Is There A God? Christopher Hitchens dominates Pastor Douglas Wilson.
Posted by TheTruth in Christianity, General, Gnosticism, Hall of Fame on March 11th, 2010
Short and sweet…thanks Bill.
Posted by TheTruth in General, Gnosticism, Hall of Fame on March 11th, 2010
Very few people will be saved
Posted by cb in Christianity, General on March 3rd, 2010
My first posting, um… I tried to upload a video that would be PERFECT for the hall of shame as this dude speaking suggests VERY few people will be saved. I struggled for so long with the idea that Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. The idea that Jesus is the only bridge to heaven, salvation, God, or whatever, is not only narcissistic thinking by Jesus but his followers as well. If the path is narrow and indeed few will enter the kingdom of heaven, why aren’t professed Christian’s doing a better job at working toward that impossible goal? If the end is near as many religious books proclaim, why aren’t more people walking around like perfect Jesus robots, living without sin, and proclaiming the end is near? I’m very disappointed in the lack of Mormons, Jehovah Witnesses, and on a very special day evangelical Christians coming to my door trying to convince me to believe the end is truly near. With that said I do think the end of civilization as we know it is coming to an end. I don’t care if you agree with my babbling, but if you follow what is going on in the world you will soon realize China owns America, religion owns warmongers, murderers, and of course pedophiles. Soon America will be a communist country instead of a so called Christian nation. I’d rather hang out with the Chinese than the born again Christian’s saved from a life abusing little boys, and bombing innocent villages. So wake-up all you so called Christians. Jesus was a simple Jewish carpenter who managed to help a few people and create what we now know as a religion (although I don’t think Jesus ever intended to become a celebrity)! In my opinion, religion is nothing more than an excuse to hurt people, for men to rule women, and last but not least a reason to sin freely without ever feeling guilty for doing so. After all there is the popular belief that once saved always saved. Accept Jesus into your hearts people, and you have a free pass to heaven no matter what you do. The Bible states that it is no longer you who live, but Christ who lives in you. Therefore all of your sin has been washed away the minute Jesus died on the cross and if you acknowledge that to be true, BAM you are saved. Yet if you live in the bush and have no clue what toilet paper even is, how do you have a chance to pray the famous prayer of repentance? You don’t. You are damned to hell because of where the hell you were born. Jesus was a walking paradox, contradicting himself, and freeloading meals, lodging, and donkeys along the way. Very few people will be saved? What is salvation if you take away theology, the Bible, and the “other books” relating to Christianity? Some would say it comes down to having faith in what is unseen. I can’t believe in something I can’t see when it’s hard for me to have faith in what I do see. Ok, I’m out. If few will enter the kingdom of heaven, and God’s knowledge is timeless, why would he create puppets to do what he wants and they go to heaven, yet out of his humor create those predestined to burn in a lake of fire? This sort of thinking is for crazy people. Circular reasoning is for the ignorant.
Just a thought ……………..
Posted by TheMediator in Catholicism, Christianity, General, Gnosticism, Other Religions on February 22nd, 2010
Faith is determined by accidental causes; it has no necessary relation to truth. A strong persuasion, but no objective certitude. It embraces error as well as truth, and embraces it with equal affection. But reason, in its proper nature, is identical with the actual truth of things, that is, their relation in the mind of God; and human reason, on any intelligible theory of God’s government, must be a continual approximation to absolute truth…. Reason requires the nutriment and impulse furnished by faith. Faith requires the discreet elaboration of reason. The one has substance; the other, the form. Reason alone would give us a world without God, bodies without spirits, earth without heaven, a day without a morrow, a way without a goal. Faith alone would give us a pantheon of questionable divinities, a pandemonium of unquestionable fiends, an overshadowing theocracy for civil rule, a dispensation of dark ages without end.
Free speech; Art, Comedy, Cinema vs. Everything else
Posted by TheWay in Hall of Fame on February 7th, 2010
Something that irritates me to no end is when people blur the line between artistic expression and hurtful speech.
For me, its simple, and simple is always better because it allows one to demarcate the boundaries between what acceptable language is, depending upon the medium in which it is being delivered.
Now to the point.
Art, Comedy and Cinema should be off limits with regards to censorship. Anything goes in these areas. These are mediums of artistic expression, and expression is only deemed healthy if it’s given 100% free reign, wherever that may lead.
One of the more notable cases concerned Michael Richards (referred to as “Kramer,” on Seinfeld (1989–1998) who was chastised for saying the word nigger, (yes, I said it) which, in any other medium might offend the intended recipient. However, Mr. Richards was not walking down the street when he said this. In fact, he was in a comedy club.
Now, I have been to comedy clubs and I remember voluntarily making the decision to pay for my ticket. I then voluntarily drove myself to the club, paid for my two drink minimum, and then put myself, voluntarily mind you, in a position where I might get made fun of in any numerous of ways; this is what comedians do, they fuck with you.
Even if Mr. Richards said this out of anger, it is occurring in a comedy club where drinking is taking place. This is a place for adults, adults that should have a developed sense of humor. But when a couple of offended black people play the race card, all hell breaks loose. The next thing you know Jesse Jackson has to chime in, as he always does, and then they start calling for Mr. Richards to apologize, which in my book is totally insane. I understand the reason he did make an apology; he had to save his career because of a few opportunistic idiots.
Further, if you are painting a picture, you should be able to paint whatever you want. If you are making a movie, again, you should be able to create any movie you wish, and with regard comedy clubs, you should be able to say the words nigger, cracker, wap, oreo, half-breed or whatever, because again, its a COMEDY CLUB.
Finally, if a ban on the word nigger is fully instituted in comedy clubs, then we also need to ban all racial slurs, because white, yellow and brown people should also be protected, right? Of course not. If we start down the road of banning a single word in a comedy club, then all offensive words must be banned, and if that became a reality, there would be no reason to visit comedy clubs anymore because they would no longer be funny.
So, to all of you niggers, porch-monkey’s, camel-jockey’s, whitey’s, crackers, waps, oreos and half-breeds, have a good fucking afternoon, and please, remember to laugh
Same religious station, different day, same result…..good times!!!
Posted by TheTruth in Christianity, General, Hall of Fame on February 6th, 2010
Religious station gets pranked…Comedy at it’s finest, Must watch!!!!
Posted by TheTruth in Christianity, General, Hall of Fame on February 6th, 2010
3 of 3…..Greatest story ever sold.
Posted by TheTruth in Catholicism, Christianity, General, Gnosticism, Hall of Fame, Other Religions on February 2nd, 2010
Pert 2 of 3…The greatest story ever sold
Posted by TheTruth in Catholicism, Christianity, General, Gnosticism, Hall of Fame, Other Religions on January 28th, 2010