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franciscan - yeah that'll work
Mutter a few gibberish incantations and deprive yourself of a balanced diet.
posted by
gomedome
on May 19, 2006 at 9:24 PM
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My chances for success
Gomedome, combined with prayer and fasting I'd say my chances are PRETTY darn good!
posted by
franciscan
on May 19, 2006 at 6:45 PM
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franciscan - Have you ever noticed that every ounce of your efforts in
religious dialogue are to reconcile your delusion with reality?
You rely very heavily on the quotes of others and haven't as yet said anything that I have not heard before. Now that we have had our fun and you've made a stab at getting me to see things your way let me tell you something that you just don't seem to be catching on to.
You are trying to convince a former ward of a residentual school the validity of the catholic religion, by utilizing all of the same crap we endured as prisoners of that archaic school system. What do you think your chances of success are .......?
posted by
gomedome
on May 18, 2006 at 8:52 PM
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I have seen my God,
but I would not presume to lay Him on you, or even try to convince you that He exists. I am only telling you because of the nature of your essay, which is well written, I must say, and that's primarily my only interest in it. The rest is an individual issue for you to settle alone.
posted by
JasonScyte
on May 18, 2006 at 8:44 PM
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gomedome, et al, in general; The most influential person in history was a liar, a lunatic or He was who He said He was. Goodnight.
posted by
franciscan
on May 18, 2006 at 8:33 PM
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Eve, fruit
Leo Trese; "If before I was born, some wealthy man had offered my father a million dollars in return for doing some small job the millionaire asked him to do- and my father turned the offer down, then surely today I could not blame the millionaire because I was poor. It would by my father's fault, not the fault of the rich man. In the same way, if I am born into the world without the giftys which Adam could so easily have earned for me, I cannot blame God for the failure that was Adam's".
posted by
franciscan
on May 18, 2006 at 8:29 PM
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franciscan - yeah right - infinite mercy - that's why this God of yours has
held the human species in hock for all time just because some floozy ate a piece of fruit she wasn't supposed to. -- yeah right
posted by
gomedome
on May 18, 2006 at 8:18 PM
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From Medjugorje the Theotokos said that "All religions are dear to God, but some are higher than others". Doesn't matter who you are or what you believe, if you're praying sincerely you're praying to the one God.
My religion teaches that God is so merciful that at the moment of death God will grace everyone with the ability to repent. Infinite mercy. Now that's a SWEET fishing net.
A believing heart isn't a gullible heart.
posted by
franciscan
on May 18, 2006 at 8:15 PM
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kooka_lives - this is the one notion (aside from Satan being real) that >>>
Convinces me that the human geen pool only has a shallow end.
posted by
gomedome
on May 18, 2006 at 8:13 PM
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You know I agree with you here
No matter how many times this logic get talked about, you know there will be those who just won't get it.
It amazes me at times that it is the believers who have such little respect for the integrity of belief to begin with.
posted by
kooka_lives
on May 18, 2006 at 7:53 PM
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It's a good thing I don't believe in the concept of a "right God"
then. Or a vain one. Or one who needs to make qualifications for, well, anything... I could go on, but I won't.
posted by
FactorFiction
on May 18, 2006 at 12:28 PM
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Viva, Las Vegas
(music please) "there's black jack, and poker, and the roulette wheel..........."
posted by
redwood
on May 17, 2006 at 10:15 PM
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