What is your FAVORITE SCRIPTURE

I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created parasitic wasps with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of Caterpillars.

What the... What??

I am a Christian, Sunday School teacher and getting my Theology degree. One of my best friends for life is an Atheist, we joke about Scripture all the time. I love this thread, especially the Atheists quoting scripture, even if it's meant to be tongue in cheek at least you know it I don't get offended when people don't believe, why should I? after all I posted my favorite scripture was "1 John 4: 8 whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love." How can I quote that and be angry about someone just not believing what I do?

Have a Blessed Day (No this is not condescending, I actually mean it :laugh: )

"I believe in everything, nothing is sacred. I believe in nothing, everything is sacred." -Tom Robbins, possibly paraphrased

I don't know, but I'm pretty sure my least favorite is "Thall shalt not covet thy neighbor's....*kitten*..." I'm sorry, but have you SEEN some I the *kitten* here? I'm only human.

Hey! Nice *kitten*! You know, not that I'd want it or anything. Now, if I could borrow it a few times a week, that would be nifty.

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Most of Leviticus is a real hoot...

Way to fit a whooooole bunch of stereotypes there, OP.

So you know the rules of the site, willingly violate them, and then blame others for the mess you created.


Yep. You're a real Christian alright.

Actually I have not been on here in about 2 years. . . so I will have to read all the new ones that have been instated during my absence. . . PEOPLE could just be nice, but that's just me.

I quoted the relevant bit back on page 1 for you.

I am a Christian, Sunday School teacher and getting my Theology degree. One of my best friends for life is an Atheist, we joke about Scripture all the time. I love this thread, especially the Atheists quoting scripture, even if it's meant to be tongue in cheek at least you know it I don't get offended when people don't believe, why should I? after all I posted my favorite scripture was "1 John 4: 8 whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love." How can I quote that and be angry about someone just not believing what I do?

Have a Blessed Day (No this is not condescending, I actually mean it :laugh: )

And out of the wilds it came, a creature so mysterious, so unlikely... so, righteous... a real, honest-to-goodness Christian.

Matthew 6 25-34

Do Not Worry(AB)

25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry(AC) about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.(AD) Are you not much more valuable than they?(AE) 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[e]?(AF)

28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor(AG) was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith?(AH) 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.(AI) 33 But seek first his kingdom(AJ) and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.(AK) 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

I'm partial to Darwin I:5

"In considering the Origin of Species, it is quite conceivable that a naturalist, reflecting on the mutual affinities of organic beings, on their embryological relations, their geographical distribution, geological succession, and other such facts, might come to the conclusion that each species had not been independently created, but had descended, like varieties, from other species."

+1

I have nothing but reverence for the Bronze Age tribal laws of the Bible and the only way to demonstrate my respect for this unwavering Biblical morality can only be told by the Lolcats:

Ezekiel 23:20 "She liekd teh guys with teh big dixxxes... teh RLY big uns, like donkeys LOL... and massiv cumbuckits like horse!

Actually I have not been on here in about 2 years. . . so I will have to read all the new ones that have been instated during my absence. . . PEOPLE could just be nice, but that's just me.

Not a new rule, it was in place while you were here. But I'm sure you've done a great job of drumming up business for your group.

*TO THE MODERATORS. . . SO sorry. . .

*Hey. . it has been a while for me. . . but yes if you must know I was one of the reasons groups were created in the first place. . .

And HEY if people that want to share find my group. . . . that is all I want . . a SAFE PLACE people of faith can share on this journey. I had to RESTART my group due to being gone so long.

GROUP: CHRISTIANS UNITE

GOD BLESS

AGAIN to the moderators. . I was not INTENTIONALLY breaking the RULES and I am SORRY!

Rule breaking and hypocracy are okay if you're doing them for god, huh?

I am a Christian, Sunday School teacher and getting my Theology degree. One of my best friends for life is an Atheist, we joke about Scripture all the time. I love this thread, especially the Atheists quoting scripture, even if it's meant to be tongue in cheek at least you know it I don't get offended when people don't believe, why should I? after all I posted my favorite scripture was "1 John 4: 8 whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love." How can I quote that and be angry about someone just not believing what I do?

Have a Blessed Day (No this is not condescending, I actually mean it :laugh: )

I like you

I'm not a Christian, but I don't mind certain parts of scripture. I take it in as I would any other book I read. There are parts of any book that I like and dislike. That said,

I do like the part in Corinthians about love.

BUT

I also love Odd Thomas: "..the most identifying trait of humanity is our ability to be inhumane to one another.”
And Alice in Wonderland: “I can't go back to yesterday because I was a different person then.”

"And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you."

Matthew 6:5-6

ETA: *mic drop

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