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  • Re: Religion Thread: ...and suddenly, everyone's a theology scholar

    Did anyone ever wonder why God, who made the world, couldn't use just any vessel? The twist the Church gets in to explain some of this stuff is mind boggling.

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    • Re: Religion Thread: ...and suddenly, everyone's a theology scholar

      Originally posted by leswp1 View Post
      Did anyone ever wonder why God, who made the world, couldn't use just any vessel?
      If God is as old as the universe, maybe he had grown a little infirm by that time and was missing things he might not have missed several billion years earlier. That might also explain why he felt it was time to get his son involved in the business.

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      • Re: Religion Thread: ...and suddenly, everyone's a theology scholar

        Originally posted by burd View Post
        If God is as old as the universe, maybe he had grown a little infirm by that time and was missing things he might not have missed several billion years earlier. That might also explain why he felt it was time to get his son involved in the business.
        And of course then His son had his own ideas which led to conflict between them. And from what 5mn has said the son eventually had the old guy put away.

        Sad story, really.
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        • Re: Religion Thread: ...and suddenly, everyone's a theology scholar

          Originally posted by Kepler View Post
          And of course then His son had his own ideas which led to conflict between them. And from what 5mn has said the son eventually had the old guy put away.

          Sad story, really.
          Sad, but what a Broadway production for the producer with the stones to take it on. A grand mix of Milton, Sophocles, and Shakespeare.

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          • Re: Religion Thread: ...and suddenly, everyone's a theology scholar

            Originally posted by burd View Post
            Sad, but what a Broadway production for the producer with the stones to take it on. A grand mix of Milton, Sophocles, and Shakespeare.
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            • Originally posted by burd View Post
              If God is as old as the universe, maybe he had grown a little infirm by that time and was missing things he might not have missed several billion years earlier. That might also explain why he felt it was time to get his son involved in the business.
              God has no age. He is. He never was and never will be.
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              • Re: Religion Thread: ...and suddenly, everyone's a theology scholar

                Originally posted by joecct View Post
                God has no age. He is. He never was and never will be.
                So that black clarinet player I saw at Jazz Fest in Nola in 2002 was not him?

                I was so sure.

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                • Re: Religion Thread: ...and suddenly, everyone's a theology scholar

                  Dump unites the world.

                  In a statement released on Saturday, the Coptic Church said it "excused itself from hosting Mike Pence" when he visits Egypt, citing US President Donald Trump's decision made "at an unsuitable time and without consideration for the feelings of millions of people." Egypt's Coptic Church said it would pray for "wisdom and to address all issues that impact peace for the people of the Middle East."

                  The decision comes a day after Egypt's top Muslim cleric Ahmed al-Tayeb also refused to meet Pence.
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                  • Re: Religion Thread: ...and suddenly, everyone's a theology scholar

                    Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                    Dump unites the world.
                    Over the last several weeks there have been numerous statements (mostly uncovered by the mainstream) of various church leaders, here and abroad, denouncing tRump and his regime. The Anglicans, the big bunch of pastors in Alabama, the Pope just to name a few. A little late IMHO. The time to be denouncing things was when his rhetoric was so nasty before he got elected.

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                    • Re: Religion Thread: ...and suddenly, everyone's a theology scholar

                      Originally posted by leswp1 View Post
                      Over the last several weeks there have been numerous statements (mostly uncovered by the mainstream) of various church leaders, here and abroad, denouncing tRump and his regime. The Anglicans, the big bunch of pastors in Alabama, the Pope just to name a few. A little late IMHO. The time to be denouncing things was when his rhetoric was so nasty before he got elected.
                      It hasn't cost him a single member of the Deplorable 37% though, and it never will.

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                      • Re: Religion Thread: ...and suddenly, everyone's a theology scholar

                        Originally posted by FadeToBlack&Gold View Post
                        It hasn't cost him a single member of the Deplorable 37% though, and it never will.
                        The more it is pointed out how disgusting the Republicans are, the more their voters feel attacked, the stronger they hold to them.

                        Classic cult psychology.
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                        • Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                          The more it is pointed out how disgusting the Republicans are, the more their voters feel attacked, the stronger they hold to them.

                          Classic cult psychology.
                          "Why don't you vote Republican?"

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                          • Re: Religion Thread: ...and suddenly, everyone's a theology scholar

                            Originally posted by leswp1 View Post
                            Did anyone ever wonder why God, who made the world, couldn't use just any vessel? The twist the Church gets in to explain some of this stuff is mind boggling.
                            Because the Jesus model represents the end state of our striving, the ultimate North Star, the perfect concept. If the Bible is fully literal, the nature of the vessel doesn't matter. But the nature of the vessel is part of the total metaphor package.

                            Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                            And of course then His son had his own ideas which led to conflict between them. And from what 5mn has said the son eventually had the old guy put away.
                            Correcting our understanding of God. Which is the same thing in your mind.
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                            • Re: Religion Thread: ...and suddenly, everyone's a theology scholar

                              Seems legit.
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                              • Re: Religion Thread: ...and suddenly, everyone's a theology scholar

                                Even for the Thumpers this is pretty impressive.
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