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skafather84
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15 Jun 2010, 3:05 pm

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Why didn't he like idols?

I gather that He wouldn't have approved of programs like American Idol.

Or, maybe even people idling their time on internet message boards.


Idols = graven images made for the purpose of worshiping them and expecting miracles from them.

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Pretty much. It's why I never liked the whole Saint for every day market. I'd point out it's idolatry and I'd be told I was wrong for whatever reason.

Most humans are dumb animals and wish to remain that way. :/


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15 Jun 2010, 3:53 pm

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That would be one epic lightning photograph.


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUZ3d1tTbWg[/youtube]


Fire and brimstone topic

Love the before and after pictures.

Look closely at the fire in the video. Looks like Jesus is arising from the ashes to ascend into heaven. :twisted:


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16 Jun 2010, 3:00 am

ruveyn wrote:
pandabear wrote:
Why didn't he like idols?

I gather that He wouldn't have approved of programs like American Idol.

Or, maybe even people idling their time on internet message boards.


Idols = graven images made for the purpose of worshiping them and expecting miracles from them.

ruveyn


I do that with my iPhone everyday and it works, the miracle of division... Of money in my bank account, everytime I tap the screen of my phone :lol:



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16 Jun 2010, 7:57 am

Asp-Z wrote:
ruveyn wrote:
pandabear wrote:
Why didn't he like idols?

I gather that He wouldn't have approved of programs like American Idol.

Or, maybe even people idling their time on internet message boards.


Idols = graven images made for the purpose of worshiping them and expecting miracles from them.

ruveyn


I do that with my iPhone everyday and it works, the miracle of division... Of money in my bank account, everytime I tap the screen of my phone :lol:


Not a graven image. That is a visible interface to something non-miraculous.

ruveyn



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16 Jun 2010, 7:59 am

ruveyn wrote:
Asp-Z wrote:
ruveyn wrote:
pandabear wrote:
Why didn't he like idols?

I gather that He wouldn't have approved of programs like American Idol.

Or, maybe even people idling their time on internet message boards.


Idols = graven images made for the purpose of worshiping them and expecting miracles from them.

ruveyn


I do that with my iPhone everyday and it works, the miracle of division... Of money in my bank account, everytime I tap the screen of my phone :lol:


Not a graven image. That is a visible interface to something non-miraculous.

ruveyn


It is if I change my wallpaper to a picture of Jesus, surely? :P



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16 Jun 2010, 9:55 am

Bye graven image that God told Jews not to make! Oh wait, jews didn't make that. Bye graven image!



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16 Jun 2010, 10:20 am

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Bye graven image that God told Jews not to make!


Christians are the Jewish version of Mormonism.


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16 Jun 2010, 12:27 pm

skafather84 wrote:
LiendaBalla wrote:
Bye graven image that God told Jews not to make!


Christians are the Jewish version of Mormonism.


"Any religion that isn't at least 2000 years old is a cult."

---Tony Kushner, Angels in America: Millenium Approaches


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16 Jun 2010, 12:28 pm

visagrunt wrote:
skafather84 wrote:
LiendaBalla wrote:
Bye graven image that God told Jews not to make!


Christians are the Jewish version of Mormonism.


"Any religion that isn't at least 2000 years old is a cult."

---Tony Kushner, Angels in America: Millenium Approaches


Even the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster? :lol:



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16 Jun 2010, 12:34 pm

visagrunt wrote:
skafather84 wrote:
LiendaBalla wrote:
Bye graven image that God told Jews not to make!


Christians are the Jewish version of Mormonism.


"Any religion that isn't at least 2000 years old is a cult."

---Tony Kushner, Angels in America: Millenium Approaches


Christianity hasn't hit that 2000 year marker, yet. :lol: :lol: :lol:


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16 Jun 2010, 1:00 pm

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That would be one epic lightning photograph.


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUZ3d1tTbWg[/youtube]



I'll settle for that. :D


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18 Jun 2010, 3:22 pm

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It's robo jesus!

If he is struck by lightning it was obviously zeus that was pissed, not god. :P


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19 Jun 2010, 4:29 am

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It's robo jesus!

If he is struck by lightning it was obviously zeus that was pissed, not god. :P


Zeus is a god! :P