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RE: Open Letter To Christians
July 1, 2015 at 11:32 am
(July 1, 2015 at 9:51 am)Drich Wrote: -Or maybe the supreme court decision is apart of humanity's decent into the level of iniquity needed for God to say ENOUGH! and trigger all the wonderful things nope posted in her thread about the last days. That way all you people who want proof will simply have to look out their windows or on their TV's to see God's wrath being poured out onto humanity via the 4 horsemen as described by the book of Revelation.
After all that would answer the Prayer "Your will be done on earth and it is in Heaven" a prayer we 'christians' are all supposed to be praying from the time of Christ Himself.
The seals have been broken Drich?
That's funny, because people have been saying that for almost 2,000 years.
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' -Isaac Asimov-
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RE: Open Letter To Christians
July 1, 2015 at 11:56 am
Yeah, but this time, it's for real.
Seriously.
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
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RE: Open Letter To Christians
July 1, 2015 at 12:00 pm
2000 years of 'Any day now'
The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. ~ George Bernard Shaw
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RE: Open Letter To Christians
July 1, 2015 at 12:33 pm
(This post was last modified: July 1, 2015 at 12:36 pm by Exian.)
We have a saying in Cleveland "There's always next year."
If the Browns win a Super Bowl, I might take a closer look at all the dirty hippies I pass by.
I can't remember where this verse is from, I think it got removed from canon:
"I don't hang around with mostly men because I'm gay. It's because men are better than women. Better trained, better equipped...better. Just better! I'm not gay."
For context, this is the previous verse:
"Hi Jesus" -robvalue
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RE: Open Letter To Christians
July 1, 2015 at 12:54 pm
During the Black Plague, it was reasonable that Christians might believe that god would come back. A large number of people died
In the US, crime rates are dropping. It seems like god would come back when his people were suffering and not wait until now when the world seems to be slowly(very slowly) getting better.
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RE: Open Letter To Christians
July 1, 2015 at 2:05 pm
It's like talking to a box of rocks... Can none of you frame my response in light of what was said in the OP?
The primary reason for this thread was to taunt Christians about unanswered prayer...
The assumption being that the supreme court's decision to force the last dozen or so states into accepting gay marriage was on the foremost of every God fearing Christian's mind...
I simply pointed out that according to the book of Revelation the world (you 'good' people) are supposed to embrace iniquity till God says He has Had enough, and put an end to the reign of man. I also pointed out that even if there was a hold out group praying for the last 12 states, we have been commaned to pray "Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven." In such a way as to supperceed everything else we ask for as That request was mandated by Christ Himself in our one and only model prayer. Next I pointed out how the events of revelation is the full fillment of that prayer.
For the perpetually slow among you, here is a recap: I wasn't saying the end times are here. I was pointing to the fact that debauchery like gay marriage was apart or a key element that triggered the end times which again full fills "Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven" Part of the Lord's pray that Christians have been praying from the time of Christ. This is the 'answer' to the OP's short sighted letter that asks why didn't God answer our prayers. Again He did, just not the one you assumed we are all praying for.
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RE: Open Letter To Christians
July 1, 2015 at 2:08 pm
Debauchery.
It's gotta be my all time favorite word.
I mean, debauchery. DeBAUchery. Nice. Good, solid word.