25 Mar 10
Originally posted by FreakyKBHMusashi empty handed
I took your suggestion to emulate Musashi charging Ganryu with a broken oar, and the clerk at Penney's looked at me as though I was a total loon. Besides not being able to figure out where they kept their Ganryu, she said she couldn't even begin to slide a piece of wood through the card reader.
Feeling very Buddhist-y, I walked away... empty handed.
was packing big time😵
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26 Mar 10
Originally posted by jaywillPerhaps you are right. Or perhaps the largest denomination of Christianity practices the ritualized eating and drinking of a symbolic stand-in for a 2000 year old zombie who was a blood sacrifice to a God.
Maybe you've been guzzling down so much Japanese Anima that you think everything is a death cult.
Originally posted by UzumakiAiYou may look around to see what the "largest denomination" does. But some of us rather look into the word of God to get our understanding of God's will.
Perhaps you are right. Or perhaps the largest denomination of Christianity practices the ritualized eating and drinking of a symbolic stand-in for a 2000 year old zombie who was a blood sacrifice to a God.
And you may call the Son of God a "zombie," Yet Jesus seems to have displayed far more real self control then anyone else in human history.
He controled death to the point that it could not hold him. As an unbeliever you are far more "zombied" by impulses you can't control than those of us who learning to live in the realm of the resurrected Christ.
26 Mar 10
Originally posted by jaywillInsightful. Well put.
You may look around to see what the "largest denomination" does. But some of us rather look into the word of God to get our understanding of God's will.
And you may call the Son of God a "zombie," Yet Jesus seems to have displayed far more real [b]self control then anyone else in human history.
He controled death to the point that it could not h ...[text shortened]... 't control than those of us who learning to live in the realm of the resurrected Christ.[/b]
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26 Mar 10
Originally posted by jaywillYou know my favorite two pieces of the New Testament? Jesus killing a fig tree because he was mad at it, and when he shunned his family because he wanted to seem all lovey-duvey with his disciples. Speaks of real strong self control and moral character.
You may look around to see what the "largest denomination" does. But some of us rather look into the word of God to get our understanding of God's will.
And you may call the Son of God a "zombie," Yet Jesus seems to have displayed far more real [b]self control then anyone else in human history.
He controled death to the point that it could not h ...[text shortened]... 't control than those of us who learning to live in the realm of the resurrected Christ.[/b]
But yeah, nothing you can say stops Jesus from being a zombie. And even if Christians mockingly weep for Jesus's misery, they still take haste to profit off of it.
27 Mar 10
Originally posted by black beetleDance with me, BB...
Whenever someone is blissfully happy my friend
me wanna dance😵
For whatever reason:
"Dance when you're broken open.
Dance if you've torn the bandage off.
Dance in the middle of the fighting.
Dance in your blood.
Dance when you're perfectly free."
~Rumi
ALA!!!
Hakima
27 Mar 10
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Originally posted by UzumakiAi=====================================
You know my favorite two pieces of the New Testament? Jesus killing a fig tree because he was mad at it, and when he shunned his family because he wanted to seem all lovey-duvey with his disciples. Speaks of real strong self control and moral character.
But yeah, nothing you can say stops Jesus from being a zombie. And even if Christians mockingly weep for Jesus's misery, they still take haste to profit off of it.
You know my favorite two pieces of the New Testament?
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I suspect it is whatever parts you can twist to convince yourself of your own self righteousness while condemning God.
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28 Mar 10
Originally posted by jaywillYou're quite right about that. A book should be judged on its weak points, not its best ones.
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You know my favorite two pieces of the New Testament?
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I suspect it is whatever parts you can twist to convince yourself of your own self righteousness while condemning God.[/b]
28 Mar 10
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Originally posted by UzumakiAiWhat you mentioned were not weak points. They were poor interpretations on your part.
You're quite right about that. A book should be judged on its weak points, not its best ones.
The fig tree cursed symbolizes the nation of Israel which God disciplined after its rejection of Christ.
It has nothing to do with a private vendetta of Jesus against a tree.
28 Mar 10
Originally posted by UzumakiAi=============================
You know my favorite two pieces of the New Testament? Jesus killing a fig tree because he was mad at it, and when he shunned his family because he wanted to seem all lovey-duvey with his disciples. Speaks of real strong self control and moral character.
But yeah, nothing you can say stops Jesus from being a zombie. And even if Christians mockingly weep for Jesus's misery, they still take haste to profit off of it.
You know my favorite two pieces of the New Testament? Jesus killing a fig tree because he was mad at it, and when he shunned his family because he wanted to seem all lovey-duvey with his disciples. Speaks of real strong self control and moral character.
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I am more impressed with that fact that as He died hanging on the cross He took the time in His agony to make provision for His mother. He instructed John to provide a home for her and and regard her as family.
This is tremendous control over one's emotions in time of excruciating agony.
So much for Jesus shuning His family.
29 Mar 10
Originally posted by hakimaWise Sister o' mine
Dance with me, BB...
For whatever reason:
"Dance when you're broken open.
Dance if you've torn the bandage off.
Dance in the middle of the fighting.
Dance in your blood.
Dance when you're perfectly free."
~Rumi
ALA!!!
Hakima
From Nazareth to Naishapur
And all the way to Tabriz
And all the way to the East and to the West and then beyond
Deep in the Drunken Universe
I wish you ‘ll keep up swirling😵