10 Most Badass Bible Verses replied by PreteristView @ Wed, 26 Dec 2007 03:25:14 -0000

PreteristView — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 03:25:14 -0000

No worries…Merry Christmas & Happy Holiday.

10 Most Badass Bible Verses replied by kookookachoo @ Wed, 26 Dec 2007 02:57:41 -0000

kookookachoo — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 02:57:41 -0000

Tis what I thought, Matthew is the longest of the four, right? (at least as far as number of chapters, word count, don’t know). Sorry so choppy, a little toddled…

10 Most Badass Bible Verses replied by PreteristView @ Tue, 25 Dec 2007 22:45:43 -0000

PreteristView — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 22:45:43 -0000

In my Bible John ends with the 19th chapter; 1 John ends with chapter 5; and 2 & 3 John only have one chapter.

10 Most Badass Bible Verses replied by kookookachoo @ Tue, 25 Dec 2007 22:00:32 -0000

kookookachoo — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 22:00:32 -0000

Well, PV, John is full of good ones, anyway, right? No such verse? Merry Merry Buddy!

10 Most Badass Bible Verses replied by PreteristView @ Tue, 25 Dec 2007 20:35:10 -0000

PreteristView — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 20:35:10 -0000

I think they are mistaken about the chapter and verse…Maybe they meant verse 1:29:

John 1:29

The next day John saw Jesus coming to him and said, Look! There is the Lamb of God, Who takes away the sin of the world!

10 Most Badass Bible Verses replied by kookookachoo @ Tue, 25 Dec 2007 18:56:05 -0000

kookookachoo — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 18:56:05 -0000

Hi Gizmo, Welcome to GSLU website! Merry Christmas, too. Can we get a witness on that John 22 reference (quote it please)? Now, where is that doggone bible…

10 Most Badass Bible Verses replied by Gizmo @ Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:26:23 -0000

Gizmo — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:26:23 -0000

John 22:39 is the badass bible quote for me for this site.

Also, the bible still keeps in the Old and the New Testament that the punishment for all sin is death. However, Jesus absorbs that for us by his death and more cruel, his own man-aspect’s estrangement from God.

10 Most Badass Bible Verses replied by emptycalm @ Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:56:45 -0000

emptycalm — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:56:45 -0000

God has lightened up a bit. Maybe he figured no one would like him or worship him if he kept ordering them killed for not believing haha.

10 Most Badass Bible Verses replied by Uncat @ Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:50:19 -0000

Uncat — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:50:19 -0000

As regards to the verses that mention Enoch, I don’t know if they’re the scariest ones – they’re just deeply, deeply puzzling. The only other Old-Testament person I recall being taken directly into heaven (no passing death, no collecting 200 shekels) was Elijah. But we have records in the bible of what Elijah did to deserve that special kind of treatment – he was a total badass with faith beyond the ordinary kind. If Enoch was also a prophet like Elijah, then why aren’t his prophecies included in the canonical Bible? How did Enoch come to so great a faith that he was softly and suddenly vanished away, halfway through his normal lifespan? The text is somewhat obscure about these questions.

As to the original question, I think the story of Balshazzar’s feast is pretty scary, bits of hands writing doom on walls and such. That linked article is hi-larious:
“This really puts things in perspective for the anti-religion critics. They can complain all they want about religious “intolerance” and pushy evangelicals trying to censor TV and annoy people into conversion. But, that’s a hell of an improvement over the situation during the Exodus, when God would feed nonbelievers to the mighty Sarlacc.”
HA!

10 Most Badass Bible Verses replied by tartangirl @ Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:12:15 -0000

tartangirl — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:12:15 -0000

Just answer me this…
At what point does “Thou shalt not kill” and “Love your neighbor as yourself” cancel out “Suffer not a [witch] to live”? (Original translation of the word in question is “Poisoner”, not “witch.” But who’s bothering with that?)

If Christianity is all about love and forgiveness, then why all the killing and pursecution of everyone whose not boldly proclaiming Jesus by those who are killing in his name? Personally, what I’ve read about the guy, he would have been appalled that people were using him as an excuse for hate. But what do I know? He’s not around anymore to defend himself from his “followers” who are making him look bad.

10 Most Badass Bible Verses replied by ratboy @ Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:57:31 -0000

ratboy — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:57:31 -0000

how DOES one get to be GOD’S SPECIAL BUDDY?...Sharing a Kit-Kat bar at lunch?...Letting him win at poker?...

10 Most Badass Bible Verses replied by JibraelTrumpet @ Sun, 02 Dec 2007 06:24:54 -0000

JibraelTrumpet — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 06:24:54 -0000

He was just like you or me.. But no need for tangible “proof” still his faith went unquestioned.. You couldn’t handle anything god could dish if you are an atheist. The day you questioned faith your chances for being his “Special Buddy” went out the window.

10 Most Badass Bible Verses replied by hanno @ Sun, 02 Dec 2007 05:16:53 -0000

hanno — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 05:16:53 -0000

Yeah, but being God’s special buddy? I think I can handle anything Enoch put up with as per the scriptures…

10 Most Badass Bible Verses replied by JibraelTrumpet @ Sun, 02 Dec 2007 04:39:06 -0000

JibraelTrumpet — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 04:39:06 -0000

Gh0st:
“It has been edited and messed up, translations botched and politics injected…and yet, you put the faith of your eternal salvation in accuracy and ‘Truth’ of this book. How in the world does this not make the logical part of your brain completely short circut?”

It is simple friend. It is this idea alone. That there was once a man who went beyond the blackness of death. Who cured when there was no medicine. Walked on an idea as unstable as water. Who withstood the ignorance of his own loved ones with no spite. My Messiah. My faith is from no one book or rice paper text. It is within an idea that someone witnessed these things actually and factually happening. That is faith.

Hanno:
“As for Enoch I’m no Bible scholar-but he got some kind of preferential treatment.”

Me and me fellowship look at being a prophet almost like carrying the burdens of the people. Yes, Moses did have kick butt powers but, he walked as a slave for 40 years before that option came to him. Yes, Jesus was the best ever(Hands Down Simply Put LoL) but look at his outcome, he also felt human pain and ignorant oppression from “Babylon”. Abraham and all of his people will forever be the people of God, but before that he was asked by God to kill his son and he was going to do it. No questions asked. Could you have done that. Lott the only survivor from, my forever played trump card, Sodom and Gomorrah traveled through the desert until his death think he was the only human left on the earth. In turn, resorting to incest with his daughters to repopulate.

Becoming a Prophet is not “preferential treatment” it is being gifted with a burden of the people. Simply put.

10 Most Badass Bible Verses replied by hanno @ Sun, 02 Dec 2007 03:56:14 -0000

hanno — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 03:56:14 -0000

I’ve got nothing really against the perpetrators of the Holocaust per-se, none of my folks got hurt, and I mean in a different time and place they may have lead more normal lives, and the victims may have done more to save themselves, and America more to save them, but as for what should’ve happened, say when the RAF bombers got over top of Dresden? There was only one thing to do.

Forgive them? I call that the despicable philosophy of the spaniel that rolls on it’s back when kicked.

As for Enoch I’m no Bible scholar-but he got some kind of preferential treatment. I can give you ten lines to substantiate that-but I haven’t found a single passage to say why, other than because he was God’s special buddy.

10 Most Badass Bible Verses replied by kookookachoo @ Sat, 01 Dec 2007 11:42:46 -0000

kookookachoo — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 11:42:46 -0000

GhOst, I am not a christian, I am an atheist. I’m sorry if my posts in this topic have misled you…

10 Most Badass Bible Verses replied by ratboy @ Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:44:25 -0000

ratboy — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:44:25 -0000

sparkles…You have my attention…I want the t-shirt…

10 Most Badass Bible Verses replied by absoluteliquid @ Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:26:06 -0000

absoluteliquid — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:26:06 -0000

Well that was quite alot to take in and I think I shall read it a few more times before I respond to your questions. This probably could have been a new topic but whatever… We’ll take it as it comes. I did want to agree with your statement:

“I come to the discussion with an open mind, a humble attitude and a lot of enthusiasm for your reaction.”

I look forward to having some mutually beneficial discussions with you as it looks like we’re coming at this from different angles.
-PLUR

10 Most Badass Bible Verses replied by gh0st @ Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:20:55 -0000

gh0st — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:20:55 -0000

(yah…I wonder a bit on and off topic, but I assure you that if you can stay awake through my overly verbose post, there is a topical question in here :)

Wow…this site is weird enough that I had to sign up. I have very, very often thought, “I may not be a Christian, but I studied the Bible enough to know that if the Big Guy came back, based on the life I have lived and the thoughts I have and the actions I undertake, my ass is gonna be WAY up that line compared to those 700 Club bozos…”

And for the most part, I have been right. Then, I come here and see…gasp of gasps, compasionate people claiming to be Christians. Hell, I had almost given up on the notion that such a thing could exist. Of course, you still have morons like Dragongoof running around letting and giving you guys a bad name. But, I must say that I am very, VERY impressed with some others I have seen here. One of the things that initially drove me from ‘The Church’ was the gleeful dismissal of logic and all things intelligent. Here, I have found people I could not disagree with more and who I find to be remarkably and startelingly ignorant and misguided…just as they most certainly view me…and yet I feel that I could engage them in sincere, honest and legitimate discussion.

I can not express enough how startled I was to find this. You guys really, really need to ‘keep the faith’ (ok, I HATE them, but the pun was a bit intended) and keep it up. Dragonbozo and his ilk have done more damage to your cause than any incarnation of evil or Lucifer could ever dream of. It is only you and those like you who bring any hope at all back to your cause.

Anyway…So, I had to make an account to ask the question…
“I think one should realize that the words were written a long time ago; there were different laws, different attitudes and different beliefs. Things change so much over time, the authors of the bible could not know much about the way things are today.”

I am startled…amazed…stunned to see a self-described Christian speak so candidly, and I am sorry to say, honestly.

So, my question is for those here who have not devised their own twisted, perverted proof of intellectual=evil, and I would ask you, as this has confused me for awhile…

As the above quote expresses, the Bible was authored by men. We can see that the Bible we find in the little rack on the back of the pew today is so much different from what we can find of the ‘originals’ that it is almost humerous. Heck, Luke and John apparently couldn’t decide on what Jesus told them the Lord’s Prayer would be, Jesus told everyone that poor fools aflicted with a devastating desease were possessed by spirits and the ‘originals’ clearly, plainly and flatlly state that the world is flat, with four corner and the sky is help up by poles… It has been edited and messed up, translations botched and politics injected…and yet, you put the faith of your eternal salvation in accuracy and ‘Truth’ of this book. How in the world does this not make the logical part of your brain completely short circut?

This is not rhetorical or anything else. When I was in Boy Scouts, I won several national awards for religious work I did. I elected to be baptized at age 13, which was not exactly the act that got me in the ‘cool crowd’. I grew up in religion and for a good part of my life, it was a crucial and cherished thing for me.

I am a VERY spiritual person and have that longing that all humans have. At some point, however, my brain developed enough that I could no longer ignore all the just plain lunacy I saw all around me in organized religion. There are others here who seem remarkably thoughtful and humble and reflective. It is to you that I address my question. I have no problem at all, and my concious is perfectly fine with laying many, many hostile and mean labels on the likes of Dragonboob and his ilk. But you guys however…you seem to actually think…and you fascinate me. I never thought that Western religion had any place for someone who finds things like ‘logic’ and ‘reason’ important.

You guys feel you are called to plant the seed in me to lead me back to The Light…so, bring it on. I do not have a lot of faith (ok…I am on a pun roll, and rather embarrased) in your success, but I come to the discussion with an open mind, a humble attitude and a lot of enthusiasm for your reaction.

Dragonbreath, I will beat you to it and engage you in the debate that you can handle: You are a poo-poo head. There, now there is something for you so you don’t feel left out (sorry to be so swarmy and take those shots, but there is no personality on the planet more appaling to me…even the Satanists are better people for at least they are honest to the belief system they supposedly adopt).

10 Most Badass Bible Verses replied by kookookachoo @ Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:30:57 -0000

kookookachoo — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:30:57 -0000

There is a lot of beautiful prose in the bible, thank you for sharing that.

10 Most Badass Bible Verses replied by absoluteliquid @ Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:25:54 -0000

absoluteliquid — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:25:54 -0000

I think this is the most bad ass Bible verse. Jesus sums up the entire Bible in TWO SENTENCES!!

Mark 12:28-33 (New International Version)
New International Version (NIV)

The Greatest Commandment
28One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”

29”The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’There is no commandment greater than these.”

32”Well said, teacher,” the man replied. “You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him. 33To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

10 Most Badass Bible Verses replied by JibraelTrumpet @ Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:56:41 -0000

JibraelTrumpet — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:56:41 -0000

Hath:

Take it like this. This is your chance to let these people know what Christianity is all about, and you have to think about how many people have come to these people before you (Probably quoting scripture, Proud, and Judgmental). There is a reason they are atheist remember that. Then assess the issue. New angle=Sharper Blade

10 Most Badass Bible Verses replied by kookookachoo @ Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:55:09 -0000

kookookachoo — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:55:09 -0000

Well, OK, I will say that there are a lot of verses in the bible that are a little kooky. I think one should realize that the words were written a long time ago; there were different laws, different attitudes and different beliefs. Things change so much over time, the authors of the bible could not know much about the way things are today. One thing I don’t like is the way some people pick and choose verses to prove their point of view. Homosexual behavior is condemned, but if the preacher’s wife is a vice president at IBM, she is condemned, too??!! Sometimes its hard to make much sense out of it. However, I do think that god did play favorites in the bible, just read some of the books by the prophets. God was real nice to them when they did what he wanted them to do, but don’t be a don’t bee where god is concerned (Romper Room reference). They quickly found out where they stood when they messed up. And don’t even get started on Job (lol). Zombie45, take anything you read with a grain of salt, including the bible. Authors, even of fiction and scientific texts have a point of view. You just might not see it at first, but its there AND make sure you understand it.

10 Most Badass Bible Verses replied by hathnofury @ Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:40:24 -0000

hathnofury — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:40:24 -0000

yeah your right i should have worded what I said a little different

10 Most Badass Bible Verses replied by JibraelTrumpet @ Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:21:06 -0000

JibraelTrumpet — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:21:06 -0000

“yes i know that . . . but this is thread is about some really good scripture as well as trying to lead others on the path to god”

Only god can lead them. You only must plant a seed and once it is planted it must grow on its own. You cannot crusade around and boast our beliefs or else they do not listen. Pride is the issue here.

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