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Jesus as Lord - why is this appealing to so many?

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Jesus as Lord - why is this appealing to so many?
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RE: Jesus as Lord - why is this appealing to so many?
January 31, 2018 at 5:43 pm
Ah, the throw shit at the wall and see what sticks  approach.

Maybe you guys are indeed descended from chimps.  Angel
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RE: Jesus as Lord - why is this appealing to so many?
January 31, 2018 at 5:47 pm (This post was last modified: January 31, 2018 at 5:49 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Tell Il Douche to send better diplomats?  Are we to be held accountable for your ineptitude?  Is that another one of the things this benevolent dictator saw and thought was good?
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: Jesus as Lord - why is this appealing to so many?
January 31, 2018 at 5:49 pm
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#104
RE: Jesus as Lord - why is this appealing to so many?
January 31, 2018 at 5:57 pm
Yup the Christian god sucks at being persuasive
Seek strength, not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy -- myself.

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RE: Jesus as Lord - why is this appealing to so many?
January 31, 2018 at 7:00 pm
(January 31, 2018 at 5:49 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: Thanks for sharing. The Gospel of Thomas is quite an interesting read. I wonder what the Christians think of it.

Why would Thomas have secret sayings of Jesus? He wasn't exactly in the inner circle.
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RE: Jesus as Lord - why is this appealing to so many?
January 31, 2018 at 7:08 pm
(January 31, 2018 at 7:00 pm)alpha male Wrote:
(January 31, 2018 at 5:49 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: Thanks for sharing. The Gospel of Thomas is quite an interesting read. I wonder what the Christians think of it.

Why would Thomas have secret sayings of Jesus? He wasn't exactly in the inner circle.

Seriously, have you read it? It's pretty puzzling. Also, some of the sayings seem to be rudimentary versions of the stuff found in the Sermon on the Mount/Plain. I wasn't commenting on the "credibility" of the document. To me, canonicity does little to make one text more credible than another. I merely found it interesting, and said as much.
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RE: Jesus as Lord - why is this appealing to so many?
January 31, 2018 at 7:10 pm (This post was last modified: January 31, 2018 at 7:15 pm by Whateverist.)
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RE: Jesus as Lord - why is this appealing to so many?
January 31, 2018 at 7:29 pm
(January 31, 2018 at 7:00 pm)alpha male Wrote: Why would Thomas have secret sayings of Jesus? He wasn't exactly in the inner circle.
Let's ask "paul".
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: Jesus as Lord - why is this appealing to so many?
January 31, 2018 at 7:40 pm (This post was last modified: January 31, 2018 at 7:47 pm by Amarok.)
Quote:Ah, the throw shit at the wall and see what sticks  approach.

Maybe you guys are indeed descended from chimps.  [Image: angel.gif]
No it's just you performing the head up your ass approach.

But then again your gods an asshole so i guess that makes sense .
Oh and of course only people Beta likes among his magic authors count . But again that par for the course with creationist tools.
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January 31, 2018 at 11:03 pm (This post was last modified: January 31, 2018 at 11:31 pm by Wyrd of Gawd.)
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