Recent content by ddwheeler

I don't know if I would say her faith "comforts"her, per se. She still had her world rocked. But she had her faith and trust in the lone hope we have, living in this broken world (it IS broken), and that is what is waiting after this life. Think about people like the apostles. They were either...

I hear what you are saying concerning one's limited mind. Mine is the posterchild of "finite-ness". :) Sometimes I'm glad I don't "understand" some things that go on in this world, though. I don't ever want to grasp and "understand" some things that some people do to other people. Indeed, there...

One comment you made triggered a thought toward a particular passage of Scripture from the Bible, concerning why we even think or have a desire toward something beyond this earthly life. This is from Ecclesiastes... written by Solomon (son of David). This is from chapter 3, which is where the...

One fact remains in all of this, in that not one of us will be able to definitively prove either point of view, unless one accepts (or does not accept) "proof" as being all things being in existence, in and of itself. How it came into existence is one question. Why is another, and even bigger...

Thanks for the conversation, firstly. I appreciate having good, civil dialogue, especially on matters such as these. The explanation given for God is that He is eternal. He has no beginning and He has no end. Interestingly, even based upon scientific evidence, we can see that our entire...

Thank you, bud. I'm glad to see/hear you say that. That being said, I am always a listening ear and am more than glad to chat with you privately. I won't try to impose myself upon you. But I do want to be very clear, that I am more than happy to talk. Cheers!

Pellicle... I hear you loud and clear in all you have said. All of these things are indeed hard... difficult... especially if we have an expectation and desire that it should never happen. That tells us that we have an ingrained desire for there to be no death, no hurt, no loss, no anger, no a...

I would disagree that He leaves/forsakes His own. I say that, firstly based upon His promise. I say it, secondly, based upon my own life experiences. I would also agree that there are people who lean upon their own selves for these types of matters. How that works out for them, I am unable to...

So believers aren't allowed to express themselves? Nobody is trying to make anyone else adhere to any set of beliefs. What you're basically saying is that it offends you for someone to have these beliefs and to express them in your presence. In a situation like this... a life or death situation...

I am a Christian, thankfully for God's grace and mercy. I don't look at my faith to be an answer to nor recipe for all of the problems in life. After all, Jesus promised us we would go through trials, be persecuted, etc. But He said "I will never leave you nor forsake you." The true hope is...

Those are very interesting stats. May I ask for the source? I would like to check in on this, going forward, as well as see if similar data is available, per state. *** Edit. I found it. Thanks for the initial post.

I had a need to use some white noise to help with sleep, a couple of years ago. I found that Youtube has loads of rain sound videos, and many other similar type videos. There are many different types of rainfall videos that are 8-10 hours long. Just run a search for "sleep sounds" and you'll...

Thanks, Ladybug. I appreciate the references for those cardiologists. Unfortunately, I'm over on the west side of the metro area, just past Marietta. I appreciate the straightforward advice. I do try to not take my situation lightly, although I've been in a mild/moderate status from the very...

Hello, pearjas. The second cardiologist I saw might actually be the one I am most comfortable with, as they, the individual. The problem, nowadays, is that so many doctors are part of these huge conglomerate medical systems, ie Piedmont Health, Wellstar, etc. These are corporations that are...

I live in Georgia, in the metro-Atlanta area. I haven't yet had to undergo surgery (knock on wood). Since I was diagnosed as having a leaky valve about 6 or 7 years ago, my cardiologists (plural) have all told me that my condition has remained unchanged. I say "cardiologists" because I stopped...