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Posted on 5/29/21 at 12:40 pm to Razorback Reverend
Precisely
Posted on 5/29/21 at 1:14 pm to Razorback Reverend
Oh for God's sake...
Either you guys are off your game or I just suck at this. Probably me...
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Virtual Drag Show
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It seems to be dragging the board down.
Either you guys are off your game or I just suck at this. Probably me...
Posted on 5/29/21 at 1:17 pm to Maytheporkbewithyou
Posted on 5/29/21 at 1:23 pm to Arksulli
This. I don't approve of it, but who cares.
Posted on 5/29/21 at 1:40 pm to pioneerbasketball
Sin is the answer.
Posted on 5/30/21 at 9:22 am to johnzorback
Just more 'normalizing' of perversion.
We take no lessons from the fall of the greatest empire of it's time - Rome.
We take no lessons from the fall of Babylon.
We take no lessons from the fall of Sodom and Gomorrah (for you believers out there.)
We take no lessons from the fall of the greatest empire of it's time - Rome.
We take no lessons from the fall of Babylon.
We take no lessons from the fall of Sodom and Gomorrah (for you believers out there.)
This post was edited on 5/30/21 at 9:25 am
Posted on 5/30/21 at 2:15 pm to WonderWartHawg
agreed!
Posted on 6/2/21 at 7:15 pm to Razorback Reverend
You are BSing me right?
Babylon "fell" after being the largest city in the world for several hundred years after that great Christian power... the Persians, conquered them. Then they were, sadly, relegated to be being a major center of science and learning for more then a thousand years. My goodness! God certainly smote them didn't he? It was up to our disliked step cousins the Muslims to finish them off.
Let us start of the next one with... a very NSWF clip. No, seriously, do not watch this in an office or near children. I present Peter Jackson's opus... LINK
So Sodom. Well most scholars now think it feel because of changing environmental conditions. Or because God really got upset about anal sex even though that has been fairly common throughout human history and has, actually, been documented in lots of media. But I will give you this one. God really got upset about people in this one particular place doing the poop chute boogey. Even though, I suspect, most of the Arkansas board would have to hem, haw, and look away if this was declared a punishable by death offense.
Rome. Lets go with Rome shall we?
The first Christian kingdom! We get our religion from Rome and we have learned to look the other way that well... most of our major holidays just happen to fall on the same day as previous Roman holidays. But yes! Rome fell!
The last vestiges of the Roman Empire (Byzantine) fell after 1453. Actually a few places held on for a few years. What a terrible affront to God they were! They were struck down after only... well... you know... 2000 years of existence. Yes, surely the Roman Empire, without which we would not have modern Christianity was smote, and smote dearly for their sins!
May God smite me with being as successful as the Roman Empire and may I suffer those torments till the day I day!
Babylon "fell" after being the largest city in the world for several hundred years after that great Christian power... the Persians, conquered them. Then they were, sadly, relegated to be being a major center of science and learning for more then a thousand years. My goodness! God certainly smote them didn't he? It was up to our disliked step cousins the Muslims to finish them off.
Let us start of the next one with... a very NSWF clip. No, seriously, do not watch this in an office or near children. I present Peter Jackson's opus... LINK
So Sodom. Well most scholars now think it feel because of changing environmental conditions. Or because God really got upset about anal sex even though that has been fairly common throughout human history and has, actually, been documented in lots of media. But I will give you this one. God really got upset about people in this one particular place doing the poop chute boogey. Even though, I suspect, most of the Arkansas board would have to hem, haw, and look away if this was declared a punishable by death offense.
Rome. Lets go with Rome shall we?
The first Christian kingdom! We get our religion from Rome and we have learned to look the other way that well... most of our major holidays just happen to fall on the same day as previous Roman holidays. But yes! Rome fell!
The last vestiges of the Roman Empire (Byzantine) fell after 1453. Actually a few places held on for a few years. What a terrible affront to God they were! They were struck down after only... well... you know... 2000 years of existence. Yes, surely the Roman Empire, without which we would not have modern Christianity was smote, and smote dearly for their sins!
May God smite me with being as successful as the Roman Empire and may I suffer those torments till the day I day!
Posted on 6/2/21 at 8:32 pm to Arksulli
I find it a bit odd, and funny that you responded to my agreement.... But not to the post above mine.
Get back to me after you respond to him, and he responds to you.
Selective much? lol...
C'mon man. Yes, Rome was extremely successful in trade, marketing, and persecution. And some point, those of us who are believers... happen to also believe that those who aren't will suffer. And this you know, but carry on!
Get back to me after you respond to him, and he responds to you.
Selective much? lol...
C'mon man. Yes, Rome was extremely successful in trade, marketing, and persecution. And some point, those of us who are believers... happen to also believe that those who aren't will suffer. And this you know, but carry on!
Posted on 6/2/21 at 10:06 pm to Arksulli
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I suffer those torments till the day I day!
Where will you day? Is this like wintering on the beach?
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I present Peter Jackson's opus.
I made the mistake of watching his first movie with my ex.....with the muppets. No idea if that is what you linked. I'm not gonna click it to find out
I agree that Rome and Babylon are bad examples but the decline in our society is very closely linked with a lack of religion and the sense of community and belonging that comes with it. It's why kids get drawn into this bullshite and extremist causes. They have no purpose and only the vapid facade of social media to guide them.
Posted on 6/2/21 at 10:33 pm to V Bainbridge
When my kid who is young, not teen yet... .Comes home from school and say's...
"I drew a picture of a cross today at school, with a rainbow.... One of the girls said, cool... I didn't know you were LGBTQ"
And the teacher responded..."Yes, that is what it stands for"
Unbelievable.... Did she ever Genesis brah? But nah... didn't exist until Adam and Steve...
"I drew a picture of a cross today at school, with a rainbow.... One of the girls said, cool... I didn't know you were LGBTQ"
And the teacher responded..."Yes, that is what it stands for"
Unbelievable.... Did she ever Genesis brah? But nah... didn't exist until Adam and Steve...
Posted on 6/3/21 at 10:55 am to Arksulli
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Rome. Lets go with Rome shall we?
The first Christian kingdom! We get our religion from Rome and we have learned to look the other way that well... most of our major holidays just happen to fall on the same day as previous Roman holidays. But yes! Rome fell!
The last vestiges of the Roman Empire (Byzantine) fell after 1453. Actually a few places held on for a few years. What a terrible affront to God they were! They were struck down after only... well... you know... 2000 years of existence. Yes, surely the Roman Empire, without which we would not have modern Christianity was smote, and smote dearly for their sins!
Posted on 6/3/21 at 12:31 pm to The Sultan of Swine
Another thread got went off the rails
Posted on 6/4/21 at 9:47 am to V Bainbridge
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I agree that Rome and Babylon are bad examples
They didn't fall because of their good morals and strong ethics. Nor did they fall due to Christianity. They declined gradually because of their drifting away from what made them strong, just as we are doing.
We can argue whether God 'smote' them or not, I believe not - although I can't speak for what God will or will not do, I believe He got out of the smoteing business when Jesus died on the cross to pay for all sin, as far as restoring a relationship with God is concerned.
However, sin carries it's own consequences. Just because God's grace and His forgiving us of our sins when we sincerely ask, doesn't mean that there won't be some negative result from our sins.
We as a nation are drifting away from what is 'right', what is honorable, what is good. And there are and will continue to be consequences.
We can't escape that.
Like it or not, there is a 'right' and 'wrong'. There is 'good' and there is 'evil'. Argue about what falls in each category, but we are not the arbiter of that and it won't change.
This post was edited on 6/4/21 at 9:48 am
Posted on 6/4/21 at 5:59 pm to WonderWartHawg
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Like it or not, there is a 'right' and 'wrong'. There is 'good' and there is 'evil'.
I disagree I think most actions are judged right or wrong based on context not the action itself being good or evil. Just as things aren't necessarily good or evil only the action of the thing in context of the situation makes something bad or good.
Posted on 6/6/21 at 8:02 pm to oklahogjr
Hence, judge not lest ye be judged.
Or as Mahatma Ghandi put pretty succinctly. “ I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ.”
Or as Mahatma Ghandi put pretty succinctly. “ I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ.”
This post was edited on 6/6/21 at 8:05 pm
Posted on 6/6/21 at 8:12 pm to jdevers
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Or as Mahatma Ghandi put pretty succinctly. “ I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ.”
and yet the problem, the few cast a dark shadow over the many. Most of us are trying hard to be like our Savior...
Most....
Posted on 6/8/21 at 9:49 am to WonderWartHawg
Time for this thread to die, I suppose... but ran across this snippet. Pretty well put.
The founder of Dubai, Sheikh Rashid, was asked about the future of his country. He replied, "My grandfather rode a camel. My father rode a camel. I ride a Mercedes. My son rides a Land Rover. My grandson is going to ride a Land Rover. My great-grandson is going to have to ride a camel again." Why is that, he was asked? He replied, "Hard times create strong men, strong men create easy times. Easy times create weak men, weak men create difficult times. Many will not understand it, but you have to raise warriors, not parasites."
The historical reality is that all great empires (e.g. Persians, Trojans, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, British, etc.) all rose and perished within 240-years. They were not conquered by external enemies. They rotted from within. America is beyond the 240-year mark. The rot is starting to be visible and is accelerating. We are past the Mercedes and Land Rover years. The camels are on the horizon.
The founder of Dubai, Sheikh Rashid, was asked about the future of his country. He replied, "My grandfather rode a camel. My father rode a camel. I ride a Mercedes. My son rides a Land Rover. My grandson is going to ride a Land Rover. My great-grandson is going to have to ride a camel again." Why is that, he was asked? He replied, "Hard times create strong men, strong men create easy times. Easy times create weak men, weak men create difficult times. Many will not understand it, but you have to raise warriors, not parasites."
The historical reality is that all great empires (e.g. Persians, Trojans, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, British, etc.) all rose and perished within 240-years. They were not conquered by external enemies. They rotted from within. America is beyond the 240-year mark. The rot is starting to be visible and is accelerating. We are past the Mercedes and Land Rover years. The camels are on the horizon.
Posted on 6/8/21 at 10:09 am to WonderWartHawg
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The historical reality is that all great empires (e.g. Persians, Trojans, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, British, etc.) all rose and perished within 240-years.
While I agree with the overall sentiment, I don't think this part is accurate. 250 is the kind of the widely accepted 'average' of an empire but it is far, far from the cap.
This post was edited on 6/8/21 at 10:16 am
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