Amigo wrote:How come god only talks to white folk?
and it's never something like...."hey, god said everybody chill, hows it going, and were going to have great weather next year."
He did, about 2000 years ago, but nobody listened....
Re: The lord didn't say nuclear
dyslexia wrote:okie wrote:dyslexia wrote:VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - In what has become an annual tradition of prognostications, religious broadcaster Pat Robertson predicted Tuesday that a terrorist attack on the United States would result in "mass killing" late in 2007.
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Dyslexia, the Robertsons of the world give religion a bad name. We would all be better off without guys like him running around saying stupid things in the name of religion and conning suckers out of their money. And we would be better off if everybody would simply ignore what he says.
The sad thing is he may eventually be right on some predictions of his, just by sheer statistical principles, and common sense says that eventually there will be another very serious terrorist attack if the terrorists manage to continue to play their deadly game. But any prediction as to how soon that might occur is of course impossible to know with any certainty. It is only a wild guess.
So what happens when Robertson says this stuff is people will tend to downplay the threat perhaps more than they would if he would say nothing, so he does more harm than good.
Okie, I beg to differ; I believe Roberston is indicative of red state protestant attitudes/reasoning. I also believe it is wonderful having people like Robertson putting out their inane brain farts to remind the rest of us just how idiotic (and dangerous) the right-wing religionists really are.
You make a sad mistake to classify all religious people as being represented by TV hucksters as Pat Robertson. As I said, I believe it is very sad to have guys like him giving religion a bad name. I happen to know lots of religious people of different faiths, and religious people that really don't even attend church but still have a reverence for the Almighty. And few if any of these people think much of Pat Robertson. Either you are not that informed or you don't care to be informed. And Dyslexia, have you ever considered the possibility that your self righteous irreverent attitude without using any religion is just as bad?
From now on, I should judge you by the words and actions of all the ruthless leftist dictators of the world, Dyslexia, those people that murdered millions of people?
I agree that not all people of religious conviction should be judged by the lunacy of the likes of Robertson.
I would point out, however, in a pissing-match about ruthless dictators, the right-wing ruthless dictators of the world give up nothing in the way of bloody brutality to those alleged to be on the left.
Okie said;
Quote:From now on, I should judge you by the words and actions of all the ruthless leftist dictators of the world, Dyslexia, those people that murdered millions of people?
Yes yes quite right, I quoted the assinine Pat Robertson and suggested that he is an example of religious bigotry ergo you should judge me by the words and actions of all the ruthless leftest dictators of the world. Makes sense to me for damn sure. This is an example of extreme mis-use of the ability to reason Okie and I applaud you for it. Now I can add you to the list of examples by which one may judge idiocy.
I read somewhere that the Bible Code says there will be a great smallpox outbreak killing millions in 2007.
That comes with fever... Maybe that's what Pat was feeling when god spoke to him.
My understanding is that Pat does not like beetles nearly as much as God does.
First off, if Pat has a fever, it should be for more cowbell.
Second, I hardly think the Lord likes the Beatles. I mean, if he did, then how do you explain Ringo?
Ringo and God.
God, being God, is omni*; omni-potent, omni-sized, omni-peeking, omni-etceteras (omni-patient? maybe, maybe not...He is a mystery, no question). But it surely follows from the above that He will be omni-talented, including on the drums.
But, being the Only God Before us, He's also going to be omni-lonely. We are little, pip-squeaky creations, but we have the gift of charity, and we ought to empathize with Him here. We understand how tough it is for a mere worldly genius to get by...his teachers, his friends, his mom and dad, all as dumb as the shingles on an outhouse roof. No surprise so many of them start hacking at their own ears. So what must it be like for Him?!
How does one (or One, in this case) gain any sense of proportion, any measure of Self-worth when One is The Only One? There's no comparison available...no earlier God, no future God conceivable, no neighbor Gods...just His Huge Himness, isolate.
Thus, Ringo. A cute but ugly little pet. Pretty dumb, but that's endearing. Toss in some drumsticks and watch him get it wrong.
See how it works, jes? Ringo is an esteem-engine.
dyslexia wrote:Amigo wrote:How come god only talks to white folk?
and it's never something like...."hey, god said everybody chill, hows it going, and were going to have great weather next year."
because god is a gabacho.
I may have just learned a new word. Is "gabacho" the Hispanic version of "honkey"?
