June 2012 Screwballs

[Chaotic Void]

Ticker fodder.

"We've been hurt", huh? Imagine this crybaby in the Sudan where Christians are being tortured, enslaved, and hung from trees.

But yeah, as Benson says, #2 has some legitmacy. Maybe more does but I'll look at it later.

Awww.... I wanted to take a stab at it. (Guess there's nothing stopping me from doing so anyway, but hey... that's my poor attempt at humor before I go to work)

[GioD]

These comments, in reference to the Gospels and Jesus' resurrection, I saw while debating on a facebook page deserves one:

I don't dispute Christ's existence or his historical importance or the validity of his basic message, the metaphysical claims for divinity I can well understand in the context of his contemporary culture, they don't make sense now. Occasionally people do rise from their sickbeds and coffins, there was a child reported to have done that, on the BBC website this week. I don't hold that proof of divinity though!

I wonder if she realized that the people "rising from coffins" weren't crucified.

I'm just a reasonably intelligent person trying to make sense of the first hand experiences of working with others for over 40 years. I tend not to trust anecdotal second hand narratives, especially from people who several centuries ago, had much to gain from these stories. As an artist I get to look behind the scenery of inspiration and spirituality, as a person with technical knowledge I have a feel for how things are put together, as a leader I understand how people are moved. I am led by experience to be sceptical of belief and conservative establishments.

...or the fact that the Gospels writers didn't gain anything from writing them (except shame and death).

[Rayado]

Screwball to this idiotic attempt at a meme:

pork fail.jpg

Raising pigs for pork has been illegal in Israel since 1963.

Also, yeah, there's a grain of truth to the complaints of Mr. Whiny Hipster Blogger.

[RumTumTugger]

I've never heard of this guy before, but for some reason I pictured him looking thus when I saw that name... and he actually does have some resemblance, go figure
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creflo dollar is a name it claim it word of faith preacher.

[T-Shirt Ninja]

I think this guy deserves an anti-screwball and a huge round of applause for his "You're not special" speech to high school seniors:

"Across the country no fewer than 3.2 million seniors are graduating about now from more than 37,000 high schools. That's 37,000 valedictorians ... 37,000 class presidents ... 92,000 harmonizing altos ... 340,000 swaggering jocks ... 2,185,967 pairs of Uggs," he said in the speech published in the Boston Herald.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/...145709954.html

[fm93]

Especially this:

"You see, if everyone is special, then no one is. If everyone gets a trophy, trophies become meaningless. ... We have of late, we Americans, to our detriment, come to love accolades more than genuine achievement."

and this:

"The fulfilling life, the distinctive life, the relevant life is an achievement. Do whatever you do for no reason other than you love it and believe in its importance."

[T-Shirt Ninja]

[Benson Shays]

Christian apologetics and education are needed in our churches. That's what I get from reading those reasons.

We walk by faith and not by sight.

[Chaotic Void]

Excluding the "we go out on Saturday night" complaint, number two is legitimate.

Yes and No... To be fair, there are a lot of people that work Sunday mornings (myself included), so that cripples my Sunday church attendance. However, even in a small city like Moose Jaw there are churches that hold weekday services (not to mention the fact they have ministries specifically for young adults). If they exist here in a small town of 33'000, then I have no doubt that they exist in other, much larger locales. What's to stop someone from finding a church that meets their needs (and where their gifts can be used effectively to meet others needs)?

[Manwë Súlimo]

We walk by faith and not by sight.

What?

[Raphael]

Ticker fodder.

"We've been hurt", huh? Imagine this crybaby in the Sudan where Christians are being tortured, enslaved, and hung from trees.

But yeah, as Benson says, #2 has some legitmacy. Maybe more does but I'll look at it later.

At Church this weekend we had a guest speaker over, and he's just got back from a church conference for our denomination over in Malaysia.
The church there is 70%+ teenagers.
Services have to be in English because if they conduct them in Malaysian, they will be considered converts from Islam which is illegal (by constitutional law ethnic Malays are considered Muslim. As Muslims, by Malaysian law, they under the jurisdiction of Sharia law. So if the services are in Malaysian, that must mean they are ethnically Malaysian and therefore under Sharia law for being Muslim converts to Christianity)
In schools the kids obviously aren't allowed to talk about the Gospel. but they are finding ways to witness about Christ to their Muslim teachers and friends, to hold prayer meetings on school grounds (in secret).
And God is answering their prayers, teachers being healed, opportunities opening up to be able to Witness to people, and the Church is growing.

[Manwë Súlimo]

But-but-but-but some Christians are mean and they persecute me for being an atheist (they tell me they're praying for me!!!!). Ergo, I'll conclude that Christianity is false.

[Raphael]

Dan b popped back on tweb, he's had a change of domain, but is still punting the book he wrote in pencil crayon. (no SarahB, that's not me being mean....it really is in pencil crayon, have a look at the link)

We are in the Christian Millennium today because the Christian Calendar tells us so. In www.christianidentityrevealed2012.com in chapter seven is shown these ideas. It isn't important whether we realize this at all. We a each responsible for our own behaviour regardless.

[Manwë Súlimo]

He colored so well within the lines. He's getting a check plus-plus and a gold star.

[Thersites]

But-but-but-but some Christians are mean and they persecute me for being an atheist (they tell me they're praying for me!!!!). Ergo, I'll conclude that Christianity is false.

It's not really about Christianity being right or wrong. The question of ideological coherency or consistency is not directly relevant to church attendance.