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Question: Do Miracles happen today, or is Christianity more Deistic?
Hey. I’m a Lutheran Christian, raised Catholic with divorced grandparents on both sides who are aethist. So yeah, I’m a little confused about how God works today as a “resource” to people: how does he interact with us on a day to day basis? I’ve been getting this stuff from my family that “questioning is hedonistic”, and “you just need to have faith and believe”, but that CAN’T be the end of it. According to the Bible, God gave us all the feelings we have to make us stronger, and the flaws and temptations we are faced with and feel should only make use more understanding in His love. I am still developing in my faith, and I feel like there is a blanket over my eyes. Are good things happening in the world a result of God’s hand directly?

I believe that real, true miracles are the action of people following God’s word and therefore, becoming like an extended part of God for a second, like Jesus was when he visited the sick, or
What I don’t understand is the aspect of prayer. Why do people pray for good health, a better life, the hope someone else will understand. And I have trouble understanding the process of good and evil. How do we determine what is good or evil? Because without knowledge of it, we cannot decide how to use our time on earth to save people well enough. Are we supposed to sacrifice ourselves to save everything, like Jesus? Or should we understand that there are some things we cannot handle, like in the bridge story, and just let go?
And finally, the concept of answered prayers. I’ve heard the country song. But what determines if a prayer is answered? The purity of the sender? I thought God answered all prayers equally. So does that mean he doesn’t answer any? Or that he just does it in a way that helps people find their ways differently?

That last answer, while accepted by many scholars, I reguard currently as bogus. I’ve studied the wars, plagues, and killings of human history down to the individual deaths of people in textbook to people I knew well. What use is an understanding of life when you can’t live it anymore? If you blantantly respond, “Like Jesus said, my kindom isn’t on earth”, the response would be: then what is the point of life on earth? Why live if you can’t help others with your life? If the people dying are helping others with their deaths, does that mean they are being sacrificed on the Altar of God to prevent a greater evil?

The point of that ramble, dear answerer, was to put across my point that if God answers one prayer, or one miracle, he neglects others. And as far as my current reasoning and reasoning of the bible is, that cannot be true. Thus, the only other explaination is the death or suffering of other people brings about a greater good, so mass suffering MUST happen, and God does not intervene directly, like in Deism. And no, I don’t want to ask my pastor or youth group member, or even a member of my church. I’ve tried asking them word for word. They have told me each person believes their own path. Well guy, or girls, or whoever is answering, I believe there is one path. One very difficult, painful path to doing the right thing. Kind of lik Roschach from Watchmen, but not psycho and stuff. The path can be black, white, or gray. But there is only one. No compromise. Making a decision is like walking on a tightrope. Yeah, I think heavily.

Also, like all my other questions, I don’t want some one word half baked answers here. I would prefer someone who actually knows what he is talking about. This means a lot to me.

Thanks,
Hatman [|;)

Answer:

by thekylem2

Business Factoring- a Popular Choice for Small Business Financing Today

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Factoring and discounting, otherwise known as receivables finance, where small businesses sell their invoices upfront at a discount, is the most popular of all the quick cash alternatives out there.

Business factoring is not considered a loan. It is the purchase of a financial asset i.e. a receivable, a financial transaction whereby a business sells its accounts receivables, often their invoices at a discount. Factoring is the sale of receivables differing from invoice discounting-which is considered borrowing, and the receivable is used as collateral.

Business factoring differs from a bank loan because the emphasis is on the value of the receivables- the financial asset, not the firm’s credit worthiness. Also a bank loan involves two parties whereas factoring involves three. The three people are: The Seller of the receivables, the Debtor and the Factor. The factor usually charges the seller a service charge, as well as interest based on how long the factor must wait to receive payments from the debtor.

Different Types of Factoring

Accounts receivable factoring Invoice factoring Domestic factoring Trade factoring Purchase order factoring

Factoring refers to a practice whereby you sell your receivables for a discount before they are due. Today, entrepreneurial companies offering factoring options are willing to buy creditworthy receivables from a variety of resources. Factoring isn’t cheap, you are paying for the cost of the capital, the extra risk including bad debt, and the paperwork factoring requires. But often times for businesses looking for cash, it’s becoming more of an attractive option.

Small businesses are seeking alternative routes to funding for the first time, and entrepreneurs are ready to offer them.

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