02-09-2016, 02:14 AM
"their casserole allegories"
Sorry, I totally misread this part. It actually is a very good line now that I look at it again. I think it is what comes before it that kind of spoils it. By itself however, it is a very nice line. I thought Baptist were zealots? Isn't that where the line is drawn? On one side you have the Methodist and the other more sedate churches (what one might call the rational churches and what Baptist would say are "the lukewarm churches" referred to in "The Book of Revelations") and then the Baptist, the "Holy Rollers" and the "Church of God Anderson of the Soft Pillow (I swear that was an actual church at one time. I suspect snake handling was involved)". That is to say the evangelicals. I always forget which group it is, but there is one group that believes that only 144,000 or some such number called the elect will get to go to heaven, yet they still proselytize; does that make sense. Seems like it is the light house people. Who is that the Seventh Day Adventists? Seems counter productive to me. They're also the ones that try to sell you eggs so maybe they aren't trying to hard to convert you. I always tell these people I already have a religion and don't need another one. If they press it, I tell them I am "Druid Reformed", which means we no longer condone human sacrifice. I haven't had any solicitors in a long while now.
I love religion. Here is how the conversation goes.
Why do you believe what you believe.
Because it's in the Bible
So, why believe what's in the Bible?
Because it is the inspired word of God.
How do you know that.
Because it says so in the Bible.
Well that explains it. Then they point to verses in the Bible such as
"All Scripture is given by inspiration of God"
(2 Timothy 3:16)
Now I am really convinced. BTW I'm a genius. How do I know? I know because I am a genius. Duh!
Oh well, better go do a critique and quit having fun.
BTW I love it when you tell people your agnostic and they think it means the same as atheist. I always explain it to them this way, simple is better. An atheist doesn't believe in God. An agnostic believes there is a God, they just don't believe in religion. yes, I know that's that accurate, but grey areas often bother certain peoples
Anyway this will bump you up to the top, so maybe someone else will give it a critique.
dale
Sorry, I totally misread this part. It actually is a very good line now that I look at it again. I think it is what comes before it that kind of spoils it. By itself however, it is a very nice line. I thought Baptist were zealots? Isn't that where the line is drawn? On one side you have the Methodist and the other more sedate churches (what one might call the rational churches and what Baptist would say are "the lukewarm churches" referred to in "The Book of Revelations") and then the Baptist, the "Holy Rollers" and the "Church of God Anderson of the Soft Pillow (I swear that was an actual church at one time. I suspect snake handling was involved)". That is to say the evangelicals. I always forget which group it is, but there is one group that believes that only 144,000 or some such number called the elect will get to go to heaven, yet they still proselytize; does that make sense. Seems like it is the light house people. Who is that the Seventh Day Adventists? Seems counter productive to me. They're also the ones that try to sell you eggs so maybe they aren't trying to hard to convert you. I always tell these people I already have a religion and don't need another one. If they press it, I tell them I am "Druid Reformed", which means we no longer condone human sacrifice. I haven't had any solicitors in a long while now.
I love religion. Here is how the conversation goes.
Why do you believe what you believe.
Because it's in the Bible
So, why believe what's in the Bible?
Because it is the inspired word of God.
How do you know that.
Because it says so in the Bible.
Well that explains it. Then they point to verses in the Bible such as
"All Scripture is given by inspiration of God"
(2 Timothy 3:16)
Now I am really convinced. BTW I'm a genius. How do I know? I know because I am a genius. Duh!
Oh well, better go do a critique and quit having fun.
BTW I love it when you tell people your agnostic and they think it means the same as atheist. I always explain it to them this way, simple is better. An atheist doesn't believe in God. An agnostic believes there is a God, they just don't believe in religion. yes, I know that's that accurate, but grey areas often bother certain peoples
Anyway this will bump you up to the top, so maybe someone else will give it a critique.
dale
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.