1st stairs 2 the left, central door is this library called the knowledge room. It has several refferences to Bible quotes by topic. I got them all worked out 4 ya so yall got an idea what they're about. Mind U, not the entire texts though, just a summary!

@ the board in the library:
2Tim 3: 16: That every scripture is inspired by God and there4 usefull in all cases.

Birthday Celebration: Gen 40: 20-22
Matt 14: 6-10
Gen: Birthday of the Pharaoh in Egypt.
Matt: Birthday of Herod @ which his doughter asks 4 the head of John the Baptist.

Soul: Lev 17: 11
That blood holds the soul, the spirit of man.

Blood Abstinence: Acts 15: 28, 29
The Holy Spirit and St. Paul decided that necessary is: no blood, fornication strangled things or meat offered 2 idols.

Drug Use: 2Cor 7: 1
Let’s cleanse our body and soul.

Planet Earth: Ps 37: 29 (same mentioned as with Heaven)
The righteous shall inherit the earth.

Giving: Luke 21: 1-4
Jesus sees rich people and a poor old widow giving 2 the temple and praises the old widow 4 giving despite her poverty.

Patience: 2Pet 3: 9
Mark 13: 10
Matt 25: 11, 32, 46 (same mentioned as with Heaven)
2Pet: God is not slack concerning His promises 2 us, but patient.
Mark: All people should 1st hear His message.
Matt. 11: The other virgins returned 2 late asking the groom 2 open the door. (?)
32: And God will separate all people like a sheppard does sheep from goats.
46: People will B punished or live 4ever.

Last Days: Matt 25, 25
2 Chapters about the signs U can recognize the coming of the Son of man. The parabel about the 10 virgins @ the wedding waiting 4 the groom, the 3 slaves and the leaving and return of their master and the signs @ judgement day.

Resurrection: 1Cor 15: 12 (A-na’sta-sis = Resurrection)
How can 1 deny resurrection if we say that Jesus did.

3 Wise Men: Matt 2: 1-16 (Astrologers)
About the 3 kings from the east bringing gold, myrrh and frankinsence 2 the Newborn.

Origin Of Sin: Rom 5: 12
That 1 man brought sin in2 this world and there4 death 4 all mankind.

Dreams: Jer 29: 8, 9
Heb 1: 1, 2
Jer: Don’t listen 2 the dreams of prophets and fortunetellers, it’s not the word of God.
Heb: after God spoke many times through prophets and fathers He has now spoken through His Son.

3 In ONE: John 17: 1-3
1Cor 8: 5-6
1Pet 1:3
John: Jesus praying 2 God 2 give eternal life 2 all entrusted 2 His care.
1Cor: There’s only 1 God and 1 Lord Jesus.
1Pet: The blessing of God father of the Lord Jesus.

Idolatry: Ex 20: 4, 5
2nd Commandment: no statues or pictures of any living creature nor any worshipping of them.

God’s Name: Ezek 38: 17, 23
Jes 12: 4
Ex 3: 15
Ezek: 17: Retorical question from God 2 Gog, Gog wants 2 conquer Israel.
23: God will magnify and sanctify Himself and B known by all nations that He is the Lord.
Jes: Praise God and call His name.
Ex: God is the Lord of the fathers, of Abraham, Isaak and Jacob, that’s His name.

Prayer: Ps 65: 2
Acts 10: 34, 35
Luke 11: 2
Ps: With God 1 can praise and whine.
Acts: God loves all who is righteous.
Luke: Beginning of ‘Our Father’

Worship: Luc 4: 8
Worship God alone and just God and no 1 else.

Perished Loved Ones: Ps 146: 4
If the spirit passes then man is earth and there are no more thoughts.

Resurrection: Joh 11: 25, 26
Jesus sais: I am resurrection and life, believe in Me and U will live 4ever.

Heaven: Ps 37: 9, 11, 29 (same mentioned as with planet earth)
Rev 14: 1-3
Matt 25: 31-33, 40, 46
John 10: 16
Ps: 9: Sinners will B cut off, righteous will inherit the earth.
11: The poor will inherit the land and Njoy peace.
29: The righteous shall inherit the earth.
Rev: About the 144.000 chosen 1s.
Matt: About the coming of the Son of mankind, that He shall separate the people as a sheppard dos sheep and goats. What U do for 1, U did 4 God and what U didn’t do 4 the least, U didn’t do 4 God.

Oh Boy...

Is he a musician or a fucking preacher.

Thanx 4 the info, nl06645, u must've gone 2 a lot of trouble 2 look that all up!
But I have 2 say, Im totally with Velvetsplash on this one.
It's one thing 2 want 2 TALK 2/with people about your beliefs, but this is starting 2 get a little out of hand I feel - it's starting 2 come across now more as: 'this is the way forward - follow me, let me show u the way thru what Ive learned'.
Im an atheist (or 2 put a more specific point on it, Im more of a spiritual inclination) ...so does that make me a bad person? Oh, and Im Gay 2 - does this mean Im gonna burn in fire & brimstone 4 all eternity?
I digress, what Im trying 2 say is that u can put across your thoughts, idealologies, and belief systems in a way that is non-judgemental - I can think of one Orger in particular on here that is a Jehovas Witness, and I have a lot respect 4, because they know this, and respect others beliefs.
I respect Prince.
I respect people's belief systems.
But I just get very annoyed when people feel the NEED 2 force it down people's throats.
Everybody knows where a church is if they need it, u dont need ANY religion trying 2 sell themselves 2 u on your doorstep.

I dunno, He'll be wanting us 2 burn his bloody records next!

The NPGMC club/website is NOT filled/or scattered throughout with religious beliefs. It is contained in one room titled Knowledge. The room is there is you want to enter it and access the Bible passages. It's not really forcing you to read the the passages, nor is Prince or the NPGMC doing this in a judgemental way.

If I were to list a few verses or passages from the Bible that I found interesting here at the org that doesn't mean that I feel everyone MUST agree with them. Also there have been fans that have expressed an interest in learning more about the Bible,so maybe the room could be looked at it as a room for those people.

nl06645 was interested in the passages and he/she looked them up and wanted to share what he/she learned from them. There is nothing wrong with sharing or spreading God's word.

I also believe that each and every person is entitled to believe or not believe in God. That doesn't mean that I disrespect anyone or don't care about their feelings. We should try to love and respect everyone.

Need 2 wear my eyeglasses edit. lol
[This message was edited Sun Apr 27 11:58:45 PDT 2003 by TongueBox]

Yeah well, in the first place, they're only the passages Prince offers, they are not my opinion. I just thought that there is hardly anyone who takes the time to go through all that, but still nearly every orger is interested in what he's trying to say. So yeah, I took the time to look them up, make a summary and post them on .org.
Whether I agree whith them or not is not the issue, it's just a summary of those verses, of what he trying to tell us.

IMHO he's just letting us inside his head/heart/life, isn't that what we're always looking for?
To me it doesn't seem forced, it's everyones free choise to enter the room, let alone to look up the verses, not even mentioning what you think of them yourself. Prince is not even telling what he thinks of them, just that those topics are covered in the Bible by those verses.

Think of it what you may...

I appreciate you posting this information on the org.

TongueBox said:

I think if u re-read my post, u will find that not only was I NOT disrespecting ANYONE - or their beliefs (and that includes Orger nl06645, who I even THANKED 4 researching this thread, and posting the info). I think at the very least we owe them 2 start a thorough discourse in light of the info they have gone 2 so much trouble in unearthing. (As apposed 2 NO replies on their thread. I think they would agree...) but I was simply stating MY PERSONAL thoughts on this matter. Not YOURS - but MINE.
This doesn't mean that u have 2 agree with whatever I may or may not say, and I totally respect that.

However, I DO take issue with the fact that u seem 2 put across in your post that I am ignorant of what has been posted here. I am not.

I suggest re-reading the thread once more, and re-evaluating your previous posting.

Enlightend Gay Orger Edit!

velvet, baby - whatcha doin' fer tha next seven years? cuz i'd sincerely like to fuck tha taste outta yer mouth - DO YOU RELATE?

you kick my ass.


velvetsplash cooed: Is he a musician or a fucking preacher.

bananacologne said:

Bananacologne, you are ASSUMING that my ENTIRE post was in response to your post! It was NOT. The love and respect comment was made because of another comment on this thread. Can you guess which one I thought was a bit disrespectful Bananacologne! And another thing where in the h*ll did I say that you were ignorant of what was posted here. DON'T put words in my mouth! Maybe you need to wear eyeglasses.

"I suggest re-reading the thread once more, and re-evaluating your previous posting." -RIGHT BACK AT YA!

hey tonguebox, do you mind sharing with the rest of us which post you thought was disrespectful? i can only assume you mean velvetsplash, but then again, i can't really believe you'd find his/her post "disrespectful" to you or to nl06645...

did you mean disrespectful to prince? well, to be quite honest, i feel that prince doesn't respect gays such as myself (or women anymore, for that matter), so although i respect him as a musician, i don't respect his views, most of which are apparently "based" on his version of the bible.

therefore, as far as i'm concerned i (and anyone else) have every right to comment on prince's religious views in any way we choose, especially on the org (the FREE prince website, in more ways than one). if prince can tell his former friends, "fuck all y'all" in song, then surely velvetsplash can question where his priorities are, right?

since we're on the topic of respect, let me say that i don't intend any "disrespect" to anyone here. i just feel pretty strongly about prince's current dogma and the unhappiness and intolerance that it helps propagate.


tonguebox said: "Can you guess which one I thought was a bit disrespectful Bananacologne!"

hey, it's his site and it's his beliefs and faith. if he wants to talk about God good for him...at least someone in music is!

theblueangel said:

4 once i agree with blueangel..PEACE

While I'm definitely not JW or Christian, I feel that in a sense, my religion has saved my life. If P has similar experience, I can understand why he would want to share it with others. I think he means well.

Whew, quite a discussion going on round here. Seems 2 B a topic that touches us all I guess.
Prince must B eating his heart out for us not having this discussion on his NPGMC chatroom or digital garden.
But I will try to give my personal opinion to this matter on the NPGMC Digital Garden, let's see what reactions I'll get overthere.

Blueangel, Hi, I don't think you should assume that Prince disrespects gays. I've never seen or heard anything that would give me that impression. Just because he goes by the bible doesn't mean he is against gays.

I attended a concert last year, where there was a gay couple holding hands in the second row in a pit and Prince talked to them in a friendly way from the stage.

Thankyou for posting these, because I was going to look them up myself. Thankyou for your trouble.

If Prince wants to share these scriptures that is up to him, you can choose wether to read them or not.

lovebird, was that at the lakeland show? if so, i was half of that gay couple!
i was very happy with the way that he acted towards us, i agree. that concert was BEYOND amazing, in SO many ways.

there are some lyrics in "the war" that are pretty highly suspect, if you ask me..."hiv, they say there's a cure, i'm not sure...every seed, fruit to bear" - in particular that last line smacks of "adam and eve, not adam and steve" juvenile thought.

hey, maybe i'm wrong about that - i can be pretty sensitive, that's for sure. i guess what i really should have said is something more along the lines of: "what makes prince's opinion more worthy of respect than mine?" - or something. i don't know, it's monday morning )


lovebird said: I attended a concert last year, where there was a gay couple holding hands in the second row in a pit and Prince talked to them in a friendly way from the stage.

TongueBox said:

TongueBox, correct - I DID assume, and I apologise - Im only human.
However, I did not say that u SAID I was ignorant, that was how it was percieved in context. Now within a different light, that context has changed. But the majority of my post and its points still stand, regardless. Was not a personal 'attack' on yourself, so would feel bad if u took it that way.

it's all good

'did I say an hour?...my face is red...I stand corrected' edit