Psh, if you want to lead me to Christ, you should REALLY follow his example
beetnemesis Send a noteboard - 19/05/2011 03:33:12 AM
...and turn some water to wine.
Although, that has always bugged me. Priests like to go on about how "believing is seeing" and the like, but Jesus, apostles, and saints all performed miracles. And not cheesy, half-ass miracles like "My mom has cancer, so we prayed to the spirit of Pope John Paul II for years, and then one day the cancer went into remission!"
Old-time miracles were much more direct. "Look, nothing up my sleeves. Demon-possessed guy over there. Herd of pigs HERE. BAMF motherfucker, demon-pigs!"
That'd get my attention, for sure.
(Edit- and yes, I like your outlook a lot. I just felt like being a smartass)
Here's a controversial idea: Why not lead people to Christ with no more or less than genuine love for and repentance of acts against God, instead of attempts to escape our actions' consequences? That people can think they accomplished the latter despite sin requiring the righteous Son of God die for them speaks poorly of their relationship with Him.
Although, that has always bugged me. Priests like to go on about how "believing is seeing" and the like, but Jesus, apostles, and saints all performed miracles. And not cheesy, half-ass miracles like "My mom has cancer, so we prayed to the spirit of Pope John Paul II for years, and then one day the cancer went into remission!"
Old-time miracles were much more direct. "Look, nothing up my sleeves. Demon-possessed guy over there. Herd of pigs HERE. BAMF motherfucker, demon-pigs!"
That'd get my attention, for sure.
(Edit- and yes, I like your outlook a lot. I just felt like being a smartass)
I amuse myself.
This message last edited by beetnemesis on 19/05/2011 at 05:52:52 AM
Three days until the Rapture. What are you gonna do?
- 18/05/2011 04:37:44 PM
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It might be the end of church but I doubt it will trigger the end of the world
- 18/05/2011 07:28:23 PM
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I was more talking about the supposed Rapture on the 21st...
- 18/05/2011 08:30:00 PM
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My wife's church switched to a female chaplain and every predicted doomsday
- 18/05/2011 08:53:38 PM
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What is this thing
- 18/05/2011 08:36:23 PM
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I found this but I can't tell if it is meant to a spoof or if it is real
- 18/05/2011 08:51:23 PM
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He's supposedly serious, and has been making predictions for about forty years.
- 18/05/2011 08:55:55 PM
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Like Homer, he predicted the Rapture on at least one earlier occasion, but has "corrected" his error
- 18/05/2011 09:26:07 PM
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Psh, if you want to lead me to Christ, you should REALLY follow his example
- 19/05/2011 03:33:12 AM
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Caution: Zebra Xing. 
- 19/05/2011 06:27:43 AM
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- 19/05/2011 06:27:43 AM
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I'm extremely skeptical of the "Oh, well, miracles wouldn't convince anyone" argument
- 19/05/2011 06:17:48 PM
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It's May 19th, not 21st;"I know it's absolutely true, because the Bible is always absolutely true".
- 18/05/2011 09:11:56 PM
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Yeah, the Rapture is pretty ridiculous, as is the entire Dispensationalist system *NM*
- 18/05/2011 11:08:01 PM
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laugh. Loudly. Often. With increasing loss of political correctness at the people who believe this. *NM*
- 19/05/2011 02:33:58 AM
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The nurse I work with on night shift is throwing an end of the world party.
- 19/05/2011 09:33:42 AM
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The guy is a false teacher who's deceiving people who don't read their Bibles.
- 19/05/2011 03:06:01 PM
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*NM*
On Saturday? Running a half marathon 
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- 19/05/2011 06:18:38 PM
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*NM*
- 19/05/2011 06:18:38 PM
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How big is this Raptor?
- 19/05/2011 06:33:28 PM
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If they get too big, how do you tell them apart from Tyranasaurus?
- 19/05/2011 10:58:36 PM
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