These are the threads I hate. Arguing anymore is pointless, but neither wants the other person to have the last word.
Take this for what it is worth. I?m sure that most will dismiss it as random occurrence. On August 31st a parade was to be held in New Orleans titled Southern Decadence. This is a gay pride parade and week of partying that is said to make Mardi Gras look tame.
Random occurrence that Katrina hit two days before that parade and likely took lives of those who were participating in the parade? Meaning of the name Katrina: Greek: Pure, innocent. Some random occurrence huh?
I’m glad to see that there are those of you who are firmly convinced that Christianity is just a “fairy tale”. You have no need to worry about the following.
Dr. Rawlings, a devout atheist, “considered all religion “hocus-pocus” and death nothing more than a painless extinction”. But something happened in 1977 that brought a dramatic change in the life of Dr. Rawlings! He was resuscitating a man, terrified and screaming ? descending down into the flames of hell:
“Each time he regained heartbeat and respiration, the patient screamed, “I am in hell!” He was terrified and pleaded with me to help him. I was scared to death. . . Then I noticed a genuinely alarmed look on his face. He had a terrified look worse than the expression seen in death! This patient had a grotesque grimace expressing sheer horror! His pupils were dilated, and he was perspiring and trembling ? he looked as if his hair was “on end.”
Then still another strange thing happened. He said,“Don’t you understand? I am in hell. . . Don’t let me go back to hell!” . . .the man was serious, and it finally occurred to me that he was indeed in trouble. He was in a panic like I had never seen before.”
(Maurice Rawlings, Beyond Death’s Door,(Thomas Nelson Inc., 1979) p. 3).
Dr. Rawlings said, no one, who could have heard his screams and saw the look of terror on his face could doubt for a single minute that he was actually in a place called hell!
The following article appeared in the well respected Finland newspaper, Ammenusastia
“As a communist I don?t believe in heaven or the Bible but as a scientist I now believe in hell,” said Dr. Azzacove. "Needless to say we were shocked to make such a discovery. But we know what we saw and we know what we heard. And we are absolutely convinced that we drilled through the gates of hell!"Dr. Azzacove continued, “. . .the drill suddenly began to rotate wildly, indicating that we had reached a large empty pocket or cavern. Temperature sensors showed a dramatic increase in heat to 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit.”“We lowered a microphone, designed to detect the sounds of plate movements down the shaft. But instead of plate movements we heard a human voice screaming in pain! At first we thought the sound was coming from our own equipment.”“But when we made adjustments our worst suspicions were confirmed. The screams weren?t those of a single human, they were the screams of millions of humans!”
The Birmingham News, April 10, 1987 had an article entitled “Earth’s Center Hotter Than Sun’s Surface, Scientists Say”. The article stated that scientists have recently discovered, “THE EARTH’S INNER CORE HAS A TEMPERATURE OF OVER 12,000 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT!”
As you leave your body ? you realize something is happening. You hear a sound. . . getting louder and louder. . . screaming . . .weeping. . . wailing. Terror and fear beyond anything you could imagine overtakes you. “This can?t be happening!” you scream. Your nostrils are filling with the awful stench of burning souls. Your face ignites from the heat. Flames are now blazing from your eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth ? every opening in your body, flames are roaring out. Your body is sizzling and crackling from the flames.
Your body is now madly thrashing and convulsing from the horrible pain. “Why don?t I die?”, you scream. You begin weeping and gnashing your teeth with the millions. “When will this pain stop?” But you know it will never stop. . .
The darkness is so terrifying, it begins engulfing you. You feel something moving in the darkness. . . something horrible is happening. “No! No! This can?t be happening” you scream ? as your worm is emerging.
You begin cursing the day you were born. You scream ? “Oh God, why didn?t you warn me?”? but you remember the preacher pleading with you to receive Jesus Christ. You remember reading that gospel tract. You cry ? “God don?t you care?” ? but you remember John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,. . .” “God is a God of love ? He won’t allow this”, you cry ? but you remember John 3:36, “. . . he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.”
I got this from an interesting sight http://www.av1611.org/hell.html for those who might want to laugh make fun of it and read another ?fairy tale?.
I?m glad that you guys are confident in your choice to ignore Christianity, Intelligent Design, and faith in God. Good luck with that.
Bojo,
Please post again soon and often. Threads like this can use your kind of levity.
Thanks.
I don?t know to what god you pray, but it sounds like he is a sick bastard.
When I die, I get a beer and a lapdance…
My god is better than yours…
[quote]bojo wrote:
I’m glad to see that there are those of you who are firmly convinced that Christianity is just a “fairy tale”. You have no need to worry about the following.
Dr. Rawlings, a devout atheist, “considered all religion “hocus-pocus” and death nothing more than a painless extinction”. But something happened in 1977 that brought a dramatic change in the life of Dr. Rawlings! He was resuscitating a man, terrified and screaming ? descending down into the flames of hell:
“Each time he regained heartbeat and respiration, the patient screamed, “I am in hell!” He was terrified and pleaded with me to help him. I was scared to death. . . Then I noticed a genuinely alarmed look on his face. He had a terrified look worse than the expression seen in death! This patient had a grotesque grimace expressing sheer horror! His pupils were dilated, and he was perspiring and trembling ? he looked as if his hair was “on end.”
Then still another strange thing happened. He said,“Don’t you understand? I am in hell. . . Don’t let me go back to hell!” . . .the man was serious, and it finally occurred to me that he was indeed in trouble. He was in a panic like I had never seen before.”
(Maurice Rawlings, Beyond Death’s Door,(Thomas Nelson Inc., 1979) p. 3).
Dr. Rawlings said, no one, who could have heard his screams and saw the look of terror on his face could doubt for a single minute that he was actually in a place called hell!
The following article appeared in the well respected Finland newspaper, Ammenusastia
“As a communist I don?t believe in heaven or the Bible but as a scientist I now believe in hell,” said Dr. Azzacove. "Needless to say we were shocked to make such a discovery. But we know what we saw and we know what we heard. And we are absolutely convinced that we drilled through the gates of hell!"Dr. Azzacove continued, “. . .the drill suddenly began to rotate wildly, indicating that we had reached a large empty pocket or cavern. Temperature sensors showed a dramatic increase in heat to 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit.”“We lowered a microphone, designed to detect the sounds of plate movements down the shaft. But instead of plate movements we heard a human voice screaming in pain! At first we thought the sound was coming from our own equipment.”“But when we made adjustments our worst suspicions were confirmed. The screams weren?t those of a single human, they were the screams of millions of humans!”
The Birmingham News, April 10, 1987 had an article entitled “Earth’s Center Hotter Than Sun’s Surface, Scientists Say”. The article stated that scientists have recently discovered, “THE EARTH’S INNER CORE HAS A TEMPERATURE OF OVER 12,000 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT!”
As you leave your body ? you realize something is happening. You hear a sound. . . getting louder and louder. . . screaming . . .weeping. . . wailing. Terror and fear beyond anything you could imagine overtakes you. “This can?t be happening!” you scream. Your nostrils are filling with the awful stench of burning souls. Your face ignites from the heat. Flames are now blazing from your eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth ? every opening in your body, flames are roaring out. Your body is sizzling and crackling from the flames.
Your body is now madly thrashing and convulsing from the horrible pain. “Why don?t I die?”, you scream. You begin weeping and gnashing your teeth with the millions. “When will this pain stop?” But you know it will never stop. . .
The darkness is so terrifying, it begins engulfing you. You feel something moving in the darkness. . . something horrible is happening. “No! No! This can?t be happening” you scream ? as your worm is emerging.
You begin cursing the day you were born. You scream ? “Oh God, why didn?t you warn me?”? but you remember the preacher pleading with you to receive Jesus Christ. You remember reading that gospel tract. You cry ? “God don?t you care?” ? but you remember John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,. . .” “God is a God of love ? He won’t allow this”, you cry ? but you remember John 3:36, “. . . he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.”
I got this from an interesting sight http://www.av1611.org/hell.html for those who might want to laugh make fun of it and read another ?fairy tale?.
I?m glad that you guys are confident in your choice to ignore Christianity, Intelligent Design, and faith in God. Good luck with that.
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Thanks for the advice at the beginning, unfortunately I ignored it 
[quote]bojo wrote:
Take this for what it is worth. I?m sure that most will dismiss it as random occurrence. On August 31st a parade was to be held in New Orleans titled Southern Decadence. This is a gay pride parade and week of partying that is said to make Mardi Gras look tame.
Random occurrence that Katrina hit two days before that parade and likely took lives of those who were participating in the parade? Meaning of the name Katrina: Greek: Pure, innocent. Some random occurrence huh?
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So…god was punishing the homos?
[quote]harris447 wrote:
bojo wrote:
Take this for what it is worth. I?m sure that most will dismiss it as random occurrence. On August 31st a parade was to be held in New Orleans titled Southern Decadence. This is a gay pride parade and week of partying that is said to make Mardi Gras look tame.
Random occurrence that Katrina hit two days before that parade and likely took lives of those who were participating in the parade? Meaning of the name Katrina: Greek: Pure, innocent. Some random occurrence huh?
So…god was punishing the homos?
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While also killing way more innocent people and causing mass suffering…but it was worth it!
[quote]harris447 wrote:
bojo wrote:
Take this for what it is worth. I?m sure that most will dismiss it as random occurrence. On August 31st a parade was to be held in New Orleans titled Southern Decadence. This is a gay pride parade and week of partying that is said to make Mardi Gras look tame.
Random occurrence that Katrina hit two days before that parade and likely took lives of those who were participating in the parade? Meaning of the name Katrina: Greek: Pure, innocent. Some random occurrence huh?
So…god was punishing the homos?
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What about the christians killed? I guess when God decides to waste a few homos he doesn’t mind a little collateral damage? God sounds like a dick.
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bojo wrote:
I’m glad to see that there are those of you who are firmly convinced that Christianity is just a “fairy tale”. You have no need to worry about the following.
Dr. Rawlings, a devout atheist, “considered all religion “hocus-pocus” and death nothing more than a painless extinction”. But something happened in 1977 that brought a dramatic change in the life of Dr. Rawlings! He was resuscitating a man, terrified and screaming ? descending down into the flames of hell:
“Each time he regained heartbeat and respiration, the patient screamed, “I am in hell!” He was terrified and pleaded with me to help him. I was scared to death. . . Then I noticed a genuinely alarmed look on his face. He had a terrified look worse than the expression seen in death! This patient had a grotesque grimace expressing sheer horror! His pupils were dilated, and he was perspiring and trembling ? he looked as if his hair was “on end.”
Then still another strange thing happened. He said,“Don’t you understand? I am in hell. . . Don’t let me go back to hell!” . . .the man was serious, and it finally occurred to me that he was indeed in trouble. He was in a panic like I had never seen before.”
(Maurice Rawlings, Beyond Death’s Door,(Thomas Nelson Inc., 1979) p. 3).
Dr. Rawlings said, no one, who could have heard his screams and saw the look of terror on his face could doubt for a single minute that he was actually in a place called hell!
The following article appeared in the well respected Finland newspaper, Ammenusastia
“As a communist I don?t believe in heaven or the Bible but as a scientist I now believe in hell,” said Dr. Azzacove. "Needless to say we were shocked to make such a discovery. But we know what we saw and we know what we heard. And we are absolutely convinced that we drilled through the gates of hell!"Dr. Azzacove continued, “. . .the drill suddenly began to rotate wildly, indicating that we had reached a large empty pocket or cavern. Temperature sensors showed a dramatic increase in heat to 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit.”“We lowered a microphone, designed to detect the sounds of plate movements down the shaft. But instead of plate movements we heard a human voice screaming in pain! At first we thought the sound was coming from our own equipment.”“But when we made adjustments our worst suspicions were confirmed. The screams weren?t those of a single human, they were the screams of millions of humans!”
The Birmingham News, April 10, 1987 had an article entitled “Earth’s Center Hotter Than Sun’s Surface, Scientists Say”. The article stated that scientists have recently discovered, “THE EARTH’S INNER CORE HAS A TEMPERATURE OF OVER 12,000 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT!”
As you leave your body ? you realize something is happening. You hear a sound. . . getting louder and louder. . . screaming . . .weeping. . . wailing. Terror and fear beyond anything you could imagine overtakes you. “This can?t be happening!” you scream. Your nostrils are filling with the awful stench of burning souls. Your face ignites from the heat. Flames are now blazing from your eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth ? every opening in your body, flames are roaring out. Your body is sizzling and crackling from the flames.
Your body is now madly thrashing and convulsing from the horrible pain. “Why don?t I die?”, you scream. You begin weeping and gnashing your teeth with the millions. “When will this pain stop?” But you know it will never stop. . .
The darkness is so terrifying, it begins engulfing you. You feel something moving in the darkness. . . something horrible is happening. “No! No! This can?t be happening” you scream ? as your worm is emerging.
You begin cursing the day you were born. You scream ? “Oh God, why didn?t you warn me?”? but you remember the preacher pleading with you to receive Jesus Christ. You remember reading that gospel tract. You cry ? “God don?t you care?” ? but you remember John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,. . .” “God is a God of love ? He won’t allow this”, you cry ? but you remember John 3:36, “. . . he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.”
I got this from an interesting sight http://www.av1611.org/hell.html for those who might want to laugh make fun of it and read another ?fairy tale?.
I?m glad that you guys are confident in your choice to ignore Christianity, Intelligent Design, and faith in God. Good luck with that.
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Wow, not only is the provided website great for learning about hell, but check out all the other great articles on the same site:
“Santa Claus: The Great Imposter?” Who REALLY is this man we affectionately call Santa Claus? What do we REALLY know about Santa? The Santa you NEVER knew
“Say It Ain’t So!” Sex symbol Backstreet Boy to do a Christian Album?
“Music That Kills” According to researchers in New Scientist magazine, fast and loud music [rock] is a cause of car crashes.
“To Tattoo or Not to Tattoo?” Documented information clearly revealing the satanic origin and serious danger of the tattoo.
…and so on. Good source, I guess I beleive in hell now.
[quote]Soco wrote:
These are the threads I hate. Arguing anymore is pointless, but neither wants the other person to have the last word.
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“Last word”.
To pookie and any who think like him/her:
you should look up “hyperbole” in the dictionary. Or perhaps you think Jesus expected to be taken literally all the time, even when he said “if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out” (or Aramaic words to that effect).
BTW, you probably haven’t heard of irony either, but I find it deliciously ironic that you seem to have it in for Intelligent Design proponents for taking their bibles too literally.
In case you’re wondering, I do call myself a Christian, but I don’t think Intelligent Design should be taught in science classes. An unrefutable hypothesis (which, let’s face it, is what Intelligent Design is) has no place in a science curriculum.
PS I think the FSM letter was hilarious. Nice that some people can see the funny side of this. But I also think a lot of the comment on this thread showed that some people find Christians and their beliefs threatening for some reason. The agressive nature of some of the attacks on Prof X was way over the top.
[quote]bojo wrote:
I’m glad to see that there are those of you who are firmly convinced that Christianity is just a “fairy tale”. You have no need to worry about the following.
…
I?m glad that you guys are confident in your choice to ignore Christianity, Intelligent Design, and faith in God. Good luck with that.
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Good pitch. You should sell time shares.
[quote]sharetrader wrote:
To pookie and any who think like him/her:[/quote]
Him/her? HIM/HER???
That does it, I’m getting a new alias.
[quote]pookie wrote:
sharetrader wrote:
To pookie and any who think like him/her:
Him/her? HIM/HER???
That does it, I’m getting a new alias.
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How about pook-he?
[quote]pookie wrote:
sharetrader wrote:
To pookie and any who think like him/her:
Him/her? HIM/HER???
That does it, I’m getting a new alias.
[/quote]
LOL!
[quote]sharetrader wrote:
… But I also think a lot of the comment on this thread showed that some people find Christians and their beliefs threatening for some reason.[/quote]
When those beliefs require ignoring evidence, logic, and reason, then they are threatening, as well as directly harmful.
[quote]larryb wrote:
sharetrader wrote:
… But I also think a lot of the comment on this thread showed that some people find Christians and their beliefs threatening for some reason.
When those beliefs require ignoring evidence, logic, and reason, then they are threatening, as well as directly harmful.[/quote]
Rubbish! I could believe the moon was made of green cheese, how does this threaten you?