Religion: What it means to you

Unfortunately, Bush is a poor representative of the Christian body now, and as such would be considered an ineffective "witness," if one would even dare use that term to describe him.
The saying "Actions speak louder than words" is not without merit.

Would you rather have an openly atheistic person in office who is corrupted and incompetent, or an openly theistic person in office who is corrupted and incompetent?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by JackyBoy

This is a fundamentally flawed question to pose. Not a single intelligent person would prefer to have an incompetent and corrupted politician in power regardless of what their belief about the cosmos may be.

Setting aside the now vocal opinion that the question I posed is, in one sense, what every American goes through every election year("lesser of two evils" votes), the purpose of my question is to gauge whether LordSword really feels that he would rather have "Christian" leadership, regardless of their adherence to the belief system which they proclaim(or lack therof), leading to what is essentially misrepresentation and defamation of this belief system or group.
Obviously, his response to said inquiry demonstrated that he has little, if any, understanding of this concept; or just isn't giving it the consideration that it deserves. The question is not flawed because it was intended to test how much he cared for the concept of public opinion, aiding me in deciding whether I should pursue any further discussion on the topic.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by LordsSword

Since you are not a Christian you are in no position to judge my statements.
The option of the experiment I told you about is still open.

Originally Posted by Matthew 7:15-19

"Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.

Thus far, you have only brought irritation, frustration, and contempt down upon yourself and Christianity by your peers. These are certainly not the good fruits Jesus speaks of.

Your ridiculous assertion that, since he is not a Christian, he is in no position to judge the opinion of those external to Christianity is utterly without merit. If it is your duty to be an evangelist, and be a good ambassador to the non-Christian masses, you are doing a piss-poor job of it.

And don't go whining about good intentions either. Good intentions are irrelevant if the acts it inspires are not performed properly/effectively.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

While I'm at it:

Originally Posted by Sassafrass

B.) Do you really think anyone in society doesn't know who Jesus was or what he taught.

Yeah! You really showed him, especially with this:

Originally Posted by Sassafrass

ABANDON YOUR FAITH?

Jesus fucking CHRIST, man. What did they brainwash you with?

Never mind he didn't say he had to "abandon [his] faith," he said "abandon a practice of [his] faith." Good job attacking him with a statement he didn't make! Trolls couldn't do better.

Of course, lets also disregard that terrible secret that no one ever talks about; that evangelism has been a major pillar of Christianity (including Roman Catholicism) since its inception. Truly, this is a work of fuck-upedness and brainwashing that would put Jim Jones to shame(if the poor bastard were still alive today). Yeah, you totally know who Jesus is and what he taught.

Originally Posted by Matthew 28:19-20

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.

Originally Posted by Mark 16:15-16

He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

Oh, never mind that bullshit. The last fucking thing Jesus said to his followers wasn't really of any importance to Christian practice. Yeah. Thats totally straining the bounds of reason right there. Those evil Christians. They don't really think that there's an afterlife, and there are more important things beyond this world. Their philosophical approach to the world isn't different from your own. Its all just a cover for their evil purposes of destroying the world with NASCAR, Bibles, and Buddy Christ bumper stickers.

But of course I'm just repeating whats already obvious to you. You know who Jesus was and what he taught after all.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

To: Sassafrass
CC: Capo

Subject: My point



I was speaking idiomatically.