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Bloody miracles from a bloody cult.
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 (March 23, 2015 at 5:46 pm)robvalue Wrote: Finally God breaks his 2000 years of silence by... I'm more apt to believe the bread of a grilled cheese whose markings look Jesus-like if you squint more than this shit. Entirely due to the grilled cheese factor, for the record. Mmmm.... grilled cheese.....
"I was thirsty for everything, but blood wasn't my style" - Live, "Voodoo Lady"
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March 23, 2015 at 5:59 pm
(This post was last modified: March 23, 2015 at 6:01 pm by Smaug.)
I've always found such miracles to be somewhat creepy. There is some of the same stuff in Orthodox Christianity, too and it has always creeped me out a little how believers flock to churches and stand in long lines to see relics such as severed body parts, blood, nails and so on. And all these micarles (holy fire etc.) remind of some primordal shamanistic blood rituals. And I'm not mentioning weird rituals such as exorcism that is still being practiced more or less worldwide. While philosophical aspects are sometimes interesting to discuss these 'lower manifestations' of religion alongside with religious wars and anomosity have always been extremely alien to me.
Hmm, yeah. Religion does seem to appeal to the primal.
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Please visit my website here! It's got lots of information about atheism/theism and support for new atheists. Index of useful threads and discussions Index of my best videos Quickstart guide to the forum  (March 23, 2015 at 2:57 am)dyresand Wrote: Nothing new also on the side of christians spilling blood for their beliefs it still happens also the KKK is still a thing.There's at least one atheist here that would be right at home among the KKK. (March 22, 2015 at 10:57 pm)Homeless Nutter Wrote: I think he just likes his "bling-bling". It's quite common for simple people to judge things on the basis of how shiny they are. If it were up to them - all the financial transactions would be conducted using golden chains and rims for currency... RE: Bloody miracles from a bloody cult.
March 23, 2015 at 6:10 pm
(This post was last modified: March 23, 2015 at 6:11 pm by Smaug.)
I have some relatively distant acquaintances who are that religious. They're not bad people but when they talk of their faith I feel as if we literaly live in different dimentions with different history, laws of Physics and so on. A feeling that no sci-fi story may replicate. And I've noticed that all of them have rather vague knowledge of their religious documents but all those church miracles and rituals really mean a lot for their perception of the world. And they are usually into forms of superstition that are technically prohibited by the Church. These superstitions interfere with parts and bits of religious dogma they bear and form a truly weird picture of the world.
 (March 23, 2015 at 6:00 pm)robvalue Wrote: Hmm, yeah. Religion does seem to appeal to the primal. Or the gullible. (March 23, 2015 at 6:06 pm)Huggy74 Wrote:Trying once again for a de-rail? Nutter hasn't even posted in this thread.(March 23, 2015 at 2:57 am)dyresand Wrote: Nothing new also on the side of christians spilling blood for their beliefs it still happens also the KKK is still a thing.There's at least one atheist here that would be right at home among the KKK.
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Apparently there is an ancient belief that the objects touched by a spiritual person may absorb some of that person's spiritual energy. So we get holy water, chrism, saintly relics, icons, etc. Maybe this even explains part of the thinking behind the Eucharist? It seems that some Christians think of the Eucharist almost like Popeye thinks about his can of spinach.
 (March 23, 2015 at 5:54 pm)KevinM1 Wrote:(March 23, 2015 at 5:46 pm)robvalue Wrote: Finally God breaks his 2000 years of silence by... ![[Image: 18qo1hwto00mfjpg.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=i.kinja-img.com%2Fgawker-media%2Fimage%2Fupload%2Fs--u7HFIwba--%2F18qo1hwto00mfjpg.jpg) If ever you get the desire to google "Jesus Dog Asshole"
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March 25, 2015 at 6:22 am
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(March 23, 2015 at 1:58 am)Norman Humann Wrote:Quote:Vatican Claims Coagulated “Blood” of St. Gennaro Liquefies After Pope Francis Kisses the Vial Bringumyoung oops typo Brigham Young University. just kidding, i don't know. (March 23, 2015 at 9:38 pm)Spooky Wrote:(March 23, 2015 at 5:54 pm)KevinM1 Wrote: I'm more apt to believe the bread of a grilled cheese whose markings look Jesus-like if you squint more than this shit. Entirely due to the grilled cheese factor, for the record. That's by far my favorite one. And I'm keeping it in the quote tree just to see it again 
"I was thirsty for everything, but blood wasn't my style" - Live, "Voodoo Lady"
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