Greetings

[Dountoothers]

I was brought here by a post that claimed to have something humorous. I come expecting to see a joke and instead I was horrified. I saw hate and the works of the Nemesis. I who have written stories that frightened a person back to their prayers felt sick to my stomach.
I follow the works of the new testament, but only the parts that have what Jesus said recorded. I do not follow the words that condemn. I do not follow the old testament. I simply try and follow a simple set of rules.
If you have sinned, do not cast stones at other sinners.
Do not judge others.
When a person strikes your cheek, you turn your head and let them strike the other.
Keep god in your heart.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

It is my belief that the son of god was an Israeli Jew and his features were that of a middle-easterner. That He was whitewashed by the fairer-skinned Europeans to look more like them.

It is my belief that the Nemesis is not a Krampus-like creature. The Nemesis is that voice inside you saying be wrathful. Be gluttonous. Be lustful. Be envious. Be everything that goes against the teachings of Christ. But be sure to twist it so it's okay.

The martyrs of Christianity were not violent people. They did not fight back. They hid and used secret marks. They were the gypsies of the Roman empire. They did not become the violent people I so often see until after coming into power.

And it makes me weep that a doctrine that preaches peace is used to promote violence.

[Pastor Ed Lowman]

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I was brought here by a post that claimed to have something humorous. I come expecting to see a joke and instead I was horrified. I saw hate and the works of the Nemesis. I who have written stories that frightened a person back to their prayers felt sick to my stomach.
I follow the works of the new testament, but only the parts that have what Jesus said recorded. I do not follow the words that condemn. I do not follow the old testament. I simply try and follow a simple set of rules.
If you have sinned, do not cast stones at other sinners.
Do not judge others.
When a person strikes your cheek, you turn your head and let them strike the other.
Keep god in your heart.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

It is my belief that the son of god was an Israeli Jew and his features were that of a middle-easterner. That He was whitewashed by the fairer-skinned Europeans to look more like them.

It is my belief that the Nemesis is not a Krampus-like creature. The Nemesis is that voice inside you saying be wrathful. Be gluttonous. Be lustful. Be envious. Be everything that goes against the teachings of Christ. But be sure to twist it so it's okay.

The martyrs of Christianity were not violent people. They did not fight back. They hid and used secret marks. They were the gypsies of the Roman empire. They did not become the violent people I so often see until after coming into power.

And it makes me weep that a doctrine that preaches peace is used to promote violence.

So, in other words, you are nothing more than a cafeteria Christian, following in the Bible only what makes you feel warm and toasty inside. Pitiable creature you are...

"Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life, and they are they which tesify of me." (John 5:39)

“For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for he wrote about Me. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?” (John 5:46)

Pastor Ed

[Brother Jared]

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So, in other words, you are nothing more than a cafeteria Christian, following in the Bible only what makes you feel warm and toasty inside. Pitiable creature you are...

"Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life, and they are they which tesify of me." (John 5:39)

“For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for he wrote about Me. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?” (John 5:46)

Pastor Ed

I wouldn't even go that far to him a cafeteria Christian! He keeps writing about Nemesis, a godess of the sodomitic greek mythology, so he must be a greasy homersexual that worships made up projections of satan - so-called 'greek gods'.

[LBC loving Dutchmen]

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Ah, it is one of those anal sex loving fake Christians again. See Romans 9:13 for instance: As it is written, Iacob haue I loued, but Esau haue I hated.

[Jack O'fagan]

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I follow the works of the new testament, but only the parts that have what Jesus said recorded. I do not follow the words that condemn. I do not follow the old testament. I simply try and follow a simple set of rules.

Matthew 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. 19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.


What right do you have to pick and chose the Holy words? Above is what Jesus is recorded to have said, to follow all of the commandments. So who was talking bullshit you or Him?


YIC


Jack

[James Hutchins]

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Welcome friend. It is not often we get a person that knows more than God. You should speak to Him and tell Him to edit His book to remove the parts you decided He was wrong about. PM me and let me know how you make out.

Skipping the parts that you do not like does not mean you are a Chrsitian. Friend, the Bible is like oral sex. Spitting it out still is oral sex. Just because you do not want to follow them does not make them go away.

[Rev. M. Rodimer]

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I who have written stories that frightened a person back to their prayers felt sick to my stomach.

Really? Published where, and under what name?

Protip: Your "Letters to Hustler" do not count.

[Dountoothers]

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The good book was written by man. It was edited by man and it was completed nearly 1700 years after his death. I am not so certain I want to believe everything the book says as absolute law when the old testament is the Torah of Jewish faith.

[Rev. M. Rodimer]

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The good book was written by man. It was edited by man and it was completed nearly 1700 years after his death. I am not so certain I want to believe everything the book says as absolute law when the old testament is the Torah of Jewish faith.

So you think the Bible is inaccurate.

Do you think that God is:

Not all-knowing, so doesn't know that it is "wrong"?
Not all-powerful, so can't change it to say what He wants?
Malevolent, and wants us to be confused and end up in His Hell?
Nonexistent?

[Mary Etheldreda]

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The good book was written by man. It was edited by man and it was completed nearly 1700 years after his death. I am not so certain I want to believe everything the book says as absolute law when the old testament is the Torah of Jewish faith.

Son, obviously the Bible was written by man. Did you really think God took His divine Quill Pen in Hand and wrote the words Himself? Of course not! He likely threw His servant into a mystic stupor and compelled him to write the exact words desired.

[Jack O'fagan]

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The good book was written by man. It was edited by man and it was completed nearly 1700 years after his death. I am not so certain I want to believe everything the book says as absolute law when the old testament is the Torah of Jewish faith.

So with 10,000 gods to chose from why did you chose the God of the Jewish faith, why not one of the others?

If you think the Bible is unreliable why would you believe the story of a man born from a virgin who died temporarily to absolve you of you sins? Surely only a fool would believe an extraordinary story from an ordinary book.

Proverbs 3:35
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

YIC

Jack

[Dountoothers]

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Also, by Nemesis, I am referring to the evil one. The one who tempts mankind into acts of evil, not some dead god in a religion that was crushed under the heel of an invader.

I believe god is bound by the fact that by giving us free will, he has given us a choice. He wants us to be good and change bad things to good in his name. He wants us to be a beacon of hope and compassion. Did he not say that a good Samaritan can be higher in his esteem than Even the most pious?
I do not claim to know the ways of god. I simply believe he is a father with too many children. He gave us his son who is also himself and tried his best to teach us humility and kindness. He was the son of a carpenter. His moments of ire were towards the corrupt and unpious.

And please refrain from sexual terms when speaking with me. I have no interest in it and I do not intend to in the near future. If I fall in love, I will be having sex with the person I am wed to and no-one else.

[Rev. M. Rodimer]

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Also, by Nemesis, I am referring to the evil one. The one who tempts mankind into acts of evil, not some dead god in a religion that was crushed under the heel of an invader.

Where do you get the idea that such an entity exists?

[Dountoothers]

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But he does exist. He is the father of lies. The prince of evil. He tempted eve. He tried to tempt Jesus. I believe he was there whispering words of evil in every place there is cruelty.

The god of Jewish faith is the religion his family would observe. His mother and human father were Jewish. The Torah is the the entire old testament. Or would be if it was kept in the original language and not translated three times into Greek and then Latin and then finally the world languages.

[Mary Etheldreda]

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Also, by Nemesis, I am referring to the evil one.

Oh, thought you were talking about a comic book character.

I believe god is bound by the fact that by giving us free will, he has given us a choice.

What do you do with the fact that Jesus specifically said:

Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father,
inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world
Matthew 25:34

Or that the Apostle Paul tells us:

Ephesians 1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will
Ephesians 1:4-5

In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will
Ephesians 1:11