When a friend finds God ...

FinsburyParkCarrots

I'm starting my own religion, and I'm the god of it. Tell your friend he's most welcome, and I accept most credit cards.

pjoasisrule

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

I'm starting my own religion, and I'm the god of it. Tell your friend he's most welcome, and I accept most credit cards.

Scientology part 2?

FinsburyParkCarrots

pjoasisrule wrote:

Scientology part 2?

Nah, I don't want some jackass like Tom Cruise following me around. Now, Scarlett Johansson ....

Rhinocerous Surprise

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

Nah, I don't want some jackass like Tom Cruise following me around. Now, Scarlett Johansson ....

Come on, you could call it "Kabollocks".

writersu

pjoasisrule wrote:

What do you not agree with the church on?

see, I can't speak for "the church" as a whole. That would be presumptuous.

I have just seen a lot of people look down on others for living life ways that are not really good ways instead of trying to love those people and maybe really showing them what Jesus would look like if that is what we are trying to live our lives like.

There are many good Christians who attend all sorts of churches and if their life is truly showing an example of Christ's love, then they are doing what is right in that regard. Going to a certain church doesn't make you more in touch with Jesus. Being "saved" doesn't make you closer to Him either. I believe our hearts and our attitudes are what make us truly believers or not. And while Jesus got mad in the righteous anger ways, the ways that we should get mad when some innocent person gets beat up, raped, murdered, abused, or when some priest molests a young boy while hiding behind the cloth, I do not believe that He ever got mad just because people did not agree with Him. Even the pharisees who pushed His buttons big time were responded to calmly when they tried to corner Him in His responses.

And while some would think this is disrespectful, I think in His mind he was thinking "assholes", only in Biblical words.

sorry I love Jesus and respect Him 100% but I think we have done to Him what we do to other "stars" in our lives and idealize them beyond belief.


(I can almost feel the eggs getting thrown at me now........)

Kilgore_Trout

writersu wrote:

sorry I love Jesus and respect Him 100% but I think we have done to Him what we do to other "stars" in our lives and idealize them beyond belief.


(I can almost feel the eggs getting thrown at me now........)

A) youre absolutely right

eggs? havent you read the responses of the crowd your dealing with here? not exactly jesus fanatics

in_hiding79

long red wrote:

Don't you just want to punch him in the fucking throat? Brainwashing is alive and well.

Slap him and say "snap out of it"!!! Brainwashing......what assholes!!

in_hiding79

harmless_little_f*** wrote:

Just live and let live. If your friend is happy then you should be happy for him. Different strokes for different folks. Atheism can be its own form of brainwashing.

Please Explain this too me....is there such a thing of thinking to logically???

Jeanie

Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:

Come on, you could call it "Kabollocks".

OH MY that's PERFECT!!!

Rhinocerous Surprise

Jeanie wrote:

OH MY that's PERFECT!!!

Thankies. I've thought long and hard about different ways of poking fun at religion, and that was as highbrow as I got.

Urban Hiker

long red wrote:

Don't you just want to punch him in the fucking throat? Brainwashing is alive and well.

When people start talking brainwashing, oh fuck, I mean religion (I seriously didn't do that on purpose it's just how my fingers were typing. Usually I'd backspace and start over, but I found it interesting.) Anywho - I find myself feeling and I'm a little :mad: inside. I try not to :rolleyes: and just , nod and go back to doing my business.

Unless of course I have the time and it's the right place for a debate - then, Game On.

Jeanie

Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:

Thankies. I've thought long and hard about different ways of poking fun at religion, and that was as highbrow as I got.

Well I think it's the perfect name for a Fins headed religion.

pjoasisrule

writersu wrote:

see, I can't speak for "the church" as a whole. That would be presumptuous.

I have just seen a lot of people look down on others for living life ways that are not really good ways instead of trying to love those people and maybe really showing them what Jesus would look like if that is what we are trying to live our lives like.

There are many good Christians who attend all sorts of churches and if their life is truly showing an example of Christ's love, then they are doing what is right in that regard. Going to a certain church doesn't make you more in touch with Jesus. Being "saved" doesn't make you closer to Him either. I believe our hearts and our attitudes are what make us truly believers or not. And while Jesus got mad in the righteous anger ways, the ways that we should get mad when some innocent person gets beat up, raped, murdered, abused, or when some priest molests a young boy while hiding behind the cloth, I do not believe that He ever got mad just because people did not agree with Him. Even the pharisees who pushed His buttons big time were responded to calmly when they tried to corner Him in His responses.

And while some would think this is disrespectful, I think in His mind he was thinking "assholes", only in Biblical words.

sorry I love Jesus and respect Him 100% but I think we have done to Him what we do to other "stars" in our lives and idealize them beyond belief.


(I can almost feel the eggs getting thrown at me now........)

Im just sick of the whole being gay is a sin thing. I also dont like the sex before marriage rule.

Collin

writersu wrote:

I have just seen a lot of people look down on others for living life ways that are not really good ways instead of trying to love those people and maybe really showing them what Jesus would look like if that is what we are trying to live our lives like.

It's cool that you want to show love to these people, however, what do you mean with "not really good ways"?

LONGRD

SENROCK! wrote:

I won't ever dis christ but I will say that I was NOT happy that Head from KoRn 'found god' and BROKE UP THE BAND!!!!! :mad:

:eek: Jesus got head from Korn? Guess he wasn't a fan of the Spice Girls.

SENROCK

LongRd. wrote:

:eek: Jesus got head from Korn? Guess he wasn't a fan of the Spice Girls.

thats wrong.

DeLukin

long red wrote:

dont insult me by calling me an atheist. I am nothing. Completely indifferent.

Completely indifferent? And you want to punch your friend in the throat for believing in something? Sounds like someone isn't calling what it is what it REALLY is... denial can be its own form of brainwashing.

LONGRD

SENROCK! wrote:

thats wrong.

Much worse things have been said and done in the name of Jesus.

catefrances

edited for stupidity

LONGRD

catefrances wrote:

hey LongRd:
how is it an insult to be called an atheist?

I'm not sure what you mean by that.

catefrances

edited for stupidity. part 2.

audiodave

catefrances wrote:

well then, let me refresh your memory.

That wasn't LongRd. It was long red.

audiodave

Double post.

catefrances

audiodave wrote:

That wasn't LongRd. It was long red.

i apologise. i really should pay more attention. guess i should edit that post then. again my apologies.
thanks dave.

LONGRD

audiodave wrote:

That wasn't LongRd. It was long red.

That's the second time someone has mixed us up.

The difference between long red and I is that he's indifference and I'm non-religious.

catefrances

long red:
how is it an insult to be called an atheist?

SENROCK

LongRd. wrote:

Much worse things have been said and done in the name of Jesus.

mhmm right right.

Heineken Helen

Brain of J.Lo wrote:

I have nothing against people worshiping/believing whatever they want, but it is very annoying when you have to hear someone go on and on about this new thing they discovered called Jesus Christ and how they hope you'll give him a chance, too.

I don't see the problem... when I discovered PJ I thought 'everyone should listen to this' and the odd time I try to force it down somebody's throat... same when I discovered adventure books, I don't understand why people don't TRY them . If you find something that changes your life you'd think everybody should do it too. It's human nature probably.

Heineken Helen

harmless_little_f*** wrote:

Just live and let live. If your friend is happy then you should be happy for him. Different strokes for different folks. Atheism can be its own form of brainwashing.

Agreed... if a 'way', any 'way', works for you, you think it's the right way. I've seen enough of people of ALL kinds of religions and non religions trying to force their views down peoples throats.. in fact, I was more likely to do it when I had no belief so I'd like to THINK I don't do the same... if you've found something that makes you happy, whether it's believing or not believing... well good for you. For fuck sake, I even pretended to be interested in what the mormons had to say just so I could let them think they're doing some good. There's no harm in it. You have to see that they want good for you... it's not like they're wishing you harm.

Rygar

Heineken Helen wrote:

I don't see the problem... when I discovered PJ I thought 'everyone should listen to this' and the odd time I try to force it down somebody's throat... same when I discovered adventure books, I don't understand why people don't TRY them . If you find something that changes your life you'd think everybody should do it too. It's human nature probably.

On a related note, it's no less annoying to hear someone trying to force you to not try it than it is to hear the opposite.