@Ghost-of-a-Duke saidOnly real Christians allowed to play. No heretics or schismatics. The Christians have to agree who the real Christians are.
You first. - I'll get your coat.
I’ll get the popcorn.
@Ghost-of-a-Duke saidAnd often to explain their religion to them. In my experience, not one in a thousand can tell you what Apostolic Succession is or why it matters, and not one in ten thousand can tell you what “consubstantiality” means and how it affected world-historic events such as the division of Western Europe from Asia or how Russia came to assume the mantle when Constantinople fell to the Muslims.
I find competitive Christians require a non-competitive atheist to keep them morally grounded.
@moonbus saidAnd not one in three thousand can actually play a tambourine.
And often to explain their religion to them. In my experience, not one in a thousand can tell you what Apostolic Succession is or why it matters, and not one in ten thousand can tell you what “consubstantiality” means and how it affected world-historic events such as the division of Western Europe from Asia or how Russia came to assume the mantle when Constantinople fell to the Muslims.
@Ghost-of-a-Duke saidOn the other hand, many are quite adept at venereal sins.
And not one in three thousand can actually play a tambourine.
@Ghost-of-a-Duke saidHave you found one yet?
I find competitive Christians require a non-competitive atheist to keep them morally grounded.
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@Ghost-of-a-Duke saidI'm just the event organizer.
You first. - I'll get your coat.
Plus, it's Oakley blast-shutter time in Florida, and therefore not really coat weather.
Also, out of consideration for your well-documented sensitivities, perhaps this would be the wrong time to mention my footwear.
@moonbus saidYeah, no kidding (speaking as an "apostate" who only really began to understand Christianity years after I left the Church of Rome).
And often to explain their religion to them. In my experience, not one in a thousand can tell you what Apostolic Succession is or why it matters, and not one in ten thousand can tell you what “consubstantiality” means and how it affected world-historic events such as the division of Western Europe from Asia or how Russia came to assume the mantle when Constantinople fell to the Muslims.
@Arkturos saidWhen modern Christians (CHINOS--Christians in name only) find out what their religion actually requires of them, they often balk:
Yeah, no kidding (speaking as an "apostate" who only really began to understand Christianity years after I left the Church of Rome).
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... multiple pastors tell me, essentially, the same story about quoting the Sermon on the Mount, parenthetically, in their preaching — "turn the other cheek" — [and] to have someone come up after to say, "Where did you get those liberal talking points?" And what was alarming to me is that in most of these scenarios, when the pastor would say, "I'm literally quoting Jesus Christ," the response would not be, "I apologize." The response would be, "Yes, but that doesn't work anymore. That's weak."
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@moonbus saidYou show a hate thread as truth and knowledge without examples or sources, good job.
When modern Christians (CHINOS--Christians in name only) find out what their religion actually requires of them, they often balk:
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... multiple pastors tell me, essentially, the same story about quoting the Sermon on the Mount, parenthetically, in their preaching — "turn the other cheek" — [and] to have someone come up after to say, "Where did you get those libera ...[text shortened]...
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