Our server costs ~$56 per month to run. Please consider donating or becoming a Patron to help keep the site running. Help us gain new members by following us on Twitter and liking our page on Facebook!
Current time: October 31, 2026, 4:11 pm
Atheist Forums › Community › Religion › Christianity v
Blessed are the ....?

Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Blessed are the ....?
Alex K Offline
Ich fühle Luft von anderem Planeten
*****
Religious Views: Theism is not plausible
Posts: 18544
Threads: 131
Joined: January 19, 2014
Reputation: 90
#21
RE: Blessed are the ....?
October 25, 2015 at 10:51 pm
(October 25, 2015 at 7:37 pm)Cecelia Wrote: Blessed are the cheesemakers.

Am I the only one who thought this?

No
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition

Find
Reply
Minimalist Offline Donators
Go Blow Jesus Out Your Ass
*****
Religious Views: Fuck It
Posts: 69246
Threads: 3759
Joined: August 2, 2009
Reputation: 258
#22
RE: Blessed are the ....?
October 25, 2015 at 10:58 pm
Find
Reply
ignoramus Offline
wiggle wiggle
*****
Religious Views: n/a
Posts: 20476
Threads: 447
Joined: June 16, 2014
Reputation: 110
#23
RE: Blessed are the ....?
October 26, 2015 at 4:56 am
Min, you are blessed with information!





I'll get my coat.
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear.
Find
Reply
pgrimes15 Offline Donators
Donator
*****
Religious Views: atheist
Posts: 441
Threads: 18
Joined: October 11, 2011
Reputation: 12
#24
RE: Blessed are the ....?
October 26, 2015 at 7:08 am
(October 25, 2015 at 7:44 pm)RaphielDrake Wrote:
(October 25, 2015 at 8:10 am)pgrimes15 Wrote: Thanks for the reply, but haven't you just replaced the word "blessed" with "grace".

For the second part of your reply , what on earth does "garnering the favours" mean? We seem to be further away, not closer to an explanation.

Grimesy

Imagine God is Mike Tyson. Lets say Mike Tyson is going through one of his delusional episodes and he has "blessed" me. That means everytime someone irritates me Mike Tyson punches their face into a mushy pulp then bites their ear off. He also promises not to push my mother down the stairs or inflict any other nasty surprises on me. I'm his homeboy, his dawg, I'm down with him like a motherfuckin' g just as long as I keep praising him, bigging him up and standing behind him in a nike hoody saying "Yeah!" when hes threatening someone who hasn't shown him the proper respect.

The principle is essentially the same.

Hmmmm . . . . maybe that explains WW2. Hitler, as a lifelong catholic must have received a "blessing" many times. So the blitzkrieg may have been God in Mike Tyson mode. Everything is becoming clearer . . . . .
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. — Edward Gibbon

Find
Reply
Drich Offline
I'm the one who knocks
Religious Views: Bible based Christian
Posts: 13392
Threads: 187
Joined: March 18, 2012
Reputation: 48
#25
RE: Blessed are the ....?
October 26, 2015 at 10:51 am
(October 25, 2015 at 7:52 am)pgrimes15 Wrote: I've been pondering the words of the sermon on the mount "Blessed are the . . . ".

What does "blessed" actually mean. I have searched christian and theology websites and have not found an explanation that does not involve circular reasoning. i.e "Blessed are X means that X is filled with Gods' blessing"

Anyone help me out here? The issue is that this sermon is supposed to be the longest teaching of jesus and contain his greatest wisdoms, but I cannot get past the first line.

Regards.

Grimesy

Blessed= Rewarded by God, to be made happy
Find
Reply
Minimalist Offline Donators
Go Blow Jesus Out Your Ass
*****
Religious Views: Fuck It
Posts: 69246
Threads: 3759
Joined: August 2, 2009
Reputation: 258
#26
RE: Blessed are the ....?
October 26, 2015 at 11:25 am
Words have their own meanings to Drippy.
Find
Reply
Drich Offline
I'm the one who knocks
Religious Views: Bible based Christian
Posts: 13392
Threads: 187
Joined: March 18, 2012
Reputation: 48
#27
RE: Blessed are the ....?
October 26, 2015 at 12:02 pm
Find
Reply
Minimalist Offline Donators
Go Blow Jesus Out Your Ass
*****
Religious Views: Fuck It
Posts: 69246
Threads: 3759
Joined: August 2, 2009
Reputation: 258
#28
RE: Blessed are the ....?
October 26, 2015 at 12:03 pm
But we speak English, dummy.  And your fucking KJV was written in ENGLISH.
Find
Reply
Vicki Q Offline
Junior Member
**
Religious Views: Xian
Posts: 222
Threads: 0
Joined: July 3, 2013
Reputation: 5
#29
RE: Blessed are the ....?
October 26, 2015 at 1:58 pm (This post was last modified: October 26, 2015 at 1:59 pm by Vicki Q. Edit Reason: Apostrophe. It matters. )
Find
Reply
downbeatplumb Offline
Posting Freak
*****
Religious Views: What is a God anyway?
Posts: 13900
Threads: 263
Joined: January 11, 2009
Reputation: 82
#30
RE: Blessed are the ....?
October 26, 2015 at 3:00 pm
(October 25, 2015 at 7:37 pm)Cecelia Wrote: Blessed are the cheesemakers.

Am I the only one who thought this?

No you are not.
Kids today not knowing who Monty python are, and talk to them of goons and they know not of which i speak.



You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.

Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.




 








Find
Reply


Atheist Forums › Community › Religion › Christianity v
Blessed are the ....?

Possibly Related Threads…
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  Blessed art the Puppy Fuckers Metis 12 6955 July 6, 2015 at 6:04 pm
Last Post: Metis
  The Blessed Virgin Mary -- Immaculate Deception Gooders1002 4 3772 September 21, 2012 at 3:25 pm
Last Post: genkaus



Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)