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  3. Christianity in Star Trek

    in Monotheist Theologies & Scriptures

    Posted

    On 3/5/2022 at 3:30 PM, Jonathan H. B. Lobl said:

     

    I went back and read Matt 21:19.

    1.  Jesus cursed the fig tree to death.

    2.  He did this in front of his disciples.

    3.  His disciples marveled at how quickly the tree died.

    4.  In verse 21, Jesus explains to his disciples that this is a an example of spiritual power.  He goes on to explain that this is nothing.  That they can make a mountain jump into the sea.

     

    What the bleep is wrong with you?  Didn't you think that I would pick up a Bible and check?

     

    This is no parable.  It's straight out narrative.

    In a world of ever shifting fads and fancies, in a world of filled with uncertainties, it is reassuring to know that there is not total chaos, that there are at least some constants.

     

    In other words, no matter how long the interlude between my visits here, I can always count on finding the two of you verbally sparring  with one another. It lends a certain level of stability to these days.

     

    Both of you take care of yourselves.

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  6. Interesting

    in Monotheist Theologies & Scriptures

    Posted

    On 3/29/2020 at 10:40 AM, Pete said:

     Judaism and Islam relies too much on the enforcement of brutal rules and therefore it diminishes itself. To rely on man to enact brutal punishment is another way of saying their absent god can't be relied upon to enforce his own rules. That and if there is a god then the brutality demonstrates how petty he is given our meagre presence. In this universe.

    Is the sentence supposed to read "Judaism and Islam rely too much on the enforcement of brutal rules and therefore they diminish themselves?

    As always, I ask for a reason.

  8. Prayer For All Sorts and Conditions of Men

    in Good Wishes, Gratitude, Blessings and Prayers

    Posted

    10 hours ago, revkhbostic said:

    More especially  we pray for thy Holy Church Universal;that et may be so guided & governed by thy good Spirit,that all who profess & call themselves Christians  may be led into the way  

    of truth,& hold the faith in unity of spirit ,in the bond of peace,& vin rightousness of life.....

     

    that it may please thee  to comfort  & relieve them  according to their several necessities.giving them patience  under their sufferings,& a happy issue  out of all their 

    afflictions.And this we beg for Jesus Christ sake. Amen

     

    This has to be a Universal Prayer.......

  10. WHAT THE BUDDHA TAUGHT by Walpola Rahula

    in Eastern Religions & Philosophies

    Posted · Edited by RabbiO

    6 hours ago, Nathaniel said:

    RevBogovac. It would have been very good if you had introduced yourself and let me come to know you at least a little bit before you started in with the trolling. What if I had posted a sentence to you that implied you are a liar? Unless you are accustomed to being called a liar it would have bothered you too to be sullied by a stranger. I can join any Forum on the Net and be trolled by a troll. I do not need this forum for that. I would not concern yourself further with the matter RevBogovac as I am thoroughly unimpressed with this Forum (except for Jonathan who has engaged me in intelligent discussion) and will cease posting when I am finished smoothing your feathers. *Smoothes Revbogovacs feathers*
     

    Now you've done it. This is no longer an issue as to whether RevBogovac's original reply was or was not appropriate. This is no longer whether in the abstract your reactions have been overly sensitive and way out of proportion to his post. 

     

    With no real knowledge of RevBogovac you have relentlessly attacked his character and his motivation. This is what we, in my neck of the theological woods, call lashon hara - evil speech. You may be "thoroughly unimpressed with this Forum".  Personally, I feel that way sometimes.  Here's the thing though. Frustrated, angry, bewildered or driven crazy though I may be by some of the folks here, I've never been thoroughly unimpressed with a member until now. 

     

    This forum and you may not be the best fit. No hard feelings if that is the case. 

     

     

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  11. WHAT THE BUDDHA TAUGHT by Walpola Rahula

    in Eastern Religions & Philosophies

    Posted

    10 minutes ago, Jonathan H. B. Lobl said:

    It's an amusing variant.  The first time I heard it, my Lubavitch friends were talking about the Reconstructionists.  Of course, that was before Rabbi Wine's Humanistic Judaism.

     

    Stop me if I've said this before..... Felix Adler, the founder of the Society for Ethical Culture, was the son of a rabbi and studied briefly for the rabbinate. Of him it was said, "There is no God and Felix Adler is his prophet. Years later, after Rabbi Kaplan had begun to publish his theories of Judaism, that saying was revised, with "Mordecai Kaplan" being inserted instead of Adler.

  12. WHAT THE BUDDHA TAUGHT by Walpola Rahula

    in Eastern Religions & Philosophies

    Posted

    4 hours ago, Jonathan H. B. Lobl said:

     

    It is possible to be Jewish without being neurotic, but it helps.  "There is no God and we are his people."

     

     

    The joke as I first heard it  - A Jewish atheist hears that the best school in town happens to be Catholic, so he enrolls his son. Things are going well until one day the boy comes home and says, “I just learned all about the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.” The boy’s father becomes very angry. He takes his son by the shoulders and says, “Avi, this is very important, so listen carefully. There is only one God — and we don’t believe in him!”

  19. The Jews for Jesus Movement and Antisemitism

    in Monotheist Theologies & Scriptures

    Posted

    Originally a sarcastic comment directed toward Felix Adler who left behind rabbinic studies and founded the Society for Ehical Culture, later adapted by substituting the name of Mordecai Kaplan, founder of The Reconstructionist movement in Judaism, - There is no G-d and Felix Adler is his prophet.

     

    Thee is, of course, the Secular Humanistic Judaism movement, founded by Rabbi Sherwin Wine. The movement is atheistic. The flagship,congregation is the Birmingham Temple in Michigan.

     

    For the moment I'm just going to sit over here in the corner and enjoy a cup of coffee and a bagel with a shmear while waiting to see what develops.

  24. Atheist Arguments

    in Freethought, Secularism, No Religion

    Posted

    Jon & Dan,

     

    The Talmud records that the longest lasting argument between Beit Hillel and Beit Shammai lasted three years.

     

    You guys long ago passed that record. Neither of you has budged from your positions and I dare say neither of you is going to budge. Maybe the time has come to stop pushing each other's buttons and just wave at one another as you stand up upon the opposite sides of the theological chasm you occupy.