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Re: Off for the weekend

Fred — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:51:51 -0000

Deleted Fred. That was a cheap and nasty shot.

Re: Off for the weekend

downstreamer — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:58:33 -0000

She nails it pretty well. I’ve always wondered how the prosperity gospel people manage to live with themselves. The idea that God wants them to be rich, and is working for them specifically (at the expense of others) is about as childishly self-centered as you can get. Not to mention the superficial materialism. Jesus was not a Republican.

Re: Off for the weekend

MoeLarryAndJesus — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:27:27 -0000

southpaw replies: "Yeah, dude, leisurely to the end."

Actually, yeah. It could take days to die on the cross. If you take the Gospels seriously it only took 3 hours for Jesus, and then he didn't even stay dead. In the annals of human suffering that doesn't even crack the top billion.

Re: Off for the weekend

southpaw — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 06:58:14 -0000

If you take the Gospels seriously then Jesus led quite the life of leisure.

Yeah, dude, leisurely to the end.

Re: Off for the weekend

Incertus — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:18:13 -0000

I'd think that the Osteens would appreciate, even admire what Brown was doing--after all, Brown was trying to use her religiously affected experience to benefit herself financially. They sound like kindred spirits.

Re: Off for the weekend

MoeLarryAndJesus — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:06:22 -0000

Groove writes: "Just seems odd when Jesus was broke as a joke."

If you take the Gospels seriously then Jesus led quite the life of leisure. No job and a gang of sycophants around to do his bidding. Plus he had magic powers and could whip up anything he needed (fish, bread, wine). I'm not seeing the dire poverty there.

By the way, the lawsuit's over and the jury gave the plaintiff nothing. The flight captain testified that he saw nothing and a couple of passengers said they didn't think an assault took place. Oh well. Queen Victoria is a haughty, nasty harpy but perhaps not a violent one.

Re: Off for the weekend

Groove — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:44:16 -0000

Not big on the "prosperity gospel." Just seems like another class-based theory used to justify materialism. Just seems odd when Jesus was broke as a joke.