Runtu wrote:Is it just me, or do people tend to project their own characteristics on Christ?
bcspace has the vengeful, judgmental Jesus. Will has the Jesus who gives loyalty tests by demanding odd or immoral acts from his followers. Zee has the "nice" Jesus.
Yep, we make God in our image!
We all seem to think goodness/God is like us or how we want to be... so funny!
~td~
"The search for reality is the most dangerous of all undertakings for it destroys the world in which you live." Nisargadatta Maharaj
Lucretia MacEvil wrote:I voted for you, Liz, using my criteria of "Christ-like" which include only the purely good attributes of Christ and don't necessarily involve any acquiesence to commandments or church affiliation. Blixa also embodies those criteria, but I chose Liz because she does so under the onus of being an active member of the church, which hardly encourages the highest qualities of Christ.
I hope that's the "bust out the good label wine Jesus" and not the Mormon "hey turns out Jesus is Nobodaddy of the Old Testament" Jesus.
Either way, though, Lucretia, that's quite a compliment, and though undeserved, something I should try to live up to. Thanks for seeing bits of a better self in me...
From the Ernest L. Wilkinson Diaries: "ELW dreams he's spattered w/ grease. Hundreds steal his greasy pants."
Some Schmo wrote:I don't know why little Willy should wish Simon to leave apologetics to the professionals when he isn't willing to do so.
It's like the Cookie Monster saying, "Dude, don't you think you should lay off the Oreos?"
Well, the apologists claim there are no professionals, so I think Will was saying that he wished Simon would leave apologetics on this board to the people who have some ability. If that happened then maybe a handful of apologists would be left, and Will wouldn't be in that number.
"Petition wasn’t meant to start a witch hunt as I’ve said 6000 times." ~ Hanna Seariac, LDS apologist
Some Schmo wrote:I don't know why little Willy should wish Simon to leave apologetics to the professionals when he isn't willing to do so.
It's like the Cookie Monster saying, "Dude, don't you think you should lay off the Oreos?"
Well, the apologists claim there are no professionals, so I think Will was saying that he wished Simon would leave apologetics on this board to the people who have some ability. If that happened then maybe a handful of apologists would be left, and Will wouldn't be in that number.
I was being a bit sarcastic. Clearly, little Willy is no professional apologist either (or anything else except perhaps professional idiot).
God belief is for people who don't want to live life on the universe's terms.
Doctor Scratch wrote:http://mormondiscussions.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=18091&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=693
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"Finally, for your rather strange idea that miracles are somehow linked to the amount of gay sexual gratification that is taking place would require that primitive Christianity was launched by gay sex, would it not?"