Originally posted by Grand-Moff-Gav
Just because you have the intellectual capacity of a toadstool and are therefore unable to comprehend the views of other people or empathise with their understanding doesn't mean you should compensate by ridiculing people when they say things beyond your limited capacity.Perhaps you also believe fiction has never and will never affect peoples understanding of the world and how they live in it? Perhaps you deny ideas given a platform in fictional works ever gave an impact on society? Perhaps you deny Lewis, Steinbeck, Orwell and even Aesop have any contribution whatsoever to the popular understanding of the universe?
I was talking about the main post. The first one, where it says James Bond and kin are models of the anti-christ?
that post was basically because i think it's ridiculous for someone to take something from the bible and twist it to the point of no return.
but thanks. know i know i'm a toadstool and can be comfortable in that identity.
Originally posted by inimalist
he might take it to an extreme that most religious people don't...but the concept of idolatry is certainly not extreme, especially given that each one of us knows someone who would care more about Comics or movies than they do about their lord and savior
See, this I'm ok with. The idea of idolatry isn't a new one, and is a valid fear for theists. But the way it is framed in the opening posts, by fictional characters who don't purport to be a replacement for any religious figure but are merely doing good, is still silly.
Originally posted by Digi
See, this I'm ok with. The idea of idolatry isn't a new one, and is a valid fear for theists. But the way it is framed in the opening posts, by fictional characters who don't purport to be a replacement for any religious figure but are merely doing good, is still silly.
It is not that they openly try to displace Christ its that they lead people away from Christ as saviour- according to many people.
Originally posted by Kazenji
You do know Batman, Harry Potter, Superman, Frodo and James Bond etc are'nt real.
What? Not real? So who was that caped crusader who climbed in my window last night????
This kind of thread is so easy to spot....either the OP is a genuine fruit cake, mind wiped bible bother or is a grade troll looking for a quick jolly.
I prefer the former. Makes my feel all warm and fuzzy inside to know that mental patients have access to the internet.
Originally posted by MilitantDog
What? Not real? So who was that caped crusader who climbed in my window last night????This kind of thread is so easy to spot....either the OP is a genuine fruit cake, mind wiped bible bother or is a grade troll looking for a quick jolly.
I prefer the former. Makes my feel all warm and fuzzy inside to know that mental patients have access to the internet.
I'm think he is a troll building a bridge. 😄
Originally posted by Grand-Moff-Gav
It is not that they openly try to displace Christ its that they lead people away from Christ as saviour- according to many people.
Well then that's the peoples' faults, not the replacement "savior." Thou shall not have other gods before me, eh? So who was at fault, the golden calf or the people worshipping it? You're making my point for me. If saving others in some manner detracts from Christ, the only possible solution is to stop saving people. Don't be good.
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Originally posted by Da Pittman
Hell if you look at it I think Christ could be the antichrist, you are worshiping the son of God and not God.
Mormons consider it blasphemous to worship Jesus Christ like that. We teach that even Christ is subjected to God's will, despite Christ's godliness. We give him great thanks and praise for what he's done, but we are never to pray to him or treat him as THE God.
Here's an interesting fact, though. The only time praying to Jesus is acceptable is when you are in the physical presence of Jesus Christ. Quite strange, that rule, but it's allowed for some reason. Someone explained it to me, but I forgot the reasoning of why it's only acceptable at that moment.
Originally posted by Digi
Well then that's the peoples' faults, not the replacement "savior." Thou shall not have other gods before me, eh? So who was at fault, the golden calf or the people worshipping it? You're making my point for me. If saving others in some manner detracts from Christ, the only possible solution is to stop saving people. Don't be good.😬
Or save people and point to Jesus like say, John the Baptist did.
Originally posted by dadudemonInteresting, I never heard of that.
Mormons consider it blasphemous to worship Jesus Christ like that. We teach that even Christ is subjected to God's will, despite Christ's godliness. We give him great thanks and praise for what he's done, but we are never to pray to him or treat him as THE God.Here's an interesting fact, though. The only time praying to Jesus is acceptable is when you are in the physical presence of Jesus Christ. Quite strange, that rule, but it's allowed for some reason. Someone explained it to me, but I forgot the reasoning of why it's only acceptable at that moment.