Graven images, Worship, Commandments

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
"No reason to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke,
"There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke.
But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate,
So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late."

All along the watchtower, princes kept the view


Bob Dylan
All Along the Watchtower


All i am interested in is pancake Tuesday 😀

Hi Robbie.
Surely this is the Dyann verse for this thread.

"Disillusioned words like bullets bark

As human gods aim for their mark

Make everything from toy guns that spark

To flesh-colored Christs that glow in the dark

It's easy to see without looking too far

That nothing much is really sacred."

It's Alright Ma (I'm only Bleeding) Dylan

Originally posted by greenpawn34
Hi Robbie.
Surely this is the Dyann verse for this thread.

"Disillusioned words like bullets bark

As human gods aim for their mark

Make everything from toy guns that spark

To flesh-colored Christs that glow in the dark

[b]It's easy to see without looking too far

That nothing much is really sacred."

It's Alright Ma (I'm only Bleeding) Dylan[/b]

yes it is pawn dude, truer words have rarely been spoken. Always a delight to see you down here in the dark recesses of the spirituality forum, where even a little light cannot be overcome by the dense darkness 🙂

Originally posted by twhitehead
I'm just teasing you.
I do genuinely believe that memory is a key part of intelligence and that the word intelligence is not just about 'original thinking' but includes the whole range of mental ability including memory, the ability to learn, the ability to do various mental tasks and original thinking among others.

ok, sorry, not used to you making fun of me, it is, i must admit, a refreshing diversion from the cut and thrust of the forum 🙂

I must also point out that the post we were discussing:
But the really really big differance is the others you speak of have no proof that they exist. But one would have to be blind to not see the affects that Satan has on the world. Right? Of course an intelligent person would see that.
Was an attempt to assert a claim and avoid trying to defend it. ie his intention was to insult anyone who disagrees with him and thus hoped that they would avoid answering.

Originally posted by twhitehead
I must also point out that the post we were discussing:
[b]But the really really big differance is the others you speak of have no proof that they exist. But one would have to be blind to not see the affects that Satan has on the world. Right? Of course an intelligent person would see that.
Was an attempt to assert a claim and avoid trying to defend ...[text shortened]... tion was to insult anyone who disagrees with him and thus hoped that they would avoid answering.[/b]

i am sorry but unless you can see inside a person, his motives and intentions, you cannot make claims like this. Galvos reference to intelligence was not an insult, merely that a discerning person should be able to look at certain aspects of the system in which we live and through a spiritual comprehension attribute those deficiencies to a satanic element. The problem, that you have is that you know not of the characteristics of this element and cannot make the connection and even if you did, you may not even accept them.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
i am sorry but unless you can see inside a person, his motives and intentions, you cannot make claims like this. Galvos reference to intelligence was not an insult, merely that a discerning person should be able to look at certain aspects of the system in which we live and through a spiritual comprehension attribute those deficiencies to a satanic e ...[text shortened]... f this element and cannot make the connection and even if you did, you may not even accept them.

Sorry Rob i completely disagree, he was being condescending. Which is the way he normally is.

Imagine if i'd said this -

But one would have to be blind to not see the affects that evolution has on the world. Right? Of course an intelligent person would see that.

How would you feel if i directed that to you?

Originally posted by Proper Knob
Sorry Rob i completely disagree, he was being condescending. Which is the way he normally is.

Imagine if i'd said this -

But one would have to be blind to not see the affects that evolution has on the world. Right? Of course an intelligent person would see that.

How would you feel if i directed that to you?

I truly understand what you are saying dear Noobster, but also i dont think that Galvo was being condescending. You must try to understand that the Bible really does speak of persons as being blinded (not in a literal sense but in a spiritual sense), also it takes time to get used to the forum, i myself have really struggled against being dogmatic, but little by little we adjust. You must cut Galvo some slack, he is under real pressure. If you has said that to me, i would have been thankful that it was not worse and launched into a monologue of the deficiencies of the evolutionary model (if i could be bothered) like a bull in a china shop 🙂

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
i am sorry but unless you can see inside a person, his motives and intentions, you cannot make claims like this.

Any idiot can see what his motives were. 🙂 ( the implication here being that anyone who can't see is below 'idiot' level. )

I suck at chess but when I stay out of this forum my rating starts to climb. When I start posting in this forum it seems to go down 🙂 must be a correlation? Problem is it's like crack to post here.



LOL
Manny

Originally posted by Proper Knob
Sorry Rob i completely disagree, he was being condescending. Which is the way he normally is.

Imagine if i'd said this -

But one would have to be blind to not see the affects that evolution has on the world. Right? Of course an intelligent person would see that.

How would you feel if i directed that to you?

I do need to apologize as I did not say that they way I meant it. Sorry....

Originally posted by menace71
I suck at chess but when I stay out of this forum my rating starts to climb. When I start posting in this forum it seems to go down 🙂 must be a correlation? Problem is it's like crack to post here.



LOL
Manny

Lol...you need to drop those superstitions dude.🙂

Originally posted by karoly aczel
Lol...you need to drop those superstitions dude.🙂

😉 LOL

Originally posted by FMF
I'm just back from Good Friday mass and there was one thing I quietly declined to do during the proceedings. Before the communion section of the mass, some men brought largish crucifixes to various parts of the church and its surrounds where the congregation was sitting under tent things, all able to see TV monitors showing the altar and choir etc., and everyone ...[text shortened]... p to kiss the feet of Jesus. Surely this falls foul of one of the 10 commandments or something?

Ok the Good Friday services you are supposed to go to a big crucifix and kiss the Feet of Jesus, as for different parts, tents, T.Vs I'm not sure never saw or heard of it before now

Originally posted by daniel58
Ok the Good Friday services you are supposed to go to a big crucifix and kiss the Feet of Jesus

It wasn't Jesus or God. It was one might call a 'graven image'. It was a 12 inch plastic doll figure of Jesus/God. The feet are plastic. The blood is red paint. You buy the doll from a shop.

Originally posted by FMF
It wasn't Jesus or God. It was one might call a 'graven image'. It was a 12 inch plastic doll figure of Jesus/God. The feet are plastic. The blood is red paint. You buy the doll from a shop.

Of course it ws an image to them no matter what it's made of. Doesn't make much sense does it?