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Hey Chris I certainly remember being a kid bouncing down the road in my new sneakers, and yes, it sure did feel good. My point of contention though isn't, and has never been, what the feeling is, just whether its attributable to the Holy Spirit. Since people of other faiths also experience...

Out of curiosity, in your church, in your demonination, is this a widely held view?

The Temptations - Papa was a rolling stone

Exactly. I'm sure many others would also ask themselves why, and some, scared of the possible answer, might make themselves feel it. BTW I never claimed that you were a member of a pentecostal church, neither were the examples I gave in any way exclusive to pentecostal churches.

Gillian Anderson of X-Files fame?

Thanks for tip, I'll see if I can find it, but not till after I've finished reading the book. It is a little heavy but I'm well into it now and cant wait to find out what's going to happen.

The Big Bumper Book of... um, actually halfway through Bleak House. I do love reading Dickens and really enjoy his style, but can't help feel that this one is a bit too much. The last book I read was Junk(y), excellent

On the road - it's my favorite book, and might help me to see the beauty and joy of being consigned to a desert island. David Copperfield - another favorite, and its longer than your average book so that might come in handy. and, assuming I'm going to be there on my own, The Big Bumper Book of Porn.

Come on, an answer like that will do nothing other than strengthen my skepticism. No.1, I have been in several different churches on several different occasions when people have been "moved by the spirit". On many occasions what I witnessed, what I felt, was pretensiousness and the effects of...

I guess it's not the answer I was looking for, but fair enough.

Hey Thomas I like what you've written here, but I have a nagging doubt that hope you can allay. With many of his parables ending with the warning that if we are not on the right path we will be thrown out to the place where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, it seems to me that Jesus...

Hey Chris I'm crurious about this, well actually I'm downright skeptical. What makes you think it was the Holy Spirit they were getting down with?

Thanks for the question, and for the link, no apologies are necessary. I was brought up in a bretheren household, and taken to church at least twice a week, while there I heard enough fire and brimstone sermons to put a fear of hell into me. Even now, years later, it remains as a nagging doubt...

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Ok, but would I hear that invitation? Maybe I just did.

I was hoping this would run and run.

Hey Thomas Thanks for the feedback Indeed, I hope I did not give the impression that this was my view. Thanks again for your comments.

I wonder if you could give an example

Hey Thomas Thanks, I think I understand, "think" being the operative word though. Please correct me if you think I've gone wrong in any of the following. What you wrote here made me think of Lady MacBeth. That the way we attract logismoi is a more passive form of her calling on "you spirits...

Thanks for the replies. James, was yours the fear that Silas spoke of, or a more simple "I sure as hell don't wanna go to....hell" kind? Silas, what if I don't understand that? If I'm just scared that this place, hell, might exist and I know I wouldn't want to go there?