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"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light." Gen 1:1-3.

"And God said, let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth. So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth. Thus the heavens and earth were finished, and all the host of them." Gen 1:26-2:1.

"Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling place for all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever Thou hast formed the earth and the world from everlasting to everlasting Thou art God." Ps 90:1,2.

"For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the Lord made the heavens." Ps 96:5.

"Of old, Thou has laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of Thy hands. They shall perish, but Thou shall endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shall Thou change them, and they shall be changed. But Thou art the same, and Thy years shall have no end." Ps 102:25-27.

"For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make shall remain before Me, says the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain. And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before Me, says the Lord." Isa 66:22,23.

"O give thanks unto the Lord; for He is good: for His mercy endures forever. O give thanks to the God of gods: for His mercy endures forever. O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for His mercy endures forever. To Him, Who, alone does great wonders: for His mercy endures forever. To Him that by wisdom made the heavens: for His mercy endures forever. To Him that made great lights: for His mercy endures forever. The sun to rule by day: for His mercy endures forever." Ps 136:1-8.

"He tells the number of the stars; He calls them all by their names." Ps 147:4.

"Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? Who hath gathered the wind in His fist? Who hath bound the waters in a garment? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, AND WHAT IS HIS SON'S NAME, if thou can tell?" Pro 30:4.

"Thus says God the Lord, He that created the heavens, and stretched them out; He that spread forth the earth, and that which comes out of it; He that gives breath unto people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein. I, the Lord, have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thy hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles." Isa 42:5-6.

"I form the light and create darkness: I make peace and create evil: I, the Lord do all these things." Isa 45:7.

"Thus says the Lord, the heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool: where is the house that you build unto Me? And where is the place of My rest?" Isa 66:1.

"Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? says the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? says the Lord. I have heard what the prophets said, they prophesy lies in My name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed. How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? Yea, they are prophets of deceit of their own heart; Which think to cause My people to forget My name by their dreams, as their false prophets have forgotten My name for Baal. The prophet has a dream, let him tell the dream; and he that hath My Word, let him speak My Word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat, says the Lord? Is not My Word like a fire? says the Lord; and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces? Therefore, behold I AM against the prophets, that steals My Word everyone from his neighbor, says the Lord, that use their tongues to say, He says. Behold, I AM against them that prophesy false dreams, says the Lord, and do not let them, and cause My people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet, I sent them not, nor commanded them; therefore they shall not profit this people at all, says the Lord." Jer 23:24-32.

"Ah, Lord God! Behold, Thou hast made the heaven and earth by Thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for Thee." Jer 32:17.

"In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made. In Him was life and the life was the light of men." (Jesus) John 1:1-4;Col 1:15-17;Heb 1:3;10-12.
 

Cliffy

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And Raven picked up a clam shell from the bottom sea, placed it on the land and from it climbed the first human beings.

And Coyote got tired of making love to animal females so he made woman so he could really get his rocks off.

One day Snake was feeling very sick so he crawled up onto a rock to get warm. After a while he got really sick, threw up and out popped the first two human beings.
 

Dexter Sinister

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I'm pretty sure herald's got a cycle worked out such that if he starts a new topic once a week for two years he'll have posted the entire Bible here in bits and pieces. Along with telling us all about 104 times that we're all fools who'll fry in Hell.
 

Cliffy

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I'm pretty sure herald's got a cycle worked out such that if he starts a new topic once a week for two years he'll have posted the entire Bible here in bits and pieces. Along with telling us all about 104 times that we're all fools who'll fry in Hell.
Lake of Fire, Dex. Get yur facts straight, eh!
 

talloola

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So, and i'm not being a smart ass here. Explain to us non believers just how we can enter
and comment in a thread that is titled spirituality and philosophy.

Just what would you like to read, or, do you think we have no business commenting in that
particular thread at all.

Many of us have been in other threads where we debate comments, and that seems to be OK, why
would this title be any different.

I do feel the majority of threads started by the religious are wanting 'us' to come in and debate,
or else why do they start the threads, there are hardly any posters who are interested in chatting
in a positive way with other religious posters, at least I haven't read any, so I then presume the
comments are inviting debate.
I have read a few arguements from religious to other religious posters, argueing about their particular
religions compared to others, but not often, and I do believe that if the religious
really wanted to have long chit chats about religion/ god or whatever, in a positive
way, they would find another forum that likes to do that, there are many, and you
would not hear from the non believers, and if they came in and interrupted, they
would be thrown out.
My daughter, (who is a minister), takes part in a few threads, and they do not allow
anyone to come into their forum and argue against them, they just allow chit chats
between themselves, and others like them.
 

AnnaG

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I'm pretty sure herald's got a cycle worked out such that if he starts a new topic once a week for two years he'll have posted the entire Bible here in bits and pieces. Along with telling us all about 104 times that we're all fools who'll fry in Hell.

Lake of Fire, Dex. Get yur facts straight, eh!
lol
"Boiled or fried". - WC Fields after being asked how he liked kids.

Science Fiction
..... and fantasy. :D

*shrugs* I have no doubt that if there were a subforum for agnostics or atheists, religious people would post in it, too. Whining wouldn't change a bit of that.
 

karrie

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talloola, I would suggest that 'damn, more religious crap' is not truly a 'response', and warranted a comment regarding there being 'more religious crap' in a religion sub-forum. Not a single post before gerry made his comment actually addressed the meat of herald's post, they simply complained abou him having posted at all.

Not that I care for herald's posting either personally, but I just don't give them an audience, rather than trolling them.
 

talloola

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talloola, I would suggest that 'damn, more religious crap' is not truly a 'response', and warranted a comment regarding there being 'more religious crap' in a religion sub-forum. Not a single post before gerry made his comment actually addressed the meat of herald's post, they simply complained abou him having posted at all.

Not that I care for herald's posting either personally, but I just don't give them an audience, rather than trolling them.

no I don't like those comments either, but still think that some of the religious posters, post to get that response.
Why else are they posting, there aren't any people here who will strike up a good back and forth same
page chit chat with them, they 'know' what they will get, and they go for it, and that's not saying they
deserve it, they want it, and if that is the case, no problem, they will have a good battle back and forth
for a while, till all cool off, dissapear for a while, then start up again.

That's not totally a bad thing, just 'debate', not unlike other threads, but religion isn't any different
than any other subject, and shouldn't be handled with 'kid' gloves.

This is definitely the wrong forum to have a 'kindred spirit' type of religious chat with others who feel
the same, but there are other forums which cater exactly to that atmosphere, and don't allow any of the
non believers, or even believers who are argumentative to stay on, they are kicked out.
 
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lone wolf

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Where is the room for discussion in any of the OP? To my mind, preaching in order to bait "sinners" is pretty much the same thing as taking the Lord's name in vain...
 

talloola

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Where is the room for discussion in any of the OP? To my mind, preaching in order to bait "sinners" is pretty much the same thing as taking the Lord's name in vain...

yes, it's definitely baiting, good description, then some of them will jump all over non believers
for interferring with their religious chat, 'with who' though, I ask, there are no religious people wanting
to chit chat with the OP, but there are those who trash the non religious who want to debate, but they are the only ones interested in replying to the OP, and if it wasn't
for them, the thread would die on the vine without any replys.
 

karrie

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Where is the room for discussion in any of the OP? To my mind, preaching in order to bait "sinners" is pretty much the same thing as taking the Lord's name in vain...

There isn't room in herald's posts... have you noticed how often the religious posters on here reply to him? Practically never.

But at the same time, if I barged into a science forum and bitched because there was another science thread on the go, or talloola's hockey forum because there was some new hockey bit up, I could probably expect for someone to say 'Duh, what do you expect?' lol.
 

SirJosephPorter

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"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light." Gen 1:1-3.

I remember reading a spoof of this several decades ago (in the 70s).

In the beginning, God created Heaven and Earth.

Whereupon he was faced with a class action lawsuit. He was given a temporary permit for the Heaven part of the project, and was issued a cease and desist order for the earth part of the project.

Then it went on to list all the red tape God would face. A burning permit would be required; a construction permit would be required. And what about the genetic testing of the livestock? What arrangements had God made if the water part of the planet got out of hand and drowned out everything? How was he going to guarantee the safety of the animals and humans (God agreed to build Noah’s Ark).

Anyway, God agreed to get all the permits and to face all the red tapes. Finally it came down to time required for the project, God wanted to do it in six days. He was told that his time frame was totally out of the question, it will take longer than that to get just one permit.

Finally God said, the Hell with it, and gave up the whole project.
 

gerryh

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There isn't room in herald's posts... have you noticed how often the religious posters on here reply to him? Practically never.

But at the same time, if I barged into a science forum and bitched because there was another science thread on the go, or talloola's hockey forum because there was some new hockey bit up, I could probably expect for someone to say 'Duh, what do you expect?' lol.


That's a hell of an idea Karrie....thanks for the suggestion.