Well, I would say this is becoming a tradition for our little group, and it seems to be a good one. So, once again, here is an opening prayer:

Heavenly Father,

I pray that all Christians will be inspired to examine Your Word, and to have the true meaning revealed under the guidance of Your Holy Spirit. It is often difficult to let go of preconceived notions about various doctrines, and just let You speak, but that is what has to be done sometimes.

I also pray that Christians can be led to better understanding of one another, and be drawn towards a reunification of Your One Church. This is something that has been weighing on me heavily lately, and I just ask You to reveal all the answers soon.

And, finally, please bless all who enter this time of devotion, whether they are Christians or not. We need to show our love and respect to all our brothers and sisters, and we need to be Christ-like as we demonstrate Christianity to the world.

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Amen

Thanks be to God. I loved your prayer. It fits in my journey a little which will last until I die. I put it this way.

All prayers are answered yet sometimes the answer we find is not that which we thought we needed. Blessings rdy2rck

Thank you so much Brett for including me among your group of worshipers. I believe that God answers prayers and you are one of mine. Bless you.

I wonder what your last words will be? Probably, "Hey, look...all my friends...ouch, those flames are hot!"

This is a good one. Keep them coming.

Midleft, what is you're purpose in life besides being an irritant to people's sense of spirituality? Why do you feel a need to verbally attack people who have done no harm to you but obtain a belief in an existential supreme being? Does it bother you that people go by faith alone? and that maybe perhaps in you're diatribes that you really subconciously envy them for it? You call these people "morons" but I notice you, and toph1973 are the ones making with the typo's here. What's up with that?

You should learn to accept people as they are, respect their sense of spiritual beliefs, and let it go at that. Vitriolic hyperbole isn't going to make or score any points. Because you're arguments aren't cogent, nor bearing any fruit at all.

If Brett's articles bothers you, and toph so much, then by all means, don't participate in the post at all. Unless you feel duty bound for some illicit reason.

Bronx and "Son," I'll tell you what engenders such vigorous responses. One's religious beliefs are quite personal to that person. I don't tell you about my bowel movements, so don't tell me about your religious belifs. I don't want to hear or know about them, especially Christianity, which I consider to be a total fairy tale, no different from Santa Claus or the Toothfairy.

Another "source," very well known, is the repeated attempts to subvert our secular civic life by injection of the fairy tale into our political structure. We have specific rules of foundational law that keep that fairy tale, and all others like it from imbedding themselves into civics or law. Yet, like the subversives that you are, you creepy Christians keep trying to overthrow a society that thousands of men have died fighting to maintain.

What Propeller ought to do is create a "Christian" thread so the rest of us will see it coming and stay away.

First of all, those who have read the article with an open heart and with love and reverence for our Lord, thank you.

For the rest of you, you've made your point that you despise our religion are trying to make a mockery of Christianity; but, I assure you that as much as you hate our presence in "your" community, we will continue to worship and spread Christ's message of repentance and salvation as He commanded us to do.

I appreciate those who stand firm in the faith and defend our beliefs against the narrow-minded, and I hope you will never be ashamed to do so. As Christ said, if we are ashamed of Him on earth, He will be ashamed of us before His Father.

Finally, I pray that those with such hatred in their hearts will rethink their positions and will examine the other side for once. Open a Bible, read the New Testament, and learn. And, don't go into it with a closed mind. That's all I have left to say on the issue for the time being.

God bless.

"redLine:" I hope I would never have the tasteless lunacy to post anything on line about my bowel movements. Why don't you creepy Christians have the same restraint?

Beyond that, since I'm not a Christian, I didn't get the "devotional" part, nor do I notice what is posted on Sunday as opposed to the other days of the week. Again, I think Propeller needs a "Christian" thread so others like me won't make the same mistake.

A "religion" thread is very generalized. Although one might contend that religious expression falls under that heading, so do other intellectual interests like religion and world history, religion and philosophy, God or atheism and even separation of church and state. Therefore, a more particularized heading like "Christian" better communicates that religious expressions are more likely to be found there.

And it's not a "prayer" thread, you moron. Like I said, the thread allows for many intellectual topics connected to "religion." Prayer is not a matter of the intellect but an experience. Therefore, it would be proper to have a separate thread so that those who want the experience can gather, and people like me can avoid them.

Finally, I really don't care to "look around out there." I'm not a Christian, nor will I ever be. I don't give a damn about whatever gradations exist among fundamentalists. All I see are thousands of them infecting our political processes and trying to subvert our secular society. That makes me very, very mad.