How horrible, a company in business to earn profits and pay share holders. Would you be happier if they thought small, rather than expand throughout the US. With hundreds of thousands of supporting jobs created, from trucking, construction, (plumbers), businesses that grow around them, distribution and warehouse.
Perhaps walmart needs to rethink, over pay workers and full benefits raise prices, lose stockholders and stakeholders (customers over price) and close a hundred of its lower profit making stores.
Get real, get to a Marxist deprograming expert, quick.

Theo, my deepest thanks. T***h about God, who he is and my relationship. How to be Christ like is priority one in my life. I take no man's word but that of God's word, and now have more questions I once believed I had settled. You have inspired me to get the bible that has the grrek, Hebrew, and arimaic. Thank you, my. Brother in christ

[Notuote=robert66]I am not only referencing Christianity but other religions as well. I've seen many depictions of angels flying around in Christian publications. Some interpret occurences in end times as people rise to the heavens. Just as you specifically may have your own ideas as presented at your place of worship so do others at theirs. I've been to many different churches and nearly all have their own unique slant. Try Latter Day Saints. They believe the crazy stuff about planets and buried golden tablets. You may say they are wrong but why would they be wrong and you are right ? For that matter why be monotheistic when you could practice a religion with multiple gods ? Why are they wrong or is there a way they coexist within your beliefs ? Muslims believe much of the same stuff as Christians. Are they wrong or right ? Will they go to hell and you to heaven? Their God is the same as yours yet they get a different message. Every one of the religions think they are right so if God is so great why does he allow this ? Is it the free will excuse ?[/quote]


First I believe the bible to be the word of god. The latter day saints, Jw's, islam surround their beliefs or are polarized around one man's beliefs and interpretations.

For those that believe the bible. During the tribulation the church is absent. The Christians go somewhere, and a God that created the universe would not be challenged in snatching his church away.
I believe there are a great number "billion ++" calling themselves Christians, and the actual number of those following and living for the Lord "genuine Christians" a fraction of the billion ++.
I am familiar with he artist rendering of angles flying and people rising from Earth, that you refer to. First Robert, you would need to understand and believe what the Bible has to say on the subject. (Not meant to offend) then you would understand God makes a way for believers to escape the greatest judgements ever on mankind, the tribulation. The rapture is not a new concept, the word comes from the Greek word raptus, meeting to snatching away with force, instantly, caught up or snatched away became termed rapture and the word rapture became a popular word in the 1830s, but again the belief was in the earlier chuck during the time of Paul the Apostle

Robert, until only the last 6 years employers paided competition wages to drive better sk**led and or harder working employees. Most still do, with exception to many large corporations that have drawn back on middle and upper management wages.
A worker is worthy of his hire!
Even McDonald's pays over min wage for experienced workers, and negotiates managers pay for experienced new hires. McDonald's understands this "workmen worthy of his hire" concept, but the libs only understand socialist c*******ts economics.

Worded perfectly

I am not aware of anywhere a christian gets their own planet, virgins, flying around, k*****g others, or suicide. These statements clarify you have absolutely no understanding of the bible, or christians. Perhaps first grasp an understanding of the bible (reading), know (not guess) what it means to be a christian. Then and only then can you honestly debate what are, or are not t***hs.

The wisdom of man is folly, how much we don't understand about the depths of God's creation.

It boggles the mind why this simple concept of when value exceeded $$ = pay raise, promotion, or seeking a new job for more pay equipped with more knowledge and sk**ls sets.
The union mind does not understand putting in extra effort in order to stand out, p***e in a job well done, and aspiring for more....the union mind does only what is required and demands pay increases, cost of living increases, promotions due to quarterly, annually, or because it time for a raise, not because they work hard and now have more value.

Your understanding of a Christians view/beliefs in death could not be more distorted! Death is welcomed and desired ! As I specifically stated, released from the curse upon the world. Why do you insist on ignoring the fullness of a reply, and inserting your own distorted view so far removed from t***h?
I do know what happens when I die, zero fear. Again as humans when exposed to violent deaths, drawn out painful deaths or the dying process, as we have via television, movies, or personal experience of a friend or family member in a hospital burn unit, or last stages of bone cancer. The body (post accident) laying twisted, torn, bloodied on the side of the road, the person in agony screaming and wrenching on the ground. As human beings exposed to serial k**lers carving the flesh of an awake live human.
We have been inundated in our society with massive exposure to to horrors of dying (the dying process) and anyone who has not had a thought or "fear" at times thinking of the process could only be labeled mentally ill, (quote Dr, Arnold ) and remiss from reality.
In conclusion it would better serve the discussion to separate the dying process from death or the point brain function, heart, lungs no longer function. In the case of a Christian dying, it refers to brain, heart, lungs no longer functioning and to that end there is no fear.

Assumed, meaning walked thru walls or [or] passed from one dimension to another. Assume meaning most did not consider a second possibility, of passing thru dimensions.
Alicia, while I am guilty of typing to fast on my smart phone sometimes missing key words in order to express meaning in my replies. I do understand the English vernacular and proper uses of the word assume, and not in the way your anti Christian mind "assumed" you could twist it's meaningful use. Perhaps should you elect to better understand word usage, less time twisting meanings in an attacking manner opening your heart to discussion, some of your vitural h**e and anti Christian h**e may be replaced with understanding you have been dubbed by the devil and his lies.

Afraid of dying? When a Christian is a disciple of Jesus, living for our Lord and saviour, we seek to glorify God and serve him, dying is to gain, no more pain, no evil, sadness, fear, hurt of this world condemned by sin. While no one looks forward to a painful or extended death, Christians desire eternal life, worshiping the almighty God.

Afraid of dying? When a Christian is a disciple of Jesus, living for our Lord and saviour, we seek to glorify God and serve him, dying is to gain, no more pain, no evil, sadness, fear, hurt of this world condemned by sin. While no one looks forward to a painful or extended death, Christians desire eternal life, worshiping the almighty God.

Afraid of dying? When a Christian is a disciple of Jesus, living for our Lord and saviour, we seek to glorify God and serve him, dying is to gain, no more pain, no evil, sadness, fear, hurt of this world condemned by sin. While no one looks forward to a painful or extended death, Christians desire eternal life, worshiping the almighty God.

John 20:26 the disciples were gather in a room and the doors were locked.
Many assume Jesus walked through the (a) walls, or went from one dimension to another yet Jesus had flesh and bone.

Theo, so good to hear from you and your direction.

But How then do I reason John 1.1
Or John 5:58 when Jesus calls himself "I Am" or God and the jews picked up stones to stone him, knowing full well that calling oneself God was an offense punishable by stoning.
I understand Jesus talking to Thomas, " a spirit hath not flesh and bone" but was not Jesus able to walk through walls? John 20:26 or move from one dimension.
I understand Jesus to be God among us, God in the flesh but with the attributes of man until his ascension, so that he like man experienced everything man did, including temptations, thus the sacrificial lamb, the triune God in the mystery of three persons one God.
Thank you my friend,
Jack