Hi, sorry to come in late on this thread but I've only just seen it and would like to toss a few questions into the playpen if I may, bearing in mind we in England might not be getting the news in full from America.
1- Two years into Trump's presidency the wall still hasn't been built. Have the...
Aargh I can't figger out the complicated quote/multiquote system in USMB, and even worse it makes it look like some people have said things that they've not said, with the end result that it's hard to tell who said what.
I'm a moderator at another forum and we do things more streamlined there...
Look at it this way mate, the 'Job Description" for prophets read something like-
"Fame guaranteed, but life expectancy uncertain, so must be prepared to be killed by the Establishment", so no wonder some of them didn't want the job..:)
Below: JC in action against the Estab-
1- "Just you stick...
Jesus is not a "religion", he's Jesus..:)
He's a great anti-establishment role model and winner just like he said-
"I've beaten the world" (John 16:33)
Like I said, some of the Old T prophets never wanted the job, for instance when Moses said to God "Get somebody else, I'm a lousy speaker", God said "Request denied! Get out there and bust Pharoah's ass"
As for modern-day fake "prophets", they're full of shite and easy to spot, so don't let them...
God is pure invisible spiritual energy and had to speak through the prophets and Jesus, many of whom were killed by the Establishment to shut them up.
Being a prophet was a risky business so some actually tried to talk their way out of the job-
"I'm no good at public speaking"- Moses
"I'm too...
Since this thread is getting ever more deeper into theology, perhaps it might be best to discuss such matters in a proper "Religion" thread somewhere where we can duke it out?
For example some people seem to be suggesting that Jesus was God, even though he made it perfectly clear a number of...
Incidentally, Jesus never said a word about GLBT's one way or another, NOT A SINGLE FRIGGIN WORD, so it can't have been a big issue for him.
As regards the Sodom/Gomorrah gays, they only got zapped because they were the depraved militant sort.
Nobody minds decent friendly gays..:)
PS- why is it...