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A Methodist in Your Midst
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 Quote:And He is the same Pastor who has a Degree in Theology Wooooo.....a degree in fucking theology! Wow. Impressive. What's next? Astrology? Divinity degrees are a dime a dozen and all are fucking worthless. Wasting your life studying one pointless old book which, when you are done studying, remains a pointless old book....and a poorly written one at that. 
Isn't a degree in Theology about as useful as a degree in "breathing air"? Actually, no it isn't!
You are currently experiencing a lucky and very brief window of awareness, sandwiched in between two periods of timeless and utter nothingness. So why not make the most of it, and stop wasting your life away trying to convince other people that there is something else? The reality is obvious.
LastPoet
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I have a degree in "intensive heroin use" passed by the local dealers. Yay, I'm a doctor, now, respect me!
 RE: A Methodist in Your Midst
March 27, 2012 at 4:43 pm
(This post was last modified: March 27, 2012 at 4:45 pm by Faith No More.)
fr0d0 Wrote:Then either they were wrong or you misunderstood. Faith is in fact essential. Faith should be demonstrable by its product but the product alone is meaningless. There is only one route to salvation in what is widely regarded as Christianity and that route is via Jesus. Ok fr0ds, I looked this up to clarify and it seems I was partially right. Quote: http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?ptid=1&mid=1386 So yes, they do believe faith in Jesus is necessary, but then in the part I bolded they say that the ultimate salvation belongs to god. So it seems I was right that their position is that they don't know exactly who gets in and who doesn't. LastPoet Wrote:I have a degree in "intensive heroin use" passed by the local dealers. Yay, I'm a doctor, now, respect me! A specialist, eh? I got my degree in general drug use.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
That preacher is a con. He used to hang around with a Church Minister who is a accused rapist. This guy too is believed (but no witness) to be using his "authority" in his community to con people and "play around unnaturally" with children in Sunday school. I don't know why Christian ignores all this.
You know, I've often wondered... what exactly is the method in Methodism?
Christian apologetics is the art of rolling a dog turd in sugar and selling it as a donut.
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@ FNM: Faith in Jesus is still the only way to salvation. The statement doesn't seem to contradict that. I very much value all ideas I can think of I've heard on the subject, including those to the contrary. It doesn't then follow that those ideas replicate salvation as I understand it. They can only ever be complimentary. I do believe it necessary for God to have a whole other methodology, but that's God acting and not us. ie our only way to him is through Jesus, but he isn't tied to that route back to us.
 RE: A Methodist in Your Midst
March 27, 2012 at 8:42 pm
(This post was last modified: March 27, 2012 at 8:53 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(March 27, 2012 at 6:14 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote: You know, I've often wondered... what exactly is the method in Methodism? Appearently it is to replace method with madness. The real miracle of Christianity is no "dumbest Christian I've ever met" would remain so for long, in a few days, I am sure even this Christian would be usurped by one even dumber.  (March 27, 2012 at 11:52 am)Insanity x Wrote:(March 27, 2012 at 10:54 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote: Who's Nick?? Who Satan?? Nice guy, gets alot of respect here as he has not murdered as many humans as you god has.Nick = Forsaken. And by that I mean thats his username. Ah....thanks InsanityX...didn't know that. (March 27, 2012 at 11:52 am)Insanity x Wrote:(March 27, 2012 at 10:54 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote: As InsanityX has stated.. All part of our "ebil planz" 
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RE: A Methodist in Your Midst
March 28, 2012 at 12:29 am
(This post was last modified: March 28, 2012 at 12:31 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(March 27, 2012 at 8:35 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: I do believe it necessary for God to have a whole other methodology, but that's God acting and not us. ie our only way to him is through Jesus, but he isn't tied to that route back to us. I'm sorry, am I misunderstanding you here, are you suggesting that god can come in many ways, but that we must filter our way in through your favorite avatar? If so, you might see how this could create a problem, if not, mea culpa.
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