[MitzaLizalor]

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Omar Khayyam is not available around here to burn in the first place. Thank you for pointing out the dangers of heretical writings and especially poetry from the -stan regions such as Instanbul. Where people think that going 'round in circles until dizzy counts as inspiration when they could get the same effect by tazing themselves in the neck. Where declaiming this as art results in people watching it thinking they're being entertained. Where traditions are considered valid just because they're ancient. And once it's valid, postmodernist literarians get the urge for reinterpretation. The literature leads to the activity but what Christian would carry on like this?

The similarities are obvious, the angle of the head for instance, but there are differences too. Interpretations, they say. One way to pre-empt all this nonsense would be introducing a Municipal Regulation limiting the written word to a single alphabet. All this imported stuff accepted for the sake of "tradition" or "authenticity" grinds everyone back to the stone-age where it originated whether we want it or not.

Jesus came to set us free.

[Jim C. Lombardo]

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Latest on my book burning list: The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam


I should have been wary of this filthy tome by the Moorish sounding name, and lo and behold, this bit of pornographic litrotica is nothing short of the Kama Sutra. Not fit for women, kids or any respectable Christian, really.

[MitzaLizalor]

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My definition of saint is the same of the whole Catholic Church: someone who gave the example of the Christian teachings and earned a special place in heaven, along with some devotion from Catholic believers.

You seem to be suggesting that there are degrees of bliss. By that standard I suppose Thomas More, virulent heretic extraordinaire, gets one of your better seats? But he opposed anyone's reading The Bible in a language they could understand and thus the elucidation of God's Will by the medium He (God) had chosen.

By announcing this ardent murderer to have been elevated in sanctity your amassed credibility plunges lower into the mire than any creed before it. What better example of Christian teachings could there be than Jesus Himself? Are some fruits of a lesser vine than others? Jesus explains it this way:

John 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing

According to "Saint" Thomas More I should be murdered for presenting Christ's teaching like that.

[Romeo Rovagnati]

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But something I'd like clarified is: what's your definition of a Saint

My definition of saint is the same of the whole Catholic Church: someone who gave the example of the Christian teachings and earned a special place in heaven, along with some devotion from Catholic believers.

[MitzaLizalor]

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Actually, i think that bookclubs could be a good idea, as long they have those books only:

• The Bible (The Latin Vulgata version)
• Church Fathers writings
• True History (lacking any liberal lie)
• Fantasy books (as long they are written by Christians, such as Tolkien)
• Books written by the Popes and by the Catholic Clergy
• Political books (teaching kids to be right-winger)
• Lives of the Saints
• True Science books (that are completely lacking atheistic frauds like the Big Ben)
• Educative books, such as the series called "Vigilant Christian"
• Anti-LGBT books

And i think that all those books are as enough for a Christian Book Club.

The highlighting I've added represents a vast genre of heresy when contrasted with what God has vouchsafed for our edification. Although later inspiration may be possible, such as afforded to John on Patmos, in every case it will be consistent with what God had revealed thitherto.

I read your list.

Obviously no "church" having "fathers" is Christian v.i.
But something I'd like clarified is: what's your definition of a Saint?

Matthew 23:9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

[Romeo Rovagnati]

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Actually, i think that bookclubs could be a good idea, as long they have those books only:

• The Bible (The Latin Vulgata version)
• Church Fathers writings
• True History (lacking any liberal lie)
• Fantasy books (as long they are written by Christians, such as Tolkien)
• Books written by the Popes and by the Catholic Clergy
• Political books (teaching kids to be right-winger)
• Lives of the Saints
• True Science books (that are completely lacking atheistic frauds like the Big Ben)
• Educative books, such as the series called "Vigilant Christian"
• Anti-LGBT books

And i think that all those books are as enough for a Christian Book Club.

[Mary Etheldreda]

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Every time I try to post my address or phone number for someone to help me with matters on this forum, it gets automatically retracted because of JesOS it says. My Intro post is showing this. Perhaps does your church have one so that me and my wife can drive or fly down to visit? After doing research, it simply seems like a Christian paradise. I would consider it a pilgrimage for God!

Don't fret, dear. The DoF is already on the job.

[Ol Thumper]

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Every time I try to post my address or phone number for someone to help me with matters on this forum, it gets automatically retracted because of JesOS it says. My Intro post is showing this. Perhaps does your church have one so that me and my wife can drive or fly down to visit? After doing research, it simply seems like a Christian paradise. I would consider it a pilgrimage for God!

[Mary Etheldreda]

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A lot of the literature from what I can tell from over here are articles about why abortion is a sin, several books written by Donald J Trump, and The KJV Bible mixed in there along with our tithing records for our church. If I may, may me and my wife join you all at your congregation for a KJV Bible study? My wife makes a mean apple pie and mashed potatoes (not together of course hahaha).

What a lovely idea, Mr. Thumper! I will certainly add you to my Prayer Wall if led to do so by the Holy Ghost. The thing is, Landover Baptist Church is a remarkably exclusive church, being the only one on God's Flat Earth that can guarantee salvation. You must understand we follow the Holy Bible to the letter, and that includes keeping the riff-raff out (Matthew 7:6).

I'm not suggesting you're riff-raff, or swine of course, Mr. Thumper, but until the Department of Faith conducts a thorough investigation, including surveillance of you, your immediate family, your extended family, your fellow church goers, neighbors (past and present), coworkers (past and present), childhood babysitter, banker, travel itinerary, computer habits, spending habits, etc, etc, etc, we can't simply change our policy of including only the worthwhile just because you ask nicely. After all, have you ever met a nice Jew? They can be charming. I think they learn it in their synagogues in order to lead astray those who do not know their Bible. Not that I'm accusing you of being a Jew. But how would I know? People aren't always honest on the internet.

Etheldreda Prayer Wall

[Ol Thumper]

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A lot of the literature from what I can tell from over here are articles about why abortion is a sin, several books written by Donald J Trump, and The KJV Bible mixed in there along with our tithing records for our church. If I may, may me and my wife join you all at your congregation for a KJV Bible study? My wife makes a mean apple pie and mashed potatoes (not together of course hahaha).

[Ezekiel Bathfire]

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My wife Annie rather enjoys going to book clubs.

Rather symptomatic of the female condition, don't you think? A sort of "lack of realism; sublimating "desires" in vicarious sin; unable to control the direction of the mind - confusing reality and the truth with "a story".


Landover has a "Book Club." It has one Book - KJV1611, it is free and open to all.


I think it was Eusabius of Caesarea who said, "If it is not in the Bible, it is is a lie; if it is in the Bible, it is a duplication."

[Ol Thumper]

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My wife Annie rather enjoys going to book clubs. Are there any meetups for Christian book clubs in my area for her to attend? I am asking so that she may join. She used to meet up with the other folk from church at Barbara's home but Barbara recently passed away due to her falling down the stairs and the estate being taken over by her son. Her friends are also interested in finding a safe place to continue the book club meetings.

[MitzaLizalor]

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I'm trying a new recipe for lemon chicken. One of the worst literary genres is the "space opera" also known as science fiction. Usually set in the future, but could be set in ancient Mesopotamia or Great Zimbabwe, as a category dealing with "issues" this rubbish qualifies as great literature. By book club standards. Purists, such as second wave feminist English professors or NPR literary critics, will probably disagree but just because The Novel deals with a few specific if hackneyed issues does not mean that its 20th century equivalent is junk penmanship. After all, during the 19th century issues addressed in novels were themselves regarded as nonsense designed to fill empty heads with idiotic ideas. I am using lemon grass, water chestnuts, sliced ginger, bamboo shoots and sweet onions.

BANG!

With the arrival of the 20th century new social orders erupted from the pages of novels in every way opposed to the message of The Bible. Within that century new "rubbish" literatures developed insinuating that there was no Heaven above us for any God to look down from. Therefore, it was claimed, He did not look down and so couldn't see what we did. Fantastic adventures were proposed, and just as The Novel emerged from Samuel Richardson's Pamela written in a previous century, so this new genre emerged from ideas circulated during the Victorian era and with equally catastrophic results. When cooking in a tajine it is recommended to use no more than ½ doz. ingredients.

Nowadays, with professors sneering at space operas and retreating into cloisters where defunct "novels" are discussed, new book clubs have sprung up where new anti-Biblical ideas are examined. And in the 21st century so called "scientists" advocate actually implementing them! Look what happened before!! Will the same thing happen again? If so, as seems to be the case, then the scribblings inspiring them must be considered Great Literature too. That is an open door for new heresies and for new societies based upon them. As such these also must be eliminated from Christian reading lists and parents need to watch out for titles from the last century and from the physicists who promote them, in this. After cooking I'm allowing 48 hours for savoury notes to amalgamate, in the tajine, before serving.

I hope this is helpful for everyone concerned about the direction society is headed and for purging unsuitable titles from their own and their children's bookshelves. And apps. Be vigilant: speak out. Jesus is watching what everyone reads. Satan is watching too.

Joshua 24:14-15 Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD. And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

[DolliMoans]

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It's nice to know someone can still find work as actor for stock photos with such requirements as "30 year old man with bland questionable fashion sense cheerfully administering discipline with heavy Bible" and "middle aged be-speckled jewish lady feigning surprise"

[Romper]

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A 3-button jacket done up over jeans is the crime here.

I can forgive a man for his terrible dress sense as long as he keeps on beating uppity joo lesbians with his bible.