tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post8040137404625701555..comments2024-02-13T01:25:33.947-05:00Comments on The Gods Are Bored: Seriously. What Would Jesus Do?Anne Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15478513906953607043noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-49296311353413868142008-06-30T12:36:00.000-04:002008-06-30T12:36:00.000-04:00A friend asked me to leave you the following comme...<I>A friend asked me to leave you the following comment as she has a glitch with her account:</I><BR/><BR/>"This phenom came as I was passing out...literally out of Christianity. I believe it was created to encourage people to "think" before they act...."thinking" specifically about what their beloved teacher might tell them to do in any and all situations. <BR/><BR/>I think it eventually became a copout (as we old folks used to say)when things didn't work well....you know, I asked Jesus and I thought He said to roll myself up in a big ball and die. Couldn't do that so I chose to do something else, guess it wasn't exactly what Jesus would do but it seemed better than what I got in the first place. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, people other than the Egyptians didn't really keep pets so I doubt if Jesus would have anything to say about them even to the woman who told him that "the dogs get the scraps from the table". Tho I think he told her to crawl under the table and get the damn scraps then but I'm not positive....it's been a few years. <BR/><BR/>Oil? Hypocrites, Vipers and Snakes, O MY! He couldn't care less but he might have a few choice words for the Oil barons who steal from the poor to give to the rich! Probably would remind him of the guys selling animals for sacrifice in the temple at a much higher rate bilking the temple goers because they could! He whipped those guys...WWJD? Anybody got a whip? <BR/><BR/>So, for those who ask WWJD...just remember, he helped the poor and downtrodden, healed the sick and walked on water. Most people can do the first two, doctors can do the third but I have yet to find anyone who can walk on water (other than a few of those doctors, who obviously thought they could--but where are they now?)!"Pomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12294207351440999597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-53195306893226378952008-06-25T13:30:00.000-04:002008-06-25T13:30:00.000-04:00Back when I was teaching a religious studies class...Back when I was teaching a religious studies class to undergrads, I used to compare the ancient world's dependence on slavery to our dependence on petroleum.<BR/><BR/>And Jesus, you'll recall, never said a recorded word about slavery, pro or con. Paul, the explainer, seemed to accept it, as you will see if you review the Epistle to Philemon.<BR/><BR/>So I doubt if the radical rabbi would take a position on ANWR, except as it affected people's spiritual health-as-he-saw-it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-4082613169881690192008-06-23T22:13:00.000-04:002008-06-23T22:13:00.000-04:00Ieshua, where he still about would be all about tu...Ieshua, where he still about would be all about turning the oil into something useful...like fresh water...or Slivovitz.<BR/><BR/>As to dogs and cats in the Bible? Cats at that time (new Testament) were only domesticated in Egypt as far as I know/remember from my history classes, and it was a high crime to export them, death sentence; a nasty one atthat...shepherds in the Mid East around that era didn't use herd dogs...that was developed in other areas. Those shepherds used their children. Dogs were used for both hunting and guarding, but not actual shepherding...<BR/><BR/>Cheers;<BR/>MuinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-38875735206253305492008-06-22T21:25:00.000-04:002008-06-22T21:25:00.000-04:00Look, we all know that if Jesus was back, he'd hav...Look, we all know that if Jesus was back, he'd have fired Rush Limbaugh from his show and taken over, would be a die-hard Republican, and would be urging all us good God-fearing Americans to run bomb Iran. <BR/><BR/>Right?<BR/><BR/>Isn't it a pity all those Christians are FEARING their god? He must be one mean SOB.........Alex Pendragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15877845166621794334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-89016629473950329062008-06-22T21:20:00.000-04:002008-06-22T21:20:00.000-04:00I'm definitely no expert on the whole WWJD phenom ...I'm definitely no expert on the whole WWJD phenom myself, as you know, Anne. But I do seem to recall some little thing about it being easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kindom of Heaven.<BR/><BR/>Just sayin'. Oil companies are probably not on St. Peter's invitation list. I think.<BR/><BR/>There are Christians who not only are interested in trying to walk their talk, but who would rather walk than burn oil. For a couple of great examples of Christian environmentalists, who at least say that <I>their</I> environmentalism is part of their spiritual leadings, check out the writings and work of Quakers <A HREF="http://journal.earthwitness.org/who-am-i/" REL="nofollow">Marshall Massey</A> and <A HREF="http://theearthquaker.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Carl Magruder</A>. (I'm not trying to imply that Quakers are the only cool, earth-loving Christians out there--they're just the only Christians I personally hang out with on a regular basis.Cat C-B (and/or Peter B)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10002916434676859262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-87636894846119666452008-06-22T14:55:00.000-04:002008-06-22T14:55:00.000-04:00"On Fox News, a very young, very blonde woman..." ..."On Fox News, a very young, very blonde woman..." How many sentences have I heard that started out this way, only to lead to something that makes my blood boil? Something like half of Fox News's anchors are ditzy bottle blondes. Maybe that's part of the problem...<BR/><BR/>I think that dogs are mentioned in the Book of Armaments, if I'm not mistaken. As far as what Jesus would have done re: offshore drilling and drilling in ANWR, my guess is he would have walked everywhere he went, and told them to just leave the oil where it lays. And that's when the fine folks at Faux News would have been calling him a dirty hippie and a tree hugger.Big Texhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743787597827689808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-67816363028890505012008-06-21T21:40:00.000-04:002008-06-21T21:40:00.000-04:00Dunno much about dogs in the book written by bloke...Dunno much about dogs in the book written by blokes of ancient and limited knowledge, but apparently there's a reference to children, somewhere. The first word is a bit dubious to interpret but "suffer the children to come unto me"?<BR/><BR/>Plenty of suffering children in Sudan, Ethiopia, Burma, et al, who need a bit of assistance or good homes (any dwelling at all, would help).. but perhaps the "christians" don't consider <B><I>them</I></B> part of "humanity", i guess.Davohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785126939071213905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-55786573620063541432008-06-21T18:36:00.000-04:002008-06-21T18:36:00.000-04:00"As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool return..."As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly." - Proverbs 26:11. I had to look up the reference, but I remembered the proverb. First thing I thought of for dogs in the Bible. I also seem to remember that Jezebel was eaten by dogs. <BR/><BR/>Ooh, and let's not forget Matthew 7:6: "Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you."<BR/><BR/>Because this is kind of fun, Google gives me Revelation 22:14: "For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie." (it's the Kingdom of God from which these dogs are being excluded.)<BR/><BR/>I don't understand the oil-drilling logic. You would think that the people calling for it would understand that we do not have a nationalized oil company and so regardless of where the oil is found, it's not "America's oil." It's the oil company's oil, and they aren't going to be selling it to us at a special American Discount. Or am I missing something here?Nettlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09515386464980985376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-35803085610653221442008-06-21T18:30:00.000-04:002008-06-21T18:30:00.000-04:00I want to get a tshirt that says :"what would the ...I want to get a tshirt that says :<BR/>"what would the Goddess do?"....<BR/>on the drilling for oil measure I think the Goddess would tell them to get off their fat asses and walk or ride a bicycle..and sorry to say there probably is a very good reason why your sis can't have kids...the Goddess knows..yellowdoggrannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906624317290990109noreply@blogger.com