(June 18, 2012 at 3:24 pm)Faith No More Wrote: It's a very clever sales tactic.
We could only expect the most shrewd of business tactics from our Lord. After all, he rose from rags to riches, proverbially speaking.
Think about it, he started out as a lowly volcano/war god among many others in some obscure backwater tribe, eventually screwed over th... bought out all his other business venture partners to become the sole proprietor of the ancient Hebrew pantheon. Then disaster struck when his overconfident followers decided to take on the Romans not once but twice. However, he didn't let that setback defeat him. He diversified into the Pagan market with his "son" Jesus. Later he would form a side venture into the Arab market for those who didn't like his Trinity product. Now his combined business interests have earned him a virtual monopoly in his divinity empire. Sure, he started with a wimpy name like "Yahweh" (compare to such impressive monikers as ZEUS, ODIN, RA... (wimpy voice) yahweh) but today he has so cornered the market that he's no longer known by his name but as simply "God".
A real pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps story.
As St. Carlin said, you have to stand in awe, IN AWE, of the biggest bullshit story ever sold.
"You don't need facts when you got Jesus." -Pastor Deacon Fred, Landover Baptist Church
™: True Christian is a Trademark of the Landover Baptist Church. I have no affiliation with this fine group of True Christians ™ because I can't afford their tithing requirements but would like to be. Maybe someday the Lord will bless me with enough riches that I am able to.
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™: True Christian is a Trademark of the Landover Baptist Church. I have no affiliation with this fine group of True Christians ™ because I can't afford their tithing requirements but would like to be. Maybe someday the Lord will bless me with enough riches that I am able to.
And for the lovers of Poe, here's your winking smiley:
