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I hate to resort to name calling, but you asked for it. What a
self-righteous ass you are. There are many beliefs in this world, and thank whatever supreme being there may well be that we live in a country where you can choose to follow whatever faith (including none) you want. I don't have the patience or good manners of Mr. Honeck; after a polite explanation to any bible thumpers in mid-proselytize, if they persisted I would tell them to f-off. "Ian" wrote in message ... Anyone ever run into this before? What did you do? All you had to do was get up and leave instead of agonizing over the politeness of how to exit. Nobody forced you to sit there and listen to it. It's clear you and your family have no moral guidance. I can see how being raised a Catholic has got you out of tune with God, that's pretty common. Sure, faith is a personal thing, but we're also commanded to spread the good news. Tell others. That's what they were doing. You make it sound like you were trapped because it makes them sound evil and you appear a victim and we'll feel sorry for you. It's real funny to laugh at the apparent hypocrites who want to tell you something important while sitting in a casino. Well they are as imperfect as the rest of us. Who knows - maybe they go to the casino just to evangelize because they know there are people there like you who need to hear it. It's the message that's important, not the person delivering it. Your rejection of the message does not diminish its truth. Feel free to continue denying God, it is obviously your choice. It is your unalienable right in this great country to have whatever religion you want, including none at all. When you're standing at the final judgement you're going to feel pretty silly remembering how you should have listened, believed, acted, and provided some leadership to your family in this most important area of their lives. Are you going to teach your children about Jesus or let them wander in apathy ? So far, you are lost. If you think your own inner self, your conscience, your innate sense of right and wrong should be your guide, if you think its enough just to be a good person, then you've got it all backwards. Your prolific newsgroup posting over the last several years now has provided some interesting insight into your personality. We know what you look like, where you live, what you like to do, where you like to go, how you earn a living. Isn't it time you quit worshipping the Pathfinder parked out back and sought out some real meaning to why you're here ? Some real guidance in your life ? Pick up the Bible and take another look. That's the real POH. It's especially hard for smart, successful people like yourself to believe that they need Jesus because it makes them accept the fact that they are inadequate and incomplete without Him. Well get used to that concept. From the janitor to the CEO and from the gambler to the hotel owner, that is exactly what we all need. The only difference is in how long it takes each of us to figure it out and make the single most important decision your entire life. To accept Jesus or reject him. It's just between you and Him, nobody else. What is it going to be ? |
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Sometimes it's the funnest part of my day.
You're not a well man, Jim. 'Course, that's why I like you! :-) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Jim explains
Can I leave my card? "No, did I mention that you are on private property?" What do you mean? "This is private property, you weren't invited, so you're traspassing" Huh? "Do you have a village solicitation permit?" Huh? "Did you see the sign on the edge of town that says permit required for solicitation?" I do that to the Witnesses & the Mormons. I ask if they were invited to the complex by a homeowner. Of course they always answer NO. Then I inform them of the trespassing laws and as soon as I close the door I'm calling the cops. I guess my address is now on their "Do No Call" list. The Witnesses were here yesterday but no one came to my door. |
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Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
"Blanche Cohen" wrote in message I've long equated Religion with Mathematics. Each begins with a hypothesis that cannot be proved or disproved, and everything builds on that assumption. There is damn little in religion that can be proved or disproved. I rest my case. |
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Raised Catholic but will die free.
Watched people build a congregation so a priest could tear it down. Watched Bishops sell the churches out from under the people then rape their pocketbooks for new ones. Watched priests come and go but never stay, only milking the community for all it was worth before deserting them. Watched priests give parish funds to drug dealers. Watched priests sell parish property against parishioners wishes. Watched priests refuse to marry or baptize "certain" people of the parish. ....and on and on and on God has no religion, people create religion for their own gain. God doesn't ruin religion, people ruin religion. Wow, Jim -- I didn't know you attended the same church I went to as a boy! ;-) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:Wwfvb.262377$Fm2.278122@attbi_s04...
Anyone ever run into this before? What did you do? I was raised with a Catholic mother and a Baptist father and while moderately religous myself, I do not like to be preached at like that at all. I usually look them straight in the eye and tell them I am Jewish. That usually shuts them up instantly. |
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"Blanche Cohen" wrote in message ... I rest my case. On what? |
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Simply that God is real, that He's pretty tolerant of
misunderstandings about Him, and that if you want to know more, He'll lead you to the truth. He isn't described completely in any book of scripture I know about, *including* the Bible. What do you think about the Baha'i faith? It addresses this very notion that no one religion (or book) captures the spirit of God. I've found their theory of "Progressive Revelation" (in short: All religions reveal a little piece of God, in their time) to be one of the most logical approaches to religion. Sadly, it's weighted down with a cult of personality toward its founder that makes it all too familiar to a fallen-away Catholic. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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But what you've probably seen here, since it's very similar to many of
the atheist missives I've seen trying to steer people clear of the Bible through a combination of out-of-context quoting and the fallacy of misleading vividness, is paraphrased from something that's been around for a long, long time. Lol - then set us straight! What is one to think when they see such things as the value of human life literally expressed in dollars (well, ok, shekels) - and women being worth half that of men? Is there some underlying message I'm missing? |
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Jay, if you were going about your business and they stopped you on the
street, I'd see your point. But you voluntarily joined a couple of complete strangers for lunch. True, but they were pilots. How many times have you joined a couple of pilots for a (beer, lunch, dinner, pool party, fill in the blank) and had a WONDERFUL time? IMHO, these guys were nothing more than shills, masquerading as pilots. My guess is that they got you thinking about something you don't want to deal with. Well, you're almost right. Religion is not something I want to deal with when I'm eating lunch in a casino, any more than it's something I want to read about on the bumper of the car ahead of me in traffic. I'll never understand why anyone feels compelled to advertise their religion in such tacky and disrespectful ways. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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