Bah! Humbug!
December 23rd, 2018 at 2:19:47 AM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | elixir |
December 23rd, 2018 at 5:44:31 AM permalink | |
FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 |
If you don't like that origin story you can still recognize the reality of the problem. Millions suffer fire and brimstone because we are cruel, greedy, violent, and awful to one another. However you believe it happened I believe sin does seperate us from one another and from God and that justice and truth will out and our only hope is God's mercy for salvation and for true conversion in our lives. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
December 23rd, 2018 at 7:00:56 AM permalink | |
aceofspades Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 83 Posts: 2019 |
Happy Saturnalia |
December 23rd, 2018 at 7:02:14 AM permalink | |
aceofspades Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 83 Posts: 2019 |
Padre, by fire and brimstone I hope you are alluding to "hell" and not natural phenomenon such as volcanoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, wildfires and tornadoes |
December 23rd, 2018 at 7:06:09 AM permalink | |
FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 | Yes, I am alluding not to the temporary sufferings our broken world experiences, but the infinitely worse fate of eternal separation from God that He came on Christmas to save us from. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
December 23rd, 2018 at 7:09:27 AM permalink | |
aceofspades Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 83 Posts: 2019 |
Phew - for a second there, I thought I had to worry about something real |
December 23rd, 2018 at 7:41:07 AM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | the solution is to be better at being cruel and violent towards others; |
December 23rd, 2018 at 10:28:00 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
Guffaw! Good one, Ace, and you hit it out of the park. That's the basis of every god religion, you make up a bunch of crap you can't prove, then convince people it's real, and you're in charge. The priest thinks he's in charge of something real, he's totally invested in the lie. It's humorous now, but imagine when these people ran every facet of your life hundreds of years ago. You could do nothing without their permission, frightening. This is why I hate the Church, they absolutely want those times to return. When they got away with anything and everything. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
December 23rd, 2018 at 10:41:16 AM permalink | |
aceofspades Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 83 Posts: 2019 |
All the monotheistic religions love this kind of power |
December 23rd, 2018 at 11:02:53 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
You think the Vatican is sorry about the pedophile epidemic? Hell no, they're sorry they're getting caught, not sorry for it happening. Priests have been molesting kids for a thousand years, it goes with the territory. It's a completely male dominated power structure, and when you have that, the men involved go crazy with the power they have. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |