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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.So many gods...so little time...3 to be 4 said:as far as that awesome question, my first impulsive reply is to say, i doubt very much Osama Bin Laden has the spirit of God working in him. Maybe A God, but not the one I follow. Now, i would hardly put the other 2 in OBL's category, but for sure I think Fred is what the Bible refers to as a "false prophet". And Jerry's form of "Religion" isnt my cup of tea either. I cant say what is truly in another persons heart. They may claim to know Jesus.
But only the Lord and that person knows for sure.
wistahpatsfan said:So many gods...so little time...
PatsFanInVa said:My cat loves me, 3 to B. I do not, however, think my cat is the messiah.
Is it ok for me to pet your kitty?Nikki said:I think mine is
Okay, now that was legitimately funny.Nikki said:I think mine is
Yeah, really 32B4...STFU already! Religion is wierd enough to start with - no need to make it wierder, fakrissakes.PatsFanInVa said:...Thanks for the theology lesson, 3, but again, you have no standing. And yes, you are achieving your unstated goal, becoming more offensive by the post.
PFnV
Turd Furguson said:Boy you must be a lot of fun at parties with Jesus this and Jesus that.
Jesus H.
3 to be 4 said:hmmmmm. being fun at parties........abiding in the word of God......being fun at parties......abiding in the word of God........
Im going to have to go with God, my friend.
Turd Furguson said:Get over yourself. Your doody stinks to high heaven as much as anyone elses.
3 to be 4 said:Schmessy, I want to answer this in the proper thread. You are playing debating semantics. Fine. ok.
let me be clear. Had someone written a thread saying "Reasons for Christians to believe that Jesus isnt the Messiah" or "Qu'ran reasons why Christians should believe in Allah" I would NOT have found it offensive. I would disagree, but I would find the dialogue stimulating. Im not afraid of any such discussion. Ok??
PatsFanInVa said:Nobody is afraid of you, 3. We are disgusted with you.
Let us say there is something in the world which you found offensive. For the sake of argument, let's say that it would be the anatomically detailed accounts of sex with farm animals.
Let us say I insisted you give me 10 good reasons for not having sex with farm animals. Let's say I insist you discuss sex with farm animals in vivid detail, using biblical examples to bolster your opinions. But let us further stipulate that your descriptions of sex with farm animals must be pornographically vivid, in juxtaposition with your quotation from scripture.
Let us say I issue this challenge to Christians only, because they are most in need of having sex with farm animals, and because "my religion" requires me to specifically seek out Christians and discuss sex with farm animals with them.
Would you "find the dialog stimulating?" Again, you may lie and say yes, and that would be a fine, disengenuous, and intellectually bankrupt response. Or you may say no, which would probably be more honest.
I find proselytizing grotesque. I find the perception that Jews, specifically, "need" your proselytizing grotesque. I find it an utterly irrelevant response, that your religion "requires" you to discuss my putative conversion with you, based on the assumption that I am incapable of examining sources on my own. I find this insulting given my background in the very sources you have mentioned, and infinitely more insulting that you issue your plea to the poor, misguided Jews of the world specifically.
That you "would not find it insulting" if I wanted to discuss reasons Christians need Allah, may or may not be true. However, assuming you would really "find the dialog stimulating," it simply amounts to a bad example.
Your proselytizing is patently offensive to those not of your creed. If indeed "Reasons for Christians to believe the Qur'an" is not insulting to you, then it is a bad example. The sex-with-farm-animals debate -- in which I frame the terms of debate, you begin on the defensive, and for which I target you based on your own religion -- is a far better one.
Is this something you would have me do unto you, to use Hillel's phrase (after all, it's been used before, albeit without attribution)?
Try to follow the thread here, 3. You do something to other people that is offensive and grotesque to them. They tell you to stop. You complain they keep reading your posts --- which, after all, are directed to them by their religion. You then go on to explain to Jewish people how best to be Jewish, despite the fact that you have proven yourself to be incapable of adhering to Judaism of any branch, since you are a Christian convert. This is ugly, ugly stuff. This is why nobody likes it, except your fellow Christian evangelists.
I don't think having the mods shut you down is the answer, because, as I've stated before, I prefer freedom of ideas and speech, even for the American Nazis. I do not, however, think the Nazis -- or you -- should have your speech go unchallenged.
In both cases, the speech in question is patently offensive. That does not make it illegal, and it does not give the mods any real responsibility to silence you. But it does give me the responsibility of explaining your ugly actions to you, although I doubt they will pierce your shell of religious fanatacism.
PFnV
3 to be 4 said:My motives are much like someone who sees a burning building. There are people inside. And ive seen a way they can get out. You may be in that building yelling at me that im nuts, but im not withholding the info. Now thats my motive. Its out of Love, my friends, and im not about to either
A) stop
B) get into personal accusation