[Jo Freddie]

Re: Should I ignore my talents?

Say I've lived a life as good as possible. A real "saint" on earth (Gandhi, eg.). Then I die.

As I'm walking into my palace, I notice John Wayne Gacy scrubbing a toilet. I know of the horrible crimes he committed on earth, and my heart aches for the pain and terror his victims endured. I am suffering.

He looks up, notices me, and is happy because he always wanted to talk to me on earth and might now get a chance. He is rewarded.

So your religion promises to reward evil and make the "righteous" suffer? Thanks, but I'll pass.

"there will be no end to their subservience." where does it say they would be able to mix with those who have deserved Heaven, it does not, there will be plenty for them to do without any danger of those who have lived a life of good intent having to surfer their presence. You would be too busy savouring the gifts Our Lord has for you in Heaven to notice and sign of them.

[Didymus Much]

Re: Should I ignore my talents?

"there will be no end to their subservience." where does it say they would be able to mix with those who have deserved Heaven, it does not...

So there are separate sections of Heaven? I thought we all went to the same place by your book.

[James Hutchins]

Re: Should I ignore my talents?

I do wish I had a daughter, I am sad that my homemaking skills may be lost to future generations.

Maybe I should write a book of "tips and tricks" for the future wives of my sons. Unfortunately I doubt most of them would take kindly to such "old fashioned" information.

Would you like me to grant that wish? I have four daughters, I'll give Carol a one way Greyhound ticket.

[Didymus Much]

Re: Should I ignore my talents?

Would you like me to grant that wish? I have four daughters, I'll give Carol a one way Greyhound ticket.

You'd just give her away, no charge at all (not even 50 shekels) and you'd pay the shipping? You really are a nice guy!

[BelieverInGod]

Re: Should I ignore my talents?

You'd just give her away, no charge at all (not even 50 shekels) and you'd pay the shipping? You really are a nice guy!

Well I'm not going to marry her.

[Pastor Ezekiel]

Re: Should I ignore my talents?

So there are separate sections of Heaven? I thought we all went to the same place by your book.

You've never even read the Holy Bible. Better get started RIGHT NOW!

[Didymus Much]

Re: Should I ignore my talents?

Well I'm not going to marry her.

I did not mean to imply such, Ma'am. I am, as you know, just a heathen, and as such am unfamiliar with the proper Biblical price-guides for such transactions. I must have looked in the wrong column (sale of daughter to rapist vs. sale as servant-girl).

A question does arise in my mind, though: If, after her arrival, one of your sons succumbs to the temptation of her feminine wiles, and rapes her, would you be obligated to forward the 50 shekels to Mr. Hutchins?

[Didymus Much]

Re: Should I ignore my talents?

You've never even read the Holy Bible. Better get started RIGHT NOW!

I was referring to that piece of fantasy about the Spaghetti Monster, not the Bible, which I always capitalize if I refer to it as a book.

[BelieverInGod]

Re: Should I ignore my talents?

I did not mean to imply such, Ma'am. I am, as you know, just a heathen, and as such am unfamiliar with the proper Biblical price-guides for such transactions. I must have looked in the wrong column (sale of daughter to rapist vs. sale as servant-girl).

A question does arise in my mind, though: If, after her arrival, one of your sons succumbs to the temptation of her feminine wiles, and rapes her, would you be obligated to forward the 50 shekels to Mr. Hutchins?

I'm not buying her as a servant, I just said that I wish that I had a daughter because many of my homemaking skills will be lost once I die. Mr. Hutchins offered to send me one of his daughters in order to fulfil this emptiness in my life. I would be educating her to be a good Christian wife in the future, she would still be Mr. Hutchins daughter. I would never take a fellow Christians daughter as a slave.

Leviticus 25 44Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. 45Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
46And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.

[Didymus Much]

Re: Should I ignore my talents?

I'm not buying her as a servant,

I just realized why I was confused about this. It's a True Christian(tm) to True Christian(tm) arrangement, so it would an adoption in essence, and of course no money would exchange hands then. Thank you for helping me get this cleared up.

Oh, and apologies to OP for sidetracking their intro thread.

[Jo Freddie]

Re: Should I ignore my talents?

So there are separate sections of Heaven? I thought we all went to the same place by your book.

Well as the worst of the worst will be providing the services for the rest there can only be one place. But if catching sight of them is in anyway going to deminsh the fun of the rest the FSM is not going to let it happen.