Like-minded folks in Manila

[MarkBelosa]

Originally Posted by shazeep

i pray you find it here. i saw this months ago, and was tempted to post then, but i am no longer Apo/Pent, per se, and since that was what you were interested in pursuing, i felt that it wouldn't be right. due to the meagerness of your replies, i don't mind too much saying that i now feel differently about all three of those than most; but i come here because i spent my formative years Pentecostal, and still have much in common with them. my short reply to those is that it is easy to strain at a gnat, and pass a camel (i think the quote goes), and a bit longer reply would be
1) see the short reply
2) when tithes were written about, the church was entirely different than now. your understanding here may undergo several changes. let the spirit be your guide. i no longer feel correct paying tithes to a guy driving the nicest car in the parking lot, to a mortgaged church ($ loaned at interest)
3) Paul plainly told us that prophecy would cease; a fairly strong argument can be made that in order to prophesy, there must be a canon open to record the prophecy. i think what we call modern-day prophecy is better termed visions or dreams, perhaps. what can one 'prophesy' that is not already in Scripture, without adding to it?

loved the PI,stationed there at Cubi Point about...6 lifetimes ago; great people. i'll reply whenever you post, mostly, but see that i am a heretic now peace to you

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. You have a nice sense of humor.

[shazeep]

Originally Posted by MarkBelosa

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. You have a nice sense of humor.

i much preferred Pinays to americans...thinking about getting married in a few years, hmm...pls see my edit at missing, namaste

[MarkBelosa]

Originally Posted by shazeep

i much preferred Pinays to americans...thinking about getting married in a few years, hmm...pls see my edit at missing, namaste

There are many Pinays in the US. :-)
About your post, I just saw the edited one. I didn't know what the original post was. I just saw a period. Not sure if it meant anything, though.

[shazeep]

Originally Posted by MarkBelosa

There are many Pinays in the US. :-)
About your post, I just saw the edited one. I didn't know what the original post was. I just saw a period. Not sure if it meant anything, though.

i replaced the period? i think. thought. haven't slept in a couple days, culture shock from Flint to Florida, at mom's now. not interested in an american pinay lol. my best friend is an older pinoy, he's always tryna hook me up w/americanized pinays

[MarkBelosa]

Originally Posted by shazeep

i replaced the period? i think. thought. haven't slept in a couple days, culture shock from Flint to Florida, at mom's now. not interested in an american pinay lol. my best friend is an older pinoy, he's always tryna hook me up w/americanized pinays

LOL. Do you know any apostolic/oneness pentecostal in the Philippines, by any chance?

[shazeep]

Originally Posted by MarkBelosa

LOL. Do you know any apostolic/oneness pentecostal in the Philippines, by any chance?

sorry; implied in your description, at the end, is either "Christian"--and i get stupid when people try to append anything onto that--or "Church," meaning a congregation of believers gathered together to undoubtedly get a loan at interest to buy a building to congregate in, thereby ruining the premise that they initially joined together for irreparably. ya, that helped try Google! and best of luck. start one in your home, i say, and refuse to accept money, especially money issued as a debt instrument, which it all is now, minus...3 countries. yikes, only three now?