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Permalink Reply by James Cox on December 5, 2012 at 5:32am

A 'friend' from HS was posting religious messages on my FB page a few months ago. One message stated that unbelievers were going to hell. I wrote back suggesting that such messages were intolerate and unwanted. She wrote back suggesting that I was the intolerate one, then unfriended me. Oh well. I quess I have issues! 

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Permalink Reply by Amanda Mrakovich on December 4, 2012 at 3:53pm

Here are a few posts from my brother (I read, laugh, share with husband, laugh some more, then ignore) I could go on and on (that there took me about 10 seconds) I usually ignore them, but sometimes I just get so pissed at his holier than thou attitude and his never ending posts about god and jesus.

• God is so beautiful and deep that one does not have to force one's self to be content as if we have no other option. Instead, experiencing His wonder, we become amazed, and dwell in His majesty, overwhelmed by satisfied contentment.
• Haste, haste, to bring Him laud, the Babe, the son of Mary!
• Read through Colossians a couple times over the past 24 hours. I am amazed how such a simple book can be so important and profound. The theological implications are huge. The Christian living implications are huge. 4 chapters. 95 verses.
• Embarking on a 6 hour car ride to Horseheads, NY. I was hoping my dad was going to be riding with us because I had posed a theological challenge to him and was really looking forward to 6 hours of conversation. But alas, he cannot ride with us. I guess (his wife) is going to have to be my sounding board and read a lot of "The Chronicles of Narnia" to me.
• "And if there is among them any that is poor and needy, and if they (Christians) have no spare food, they fast two or three days in order to supply to the needy their lack of food." - Aristides in his Defense (Apology) of Christianity. Delivered around AD 125.
  
  When was the last time we fasted for the purpose of saving our money so that we can give it to others who have no food? Christians, please do not forget this. We give up our comforts to comfort others because Christ gave up His comforts to comfort us.
• I have been reading an early church father named Melito (died about AD 180). I have been enjoying his writings immensely. Here is a snippet of his thoughts on the crucifixion (forgive the old English):
  
  "...because the people quaked not, the earth quaked; because they were not affrighted, the earth was affrighted. Thou smotest thy Lord: thou also hast been smitten upon the earth. And thou indeed
  liest dead; but He is risen from the place of the dead, and ascended to the height of heaven, having suffered for the sake of those who suffer, and having been bound for the sake of Adam's race which was imprisoned, and having been judged for the sake of him who was condemned, and having been buried for the sake of him who was buried."
  
  I bet he was an awesome speaker.
  
  
  
• There was a news article in the New York Post a couple days ago where some anonymous Jets players said Tebow was "terrible." Here is the reaction from another Jet player:
  
  "I've never heard anything so disgusting in my life," said linebacker Bryan Thomas, the team's longest-tenured player. "In the history of me being here and playing football, I've never heard anybody say, 'That guy is terrible.'
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  Thomas was so outraged that he said he'd fight anyone who called him out like that. Asked if Tebow reacted that way, Thomas said, "He's not that type of guy. He'll probably pray for you."
  
  I hope I would have that same reputation if in a similar situation. Who cares if he is terrible - which he is not - he has a spirit that blesses God. That is far more valuable than a good football reputation.

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Permalink Reply by Kairan Nierde on December 5, 2012 at 11:05am

Can I slap your brother?  Not too hard.  Just enough momentum to knock out some delusion and make room for new ideas. 

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Permalink Reply by Amanda Mrakovich on December 5, 2012 at 5:12pm

Please do, I've been wanting to do that forever now. 

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Permalink Reply by Gallup's Mirror on December 4, 2012 at 4:13pm

Facebook is a monstrous perversion of the public Internet. I'll stay out here in the free world, thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Kairan Nierde on December 5, 2012 at 12:24am

I hate facebook.  It's like you don't exist if you aren't on facebook. 

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Permalink Reply by Gallup's Mirror on December 5, 2012 at 1:38am

Tell that to my creditors. 

I remember when Microsoft had actually convinced almost the entire computing world that Microsoft was a monopoly. Sure, they lost millions in anti-trust litigation. But for years, customers were convinced they had no choice but to buy Microsoft products. You can't buy marketing that good for any price. 

I was using the Internet long before Facebook appeared. I'll still be using the Internet long after Facebook joins AOL, GeoCities, Netscape, and MySpace on the can't-live-without-it rubbish pile. I didn't use any of them either.

You don't have a profile on Facebook. Facebook has a profile on YOU.

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Permalink Reply by Kairan Nierde on December 5, 2012 at 11:03am

Damn, you're right!

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Permalink Reply by Strega on December 4, 2012 at 7:41pm

Post this to your FB wall, and sit back and enjoy the fun.

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Permalink Reply by RobertPiano on December 4, 2012 at 8:13pm

God is my co-pilot, but Satan possessed my brakes.

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Permalink Reply by RobertPiano on December 4, 2012 at 8:40pm

I had a big time christian send me a FB link to Leonard Cohen' brilliant song "Hallelujah". Apparently he never actually understood the real nature of the lyrics. I'm sure its a common mistake "to hear only what you want to."

Maybe there’s a God above
But all I’ve ever learned from love
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
It’s not a cry you can hear at night
It’s not somebody who has seen the light
It’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well, really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light in every word
It doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah

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Permalink Reply by Strega on December 4, 2012 at 9:18pm

Jeff Buckley's version doesn't carry that last verse, Robert, and I hadn't seen it before, so thanks for posting that.

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