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I am a Christian.  Nothing depresses me more about the state of the world than the state of the religion I believe in.
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pfft look at those silly Christians, can't even remember which parts of their spiritual world is scripture and which parts just glomed on through the centuries.
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Burkion posted:(Now tell them about how the Devil and Satan may not be the same guy) The idea of either as a physical personification is only slightly more biblical. Just like the idea of Hell being a physical place of pain and suffering, or any place at all, really. Revelation strikes again...
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Jan 17, 2019 17:57
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Cythereal posted:I am a Christian.    I'm very unhappy about what the Jewish State is doing in my name.
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Jan 17, 2019 18:07
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Azathoth posted:The whole "fallen angel" conception of Lucifer is mostly extrabiblical. The only time the word appears in the Bible is when the author of Isaiah is talking poo poo about the King of Babylon. It comes mostly from medieval readings of Revelation that only persist today in crazyass fundamentalist circles. That is to say the idea of Lucifer as a fallen angel is about as biblical as the Rapture. I think some versions also have that word used to describe Christ in Revelation. Lucifer means light bringer, that's it. Sometimes it's used to talk about someone being fancy and special, sometimes it means the planet Venus. I don't think it's ever used as a proper noun in the bible.
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Jan 17, 2019 18:31
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I thought Lucifer lost the ability to assume a fair shape after Eru cast Numenor into the sea.
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Jan 17, 2019 19:12
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Everyone just needs to read The Sandman graphic novels.
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Jan 17, 2019 19:23
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Baron von Eevl posted:I think some versions also have that word used to describe Christ in Revelation. Lucifer means light bringer, that's it. Sometimes it's used to talk about someone being fancy and special, sometimes it means the planet Venus. I don't think it's ever used as a proper noun in the bible. Depends on how strict you want to be about the definition of "versions", but yeah. The description of God as a source of illumination is a pretty common poetic appellation. The interpretation of it as a proper noun requires a lot of unlikely leaps, and is pretty much just starting with the conclusion that there is a literal fallen angel named Lucifer, then working backwards to try to make a few disparate pieces of evidence fit.
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Jan 17, 2019 19:29
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Alterian posted:Everyone just needs to read The Sandman graphic novels. drat straight, the TV adaptation sucked all the good stuff out and spat it.
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Jan 17, 2019 19:40
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Azathoth posted:That is to say the idea of Lucifer as a fallen angel is about as biblical as the Rapture. 1) username/post lol 2) what do you mean Rapture isn't biblical, Debbie Harry is a gift from God
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Jan 17, 2019 20:00
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Proteus Jones posted:Wasn't the whole thing that the original sculptor made Sexy Lucifer and they said "too sexy", they hired his brother to do it and he made it even sexier? it's like they say - you know he had to do it to em.
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Jan 17, 2019 20:04
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1pzUc_FKZI&t=34s
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Jan 17, 2019 20:13
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Los Angeles is getting more rain in this one storm than was received in the 2017–2018 season.
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Jan 17, 2019 20:32
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I thought the whole thing is that evil is seductive so Lucifer is sexy. Its suppose to make you think.
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Jan 17, 2019 22:06
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You're not supposed to think about getting dicked by Lucifer when praying.
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Jan 17, 2019 22:49
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Samuringa posted:You're not supposed to think about getting dicked by Lucifer when praying.
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Jan 17, 2019 23:21
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Samuringa posted:You're not supposed to think about getting dicked by Lucifer when praying. Oh you saw Devil's Advocate too huh
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Jan 17, 2019 23:29
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Slippery posted:Oh you saw Devil's Advocate too huh Cursed movie because Keanu Reeves tries to speak southern...
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Jan 18, 2019 01:06
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https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1085674914697408512
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Jan 18, 2019 02:44
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Congratulations on getting a date OP.
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Jan 18, 2019 03:07
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Feels good, man.
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Jan 18, 2019 03:19
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The Rowdy Tourist Family Currently Carving a Trail of Destruction Through New Zealand
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Jan 18, 2019 03:36
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Azathoth posted:The whole "fallen angel" conception of Lucifer is mostly extrabiblical. The only time the word appears in the Bible is when the author of Isaiah is talking poo poo about the King of Babylon. It comes mostly from medieval readings of Revelation that only persist today in crazyass fundamentalist circles. That is to say the idea of Lucifer as a fallen angel is about as biblical as the Rapture. There's a lot more to the mythological background of the Bible than just the Bible itself. I mean, I'm a Buddhist so I don't give a drat about these fairy tales but you can't just say ,"the Bible only says this about Lucifer and so that's all there is, the rest is fan fiction". That's a silly perspective.
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Jan 18, 2019 04:50
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Larch posted:There's a lot more to the mythological background of the Bible than just the Bible itself. You absolutely can. That's the view of Protestants, who view the Bible as the only document directly inspired by God and ignore everything else (in theory). We call this principle Sola Scriptura, that only the Bible is the authentic word of God and should be the only basis for Christianity. This view is not shared by Catholics or Orthodox, and even Protestants apply it to varying degrees depending on denomination, but only caring about the Bible and ignoring everything else is absolutely believed by millions of people (including me).
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Jan 18, 2019 05:20
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Henchman of Santa posted:The Rowdy Tourist Family Currently Carving a Trail of Destruction Through New Zealand quote:Littering is a fineable offence in New Zealand as well as heavily culturally frowned upon. Fascinating. Thanks for informing us.
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Jan 18, 2019 05:47
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Cythereal posted:You absolutely can. That's the view of Protestants, who view the Bible as the only document directly inspired by God and ignore everything else (in theory). We call this principle Sola Scriptura, that only the Bible is the authentic word of God and should be the only basis for Christianity. Everyone keeps some tradition. Why is Sunday the Lᴏʀᴅ’s day?
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Jan 18, 2019 05:50
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Platystemon posted:Everyone keeps some tradition. I agree, but tradition holds no authority over the Bible or my beliefs and has no innate purpose or spiritual value. In the actual religion thread over in A/T, when I first started posting there years ago as perhaps the first Evangelical (very socially and theologically liberal Evangelical, I hate the right wing), that was one of the hardest ideas to get across to people raised in other religious traditions, that Protestants see all that tradition and theology that's not in the Bible and say that's nice and if it means something to you go nuts, but it has no spiritual meaning in and of itself. This isn't the right thread to discuss all that.
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Jan 18, 2019 06:02
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PSA: Please do not put wasp nests in your vagina
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Jan 18, 2019 06:34
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Cythereal posted:I agree, but tradition holds no authority over the Bible or my beliefs and has no innate purpose or spiritual value.
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quote:"This is a dangerous practice with real potential to harm," Gunter wrote. "Here’s a pro-tip: If something burns when you apply it to the vagina, it is generally bad for the vagina." Well there goes any chance of me getting lucky 
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Jan 18, 2019 13:33
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Splicer posted:Do you have a link to any parts where you talk about Apocrypha, Deuterocanonical texts, different translations etc? No, because my response is simply "I don't give a poo poo and I'm confused that you think I would." A core part of Evangelical belief is that it ultimately comes down to your one on one relationship with God, not the fine details of what you may or may not believe. I see the Apocrypha, Deuterocanonical texts, etc and shrug. They're completely irrelevant to me. Cythereal has a new favorite as of 15:36 on Jan 18, 2019 |
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Jan 18, 2019 14:48
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It makes sense, the wasps keep out other, more harmful insects
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Jan 18, 2019 16:49
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Phlegmish posted:It makes sense, the wasps keep out other, more harmful insects Like centipedes?
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Jan 18, 2019 17:39
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Dagen H posted:Like centipedes? Those aren't insects, right? Still though, heh Fat shark 
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Jan 18, 2019 18:17
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The most dangerous game of 'fat or pregnant'.
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Jan 18, 2019 18:32
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Cartoon Man posted:Cursed movie because Keanu Reeves tries to speak southern... I enjoy that 'faking a Southern accent' is apparently above 'seriously considers hooking it up with his sister' on your list of things that are cursed 
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Jan 18, 2019 18:39
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Ghost Leviathan posted:The most dangerous game of 'fat or pregnant'. oh god I've been waiting so long to do this and I just have to get it out of my system so please ignore the below speaking of, how IS your mom doing these days oh man I feel SO MUCH better for having got that out. Next I gotta find a 69 to nice and I will be 100% ready for the weekend
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Jan 18, 2019 18:45
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Slippery posted:oh god I've been waiting so long to do this and I just have to get it out of my system so please ignore the below I believe you'll find it's pronounced "nóice"
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Platystemon posted:Why is Sunday the Lᴏʀᴅ’s day? Constantine gave everybody in the Roman Empire Sundays off.
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