tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156536327610779049.post7102095213010044560..comments2024-02-23T11:23:45.971-05:00Comments on Lost Motorcyclist: The Message is More Important Than the MiracleLost Motorcyclisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08873504561959138792noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156536327610779049.post-77180260034605683292010-07-11T11:31:25.471-04:002010-07-11T11:31:25.471-04:00I ran across an amusing quote today...
If the Bib...I ran across an amusing quote today...<br /><br />If the Bible proves the existence of God, then comics prove the existence of Superman.Alnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156536327610779049.post-73125599773719816652010-07-08T14:30:19.060-04:002010-07-08T14:30:19.060-04:00You write, 'Fundamentalist Christians say they...You write, '<i>Fundamentalist Christians say they believe every word of the bible is true, except for the part about "love your enemy".</i>'<br /><br />I beg to differ. In fact, many (if not most) fundamentalist Christians believe not what they read in the Bible, but rather what they are told by their religious leaders (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_evangelist_scandals" rel="nofollow">many of whom</a> operate from less than 'Christian' motives).<br /><br />Even the story of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_at_Cana" rel="nofollow">wedding at Cana</a> (Jesus' first miracle according to the Gospel of John; no mention of it in the Synoptic Gospels) is a source of contention among Christians; did Jesus <i>actually</i> change that water to wine?<br /><br />Many denominations (including the Roman Catholics, for whom <b>wine</b> - the alcoholic stuff - is the stuff of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transubstantiation#Roman_Catholic_theology_of_transubstantiation" rel="nofollow">transubstantiation</a>) have no problem with the consumption of alcohol.<br /><br />However, many 'fundamentalists' believe that wine is a 'no-no' because it says so in the Bible (<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Habakkuk+2%3A15&version=KJV" rel="nofollow">Habakkuk 2:15</a>). (BTW, these appear to be the same killjoys who look down their noses at most 'fun' things, like popular music, dancing, &c.)<br /><br />But rather than considering the possibility which you do, that Jesus worked some form of mass hypnosis (or, as you put it, a '<i>mind trick</i>') these moaners get into extended semantic quibbling to 'prove' that Jesus <i>actually</i> turned that water into <a href="http://www.calvaryprophecy.com/q130.html" rel="nofollow">grape juice</a> or, better still, <a href="http://www.learnthebible.org/jesus-and-wine.html" rel="nofollow">non-acoholic wine</a>.<br /><br />Those folks may be wet blankets themselves, but they shouldn't project their own narrow-mindedness on Jesus. One can quibble (<i>ad nauseum</i> evidently) about exactly what did happen at that wedding. The fact remains that the most direct 'reading' is that the wine ran out, Jesus' mother asked him for help, and Jesus provided more wine (and the <a href="http://bible.cc/john/2-10.htm" rel="nofollow">'good stuff'</a> while he was at it) - no party-pooper, our Jesus <b>;-)</b><br /><br />As far as '<i>bombing innocent people, ... torturing prisoners, ... stealing land by military force</i>' ... well, if one can 'prove' that the wine at Cana was 'actually' Welch's, then justifying all those other things through scripture is obviously 'no problem.'Madeyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02593933575568389288noreply@blogger.com