HI!

[elsa333]

My name is Elsa.
I don't really have much to say about myself, but I don't go to church. I don't have a favourite Bible verse. There are ones that I find inspiring and also ones that make me want to vomit. So yeah. Hi.

[Elmer G. White]

Re: HI!

My name is Elsa.
I don't really have much to say about myself, but I don't go to church. I don't have a favourite Bible verse. There are ones that I find inspiring and also ones that make me want to vomit. So yeah. Hi.

Hi,

My name is Elmer. I have much to say about our LORD, but you don't seem too interested. I do have some favorite Bible verses, you can see them below. There are many I find inspiring and also ones that make me very worried about the state of the majority of the world's population.

So no. Mild provocation and attempts of deliberate shock value are not very interesting.

Mark 16:16
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.


That's the deal. First alternative available here, second alternative you seem to be familiar with already. You can have your juvenile fun and post a few irritated posts, only to get bored and go back to your life half shy of the number of the beast. Or actually try to see Jesus and Bible as they actually are, complete in their awesome terrible love and dazzling fear.

Romans 13:2
Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.



Yours in Christ,

Elmer

[elsa333]

Re: HI!

On the contrary, I'm very interested in Christianity. It's by far the most interesting religion, in my opinion. I study the Bible all the time, and contemplate it's meaning.

[Basilissa]

Re: HI!

On the contrary, I'm very interested in Christianity. It's by far the most interesting religion, in my opinion. I study the Bible all the time, and contemplate it's meaning.

I see. I have a free advice for you, sweetie: instead of contemplating the meaning of the Bible, just read it as is.

You're welcome.

[elsa333]

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I see. I have a free advice for you, sweetie: instead of contemplating the meaning of the Bible, just read it as is.

You're welcome.

So you don't think about what it says after you read it? Doesn't it strike a chord in you, forcing you to think about what it says, and the reason behind what it says? Do you use your mind at all? Or are you just a puppet? Blindly following words on paper, not thinking about it. That's what I meant by contemplating. I don't see any hidden meanings in the Bible. I don't fabricate ideas that aren't there.
Thank you for your preemptive "you're welcome". I send a belated "thank you"

[Didymus Much]

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...I don't fabricate ideas that aren't there...

Might be funny, if it wasn't sad.

[Basilissa]

Re: HI!

So you don't think about what it says after you read it? Doesn't it strike a chord in you, forcing you to think about what it says, and the reason behind what it says? Do you use your mind at all? Or are you just a puppet? Blindly following words on paper, not thinking about it. That's what I meant by contemplating. I don't see any hidden meanings in the Bible. I don't fabricate ideas that aren't there.

I think I'm a little confused when you say that the Bible makes you think about the reasons behind it, yet you don't see any hidden meanings in it.

Do you mean like, how should such inspiring verses like (among many others) Psalm 137:9 be applied today?

Thank you for your preemptive "you're welcome". I send a belated "thank you"

That's very kind of you, sweetheart

[elsa333]

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Might be funny, if it wasn't sad.

Really? Tell me why exactly.

[Zechariah Smyth]

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So you don't think about what it says after you read it? Doesn't it strike a chord in you, forcing you to think about what it says, and the reason behind what it says? Do you use your mind at all? Or are you just a puppet? Blindly following words on paper, not thinking about it. That's what I meant by contemplating. I don't see any hidden meanings in the Bible. I don't fabricate ideas that aren't there.
Thank you for your preemptive "you're welcome". I send a belated "thank you"

Think of the Bible as an instruction manual, or a cook book.

Is a mechanic a "puppet" for adhering to the shop manual torque specs when replacing a cylinder head?

Does a chef have to contemplate the temperature setting of the oven when he's baking a cake?



On a side note: we tolerate many things here, but bad manners is not among them. Please watch your tone when addressing your betters, and that includes all True Christians(tm), even females.

Yours in Christ,

Z. Smyth

[elsa333]

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On a side note: we tolerate many things here, but bad manners is not among them. Please watch your tone when addressing your betters, and that includes all True Christians™, even females.

Yours in Christ,

Z. Smyth

Understood.
I'm sorry you misconstrued my tone. I didn't mean to come across as offensive. I just didn't know if people actually think about things in the Bible. It's hard to understand people sometimes. People say one thing and mean another.

[Zechariah Smyth]

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Understood.
I'm sorry you misconstrued my tone. I didn't mean to come across as offensive. I just didn't know if people actually think about things in the Bible. It's hard to understand people sometimes. People say one thing and mean another.

I didn't misconstrue anything.

Look, I see your kind every single day, and it's always the same song and dance. You consider yourself to be oh-so-clever, while in actuality you will one day think back on this moment and realize how breathtakingly foolish you are.

Now might be a good time to read more and post less: you just might learn something.

Yours in Christ,

Zech

[elsa333]

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I didn't misconstrue anything.

Look, I see your kind every single day, and it's always the same song and dance. You consider yourself to be oh-so-clever, while in actuality you will one day think back on this moment and realize how breathtakingly foolish you are.

Now might be a good time to read more and post less: you just might learn something.

Yours in Christ,

Zech

You did misconstrue me, but that's okay. That is actually some pretty sage advice. I am foolish. And I do think I'm smarter than I really am. I'm pretty stupid, really. You don't have to tell me these things. I'm young and I'm foolish, but that doesn't mean I'll be this way forever. People evolve and change as they grow older. This is just who I am right now in this moment. Maybe tomorrow I won't be so scathing.

[Marko Loimaan-Aho]

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Understood.
I'm sorry you misconstrued my tone. I didn't mean to come across as offensive. I just didn't know if people actually think about things in the Bible. It's hard to understand people sometimes. People say one thing and mean another.

Elsa is a female name.

I have a free advise: Don't think. Just obey.

1 Timothy 2:11-14
Proverbs 9:13

A woman has her own duties and mission.

True Christian ladies have fulfilled these duties and the mission THE LORD has given to them, and they have abilities an ungodly heathen can only dream of.

[elsa333]

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Elsa is a female name.

I have a free advise: Don't think. Just obey.

1 Timothy 2:11-14
Proverbs 9:13

A woman has her own duties and mission.

True Christian ladies have fulfilled these duties and the mission THE LORD has given to them, and they have abilities an ungodly heathen can only dream of.

Thanks for that advise. I choose not to take it, if you don't mind.

[Basilissa]

Re: HI!

Thanks for that advise. I choose not to take it, if you don't mind.

Well, if you really want to rot in Hell for eternity that much, I guess we cannot stop you.

I will pray for you anyway. Maybe some day you will decide to pick up the Bible and read it.