Have you heard The News???
January 24th, 2021 at 5:40:20 AM permalink | |
Mission146 Administrator Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 23 Posts: 4147 |
On the same token, if I believe that people are wasting their lives worrying about a god who most likely isn't there, should I not do something to try to prevent that? "War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen..let us give them all they want." William T. Sherman |
January 24th, 2021 at 8:46:19 AM permalink | |
gamerfreak Member since: Feb 19, 2018 Threads: 4 Posts: 527 |
They also prey on people who look lonely or vulnerable. In college I had some back to back classes with a short break in between. I would usually grab lunch and eat alone. On more than one occasion a stranger came up and asked if they could eat with me. They would always start out with normal conversation and then bring up Jesus about 30 seconds later. |
January 25th, 2021 at 6:03:09 AM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
Yes, you should. My opinion is if having an invisible friend makes somebody happy, then just let it be. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
January 25th, 2021 at 6:04:49 AM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
If that happened to me, it would quickly turn into a bible trivia challenge. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
January 25th, 2021 at 10:34:35 AM permalink | |
ChesterDog Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 0 Posts: 64 |
I am sure the Witnesses would win that challenge. Here's a good trivia question: Does the Bible say beat "plowshares into swords," or "swords into plowshares?" |
January 25th, 2021 at 11:35:26 AM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
It says both. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
January 25th, 2021 at 2:03:30 PM permalink | |
ChesterDog Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 0 Posts: 64 |
Yes! I happened to find in the Book of Joel "plowshares into swords" and thought it so funny because I had always heard the reverse wording. |
January 26th, 2021 at 5:39:26 AM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
I was surprised to come across that too. A LONG time ago I went to a very politically liberal church, which loved to quote the "swords into plowshares" passage. So, it was very surprising to see another verse the other way. However, it would seem appropriate sometimes. "There is a time for war and a time for peace." -- Ecclesiastes, chapter 3. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
January 26th, 2021 at 7:05:49 AM permalink | |
DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 51 Posts: 4960 |
I am not sure why but I am very surprised that you were a churchgoer. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
January 26th, 2021 at 11:52:32 AM permalink | |
odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5094 | I haven't thought about coming up with Bible trivia before, no fair looking it up of course* here are some that come to mind, answers later: 1] The writer of "The Gospel According to Luke" is thought to have been a member of what profession? 2] Certain sayings of Jesus like "Tis better to give than receive" are thought to have been collected also in a now missing 'book' called what by scholars? 3] Which gospel was written first? You can see I like 'higher criticism' type stuff. So for a change, 4] Why do some fundamentalist churches do ceremonies where they handle venomous snakes? *like that dude does on the Wizard's AMA videos I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |