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  • #61
    Re: Religion Thread: We Could Say a Prayer

    In the beginning, there was grammar. And God saw that it was good.

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    • #62
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      Huh. Hammurabi's Code came about 1751 BC. And yet, I'm hearing it's impossible to be a good person without following Jesus.
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      • #63
        Originally posted by MissThundercat View Post
        Huh. Hammurabi's Code came about 1751 BC. And yet, I'm hearing it's impossible to be a good person without following Jesus.
        Uh for a Christian, that would be a true statement,though there are a bunch of bahstahds who profess Christianity. For a non Christian, if they're good, I'm good.
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        • #64
          Re: Religion Thread: We Could Say a Prayer

          Currently drinking a nice Pinot Noir.

          Unlike most mainline Christians, this wine judges no one. Wine doesn't set itself up as morally superior because it believes in Magical Sky Daddy. Wine doesn't tell me I'm confused or tell me I have a mental illness because I'm trans. Wine doesn't tell me "I can control my tendencies."

          Wine >>>>>>.......>>>>>>....>>>> religion.
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          • #65
            Re: Religion Thread: We Could Say a Prayer

            A Catholic Solemn High Mass with all the bells and whistles (or, as we say, smells and bells). 2 hrs+

            https://youtu.be/IL5VqeSMw4U
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            • #66
              Re: Religion Thread: We Could Say a Prayer

              Church sign:

              "God Made Humans And Land Animals."

              You know, I have read Genesis 1 before, and I'm pretty sure beasts of the sea were mentioned in there... or did this particular church concede that evolution gave us water life?
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              • #67
                Re: Religion Thread: We Could Say a Prayer

                Well, this is a bit of a surprise..

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                • #68
                  Re: Religion Thread: We Could Say a Prayer

                  Even if I were to believe right now, quiet example will do much more than beating me in the face with a Bible saying "Believe OR ELSE!" "HELL IS HOT!" "YOU'LL BURN FOR ALL ETERNITY!"

                  Even in the Gospels, Jesus said "follow me." That's it. He did not say "Follow me or you'll be tortured for all eternity."

                  Where did his followers lose the plot so **** bad?
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                  • #69
                    Originally posted by MissThundercat View Post
                    Even if I were to believe right now, quiet example will do much more than beating me in the face with a Bible saying "Believe OR ELSE!" "HELL IS HOT!" "YOU'LL BURN FOR ALL ETERNITY!"

                    Even in the Gospels, Jesus said "follow me." That's it. He did not say "Follow me or you'll be tortured for all eternity."

                    Where did his followers lose the plot so **** bad?
                    Paraphrasing
                    "I am the way, the truth and the light. No one gets to the Father except through Me."

                    Don't follow, no heaven.
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                    • #70
                      Re: Religion Thread: We Could Say a Prayer

                      But Jesus didn't beat anyone in the head. The crazies I see on TV love to scream "BELIEVE OR ELSE."

                      I admit, I am questioning. But I am questioning because of quiet example, not because some ******* with a Bible got in my face and started screaming.
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                      • #71
                        Originally posted by MissThundercat View Post
                        But Jesus didn't beat anyone in the head. The crazies I see on TV love to scream "BELIEVE OR ELSE."

                        I admit, I am questioning. But I am questioning because of quiet example, not because some ******* with a Bible got in my face and started screaming.
                        You convert by example, not screaming bloody murder.
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                        • #72
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                          Originally posted by joecct View Post
                          Paraphrasing
                          "I am the way, the truth and the light. No one gets to the Father except through Me."

                          Don't follow, no heaven.
                          There are only a few places where Jesus got it totally wrong. This was one of them.
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                          • #73
                            Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                            There are only a few places where Jesus got it totally wrong. This was one of them.
                            You know that it is an impossibility. God is without error.
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                            • #74
                              Re: Religion Thread: We Could Say a Prayer

                              Originally posted by joecct View Post
                              You know that it is an impossibility. God is without error.
                              Yes, um, about that...

                              But I'm willing to say the Apostles pulled it out of their as-s as part of their power play (e.g., Matthew 16:18). It's a dick move, quite unworthy of Jesus (c.f., John 17:3).
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                              • #75
                                Re: Religion Thread: We Could Say a Prayer

                                So we have an omniscient god, but he required the Jews to mark their huts with goats blood so as to know which huts belonged to the Jews, and which belonged to the Egyptians? That sounds like a faulty system to me.

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