World history is a battle between two forms of love. Love of self?to the point of destroying the world. And love of others?to the point of renouncing oneself.
[quote]forlife wrote:<<< I don’t expect you to acknowledge my sincerity, nor does it surprise me that you disparage my motivations for believing as I do. >>>[/quote]You still don’t get it my dear Elder Forlife. You are absolutely sincerely deceived and your motivation is absolutely the same as every other unbeliever’s. Paul says so in Romans 1 which I have quoted one thousand times. You are not especially evil. You’re no different than I or any other Christ denier was before meeting the master.
Seams like the people Paul was referring to weren’t convinced at the “proof by poetry” either.
On an unrelated note I changed my avatar because someone else had a bad reaction to my dancing horse-head man so I’ve put up some of my artwork where I have depicted myself (when I was a lot skinnier) as a god like entity of art. Perhaps it is me after having attained the ultimate goal of transhumanism, having become an immortal digitally incarnated superhuman. At which point I will still think that there’s probably no god that cares nearly as much as Paul did about what we are respectively doing with our penises and vaginas.
I hope that qualifies as special blasphemy and that a special suite in hell will be prepared upon my arrival should I die, despite my best technological interventions in this universe or the next.
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Serious question that just popped into my head. According to christianity, once having gone to hell does god still technically “love us” while we’re down there?
[quote]Brother Chris wrote:
World history is a battle between two forms of love. Love of self?to the point of destroying the world. And love of others?to the point of renouncing oneself.[/quote]Jist a quick genuinely heartfelt reminder that you are continuously in my prayers Christopher and that posts like this do truly remind me to stay clear of Rome no matter how gleaming the enticements.
[quote]Brother Chris wrote:
World history is a battle between two forms of love. Love of self?to the point of destroying the world. And love of others?to the point of renouncing oneself.[/quote]
I really like that, man.
[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
[quote]Brother Chris wrote:
World history is a battle between two forms of love. Love of self?to the point of destroying the world. And love of others?to the point of renouncing oneself.[/quote]Jist a quick genuinely heartfelt reminder that you are continuously in my prayers Christopher and that posts like this do truly remind me to stay clear of Rome no matter how gleaming the enticements.
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Enticements being love God, Love of neighbor, Christ-centered life, yeah you’d better stay away. lest your crooked paths become strait.
[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
[quote]Brother Chris wrote:
World history is a battle between two forms of love. Love of self?to the point of destroying the world. And love of others?to the point of renouncing oneself.[/quote]Jist a quick genuinely heartfelt reminder that you are continuously in my prayers Christopher and that posts like this do truly remind me to stay clear of Rome no matter how gleaming the enticements.
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What do you mean by “posts like this.”
Go ahead n elucidate a bit further. World history is a a battle between selfishness and selflessness? Am I reading that right?
[quote]Brother Chris wrote:
[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
[quote]Brother Chris wrote:
World history is a battle between two forms of love. Love of self?to the point of destroying the world. And love of others?to the point of renouncing oneself.[/quote]Jist a quick genuinely heartfelt reminder that you are continuously in my prayers Christopher and that posts like this do truly remind me to stay clear of Rome no matter how gleaming the enticements.
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What do you mean by “posts like this.”[/quote]
marxist-leninist posts, i guess.
[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
Go ahead n elucidate a bit further. World history is a a battle between selfishness and selflessness? Am I reading that right?[/quote]
Oh boy, I can’t wait for this retort…
[quote]Gumpshmee wrote:
Seams like the people Paul was referring to weren’t convinced at the “proof by poetry” either.
On an unrelated note I changed my avatar because someone else had a bad reaction to my dancing horse-head man so I’ve put up some of my artwork where I have depicted myself (when I was a lot skinnier) as a god like entity of art. Perhaps it is me after having attained the ultimate goal of transhumanism, having become an immortal digitally incarnated superhuman. At which point I will still think that there’s probably no god that cares nearly as much as Paul did about what we are respectively doing with our penises and vaginas.
I hope that qualifies as special blasphemy and that a special suite in hell will be prepared upon my arrival should I die, despite my best technological interventions in this universe or the next.
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Serious question that just popped into my head. According to christianity, once having gone to hell does god still technically “love us” while we’re down there?[/quote]
Well, just because I wanted to beat the shit out of your avatar with a steal pipe doesn’t mean you had to change it 
Not sure why I hated it so much, must have reminded me of a bad clown experience in my youth.
Well Pope B16 gives a kind of prelude to St. Augustine’s quote.
“In keeping with man?s fallen nature, paganism breaks through in him again and again: this is an experience that runs through all the centuries. The truth of original sin is confirmed. Again and again man falls behind the faith and wants to be just himself again; he becomes a heathen in the most profound sense of the word. But again and again the divine presence in man becomes evident also. This is the struggle that passes through all of history.”
Pope B16, he explains it nicely.
The love of others to the point of sacrifice of ourselves comes from Jesus Christ.
A better question is why did man create god?
I know, heresy, right?
How about debating on the relationship between Santa and his Elfs?
Any rivalry between Comet and Rudolph?
Really, how stupid.
[quote]kamui wrote:
[quote]Brother Chris wrote:
[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
[quote]Brother Chris wrote:
World history is a battle between two forms of love. Love of self?to the point of destroying the world. And love of others?to the point of renouncing oneself.[/quote]Jist a quick genuinely heartfelt reminder that you are continuously in my prayers Christopher and that posts like this do truly remind me to stay clear of Rome no matter how gleaming the enticements.
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What do you mean by “posts like this.”[/quote]
marxist-leninist posts, i guess.[/quote]
What do you mean?
[quote]garcia1970 wrote:
A better question is why did man create god?
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How do you intend to prove ‘God’ was created by men? You can’t just say it and walk away. That’s big claim, but it can be an interesting one provided you are prepared to back it up.
[quote]garcia1970 wrote:
A better question is why did man create god?
I know, heresy, right?
How about debating on the relationship between Santa and his Elfs?
Any rivalry between Comet and Rudolph?
Really, how stupid.[/quote]
this.
can’t believe you guys are still arguing. sad, but amusing.
[quote]Brother Chris wrote:
Well Pope B16 gives a kind of prelude to St. Augustine’s quote.
“In keeping with man?s fallen nature, paganism breaks through in him again and again: this is an experience that runs through all the centuries. The truth of original sin is confirmed. Again and again man falls behind the faith and wants to be just himself again; he becomes a heathen in the most profound sense of the word. But again and again the divine presence in man becomes evident also. This is the struggle that passes through all of history.”
Pope B16, he explains it nicely.
The love of others to the point of sacrifice of ourselves comes from Jesus Christ. [/quote]This is what your pope says? “He becomes a heathen”? “Divine presence in man?”. God help you Chris
I’m back. Let’s get right into it.
Why do whales have pelvic bones?
[quote]TigerTime wrote:
I’m back. Let’s get right into it.
Why do whales have pelvic bones? [/quote]
Alien technology.
Next.
[quote]Cortes wrote:
[quote]TigerTime wrote:
I’m back. Let’s get right into it.
Why do whales have pelvic bones? [/quote]
Alien technology.
Next.[/quote]
Not quite. Why did God find it necessary to give whales, an animal with no need for a pelvic bone, a pelvic bone?
More interestingly, the human sacrum and coccyx appear as several vertebrae fused together. If we are the result of creation, why did God create us in such a way that we would look as though we evolved from monkeys? Why not just give us a solid sacrum, for example.