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Backseat Driver

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31. No puzzle there: Never enough money, the supreme symbol of worthiness and goodness
Fri Jul 19, 2019, 02:08 PM
Jul 2019

Last edited Fri Jul 19, 2019, 02:53 PM - Edit history (1)

One needs to hold onto it in every way possible, a widow's mite saved is a widow's might earned. (Please note it was not a "widower's mite" as well--women need just make a good match!) to which I LMAO. Time is (never enough) money, either, the longer to save, my dear. -- that's why it's said to "Follow the money," for that snake-inhabited Tree of (God-like) Knowledge and Life bore the valued fruit of ancestral seduction, the source documentation of "nasty women." As for those leaders, shepherds of flocks need "dumb" sheep to remain exceedingly worthy and employed for the duration of their time, hence a paid-by donation occupation thinking up ways to get more members and donations, with parish house and free meals at the homes of the righteous flock members.

Fundamentalist organized religion sucks! Looser organized denominations are just a band of organized rebels of human interpretation.

I'll opt for accepting there is a Higher Power of creation who set some basic rules for living, and I'd rather bet that there was a Son of God, JC, who went to prepare a place(s) where the energy that fuels what is me changes eternally than not believe that; therefore I choose to live with unorganized gratitude, generosity as I am able, and tolerance within some limits that I choose and in a place that expressed those choices as life, liberty, and the pursuit of what makes me happy to contribute my life's energy to the world in which I live or from which I travel--I choose 1 John 4:8 "He that loveth not knoweth not God for God is love," and 1 Corinthians 13:13 - And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity." I see very little of that in the GOP and none whatsoever in the poser, the embodiment of what constitutes the Seven Deadly Sins, pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath and sloth, in the WH.

MineralMan - That said, I accept and respect your choice of atheism though I am not very adept at understanding that solely scientific (reasonable) viewpoint. I do hope your energy will be transformed into a form that will be useful to the Universe. How do you explain evil or Evil - or do you not believe that exists as well?

Jesus said that if you don't feed the poor, clothe the naked, welcome the stranger, etc., The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2019 #1
Exactly. MineralMan Jul 2019 #6
Jesus is irrelevant to Christian evangelicals who crave white power & thrive on subjugating others. LonePirate Jul 2019 #2
Or never existed except in words written MineralMan Jul 2019 #10
Believers in the White Jesus are different. They ignore all that humanity stuff. Hoyt Jul 2019 #3
Jesus was a man of color, if he existed MineralMan Jul 2019 #9
God created man in his own image and man returned the favor. LastDemocratInSC Jul 2019 #29
They don't understand the goodness of Christ. CaptYossarian Jul 2019 #4
Or, as I suppose, it is all a fiction. MineralMan Jul 2019 #7
Even if it is a fiction, it's one that the fundies insist they totally and literally believe in, The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2019 #12
Inerrant but needs interpretation Voltaire2 Jul 2019 #34
Then why did you ask? zipplewrath Jul 2019 #13
Why should I not ask? MineralMan Jul 2019 #18
They are just hate clubs today. Jesus is irrelevant and in the way. n/t RKP5637 Jul 2019 #5
My theory, Cosplay atreides1 Jul 2019 #8
All theater, then, perhaps, with an ancient script? MineralMan Jul 2019 #11
The short answer is: human nature. guillaumeb Jul 2019 #14
Oddly enough, I agree with you on that. MineralMan Jul 2019 #19
Probably for the same reason that GOP voters will recite the pledge of allegiance, guillaumeb Jul 2019 #28
So, such Christians are fakes and are just mouthing the words? MineralMan Jul 2019 #30
No. They simply repeat certain things reflexively. guillaumeb Jul 2019 #32
Doesn't sound very thoughtful, does it? MineralMan Jul 2019 #35
Are non-religious people exempt or immune to this? guillaumeb Jul 2019 #36
This thread is about religious people. MineralMan Jul 2019 #37
Which avoids the actual point, and actual history. guillaumeb Jul 2019 #38
When Christianity became a state religion, chose the orthodox party line and kicked out Karadeniz Jul 2019 #15
OK, but people still ignore the words of the central figure of MineralMan Jul 2019 #20
It's Crazy.. but it's the PROGRESSIVE churches that tell of Christ's words.... JustFiveMoreMinutes Jul 2019 #16
In some cases, that is true. MineralMan Jul 2019 #22
One thing is for sure, religion has nothing to do with it Major Nikon Jul 2019 #17
So it seems. MineralMan Jul 2019 #21
They pick out the parts they like, and make excuses to ignore the rest. trotsky Jul 2019 #23
With metaphor all things are possible Major Nikon Jul 2019 #24
Cafeteria Catholics is what they were called back in the 60's. Iggo Jul 2019 #33
They think because their sins are forgiven they can behave however they want. CrispyQ Jul 2019 #25
Cafeteria Christians... picking and choosing religious tenets like they pick and choose... Raster Jul 2019 #26
It's all about the money. Farmer-Rick Jul 2019 #27
No puzzle there: Never enough money, the supreme symbol of worthiness and goodness Backseat Driver Jul 2019 #31
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