Originally posted by FreakyKBHJust a bit, eh? The church I went to as a kid used to forbid them from being anywhere near the church. In fact, if someone was seen with them, they were kindly asked to leave.
The organization is a little to the right of the far, far, far right. According to them, any English translation other than the 1611 KJ Version is anathema.
Me thinks they protesteth too muchth.
Originally posted by darvlayFavorite line:
Oh man, this one is superb!
http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0024/0024_01.asp
"One drag on that primo, and you're mine, stupid."
High quality stuff. The storyline, that is.
Notice how the human headmaster looks a lot like Grant Tucker? The walls are closing in on me, man!
Originally posted by darvlayNow you know evangelical Christianity's 'dirty little secret.' Everyone's got at least one of these relatives pissing on the roots of the family tree.
Sorry to keep posting these but they are just too special not to share. Here's one that rails against the Catholic Church. A lot of the stuff that's written is extremely similar to the crap that RBHILL spouts off.
http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/5023/5023_01.asp
Originally posted by lucifershammerThe point is Mary, the saints etc. are dead, no Christian (or any other thinking person for that matter) would consider asking favours of dead people, however good or holy they may have been, this is simply anti-Christian nonsense. As a matter of interest, are you a catholic?
[Catholics worship a whole host of other things (Virgin Mary, Saints etc.)
Really? No one told me! 😠And all this time I thought Catholics were just asking Mary and the Saints to pray for them (much as you would ask a friend or family member "Pray for me" )...[/b]
Originally posted by princeoforangeGee, one would almost think that you deduced that by the sheer power of your reason. God forbid that you actually read some of the posts which preceded your entrance, in order to obtain some sense of the tenor of the myraid conversations. That would require too much effort, it appears.
The point is Mary, the saints etc. are dead, no Christian (or any other thinking person for that matter) would consider asking favours of dead people, however good or holy they may have been, this is simply anti-Christian nonsense. As a matter of interest, are you a catholic?
Originally posted by princeoforangeAnti-Christian nonsense? Read the Bible, mate:
The point is Mary, the saints etc. are dead, no Christian (or any other thinking person for that matter) would consider asking favours of dead people, however good or holy they may have been, this is simply anti-Christian nonsense. As a matter of interest, are you a catholic?
Rev. 5.8: "And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and with golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints"
Not that you should be focusing on my affiliations, but yes, I am.
Originally posted by FreakyKBHYes it would. So many people on here talk nonsense and I don't have that much time to waste reading their atheistical rubbish.
Gee, one would almost think that you deduced that by the sheer power of your reason. God forbid that you actually read some of the posts which preceded your entrance, in order to obtain some sense of the tenor of the myraid conversations. That would require too much effort, it appears.
Originally posted by lucifershammerPrayers of the saints, yes, but while they were still alive.
Anti-Christian nonsense? Read the Bible, mate:
Rev. 5.8: "And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and with golden bowls full of incense, [b]which are the prayers of the saints"
Not that you should be focusing on my affiliations, but yes, I am.[/b]
"The prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are ended"-Psalm 72:20 - once he died he could no longer pray, which was why he prayed for his son immediately before his death.
Respectfully,
Neil.
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Originally posted by princeoforangePrayers of the saints, yes, but while they were still alive.
Prayers of the saints, yes, but while they were still alive.
"The prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are ended"-Psalm 72:20 - once he died he could no longer pray, which was why he prayed for his son immediately before his death.
Respectfully,
Neil.
Eh? Where does it say that?
Besides:
Mk 12:26-27 - "have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God said to him, `I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not God of the dead, but of the living; you are quite wrong."
Psalm 72:20 - once he died he could no longer pray, which was why he prayed for his son immediately before his death.
Er, no. My translation says "The end of the psalms of David, son of Jesse". Which makes perfect sense because the remaining Psalms are not traditionally ascribed to David. v.20 is an editorial note informing the reader that the authorship of the remaining Psalms is not Davidic - not that David is dead and, hence, cannot "psalm".