Greetings from down under.

[SirSamVimes]

Hello, my name is Samuel, and I am from New Zealand (Please don't argue about my nation, there's a thread elsewhere for it.)

I am a Christian, and I have been my entire life, currently going to the pentecostal church Harbourside. However, this forum seems to preach a different kind of Christianity I am used to, more filled with prejudice and bigotry than any I've seen.

So, I'm here to attempt to provide a reasonable counterpoint to your views, at least until I inevitably get banned for disagreeing with you.

[Billy Bob Jenkins]

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I am a Christian, and I have been my entire life, currently going to the pentecostal church Harbourside. However, this forum seems to preach a different kind of Christianity I am used to, more filled with prejudice and bigotry than any I've seen..

We aren't racist. We give all the inferior races a chance to repent from their flawed natures.

So, I'm here to attempt to provide a reasonable counterpoint to your views, at least until I inevitably get banned for disagreeing with you.

You'll get banned for disagreeing with the King James Bible of 1611. That's because this is a True Christian ™ website and you are a troll/Pentacostal here to be argumentative and flame us with your heresies.

Quick question: aren't you Pentacostals that snake fondling cult?

[SirSamVimes]

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Okay, first point. The fact that you consider some races to be inferior to others means that you are in fact racist.

I'm not here to troll, unless trolling means disagreeing with anyone on this site.

And no, we are not a cult, and I've never fondled any snakes. Sorry to disappoint you in that regard.

[Phebe Carlyle]

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You are an AOG'er!!!

You deal with the tainted NIV, correct?

YIC,

WS

[James Dewitt]

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Okay, first point. The fact that you consider some races to be inferior to others means that you are in fact racist.

I'm not here to troll, unless trolling means disagreeing with anyone on this site.

And no, we are not a cult, and I've never fondled any snakes. Sorry to disappoint you in that regard.

How is it that we are racist? God made some inferior to others not us. We all have our place in this world. Is it our fault that nigras and messicans do better at jobs like mowing lawns and picking up garbage?

Genesis 9:25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
Genesis 9:26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

[Billy Bob Jenkins]

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Okay, first point. The fact that you consider some races to be inferior to others means that you are in fact racist.

Well it sounds like you're the one just assuming that believing in inferior races makes one a racist.

I'm not here to troll, unless trolling means disagreeing with anyone on this site.

I just have this bad feeling about you, like you're not on Jesus's side. Perhaps unwittingly. What is your favorite scripture? Tell us about your pastor.

And no, we are not a cult, and I've never fondled any snakes. Sorry to disappoint you in that regard.

Oh yeah, then what about this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_handling

[SirSamVimes]

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The very definition of racism is 'the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races'. http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=racism. If you want me to cite Wikipedia like you seem to like to, it says the same thing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism

And that article linked that it was only a small number of churches who do the snake handling. Only three known churches doing it in fact, all of them in America. My church doesn't, and this is the first time I've heard of it.

Wintersnow, I'm sorry, but I'm slightly confused by the acronyms. AOG? NIV?

Would it be cliche of me if I said I liked John 3:16? And my pastor is a good man. He is a testament to God's success, as he had a sin-filled youth, and was later saved and brought into God's light.

[Billy Bob Jenkins]

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The very definition of racism is 'the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races'. http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=racism. If you want me to cite Wikipedia like you seem to like to, it says the same thing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism

Are you calling God a racist?

Would it be cliche of me if I said I liked John 3:16?

Everyone likes John 3:16. What do you think of the rest of the Bible?

And my pastor is a good man. He is a testament to God's success, as he had a sin-filled youth, and was later saved and brought into God's light.

Be careful. Some snake worshipping ex-con is not the type I would trust around my young 'uns.

[Phebe Carlyle]

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Wintersnow, I'm sorry, but I'm slightly confused by the acronyms. AOG? NIV?

Gosh, for someone claiming to be a Christian, and a Pentecostal one at that, one would assume they would KNOW AOG = Assembly Of God and NIV = New International Version.

Would it be cliche of me if I said I liked John 3:16? And my pastor is a good man.

Martin Steel? Hmm, what of the Hughes fellow; the former Pastor. "good" man too?

[James Dewitt]

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Sure he first accuses us of racism, and now he is after God for being a racist.
What next will he accuse Jesus of something? Someone is on the fast track to HELL.

[SirSamVimes]

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I never meant to call God a racist. I was merely responding to your comment 'Well it sounds like you're the one just assuming that believing in inferior races makes one a racist.' I don't know Hughs, as I've not been a part of Harbourside for all that long. And what do you want me to say about the Bible? I like it.

Also, I'm pretty sure Martin was never a con. And noone in my church worships snakes.

[Billy Bob Jenkins]

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noone in my church worships snakes.

Are you sure?

[SirSamVimes]

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Noone that I know of. Who knows? Someone might, but it's not likely.

[Billy Bob Jenkins]

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Someone might.

I knew it!

[James Dewitt]

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I never meant to call God a racist. I was merely responding to your comment 'Well it sounds like you're the one just assuming that believing in inferior races makes one a racist.' I don't know Hughs, as I've not been a part of Harbourside for all that long. And what do you want me to say about the Bible? I like it.

Also, I'm pretty sure Martin was never a con. And noone in my church worships snakes.

You are the one who brought bigotry, predigest and racism in to the conversation not us. God made each of us if you want to know why He made some better than others you will have to ask God. We did not write the Bible we just follow it. So why do you think God is a racist?