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(50,302 posts)I want to see Jesus slap her up side the head.
A slap for each lie ?
I'm almost sure Jesus would rather prefer to be crucified again...it is undoubtedly less painful
Vinca
(50,302 posts)rpannier
(24,336 posts)If it came, I think for her, it would be more of a rupture
For her and her fraudulent something-tians
keithbvadu2
(36,886 posts)Maybe the rapture has already happened - and they're still here with us.
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Soxfan58
(3,479 posts)Just imagine what she would fo to Roy Moore.
Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)Predestination. She figures she is saved no matter what. It lets you off the hook
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)It's basically calling oneself a Christian.
I believe what I choose to believe. I don't seek agreement, I'm not going to be talked out of what I have chosen to believe, I am not a member of a "club" or a "cult," I don't attend annual meetings or company picnics.
I've associated with people who walk the talk, and I've associated with people who are full of it up to their eyeballs.
When people say "Christians are (fill in the blanks)..." I refuse to be categorized.
It's the easiest membership criteria in the world. Tell people you are, and you are. I don't have "Christian" on my business card. People who know me know who and what I am, and that's all that matters to me.
meow2u3
(24,771 posts)rpannier
(24,336 posts)though mine ended with 'anymore than you standing on the fifty yard line and throwing the ball makes you Tom Brady.'
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)I liken it to Ralph Waldo Emerson's quote,
Do not say things. Who you are thunders over you all the while so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.
Nitram
(22,861 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)syringis
(5,101 posts)Do you mean religious beliefs should stay private ?
If so, I totally agree with you. Somehow, it is partly what I want to point with the meme.
I have also understand that religious beliefs are disrespected and mocked. They are often and shamelessly flagged up for opportunistic reasons.
All beliefs are respectable, faith is a private matter. I have met various people from various origin with various beliefs. Some were nice, some were not so much...
Once again, I'm sorry to be almost simplistic. I would have done much more better in French
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)I am of the belief that what we know and what we believe has little value until we do something with it.
It's like saying "I have a Mercedes Benz. It is parked in the garage. I never drive it and I never go in the garage."
OK then...why tell people you own one, and why does it matter that you do?
My beliefs are private, and I live and act in accordance with what I believe.
Please see the Ralph Waldo Emerson quote I posed above...that sums up my whole philosophy on this subject.
Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)Some sects are so far removed from what was the original church, it's not reasonable to lump them together
I could fill up pages of it, but I'm tired.
Lochloosa
(16,067 posts)My radar goes into overdrive. Cause you know the next sentence is a lie.
rpannier
(24,336 posts)they used to say "I put that on..." and then it ended with mother, homie, whatever
That's when you knew they were lying
moriah
(8,311 posts).... who are the usual ones to address me as "Sister" right before they start asking for money for their next "mission trip".
rpannier
(24,336 posts)about to say was a lie
moriah
(8,311 posts)You ain't lyin'!
deminks
(11,017 posts)Like Donnie being rich, being a self-proclaimed Xtian lets them do 'anything.'
floWteiuQ
(82 posts)I always try to be honest because It's the ethical thong to do. This person can call themselves a Christian all day, but that will not make it true. And asking forgiveness will not absolve her in the eyes of her creator.
luvtheGWN
(1,336 posts)so she has been taught.
I'm always amazed when I read about all these "evangelicals" waiting, somewhat impatiently, for the "Rapture". Seems to me they're too damn sure of themselves (or too proud -- one of the 7 deadly sins) in their belief that they will be the ones raptured up.
If they read anything other than their precious Book of Revelation, they might just learn that several biblical scholars don't look at it as being about the future, but rather the past -- and mostly even a series of myths passed down through generations.
Personally, I think it was written by a group of teenagers high on the weed of the day.....
atreides1
(16,091 posts)She's a convenient "Christian"! When it's convenient, she's a "Christian"!!!
onecent
(6,096 posts)tecelote
(5,122 posts)Isn't that what religion is?
CCExile
(472 posts)We have a winner!
Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)And really, a very good argument could be made that Christianity ends where Calvinistism begins
notdarkyet
(2,226 posts)Mariana
(14,860 posts)PJMcK
(22,047 posts)She's loathsome.
keithbvadu2
(36,886 posts)Religious freedom? ... Who decides for whom?
Cool: I must / cannot do it because of my religious beliefs.
..... I decide for myself.
Cool?: You must / cannot do it because of my religious beliefs.
..... I decide for you.
Uncool?: I must / cannot do it because of your religious beliefs.
..... You decide for me?
extvbroadcaster
(343 posts)I could never stand old man Huckabee, and I had no idea he had an evil spawn. I don't know how she gets up in the morning. Her job is to lie and spin for a man that is the worst President ever. She seems to have disdain for the press too, with that constant look on her face like she has a stick up her ass.
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)For a Christian, lying is okay if Christianity benefits from it.
-> Lying to non-believers is basically okay. And now we redefine "Christianity" as Republicans and "heathens" as Democrats and you have your justification.
Timmygoat
(779 posts)She comes from a family that supports the duggar child molesters, and the boys were dog torturers, and daddy supports all the crazies like draft dodgers that mess their pants rather than go in the military, and then prance around the stage wearing miilitary style clothing and carrying a gun.
world wide wally
(21,754 posts)If she is a Christian, how could she even take such a job?
ollie10
(2,091 posts)AllaN01Bear
(18,359 posts)jaumpin jeohsiphat. what an oxymaroon
bitterross
(4,066 posts)I'm pretty sure that a lot of them believe their lies will be forgiven. I think they are under the impression they are lying in service to their God in order to save the world. Since they believe they are serving a higher moral purpose it's all okay.
That's the only "logic" I can come up with to explain how they sleep at night.
onetexan
(13,056 posts)thats who this pathetic human being worships.