It always amuses me when they claim the efficacy of prayer for healing people.
When you ask for citation it's never "here's video evidence of prayer curing someone of something before our eyes!".
It's always, "A friend of a friend saw", or "I witnessed" or, "We prayed for this person with cancer and they were cured!" - always ignoring the chemo and the surgeries that were also involved.
Rev: I'm scheduled to do a double valve bypass on Friday. Will my actions make the difference in the person's life or will it be the prayers of his family?"
If God didn't grant you the gift you have then you wouldn't be able to do what you do.
(July 15, 2014 at 2:57 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: [/hide]
I have to thank you for your hilarious joke about Lot.
The God character said that he was going to destroy the city so Abraham went into bargaining mode and finally convinced the God character that Lot and his family should be spared. Lot had a couple of skanky daughters. In one verse they were married but in another one he claimed that they were virgins. Anyway, Lot was going to pimp them off to the townsmen so that the townsmen wouldn't rape his strange house guests.
Lot and his hookers escape town but Lot's wife gets dessicated becuase she looked back to see how her former friends and neighbors were coping with being burned alive.
Now with the old lady out of the way the horny daughters went to work on the drunken Lot and had a cave full of dirt rats. They didn't have any rugs since they were hauling barrels of wine and didn't have any extra room for bulky rugs.
Now if Lot and his skanky daughters got away with their romps in the cave why were the townmen worse than they were?
Not sure what version you read but it doesn't sound inspired. One big thing you are overlooked is that Lot was saved not because of what he did but who he knew.
(July 13, 2014 at 11:49 pm)Beccs Wrote:
Wrong! According to your own mythology the "sacrifice" was exactly why Jesus was on Earth in the first place. Because, apparently, an all powerful deity couldn't change its own rules any other way.
Also, I'm not Luckie - she's a mod. I'm Beccs. I know those names are so similar it's hard not to mix us up, but you really need to be more careful.
The "Rapture" isn't even a part of standard Christian mythology. It was invented by some American clergy over a century ago. It's why you never hear talk of the "rapture" outside of American Christianity.
And, no, I won't be dragged back into your mythology. And threats don't work on me.
Threats of imaginary torment only work on the weak minded and those already indoctrinated to the fear.
I'm not your "mate".
I have too much self-worth for that.
And since Satan is an imaginary as your god, then threats of this kind are just bullshit.
God makes the rules, I suggest you don't deny the Truth.
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If your deity makes the rules, why do you worship such and evil, hateful being?
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"
