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Old 04-03-2008, 12:37 AM   #1
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Jesus says....

I can believe this.
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Old 04-03-2008, 01:20 AM   #2
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Then Mr Jesus and I might get along.
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Old 04-03-2008, 08:51 AM   #3
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I can believe it, too; Jesus was probably more tolerant than any modern Christian. After all, to forgive is divine . . .

(total hijack here): I was just thinking of a couple of things related to Christianity--

1) How very ODD it is that millions of people practice ritual cannibalism every day; regularly eating their god, and no one seems to remark how very . . . odd that is.

2) and how the crucifiction--the sacrifice of a divine being--was a powerful psychic event, affecting us all still for millenia
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Old 04-03-2008, 09:10 AM   #4
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Human sacrifice is an old, old practice. Interestingly, the view of the practice by modern society tends to be that the weak and infirm were culled to satisfy whatever deity the culture was looking to influence. However, the very nature of sacrifice demands that it actually *be* a sacrifice; in other words, a person or thing that really does hurt to let go of.

Jesus was therefore a *worthy* sacrifice. I mean, c'mon...you don't just go around killing the Son of God everyday.

I'm not saying that I buy Christian dogma...clearly, I do not. However, they got the nature of sacrifice spot on with this part of the tale.
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Old 04-03-2008, 10:36 AM   #5
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Nice one, Brewster. That's the Jesus I know.

Funny, all one has to do is actually read the Bible... . . . Where does all the confusion come from ???
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Old 04-03-2008, 11:10 PM   #6
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Where does all the confusion come from
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Old 04-04-2008, 08:45 AM   #7
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Top management MBAs.
I think you over-heated your brain with the hair dryer.

Which is impossible which you would know if you weren't using your childish emotions instead of scientific proven facts.
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Old 04-03-2008, 11:00 AM   #8
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Jesus spoke, then went to practice with his death metal garage band.
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Old 04-03-2008, 01:42 PM   #9
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Jesus mused, "who shall I bomb?"
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Old 04-03-2008, 01:46 PM   #10
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That Kicks ass. Thank you virtual Jesus!!
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Old 04-03-2008, 02:04 PM   #11
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But, if you give all your money to the poor, won't you then be poor and they'll have to give it all back?

I save so much time and effort by just keeping it.
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Old 04-03-2008, 02:13 PM   #12
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No...I can't really do that, but it's an awesome thought. I'm more of a believer in Ayn Rand's version of "selfishness".
One of the very few thing I like about Ayn Rand that is...

I also believe in helping the poor to sustain theirselves and not just give random money and donations away. (there is a time and place for it in dire emergencies but it's better that they make their own money) New thread idea. Thank you virtual Hung Like Jesus!
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Old 04-03-2008, 11:22 PM   #13
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jesus was a commie? and a canadian? what the christ?!
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Old 04-04-2008, 06:13 PM   #14
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Pssh....white Jesus.
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Old 04-04-2008, 06:31 PM   #15
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... writing in English Jesus too...

Virtual Jesus is okay. But I still don't like his Dad much.
Abraham is rewarded by God for being willing to kill Isaac, no questions. God shows his love for the world, not by changing his mind on the whole damnation thing, not by showering us with blessings, but by killing his only son.

God likes a bit of infanticide it seems.
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