Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-27 Thread grok
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 As the smoke cleared, thomas malloy temall...@usfamily.net mounted the barricade and roared out: Also consider this, what to you think would happen if the human race, in it's present sinful condition, got loose in the galaxy? I don't know what

Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-26 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
leaking pen wrote: My thought has always been, if god created man in his own image, and man is inherently sinful... No, no, you don't have that right. God created the angels, the Nephilim, and the human race, but His track record, which is documented in the Bible along with various

Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-26 Thread Terry Blanton
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com wrote: Incidentally, if God used one of Adam's ribs to create Eve, Adam's ribs, mmm! http://www.adamsribs.com/ Terry

Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-26 Thread OrionWorks
Hi Thomas, Thanks for taking the time to express your POV on this interesting subject. I enjoyed your dry sense of humor, rare that it was, that occasionally poked through the rhetoric and ideology. IMHO, your sense of humor is very wise. Hopefully there may come a time when you may allow

Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-26 Thread OrionWorks
Stephen sez: ... Whatever, if the lot of you are going to pursue this silly subject, at least try to get the references right, and don't just *ignore* the ones you don't like. (BTW the Bible actually looks a lot more consistent if we (a) abandon the zero-error approach and (b) attempt to

Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-26 Thread leaking pen
why would god create a tree of the knowledge of good and evil, the ability to tell the difference between, if evil did not yet exist? Also, theres no good quote showing that satans fall DEFINATELY happened after man was created, no? On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Stephen A. Lawrence

Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-26 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
leaking pen wrote: why would god create a tree of the knowledge of good and evil, the ability to tell the difference between, if evil did not yet exist? Hmmm, interesting question! I'm glad you asked me that, young man! Next question, please! (Errr... Perhaps God's ability to foretell the

Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-26 Thread leaking pen
Im saying, especially with the power shown in names by god (Giving to Adam the power to name all animals, and thus control them by their name) ect, wouldn't creating a tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and naming it as such, basically CREATE the concept of evil, if it did not already exist?

Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-26 Thread thomas malloy
OrionWorks wrote: Hi Thomas, Thanks for taking the time to express your POV on this interesting subject. I enjoyed your dry sense of humor, rare that it was, that occasionally poked through the rhetoric and ideology. IMHO, your sense of humor is very wise. Hopefully there may come a time

Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-26 Thread thomas malloy
Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: leaking pen wrote: My thought has always been, if god created man in his own image, and man is inherently sinful... No, no, you don't have that right. I agree, it was Lucifer's rebellion that brought sin into the world. God created the angels, the

Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-26 Thread thomas malloy
leaking pen wrote: why would god create a tree of the knowledge of good and evil, the ability to tell the difference between, if evil did not yet exist? Good question, I wonder what the Zohar has to say about it. Also, theres no good quote showing that satans fall DEFINATELY happened

Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-26 Thread leaking pen
Are you suggesting that the 4th planet is what happened the first time Satan got uppity? On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 1:12 PM, thomas malloy temall...@usfamily.net wrote: leaking pen wrote: why would god create a tree of the knowledge of good and evil, the ability to tell the difference between,

Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-26 Thread OrionWorks
Hi Thomas, Well just keep this in mind, the world's condition continues to deteriorate, and time will not be yours for ever. I never owned time to begin with. FWIW, some of the worst experiences in my life occurred when I attempted to own and subsequently control time. My two cents. Regards

Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-26 Thread grok
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 As the smoke cleared, thomas malloy temall...@usfamily.net mounted the barricade and roared out: Also consider this, what to you think would happen if the human race, in it's present sinful condition, got loose in the galaxy? I don't know what

Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-26 Thread thomas malloy
leaking pen wrote: Are you suggesting that the 4th planet is what happened the first time Satan got uppity? He was a murder from the beginning. --- Get FREE High Speed Internet from USFamily.Net! -- http://www.usfamily.net/mkt-freepromo.html ---

Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-25 Thread OrionWorks
Hi Thomas, You have stated most succinctly that in order to be accepted in what seems (at least to me) to comprise a very exclusive membership for acceptance to The Rapture one must: Believe, be baptized, follow the 10 commandments, love your fellow man as your self. That is the minimum.

Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-25 Thread Edmund Storms
Nicely argued, Steven. Unfortunately Christianity is so filled with such obvious conflicts with logic and even with statements in the Bible, that a person could spend years trying to make sense of the religion, as some scholars have attempted to do. Unfortunately, the general public does

Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-25 Thread thomas malloy
OrionWorks wrote: Hi Thomas, You have stated most succinctly that in order to be accepted in what Believe, be baptized, follow the 10 commandments, love your fellow man as your self. That is the minimum. Another distinguished Vort member, Leak, has already responded with what Jesus

Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-25 Thread leaking pen
My thought has always been, if god created man in his own image, and man is inherently sinful... On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 11:06 PM, thomas malloy temall...@usfamily.net wrote: OrionWorks wrote: Hi Thomas, You have stated most succinctly that in order to be accepted in what Believe, be

Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-24 Thread thomas malloy
Harry Veeder wrote: - Original Message - From: thomas malloy temall...@usfamily.net grok wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 As the smoke cleared, OrionWorks svj.orionwo...@gmail.com mounted the barricade and roared out: I think one of my main objections to the

Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-24 Thread Jed Rothwell
thomas malloy wrote: It hasn't happened here yet because we have freedom of speech, at the moment. However the Hate Speech Legislation is moving through the congress. It will criminalize telling homosexuals that they are living in impenitent sin . . . There are any number of real problems

Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-24 Thread OrionWorks
Hi Thomas, You brought up many interesting issues for which most are ripe for comment. I will try to restrain myself and endeavor to remain on-topic of this OT subject thread: The Rapture. I asked: I'm puzzled, Thomas. What are your criteria for qualification for rapture status? You replied

Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-24 Thread leaking pen
Well, to go for classic evangelical christian belief, likely that jesus is the son of god, died for our sins, and that salvation can only come through him. Oh, and that, even though Christ himself rejected large parts of the laws of the old testament, you have to follow them verbatim. except

Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-24 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
leaking pen wrote: Well, to go for classic evangelical christian belief, likely that jesus is the son of god, died for our sins, and that salvation can only come through him. I think you leaked a word or two here; this sentence contains only dependent clauses. What's the proposed righteous

Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-24 Thread leaking pen
Umm, Leviticus 11:9-12 says: 9 These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. 10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any

Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-24 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
leaking pen wrote: Umm, Leviticus 11:9-12 says: 9 These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. 10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move

Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-24 Thread grok
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Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-24 Thread leaking pen
Ohh, sorry. My original comment was being sarcastic, in that you had to follow all the laws of the old testament, except, it seems, EATING shellfish or WEARING two fabrics at once, since most evangelicals seem to feel those arent important anymore. I figured that with a smart crowd like this, I

Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-24 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
leaking pen wrote: Ohh, sorry. My original comment was being sarcastic, in that you had to follow all the laws of the old testament, except, it seems, EATING shellfish or WEARING two fabrics at once, since most evangelicals seem to feel those arent important anymore. I figured that with

Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-24 Thread thomas malloy
OrionWorks wrote: Hi Thomas, You brought up many interesting issues for which most are ripe for comment. I will try to restrain myself and endeavor to remain on-topic of this OT subject thread: The Rapture. I asked: I'm puzzled, Thomas. What are your criteria for qualification for rapture

Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-24 Thread leaking pen
Sigh. So many forget that last one, and Jesus said he felt it the most important commandment. On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 10:14 PM, thomas malloy temall...@usfamily.net wrote: OrionWorks wrote: Hi Thomas, You brought up many interesting issues for which most are ripe for comment. I will try to

[Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-23 Thread OrionWorks
Hi Thomas: ... Your recent response to Grok: Another interesting comment. You may have heard that certain Christians believe that one of these days a trumpet is going to blow, and they are going to vanish. Well I'm one of them. That's why I'm not just too concerned about the world's

Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-23 Thread grok
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 As the smoke cleared, OrionWorks svj.orionwo...@gmail.com mounted the barricade and roared out: I think one of my main objections to the concept often described as The Rapture is that for many it would seem to imply that there is absolutely

Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-23 Thread OrionWorks
Grok, I was asking Thomas, not you. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks

Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-23 Thread leaking pen
And doing so on an open list, not private email. which means he has a right to respond as well. On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 3:53 PM, OrionWorks svj.orionwo...@gmail.com wrote: Grok, I was asking Thomas, not you. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks

Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-23 Thread OrionWorks
Leak sez: And doing so on an open list, not private email. which means he has a right to respond as well. Grok, I was asking Thomas, not you. Of course Grok has the right to comment. You did, didn't you? My comment still stands. It is Mr. Malloy's perception that I'm interested in, not

Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-23 Thread thomas malloy
grok wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 As the smoke cleared, OrionWorks svj.orionwo...@gmail.com mounted the barricade and roared out: I think one of my main objections to the concept often described as The Rapture is that for many it would seem to imply that there is

Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-23 Thread Harry Veeder
- Original Message - From: thomas malloy temall...@usfamily.net Date: Monday, February 23, 2009 8:57 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture grok wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 As the smoke cleared, OrionWorks svj.orionwo...@gmail.com mounted the barricade

Re: [Vo]:OT - The Rapture

2009-02-23 Thread thomas malloy
OrionWorks wrote: Hi Thomas: ... Your recent response to Grok: Another interesting comment. You may have heard that certain Christians believe that one of these days a trumpet is going to blow, and they are going to vanish. Well I'm one of them. That's why I'm not just too concerned about