The Wicked Hate the Word of God

Quote from Wallet:

John 15:18-25

"If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.

If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.

Remember the words I spoke to you: 'No servant is greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.

They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the One who sent me.

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.

He who hates me hates my Father as well.

If I had not done among them what no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen these miracles, and yet they have hated both me and my Father.

But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: 'They hated me without reason.'

Romans 1: 19-32

For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.

For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.

Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.

Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another.

They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator-who is forever praised. Amen.

Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.

Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.

They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless.

Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.

..right so what was that?
Inferiority Complexes and Low Esteem 101 for Dummies?
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  • 'Can't influence people or get along with folk in general? Is it that excessively hypocritical pious and condescendingly sanctimonious attitude making you unpopular?
    Then just shout "Jesus" at them, create another self-righteous reason for the world to hate you. '
 
What i find interesting is this deep resentment for the preachers just speaking about what the bible says. Now imagine they were not Christians. Imagine they were standing there talking about hindu gods or greek gods and telling people that those gods would judge them. I am sure that every single one of them would not have got as upset and only smiled and laughed. But there is something in the bible that just irks the wicked to a point that they go nearly insane.

I wonder what the girl was saying to the police in that video. "These guys are preaching the word of God! You have to stop them now, Officer!"
 
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What i find interesting is this deep resentment for the preachers just speaking about what the bible says. Now imagine they were not Christians. Imagine they were standing there talking about hindu gods or greek gods and telling people that those gods would judge them. I am sure that every single one of them would not have got as upset and only smiled and laughed. But there is something in the bible that just irks the wicked to a point that they go nearly insane.

I wonder what the girl was saying to the police in that video. "These guys are preaching the word of God! You have to stop them now, Officer!"
The way to deal with superstition is not to be polite to it, but to tackle it with all arms, and so rout it, cripple it, and make it forever infamous and ridiculous. Henry Louis Mencken
 
Quote from vhehn:

The way to deal with superstition is not to be polite to it, but to tackle it with all arms, and so rout it, cripple it, and make it forever infamous and ridiculous. Henry Louis Mencken


Yeah, you've done a great job of that. lol. Now, only eighty plus percent of Americans believe in God. And the other, more "enlightened" bunch, know that they can sin aaaaaall they want, and not to worry about a thing. :D
 
I'm shopping for a religion. After all, why should I automatically abide by the one I was born into? Shouldn't I have a choice?

That said, anyone want to convince me that their god is the "real" or "best" god? I really can use some help here.

Islam is out of the question - too much work with all that bowing to the east 3-4 times a day. I have a sciatic nerve running down my leg and I don't need to aggravate it.

So I think it should be a choice between Jesus (christianity) - Moses (Judaism) - or Buddha (Buddhism).

Outdated/Ancient religions are not out of the question either. Afetr all, many are older than the above religions and I guess it would make more sense tha the older a religion is, the more likely it is legitimate?

Two cents anyone?
 
Quote from fhl:

Yeah, you've done a great job of that. lol. Now, only eighty plus percent of Americans believe in God. And the other, more "enlightened" bunch, know that they can sin aaaaaall they want, and not to worry about a thing. :D

it takes time to overcome generations of superstitious indoctrination but education and enlightenment are winning out slowly but surely:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/06/u...1e996b11&ei=5094&partner=homepage&oref=slogin

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/03/09/us.religion.less.christian/

(CNN) -- America is a less Christian nation than it was 20 years ago, and Christianity is not losing out to other religions, but primarily to a rejection of religion altogether, a survey published Monday found.
 
Quote from Misthos:

I'm shopping for a religion. After all, why should I automatically abide by the one I was born into? Shouldn't I have a choice?

That said, anyone want to convince me that their god is the "real" or "best" god? I really can use some help here.

Islam is out of the question - too much work with all that bowing to the east 3-4 times a day. I have a sciatic nerve running down my leg and I don't need to aggravate it.

So I think it should be a choice between Jesus (christianity) - Moses (Judaism) - or Buddha (Buddhism).

Outdated/Ancient religions are not out of the question either. Afetr all, many are older than the above religions and I guess it would make more sense tha the older a religion is, the more likely it is legitimate?

Two cents anyone?
pick christianity. it is the easiest. all you have to do is say i believe in a talking snake and you get a free pass to eternity where streets are paved in gold and it party time forever.
you can be a selfish asshole your whole life and it makes no difference, you are in if you just believe.
christianity is the best system. you go to church on sunday and listen to some preacher say just believe, drink this glass of grape juice, eat this imitation piece of bread, throw a couple bucks in the offering plate and you are done with plenty of time to be home to watch the football game on tv.
 
Quote from vhehn:

pick christianity. it is the easiest. all you have to do is say i believe in a talking snake and you get a free pass to eternity where streets are paved in gold and it party time forever.
you can be a selfish asshole your whole life and it makes no difference, you are in if you just believe.
christianity is the best system. you go to church on sunday and listen to some preacher say just believe, drink this glass of grape juice, eat this imitation piece of bread, throw a couple bucks in the offering plate and you are done with plenty of time to be home to watch the football game on tv.

You know what? I was thinking the same thing. But there are quite a few to choose from. Catholicism - too stringent, too many saints to keep track of - long ceremonies of standing up, sitting down, and kneeling.... Though Catholic girls are hot. Baptists - ever watch those televangelists? Nuf said, hell no. Too redneckish for me.

I'm leaning toward being an Episcopalian. They are by far the most powerful and wealthiest of the christians in America. I read somehwere that they outnumber most religions on the board of directors of many transnational corporations. Could be a great career booster too.
 
Quote from Misthos:

I'm shopping for a religion. After all, why should I automatically abide by the one I was born into? Shouldn't I have a choice?

That said, anyone want to convince me that their god is the "real" or "best" god? I really can use some help here.

Islam is out of the question - too much work with all that bowing to the east 3-4 times a day. I have a sciatic nerve running down my leg and I don't need to aggravate it.

So I think it should be a choice between Jesus (christianity) - Moses (Judaism) - or Buddha (Buddhism).

Outdated/Ancient religions are not out of the question either. Afetr all, many are older than the above religions and I guess it would make more sense tha the older a religion is, the more likely it is legitimate?

Two cents anyone?

Hilarious post. Sciatic nerve.....haha classic.
 
Quote from vhehn:

pick christianity. it is the easiest. all you have to do is say i believe in a talking snake and you get a free pass to eternity where streets are paved in gold and it party time forever.
you can be a selfish asshole your whole life and it makes no difference, you are in if you just believe.
christianity is the best system. you go to church on sunday and listen to some preacher say just believe, drink this glass of grape juice, eat this imitation piece of bread, throw a couple bucks in the offering plate and you are done with plenty of time to be home to watch the football game on tv.

Sounds good! How do I sign up? Does God have a facebook account?
 
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