Please read this at church next Sunday!!
Peacemaking, not War Making: Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. [Matthew 5:9] Resist
not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. [Matthew 5:39] I say unto you, Love your
enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despite-fully use you, and persecute
you; [Matthew 5:44]
The Death Penalty: Thou shalt not kill [Matthew 5:21]
Crime and Punishment: If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to cast a stone at her. [John 8:7] Do not judge, lest
you too be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged and with the measure you use, it will be measured to
you. [Matthew 7:1 & 2.]
Justice: Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. [Matthew 5:6] Blessed are the
merciful: for they shall obtain mercy [Matthew 5:7] But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your
trespasses. [Matthew 6:15]
Corporate Greed and the Religion of Wealth: In the temple courts [Jesus] found men selling cattle, sheep and doves and other
sitting at tables exchanging money. So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple area, both sheep and cattle;
he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. [John 2:14 & 15.] Watch out! Be on your guard against
all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions. [Luke 12.15.] Truly, I say unto you, it will
be hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. [Matthew 19:23] You cannot serve both God and Money. [Matthew 6:24.]
Paying Taxes & Separation of Church & State: Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the
things that are God's. [Matthew 22:21]
Community: Love your neighbor as yourself. .[Matthew 22:39] So in everything, do to others as you would have them do to you.
[Matthew 7:12.] If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven.
[Matthew 19:21]
Equality & Social Programs: But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed,
because they cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just. [Luke 14:13 &14.]
Public Prayer & Displays of Faith: And when thou pray, thou shall not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in
the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
But thou, when thou pray, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret…
[Matthew 6:6 & 7]
Strict Enforcement of Religious Laws: If any of you has a son or a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take
hold of it and lift it out? [Matthew 12:11] The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. [Mark 2:27.]
Individuality & Personal Spiritual Experience: Ye are the light of the world. [Matthew 5:14]
Lorster, you forgot one
How does it go? Something like...
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN, CAST THE FIRST STONE.
Put the rocks down, ya hypocrite.
Thank you, Lorster.
*yawn*
It's always Gimpy & lorster ganging up on which ever poor bastard they choose this week.
Although, in your defense, it's pretty much been Link over and over for a few months now. So at the very least you two have some consistency. Bravo.
Well, you're welcome to not to throw yourself into the middle of it, Katie.
I know.
Katie, you always have to have the last word, don't you.
Katie, feel free to throw yourself into any post directed at me.
Um Lorster. What is your point? Are you trying to do to me what you do to Blessed? Go for it. I'm not playing your silly baby game. But have fun anyway.
So Linncn. I take it you got my message and you will be delivering this message to your fellow members? Lorster, well actually when I saw that you were being your often rude self, I didn't continue reading. I typically don't read what you post, just because you aren't very pleasant to talk to. This one was kinda in my face so I looked. Linncn, I don't post often anymore as I don't relate to biologics and narcotics. I have nothing to offer and that seems to be the only on topic posts. When alternative posts pop up, they die as no one here seems to be interested and those on AP are too often critisized. So, there you have it. I just do not think the church post has a place on the RA board.Lorster, I'm sorry. I just don't understand you. I know we don't get along politically but I don't know what I did to you to make you feel like a thread like this is in order. I mean, if you don't like me, don't talk to me. I don't know how you think a thread about church (which by the way I didn't even start) shouldn't be here, but this thread should be. A nice thread? No way. A mean one toward a specific person? Sure, why not?
And just so you know, I'm not looking at this thread again. So if you have more mean stuff to say, I guess you're going to have to start a thread called LINNCN II [QUOTE=lorster]I just do not think the church post has a place on the RA board. [/QUOTE]