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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-08 09:55 PM
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A thousand bucks a seat? DIdn't Jesus say that a fat guy could get through the
eye of a needle before a rich man could get into heaven????
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d_b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-08 09:56 PM
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1. lol @ fat guy
pretty sure it was a camel, but who knows.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-08 09:57 PM
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3. I thought it was Tucker Carlson...
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d_b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-08 10:04 PM
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9. he's dually f'ed then.
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BeatleBoot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-08 09:56 PM
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2. I'll see it when I believe it.
:rofl:





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Balderdash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-08 09:57 PM
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4. It was a camel
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bklyncowgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-08 09:59 PM
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5. That was a camel but modern Christianity has very little to do with what Jesus actually said. nt
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-08 10:00 PM
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6. a camel and the "needle" is not a sewing needle
it was an archway.
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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-08 10:03 PM
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8. One would think God would have been clearer. S/He IS omnipotent, after all...
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Bluerthanblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-08 10:12 PM
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11. that's todays justification for it-
not so sure that this isn't a way for people to 'feel good' about doing wrong.

I've heard the most convoluted 'teachings' over my years as a 'Christ'ian. I don't believe there was any doubt about what Jesus was teaching-

"Sell everything you have, give the money to the poor, and follow me"- And where did the rich man who had 'done everything' he was supposed to do? He walked away, because his 'stuff' was his 'god'.

:shrug:
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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-08 10:34 PM
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14. That's right. "Rich Christian" is a contradiction in terms, innit it??
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Whisp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-08 10:01 PM
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7. i think he said that about a beer heiress and her husband.
and something about the camel needling him about it.

:rofl:
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anonymous171 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-08 10:05 PM
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10. He better have. Otherwise it would be class warfare!
Edited on Sat Aug-16-08 10:05 PM by anonymous171
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grantcart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-08 10:27 PM
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12. the 'eye of the needle' was an actual passage on the road like the one pictured


The idea that it was more difficult for a rich man to pass through meant that a rich person was more likely to add useless junk to his camel making it too wide to get through while a normal person on foot would have less 'baggage'.
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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-08 10:33 PM
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13. That means I'll get through like I'm wearin' a jetpack....
:rofl:
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Thrill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-08 10:36 PM
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15. A bunch of rich Republicans. There were no regular people in there
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