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Originally posted by badmedia
reply to post by Imago Dei
Matthew 23
11But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
12And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
13But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
Originally posted by badmedia
reply to post by StopComplaining
The majority of people who are "satanist" or "atheists" simply do it because of the hypocrisy and dogma of Christians. IE: It's more about being anti-christian than having any particularly evil intentions. I seriously doubt the majority of them do it for bad reasons.
Or that's been the case in my experience anyway. Those who are just truly "evil" don't really seem to be in to such things. Although I am sure there are exceptions.
And for me personally this was definitely the case, although I wasn't satanic. I did however become an atheist simply based on the hypocrisy and dogma of Christians. I grew up in the bible belt and seen it all first hand.
Today I just don't let their actions and dogma define things for me, and I realize that back then I was allowing them to define things for me.
For example the song Imagine by John Lennon. I like the song a good bit. Lennon himself pretty much said it's a communist manifest, which I do not agree with at all. However, I think his real intentions and heart was in the right place, just didn't have a real good understanding of things in general. I think it was more about being anti-capitalist due to what people call capitalism(really isn't), and anti-religion based on the actions of religious people(which aren't even inline with the actual teachings).
Pretty much highlights the dangers in being "anti-" things based on what people do in the name of those things. For the reason I mentioned above, it still lets those people define the topic for you.
And for the record, Ozzy is a Christian. In fact, he's a catholic.
[edit on 6/29/2009 by badmedia]
Originally posted by Imago Dei
Originally posted by badmedia
reply to post by Imago Dei
Matthew 23
11But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
12And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
13But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
and woe to the looohuuusuuuheeers that keep annoying people in threads for they shall be ,mocked and scorned and made to look like the complete walnuts that they really are, those scribes and phariees who quote scripture whilst denying the saving grace of the lord Jesus Christ. Those fruit n nut cakes who have a form a of godlyness but who deny the power thereof.
Bring it pal, dont just sing it. Im about to wipe the floor with the snot dribbling from your runny little up turned snout.
Luke 6
22Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
23Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
Originally posted by badmedia
reply to post by Imago Dei
Thanks for the blessing.
Luke 6
22Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
23Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
[edit on 7/2/2009 by badmedia]
Proverbs 9
5Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
7He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
8Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
Originally posted by masonwatcher
reply to post by Imago Dei
Imago Dei, I like your twisted ways and weird responses. Go to my profile page and register as a friend. Do it. It is good for you.
The usual Jewish answer to the man’s question would have been 'You must obey the *commandments.' [The commandments were the rules that God gave to Moses.]
Originally posted by badmedia
reply to post by StopComplaining
He is the first person I have ever put on my ignore list here, and is the only person who is on it. Whenever I make a point he can't deal with, he just responds with extreme amounts of namecalling and so forth, completely ignoring the point of the post.
I plain and simple am not going to waste my time when I spend a decent amount of time writing out a response that tries to show the understanding, only to get nothing but name calling in return.
That you say I have attacked his character and that he has tried to help me has really just dumbfounded me. Are you serious? I'm honestly at a loss for words. Surely you jest?
[edit on 7/4/2009 by badmedia]
Originally posted by LeoVirgo
reply to post by Imago Dei
Has it not occurred to you that someone would put you on ignore because you claim to have truth (since you call everyone else liars)....but your nature in your words make it clear your nature is not more divine then flesh.
Again, people dont need a book to see a nature of someone and they dont have to have a book to learn Gods nature.
If someones deepest nature is humbled...others can see this. They will show patients, forgiveness for they know not what they do, offerings of self to show a selfless nature, and hope....till their last breath....humble hope....for all souls.
Somone said to Badmedia that has it not occured Imago says these things out of love for his fellow man.....well the same goes for others that say what you and others disagree with....dont you think anyone here claiming they have truth and no the 'way' is doing it for their fellow man out of concern. But dont forget those that come with claims...in which to receive gratification for the wrong reasons.
God does not force us into seeking Thee....it has to be on our own will. If someone has claimed to of found wisdom's....who are we to call them liars? We can confidently and kindly give our own thoughts....but why call names?
Hope everyone has had a great 4th!!!!!
Feel the love people!!
LV