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Christianity has gotten Lazy with the miracles:
December 16, 2014 at 5:01 pm
The Bible tells many tales of impressive miracles, to name a few off the top of my head:
Fire on a soaked bull carcass
Dew on fleece <Oddly unimpressive by biblical standards.
Water to wine
Walking on water
Raising the Dead
Curing blindness
Burning bush <I could recreate this
Moses parting the red sea
Jesus feeds thousands
Et Cetera
Minus all the coincidences many attribute to miracles nowadays, it seems like there were more nifty displays "Back then". Dammit I want to see a show, what gives Christianity?
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RE: Christianity has gotten Lazy with the miracles:
December 16, 2014 at 5:08 pm
Just ask
Cat Stevens:
Quote:In 1976 Stevens nearly drowned off the coast of Malibu, California, United States, and said he shouted: "Oh God! If you save me I will work for you." He related that right afterward a wave appeared and carried him back to shore. This brush with death intensified his long-held quest for spiritual truth.
Oh, right. God's miracle led him to Islam. Whoops!
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RE: Christianity has gotten Lazy with the miracles:
December 16, 2014 at 5:08 pm
well lets make a miracle for them we set a bush on fire use 2 way walkie talkies and a speaker and make it sound like god is
talking to them.
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RE: Christianity has gotten Lazy with the miracles:
December 16, 2014 at 5:10 pm
I've gotten plenty of bush hot before, but I've always thought setting it on fire was a bit ... well ... kinky.
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RE: Christianity has gotten Lazy with the miracles:
December 16, 2014 at 5:11 pm
(December 16, 2014 at 5:08 pm)dyresand Wrote: well lets make a miracle for them we set a bush on fire use 2 way walkie talkies and a speaker and make it sound like god is
talking to them.
Pretty much what I was thinking.
Many of the biblical miracles couldn't be attributed to trickery or coincidence. Moses parting the red sea, and the walking on water come to mind. Oh and I'll add one:
Jesus commanding the weather. Why does the modern man not deserve the same proof?
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RE: Christianity has gotten Lazy with the miracles:
December 16, 2014 at 5:15 pm
Recording technology and mass communications are the new iron chariots. Poor God. Now all he's left with is a group of slimy, dipshit apologists for friends and a low-paying position as gofer for people's car keys.
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RE: Christianity has gotten Lazy with the miracles:
December 16, 2014 at 5:19 pm
Finding all those car keys is a miracle though.
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RE: Christianity has gotten Lazy with the miracles:
December 16, 2014 at 5:32 pm
I have a way of summing this up (Yec timeframe)
6,000 years ago god was capable of creating the universe from nothing
4,000 years ago God could flood the world and wipe out all life
2,000 years ago God was capable of feeding thousands
1000 years ago God could inspire whole armies to invade the Holy Land
500 Years ago God could inspire his followers to burn witches
Now, god can make appearances on grilled cheese sandwiches.
Witness, if you will, the diminishing power of "god".
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RE: Christianity has gotten Lazy with the miracles:
December 16, 2014 at 5:38 pm
(December 16, 2014 at 5:32 pm)Beccs Wrote: I have a way of summing this up (Yec timeframe)
6,000 years ago god was capable of creating the universe from nothing
4,000 years ago God could flood the world and wipe out all life
2,000 years ago God was capable of feeding thousands
1000 years ago God could inspire whole armies to invade the Holy Land
500 Years ago God could inspire his followers to burn witches
Now, god can make appearances on grilled cheese sandwiches.
Witness, if you will, the diminishing power of "god".
It was bound to happen after the steroid ban. I hear god's fastball lost 4-5 MPH, as well.
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