That's a good point. There's not as much outright preaching as there used to be. It's a welcome change, especially since a lot of it involved open threats.

It's mostly just logical arguments instead of evidence these days.

(September 25, 2018 at 11:15 pm)Joods Wrote: We usually get them right around November to January. They come in droves. Socks and all.

We seem to do a lot of laundry during the winter.

That's when the Invisible Sock Monster begins her annual visitations to my home, taking exactly one sock for various pairs for weeks on end!

(September 26, 2018 at 4:01 am)robvalue Wrote: That's a good point. There's not as much outright preaching as there used to be. It's a welcome change, especially since a lot of it involved open threats.

It's mostly just logical arguments instead of evidence these days.

Right, like GC threatening with, "the one who judges". Like a little kid saying his dad can beat up your dad. I don't miss that inanity at all.

I miss being told how a world that seems to be no different to 'no god' is in fact god showing all his might and glory.

If only we believed..........

---

(September 25, 2018 at 11:45 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: If your belief system requires apologetics then it is fundamentally flawed.

especially one that has such a glorious creator at it's head.. he has 956 names for goodness sake proclaiming his Love, mightiness and downright sinner crushing power.

https://christiananswers.net/dictionary/namesofgod.html

But not a single shred of credible testable evidence, it's almost as if.. as if.. he does not exist at all !!

(September 26, 2018 at 3:16 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: They must be exhausted from defending Trump and his cronies that they don't have any energy left to defend Jesus and his dad.

Let's face it.  There are a lot of scandals that fine xtians have to overlook with the gang of cunts running things now.

I'm here almost everyday.I just pick and choose what I respond to. I try and deal with questions and not statements. I found if you are declaring something you mind is already closed. you are just telling people what you think. Honestly I don't care what most of you think. how ever if you have a question or series of questions I will answer them.

Quote:I found if you are declaring something you mind is already closed.

Irony is lost on you, Dripshit.

There used to be a (somewhat famous) Presbyterian minister out here, (California) who was *the* best "sermon-giver / speaker / preacher" ... ever.
Seriously. He was as far from a fundamentalist as one could get. His sermons were literary masterpieces, (and he knew it).
People would go listen, not necessarily for the content, or the service, but just to hear his amazing "style", and always "interesting" point.
He never "shoved" anything down their throats. Once you've been exposed to that level of quality "talk" or "lecture" .... nothing ever will measure up.
Too bad, virtually 99.9 % of preaching is crap "oratory".

---

(September 26, 2018 at 11:36 am)Drich Wrote: I'm here almost everyday.I just pick and choose what I respond to. I try and deal with questions and not statements. I found if you are declaring something you mind is already closed. you are just telling people what you think. Honestly I don't care what most of you think. how ever if you have a question or series of questions I will answer them.

Oh look. It's still here.
Actually we know more about your cult than you do.
One cannot actually be a "Bible Based Christian" ... as the concept of "salvation" has *nothing* to do with the Bible.
The role of a messiah was *never* to save anyone from sin.
Paulianity (what Christianity really is) invented *salvation* when the end-times did not happen, as they all expected it would.
When the young man in Matthew asked Jesus what he had to do to get to heaven, did he say "Just wait, I'ma gonna be saving you ?"
No. He said "keep the commandments". No savior required.

(September 25, 2018 at 9:36 pm)Jehanne Wrote: Have not noticed very many threads, as of late, trying to make a "positive" spin as to the validity of the Christian religion(s).  Have our resident Christian apologists given up here?

I think they have mostly left the forum entirely.

(September 26, 2018 at 11:36 am)Drich Wrote: I'm here almost everyday.I just pick and choose what I respond to. I try and deal with questions and not statements. I found if you are declaring something you mind is already closed. you are just telling people what you think. Honestly I don't care what most of you think. how ever if you have a question or series of questions I will answer them.

Right back at you.  

I'm still praying for you to find your way out of the devil's hands and into the light.  

RAmen.