Replies to '01/05 "Am I Cursed?"'
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January 6, 2006, 8:56 am PST
 Quote From: tad1963 To everyone who thinks that they are cursed: (as in bad luck stuff)
You were born in the United States, one of the wealthiest countries in the world. You have a home, food in your refrigerator, electricity, heat and/or air conditioning in your home, you have many changes of clothing, a job, a car and money to spend on useless items. Go to another country, look at the people that have no food to eat, no job, no house, no change of clothes, no clean water to drink, no health care, no doctors to visit when they are sick. And you complain because you had a bad day. The people who live in poverty, thank God every day that they are alive to love and care for their families and friends.
I think of the parents who sell their children for food, and you whine that you are cursed! We are a greedy nation and want everything perfect. Life is not perfect!!!! Life is what you make of it. There are tradgedies and trials in life, that does not mean you are cursed. You choose to look at the bad things in your life, not the good! For people who are "cursed" with bad luck, change your attitude, look at the good things in your life, not the bad!
As for being "cursed" in the evil spirit or in cases of possession, I do believe that can happen. It doesn't happen every day, but evil is around us trying to turn us from God. I believe you can open yourself up to evil and once you do it, you sort of fall into a dark way. If you look in the Bible, it does talk about evil spirits, Jesus exorcised people who were possessed, He was even tempted by Satan himself, but Jesus turned away from temptation. We, being imperfect, have a tendency to grap ahold of the temptation and run with it. Then we find ourselves in trouble and then we cry that we are cursed. YOU DID IT TO YOURSELF.
Living in the light and walking in the path of faith is a tough road but well worth the struggle.
so, these are my thoughts on being cursed. I know that many people will feel differently but, to each his own. So next time you get a flat tire, or have a bad day, thank God that you had that flat tire, because you could be living in a third world country deciding whether to sell your beloved child to someone so the rest of your family can eat or keep your child and watch your children starve to death.
Thoughtfully submitted,
Terri I am sorry, but what does living in the U.S. or anywhere else in the wolrd have to do with being cursed or possesed? There are still starving and homeless people right here in the U.S. and I don't think they feel very blessed. I am from South America, and have also lived in Europe and now here in the U.S. and I can attest to the fact that especially in South America, the idea of being cursed is very real! And I don't believe that people who claim they are cursed necessarily did it to themselves, that is a very closed minded statement to make. I've seen people who were church goers belived in God and Christ and experienced evil/curses anyway. I personally experienced some evil occurences as a 9 year old child, and I was going to Catholic school and attended church 3 times a week, and I didn't ask for it to happen to me, nor did I do it to myself. So, unless you have first hand knowledge of such things, you shouldn't be so quick to judge!
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January 6, 2006, 9:00 am PST
Quote From: tad1963 To everyone who thinks that they are cursed: (as in bad luck stuff)
You were born in the United States, one of the wealthiest countries in the world. You have a home, food in your refrigerator, electricity, heat and/or air conditioning in your home, you have many changes of clothing, a job, a car and money to spend on useless items. Go to another country, look at the people that have no food to eat, no job, no house, no change of clothes, no clean water to drink, no health care, no doctors to visit when they are sick. And you complain because you had a bad day. The people who live in poverty, thank God every day that they are alive to love and care for their families and friends.
I think of the parents who sell their children for food, and you whine that you are cursed! We are a greedy nation and want everything perfect. Life is not perfect!!!! Life is what you make of it. There are tradgedies and trials in life, that does not mean you are cursed. You choose to look at the bad things in your life, not the good! For people who are "cursed" with bad luck, change your attitude, look at the good things in your life, not the bad!
As for being "cursed" in the evil spirit or in cases of possession, I do believe that can happen. It doesn't happen every day, but evil is around us trying to turn us from God. I believe you can open yourself up to evil and once you do it, you sort of fall into a dark way. If you look in the Bible, it does talk about evil spirits, Jesus exorcised people who were possessed, He was even tempted by Satan himself, but Jesus turned away from temptation. We, being imperfect, have a tendency to grap ahold of the temptation and run with it. Then we find ourselves in trouble and then we cry that we are cursed. YOU DID IT TO YOURSELF.
Living in the light and walking in the path of faith is a tough road but well worth the struggle.
so, these are my thoughts on being cursed. I know that many people will feel differently but, to each his own. So next time you get a flat tire, or have a bad day, thank God that you had that flat tire, because you could be living in a third world country deciding whether to sell your beloved child to someone so the rest of your family can eat or keep your child and watch your children starve to death.
Thoughtfully submitted,
Terri I am sorry, but what does living in the U.S. or anywhere else in the wolrd have to do with being cursed or possesed? There are still starving and homeless people right here in the U.S. and I don't think they feel very blessed. I am from South America, and have also lived in Europe and now here in the U.S. and I can attest to the fact that especially in South America, the idea of being cursed is very real! And I don't believe that people who claim they are cursed necessarily did it to themselves, that is a very closed minded statement to make. I've seen people who were church goers belived in God and Christ and experienced evil/curses anyway. I personally experienced some evil occurences as a 9 year old child, and I was going to Catholic school and attended church 3 times a week, and I didn't ask for it to happen to me, nor did I do it to myself. So, unless you have first hand knowledge of such things, you shouldn't be so quick to judge!
Claudia |
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January 6, 2006, 12:46 pm PST
Quote From: tad1963 To everyone who thinks that they are cursed: (as in bad luck stuff)
You were born in the United States, one of the wealthiest countries in the world. You have a home, food in your refrigerator, electricity, heat and/or air conditioning in your home, you have many changes of clothing, a job, a car and money to spend on useless items. Go to another country, look at the people that have no food to eat, no job, no house, no change of clothes, no clean water to drink, no health care, no doctors to visit when they are sick. And you complain because you had a bad day. The people who live in poverty, thank God every day that they are alive to love and care for their families and friends.
I think of the parents who sell their children for food, and you whine that you are cursed! We are a greedy nation and want everything perfect. Life is not perfect!!!! Life is what you make of it. There are tradgedies and trials in life, that does not mean you are cursed. You choose to look at the bad things in your life, not the good! For people who are "cursed" with bad luck, change your attitude, look at the good things in your life, not the bad!
As for being "cursed" in the evil spirit or in cases of possession, I do believe that can happen. It doesn't happen every day, but evil is around us trying to turn us from God. I believe you can open yourself up to evil and once you do it, you sort of fall into a dark way. If you look in the Bible, it does talk about evil spirits, Jesus exorcised people who were possessed, He was even tempted by Satan himself, but Jesus turned away from temptation. We, being imperfect, have a tendency to grap ahold of the temptation and run with it. Then we find ourselves in trouble and then we cry that we are cursed. YOU DID IT TO YOURSELF.
Living in the light and walking in the path of faith is a tough road but well worth the struggle.
so, these are my thoughts on being cursed. I know that many people will feel differently but, to each his own. So next time you get a flat tire, or have a bad day, thank God that you had that flat tire, because you could be living in a third world country deciding whether to sell your beloved child to someone so the rest of your family can eat or keep your child and watch your children starve to death.
Thoughtfully submitted,
Terri
Hi Terri,
I am sure that you are an intelligent and responsible person, but why do you have to leave this country to see any of the proverty you reffered to??? If you are an american an live in the United States, then you are severely mislead to think that everyone here has all the stuff you say we all have.
Visit any Native American Indian reservation of which there are over 500 in the United States alone, and you will find proverty at it worse. I should know I live there. Poverty, suicide, murder, drugs, and a multitude of other evil things reside on the reservations. We are America's biggest kept secret and even most Americans are unaware of the truth out here.
So tell me about being poor, having no hope, being pushed down till you are already 12 feet under when you are born. Come and visit, visit I say because there are very few who could survive out here and most probably yourself. Take a chance though and check it out.
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