Sorry bout that,
Sorry bout that,
1. Love will carry you through.
2. Love is free.
3. Jesus loves us, and what matters most is to find this love.
4. Don't let this life pass you by without finding the love of Jesus.
5. Its there, look around, search it out, your eternity depends on it.
6. We pray you understand.
Regards,
SirJamesofTexas
But there are ten things he wants you to do and if you don't your ass is gonna be ashes:
Revelations 21
8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters,
and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Notice the reference to sorcerers. For the next 1400 years the church became really good at public torture and burning at the stake of any young woman accused of being a witch. WITCH MY ASS!!
Luke 16
23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me,
and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and
thou art tormented. AND THAT WAS FOR JUST DYING RICH
If god dropped by and left the only keys to the kingdom with ignorant, primitive camel herders who believed in witches and thought the earth was flat he has one helluva sense of humor.
1. Those ten things are the bases for civilization which help humanity even today to govern the entire world, for all ages, whether all of them can be followed perfectly, I doubt any human being other than Jesus himself was able to keep them all, if these simple laws written by the mighty hand of God can instill guidelines for humanity throughout the ages, why is it so puzzling to so many people he is for real, and indeed loves us (?).
2. The early church did what they could to help steer humanity away from paganism, at this era the church in general isn't doing enough to steer those lost souls away from paganism, the church as a whole could do more, and should do more, witches and the occult with darkness are making inroads into the minds and hearts of humanity, the film industry supports this, and promotes paganism, Harry Potter being the leader of this group, making witchcraft, *fun*.
3. Just because Jesus spoke out about how the rich who refused to help those at their gate, meaning either strangers or within their own family who were in great need, doesn't mean wealth is evil, or worthy of hell, people of wealth should be ready to share, if not they will wish they could have, is the lesson, being able to give away what you earned isn't always the easiest thing to do, the rich struggle with this, it would be well advised if a poor beggar ends up laying at your door, you better be willing to offer some help. And if you came up upon a man in the street who was noticeably stressed with hunger, or without cloths, you may want to do what you can right away.
4. Man without Jesus is dead and doomed to hell, thank God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, whom are ONE, for coming to shine the light of love on humanities woes, otherwise life would be more or less worthless, living in hopelessness and dis-pare, with our faces in a corner no hope of knowing what life could be.
Regards,
SirJamesofTexas
Here is my problem with the ten commandments- why exactly are there 10?
You simply do not need ten. The list of ten commandments was artificially and deliberately inflated to get it up to ten. Here's what happened:
About 5,000 years ago a bunch of religious and political hustlers got together to try to figure out how to control people and keep them in line. They knew people were basically stupid and would believe anything they were told, so they announced that God had given them some commandments, up on a mountain, when no one was around.
Well let me ask you this- when they were making this shit up, why did they pick 10? Why not 9 or 11? I'll tell you why- because 10 sound official. Ten sounds important! Ten is the basis for the decimal system, it's a decade, it's a psychologically satisfying number (the top ten, the ten most wanted, the ten best dressed). So having ten commandments was really a marketing decision! It is clearly a bullshit list. It's a political document artificially inflated to sell better. I will now show you how you can reduce the number of commandments and come up with a list that's a little more workable and logical. I am going to use the Roman Catholic version because those were the ones I was taught as a little boy.
Let's start with the first three:
I AM THE LORD THY GOD
THOU SHALT NOT HAVE STRANGE GODS BEFORE ME
THOU SHALT NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD THY GOD IN VAIN
THOU SHALT KEEP HOLY THE SABBATH
Right off the bat the first three are pure bullshit. Sabbath day? Lord's name? strange gods? Spooky language! Designed to scare and control primitive people. In no way does superstitious nonsense like this apply to the lives of intelligent civilized humans in the 21st century. So now we're down to 7. Next:
HONOR THY FATHER AND MOTHER
Obedience, respect for authority. Just another name for controlling people. The truth is that obedience and respect shouldn't be automatic. They should be earned and based on the parent's performance. Some parents deserve respect, but most of them don't, period. You're down to six.
Now in the interest of logic, something religion is very uncomfortable with, we're going to jump around the list a little bit.
THOU SHALT NOT STEAL
THOU SHALT NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS
Stealing and lying. Well actually, these two both prohibit the same kind of behavior- dishonesty. So you don't really need two you combine them and call the commandment "thou shalt not be dishonest". And suddenly you're down to 5.
And as long as we're combining I have two others that belong together:
THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTRY
THOU SHALT NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOR'S WIFE
Once again, these two prohibit the same type of behavior. In this case it is marital infidelity. The difference is- coveting takes place in the mind. But I don't think you should outlaw fantasizing about someone else's wife because what is a guy gonna think about when he's waxing his carrot? But, marital fidelity is a good idea so we're gonna keep this one and call it "thou shalt not be unfaithful". And suddenly we're down to four.
But when you think about it, honesty and fidelity are really part of the same overall value so, in truth, you could combine the two honesty commandments with the two fidelity commandments and give them simpler language, positive language instead of negative language and call the whole thing "thou shalt always be honest and faithful" and we're down to 3.
THOU SHALT NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOR"S GOODS
This one is just plain fuckin' stupid. Coveting your neighbor's goods is what keeps the economy going! Your neighbor gets a vibrator that plays "o come o ye faithful", and you want one too! Coveting creates jobs, so leave it alone. You throw out coveting and you're down to 2 now- the big honesty and fidelity commandment and the one we haven't talked about yet:
THOU SHALT NOT KILL
Murder. But when you think about it, religion has never really had a big problem with murder. More people have been killed in the name of god than for any other reason. All you have to do is look at Northern Ireland, Kashmir, the Inquisition, the Crusades, and the World Trade Center to see how seriously the religious folks take thou shalt not kill. The more devout they are, the more they see murder as being negotiable. It depends on who's doin the killin' and who's gettin' killed. So, with all of this in mind, I give you my revised list of the two commandments:
Thou shalt always be honest and faithful
to the provider of thy nookie.
&
Thou shalt try real hard not to kill anyone, unless of course
they pray to a different invisible man than you.
Two is all you need; Moses could have carried them down the hill in his fuckin' pocket. I wouldn't mind those folks in Alabama posting them on the courthouse wall, as long as they provided one additional commandment:
Thou shalt keep thy religion to thyself.
