JerkFace
Funkiest White Man Ever!
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And in summation…….
You have a profound inability to not respect those that know more
then you. It’s quite sad really. The true Christian understands that
there are those whom you can learn from, and those are people with
experience, expertise, or study that is beyond that of your own. The
true Christian understands that there is no “black belt in Jesus”.
Belief is a process and a series of evolutions, self-learning, and
epiphanies that one goes through. It involves all manners of challenge,
be it from outside sources or from ones own self. YOU HAVE NONE, OF
THESE. Naturally, you’re going to look it up in your Modern English
Bible, or whatever other coloring book version you’ve been reading and
not find that, so you’re not going to believe it. Thus you’re going to
permanently remain in the barely learned state, left to wallow in your
lack of beliefs.
Uh oh--------There’s some common sense. You’d better run to your CBSB
(coloring book standard bible) and find some passage to counter that
idea!!! Holy ****!!! The ship is going down!!
The true Christian understands that the what the bible is, and what it
is to be used for. You don’t read it and get a free key to the pearly
gates. There’s no secret code, there’s no secret messages, and it’s not
intended to be used as a ‘book of cool quotes’ for the barely literate
to string together a hand full of passages to prove a point. Want me to
do that? Sure----here we go:
Gen 1:11: And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb
yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose
seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
Gen 1:12: And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed
after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself,
after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Ex 9:25 And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that
was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of
the field,
Well lookee what we learned there. Everybody knows that ‘herb’ is
another word for pot (ya know, marijuana, cannabis). Right there, the
bible says that got gave us herb. God gave us pot and intends us to use
it? Cool. Potheads unite!!! It’s time that we smoke some reefer in the
name of the lord!!!
Guess what? I can do that all day long. And whatever counter
argument you provide, I can respond with “Well, I’m a literal
interpreter, so unless you can find me a passage in the bible where it
says pot is wrong, I’ll take it that God supports it!!”
Want a real bible quote? Fine.
“12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that
shall humble himself shall be exalted. 13 But woe unto you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against
men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are
entering to go in. 14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer:
therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. 15 Woe unto you,
scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make
one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child
of hell than yourselves. 16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say,
Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall
swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! 17 Ye fools and blind:
for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the
gold? 18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but
whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. 19 Ye
fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that
sanctifieth the gift? 20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar,
sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. 21 And whoso shall swear by
the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. 22 And he
that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him
that sitteth thereon. 23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have
omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith:
these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. 24 Ye
blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. 25 Woe unto
you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside
of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion
and excess. 26”
Oh I’m sorry. That might be a little bit tough for you to read
because it’s not a 10 line verse in New Standard. Yeah that’s right……it
provides context. So I’ll blurb it down for you, I leave “And whosoever
shall swear by the altar, it is nothing, but whoever sweareth by the
gift that is upon it, he is guilty.” I’m quite certain that the meaning
of this will be lost on you. Swearing by the altar and swearing by the
gift…….what are we talking about here? Gee whiz, swearing by the altar
is nothing…..could we be talking about somebody who mindlessly spews
bible verse? Swearing by the gift? Hmm-----well on that analogy, I
guess we’d be talking about one who does the above mentioned in hopes
of some form of self-gratification. Hmmm…..still want to play the bible
doth quoteth game with me? I can do more and work with the idea of the
“blind” if you like.
I’ll throw another one at you. This one isn’t from the bible, it’s
from a theologian. You know…….one who studies the bible to understand
it? A man named Pius, (not Pope Pius) wrote a little thing in Latin,
the title of which translates out to “On Truth In God”. Pius writes,
“One must understand the way of Christ before one teaches the way of
Christ, for the shadows of the bound provide only shade for the
meager”.
You may have lost that one too. I’ll explain it. You see, Razor, I have
no doubt that your heart is in the right place. But this wacky ***
coloring book version of God that you’re trying to make your point with
really comes off as an artless con. Now, I certainly believe that this
is because someone tried (and succeeded) in using the artless con on
you. The Path of God is much like the Path of Rho: it is not an easy
one. You’re starting off well, but your intensity would be far better
put towards furthering your own understanding and evolving past the
point where you look up bible passages that suit your need, string a
few together in a self-serving manner, and then use it to attempt to
prove a point. I can do it back and forth all day, as it is perhaps the
most remedial method of debating theology. |
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