Comments on: Ripping the Bible

By: tjs catlover

tjs catlover — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:46:02 +0000

#38: You are obviously not very well versed in fiction and entertainment.

Fact 1: Rowling didn’t make Dumbledore’s sexuality canon.

Fact 2: Even if she had, I could ignore it. It’s a fantasy world. It happens all the time. Anyone here watch Star Trek: Voyager? Then you’ve probably joined me, the characters, and the writers in pretending that the episode “Threshold” never happened. Many people pretend that the entire series never happened. And Enterprise… well, all I have to say is that by a strange numbering fluke, only Season 4 was ever aired. Oh, and Riker and Deanna observing the crew in a holodeck? Trip pointlessly killing himself? Crazy talk.

If you’re more of the Star Wars persuasion, perhaps you’ve at least met people who refuse to believe that Lucas ever produced the prequel trilogy. And if he did, he certainly wouldn’t have messed with canon by having Luke born first. Or Padme dying due to Plot Convenience. Or Kashyyyk having an inhabitable surface.

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By: Allen Wrench

Allen Wrench — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:28:36 +0000

Drill (43): I am reminded of something C S Lewis wrote: There are only two kinds of people, those who say to God, ‘Thy will be done’ and those to whom God says, ‘Thy will be done.’

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By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:59:40 +0000

Roger Parino:
It is agreed that homosexuality is just one sin among many. If it appears to be a hot button issue it is because no one else is claiming that robbery, drunkenness, incest, idolatry, or suing other Christians are blessings, the way they were formed genetically, and something they will continue to do proudly while asserting the rightness of their behavior, and something they spend considerable time distorting Scripture to support.

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By: drill

drill — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:03:37 +0000

Man
Stood up
In the muck,
Curled up his lip
In glorious grand defiance,
Shook his fist at God
And said ‘Clear out, old Fellow,
I am going it all alone now,
I don’t need You – don’t want You – scram,
I’ll do it my way now, if you please’.

God stopped, looked around, and leaned way over, squinting
At the tiny figure in the muck,
Stood back up, sighed, thought a bit,
Casually shook stars and galaxies like
Coins in a shoe box,
And said “Okay then,
It’s off to
Hell with
you!”

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By: Amphipolis

Amphipolis — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:51:07 +0000

Who would have guessed that Ian McKellen advocates censorship. Because no matter what we think the Bible teaches, the issue here is that McKellen doesn’t like what it says there and he doesn’t want others to be able to read it.

It’s not an issue of interpretation. It’s an issue of control.

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By: roger patno

roger patno — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:32:17 +0000

As I said, Satan is busy planting tares among the wheat.

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By: Travis Birkenstock

Travis Birkenstock — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:48:05 +0000

As long as he doesn’t touch Leviticus 15. That’s important guidance for a hotel stay. Clean towels and sheets daily please.

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By: Random Name

Random Name — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:24:12 +0000

While we are about it, I think it would be good for us to take a good look at scripture and comprehend ALL the acts that will close the door to God’s kingdom.

I have asked if it is better to live in the (probable) delusion that we will live after we die, or if it is better to come to terms with the probably recognition that the life we live is probably the only one we have.

I have speculated that the answer is different for different people. A possible downside to clinging to the Christian belief is that one spends one’ life in torment and doubt over whether one will actually go to Heaven or might instead go to Hell.

The quote above sounds to me as if it comes from a person closer to self-imposed torment than a person in confidence and consolation.

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By: Random Name

Random Name — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:19:57 +0000

Dumbledore isn’t gay. Rowling said Dumbledore was gay. There’s a difference.

A very strange statement.

Dumbledore isn’t a real person. He is a character in a novel.

It is rather strange and arrogant to say I understand a fictious character better than the author who created this imaginary person.

I suppose it is possible, but it is a weird thing to say and believe.

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By: roger patno

roger patno — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:12:31 +0000

While we are looking at the sin of homsexuality, lets read and contemplate I Cor. Cpt. 5 & 6. While we are about it, I think it would be good for us to take a good look at scripture and comprehend ALL the acts that will close the door to God’s kingdom. Sodomy is only one of many. I think that while many of us concentrate on the one, Satan is busy planting a harvest of tares among the wheat. As believers, should we not be showing more concern for the household of the faith? I think so!

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