2020 Post Election MEGAthread

[FatherSioux]

Originally Posted by Lune [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

True, if only Christians acted in a way that aligned with their own book.

“For whoever exalts himself will be humbled by God, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted by God.” Matthew 23:12

"Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God."" Matthew 19:24

One of Jesus' last acts before the shitstorm rained down on him was to expel the money-changers and merchants from the Jewish temple because he and his disciples felt their commerce and usury were antithetical to piety. In fact this is a core message of Christianity, and why that type of usury was outlawed (even if, at times, only in law, not in practice) throughout the Christian world for the next 1.5 thousand years. Jesus loved the poor. American conservatives hate the poor.

So you can imagine how it looks to an outsider when you have modern Christians who read Ayn Rand and subscribe to capitalism in its most wicked form. Note, there is nothing inherently wrong with capitalism as long as it is underlaid by certain values. Modern American capitalism resembles Chinese capitalism nowadays more than the Protestant ethic.

You show a real lack of understanding with your comments. Perhaps the single biggest lesson to learn from The Bible is that human beings are incredibly flawed and we all make mistakes. It's why Jesus sacrificed himself on the cross.

Pointing out that people who wave a certain flag are flawed doesn't discredit an entire belief structure. It discredits you for not seeing the error in your ways.

[Lune]

Originally Posted by FatherSioux [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You show a real lack of understanding with your comments. Perhaps the single biggest lesson to learn from The Bible is that human beings are incredibly flawed and we all make mistakes. It's why Jesus sacrificed himself on the cross.

Pointing out that people who wave a certain flag are flawed doesn't discredit an entire belief structure. It discredits you for not seeing the error in your ways.

lol if you think the core message of the bible is some reductionist, new-agey "humans are flawed and we all make mistakes" you're the one who lacks understanding.

So what you've done is selected a particular biblical theme, said "that's what the bible means", matched it to American culture, and thrown out all the other stuff Jesus said and did.

And yes, it discredits their belief structure when they profess to believe one thing (Jesus' words, actions and teachings), but actually believe something entirely different (Modern American Christianity).

[BiG SiP]

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[BarnabusCollins]

Ye have no idea what power is. Yet.

True power: Deriving a laugh when things are at their worst. Fruit from God.

[charmcitysking]

Originally Posted by BarnabusCollins [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Christopher Codumbass called USA New India. Natives can't stand him or his term Indians.
He wasnt the first to discover USA. But he was the beginning of the end of the native.

Look, you have to walk in Columbus' shoes to see what he went through. People thought the world was flat for cryin' out loud. Then he lands on an island with a bunch of naked savages on it, I mean, that took a lot of guts. You remember when we went to Florida? With the heat? And those bugs?

He discovered America is what he did. He was a brave Italian explorer - and on these elf forums, Christopher Columbus is a hero. End of story.

[FatherSioux]

Originally Posted by Lune [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

lol if you think the core message of the bible is some reductionist, new-agey "humans are flawed and we all make mistakes" you're the one who lacks understanding.

So what you've done is selected a particular biblical theme, said "that's what the bible means", matched it to American culture, and thrown out all the other stuff Jesus said and did.

And yes, it discredits their belief structure when they profess to believe one thing (Jesus' words, actions and teachings), but actually believe something entirely different (Modern American Christianity).

So maybe you can't read, which seems odd for someone who plays Everquest. When I said perhaps one of the biggest lessons, you seem to have read "This is all lessons of the bible in one theme". But you see I said that it was perhaps the biggest and most important lesson. That does not mean that it is the only lesson, nor that it is the only important one. Try and read things with some assumption that you don't know everything there is to know, I know it will be tough since you're such a rational creature.

Please share your summary of what the Bible means for all of us to bask in your wisdom.

[FatherSioux]

Originally Posted by charmcitysking [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

He discovered America is what he did. He was a brave Italian explorer - and on these elf forums, Christopher Columbus is a hero. End of story.

Columbus is a god damn hero, deeply flawed human(shocking). Anyone who discredits what he did is a simpleton.

[BiG SiP]

ah yes a god damn genocide hero
(LOL) 70 year old poster detected

[FatherSioux]

Originally Posted by BiG SiP [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

ah yes a god damn genocide hero
(LOL)

Columbus is the reason you're here today. He's the reason you're allowed to live out your troll life on these p99 forums. You should have a shrine to him in your bathroom, next to McQuaids.

[BarnabusCollins]

naked savages lol

THEY GOTTA BE SAVAGES CAUSE THEY GOT NO CLOTH ON! GOD DIDNT LIKE IT WHEN ADAM AND EVE HID THEIR BODY HE CREATED, FROM HIM.