar in Ethiopia . Lucy was an adult female of twenty-five years olds and is placed into the Australopithecus afarensis category. Hominids are a major support of evolution.

Evolution is supported by transitional fossils. Transitional fossils are the remains of intermediary forms of life that illustrate an evolutionary transition. Such fossils would serve as evidence to the principle that life is developed through evolving organisms, which again, points to one ancestral source. In the time of Charles Darwin, knowledge of fossil records were scarce, and He himself said in regards to the lack of transitional fossils “this is the most obvious and gravest objection which can be urged against my theory” , since then scientists became more enlightened in transitional fossil groups and more were discovered, as he also predicted. Some examples are the Nautoloidea, this is a group of marine cephalopods belong to the subclass Nautioidea. Nautioidea’s begin in the late Cambrian and are represented today by the living Nautilus . This is one of the many examples of one transitional forms discovered through fossils linking one species to another. Examples of these links are fish to tetra pods, amphibians to amniotes, and dinosaurs to birds. Transitional forms are a major support of evolution

Fossils through fossil dating, hominoid fossils, and living fossils shed much light to evolution and its validity. Although it only covers a small section of the multi-faceted theory, it is a crucial one. Fossils can be used as a testament to the gradual changes in nature and in mankind. It also shows that the world is extremel

A man who doesn’t go to church every Sunday? I am a Christian who is involved in the church. I attend church every Sunday.

I’ve known this man for almost a year. we just casually talk and go out to dinner. Its never been nothing more. We recently considered getting to know each other more and seeing where it goes. However, he told me he has a relationship with God, believes and is spiritual. But sometimes he’s too tired to get up and go to church after a long week or work and the gym, so sometimes on Sunday he’ll get the word through the tv.

I said I want someone as dedicated as I am, and we cut things off. Was this wrong, does he not need to attend church every Sunday. I just think it’s odd… and I assume he’ll attend church much less than he will watch it on TV.
Thanks Ashley for the book… I’ll look it up.

I was thinking about the courting.. thats why has been going on. However, we considered dating… until all the issues of church came up.

Me and my ex boyfriend broke up back in sepemtber. I was his first girlfriend, and well he is senior in high school and im a freshmen in college and i met this new guy and hes so much nicer and treats me well. He asked me out and I said yes. So we have been dating. I went online on AIM and put a cute quote with his name underneather it in my buddy profile. Then when my ex signed on he put his away messages saying “Stop with your profile changeing, no one gives a shit.”

Why does he care? Why is he acting this way? I only changed my profile once

okay my mom died april 5 2009 and my dads aready dating i dont like it should i tell him?will it be selfish because he deserves happyness?will it make God angry?is it okay to feel sad mad and lonely and not understand everything i feel?

I know you can’t tell me exactly what God wants, but tell me what you think he would want me to do about this relationship. So I’ve been with my boyfriend for 10 months noww. He’s great and i love him so much, we really have a strong connection. The only thing he is missing is Jesus. I mean he’s come with me to church every now and then but i dont know if hes doing it just for me or if he actually wants to go. God says not to get involved in a dating relationship with a non christian but i cant just drop my relationship with him . I care about him so much. I mean i could lead him to christ right? Im going to try and talk to him about it so what all should i say? Thanks for the help and sorry if this is confusing.

Dear Answers,

I was raised in a non-religious home. Spirituality is something I only discovered upon leaving home. Ever since I’ve began my explorations towards God, I’ve met some horrible outcomes.

Firstly, I dated a young man when I was a teenager, who was “Christian”. Sadly, I think that most Christians wouldn’t agree with how I was treated by him, his family, and his church. During that period of my life I went to two churches: a Pentacostal church (and later a Missionary church which I’ll explain after), who judged me for my clothing, my poor family background, and I felt honestly put down by them. I met a nice girl there, who was going to help me get on my feet, while I was still dating that young man, his family prevented him from aiding me in any way. Later, when visiting my then boyfriend’s house, I was confronted by his family. They accused me of stealing his uncles wallet. Also there was the girl who I thought was helping me. She had told his family that I stole money out of the donation plate. That never, ever happened. I’d never dream of it. I never understood why she’d say such things. Later, his family found his uncle’s wallet in the couch cushions, and the girl ended up dating my boyfriend. They all were out to be cruel and mean, and not loving or helpful. I left that experience feeling hurt, abused and I was certain that I’d never got back to church again.

The second experience, I was living on my own while attempting to finish my grade 12, while I was working during the evenings I met a lady who suggesting I’d come out to her church and enjoy some good fellowship. I agreed, it had been a couple years since my last episode with the former church and I was healed enough to go forward with it again. When I showed up, I was yet again given funny looks for my attire. It’s not like I was in rags, but I didn’t own expensive clothing. Nearly every one in this congregation was well to do. It was obvious. What was more obvious was that I was an “outsider”. People spoke to me in cautious tones. The lady ended up connecting me with a Widow who, she said, was happy to rent a room to me so that I could finish school and not pay for a whole apartment. It was a disaster. The woman was off her rocker in so many ways. She accused me of poisoning her food at our second meal together. She said that she hated the way I left the shower curtain, and I was rude and unacceptable. I had barely uttered a word since I moved in. I was a quiet, hard-working kid. I never understood why this was happening. I shoved my stuff in a garbage bag and left. I slept on the streets for nearly a month.

My third experience is now, later in my life, I’m a married woman. I love my husband dearly, we have a small child and a cozy life. I talk to God daily, in my own way. I don’t know much scripture, and I’m afraid to go to a church and address that inevitable awkwardness that’ll surely happen. I want so badly to have God in my life. My husband isn’t a religious man. He’s admitted to wanting to find a passion for life through God, but he too has had some pretty awful experiences with religion. Its a very difficult conversation for us to have, so I don’t bother. I dragged him out to a United Church a few months ago…it was okay. But he had a sour look on his face. I don’t know if I could ever say the words “Jesus Christ” to him without him laughing or thinking that I’ve gone nuts. There’s a deep, dark, void in my heart where I wish God was. Although I speak to him every day,casually, I want more. I want to understand His Word more. But I know nothing about where to start, which bible translation to start with, there’s no one in this community that I’ve met yet that would be willing to open their hearts and guide me. What should I do? I don’t want to live the rest of my life with bitterness in my heart.

Okay, here it goes. I have been working at this one place for about two years. For those two years, one of my managers and I have had a pretty flirtatious relationship. We’ve gone out to dinner a few times before, but nothing really happened. However, we went out last week and it was completely romantic; we held hands and even had our first kiss. We’ve texted a bit every day and he’s visited me at work everyday since our date (he quit the job a few weeks ago for a better one), but he hasn’t asked me out again. It’ll be a week on Wednesday.

Here’s the catch, too: he is Muslim and I am not. I am Italian and he is from Bangladesh. It is incredibly likely that his family may shun him if it is revealed he is dating an Italian-American Christian. However, he himself said to me that all he cares about is someone who will love him for him, it doesn’t matter the culture.

It’s hard to articulate what exactly I am asking. I guess I am asking if it is worth getting my hopes up, why he is hesitating to ask me out again, I’m not sure. I can’t really talk to people I know about this since it has to be a secret for the time being.