The Miracles of Christ

[Cliffy]

To take it one step further also criminal inflicting this sh*t on everyone else. Making threats is generally an indictable offense.

Yes, this clown needs a serious mental enema. I bet the cat-o-nine-tails he uses to self flagellate is thread bare.

 

[lone wolf]

Ye shall be skewered upon a lightning bolt and fired across the sky riding your big thunder (if your underwear don't fry)

Where does one draw the line between spreading the word and nagging?

 

[Dexter Sinister]

You will not mock on the Day of Judgment. If you do not repent, you will be thrown into the lake of fire and be destroyed.

There will be no Day of Judgment. If you'd read something besides the Bible you might have learned that Revelation is not about the future. It's about the Roman oppression and persecution of Christians under the Emperor Domitian, couched in the symbols and metaphors of those times.

 

[Cliffy]

Where does one draw the line between spreading the word and nagging?

The dud is a broken record. It is more like harassment.

 

[JLM]

Ye shall be skewered upon a lightning bolt and fired across the sky riding your big thunder (if your underwear don't fry)

Where does one draw the line between spreading the word and nagging?

The "word" has already been spread till it's coming out the ying yang & now it's far beyond nagging- it's criminal harassment. (But I suppose we should just quit looking at this thread) :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

 

[countryboy]

You will not mock on the Day of Judgment. If you do not repent, you will be thrown into the lake of fire and be destroyed.

To: Herald

Spreading the "good word" successfully can be a daunting task. But if the Good Lord has bewstowed this job upon you, then may I respectfully offer the following thoughts on a subject that appears to be important to you:

Converting the masses is sort of an exercise in salesmanship. There are many techniques that can be employed to win over new customers (or in this case, followers and believers). One of the simplest patterns to follow in good effective salesmanship is almost as traditional as the Bible itself. It was created by Mr. Dale Carnegie many years ago, and here is the summary of the important points:

1. Attention - You must first get the attention of the people, and I believe you have accomplished that step, based on the number of posts I've read.
2. Interest - You now must secure their interest in "the word." You're making progress on this, again evidenced by the number of posts.
3. Desire - Once steps 1 and 2 have been effectively carried out, your next challenge is create a sense of desire in the people. I don't think you're there yet, based on the content of the posts.
4. Conviction - This is the final step in "closing the sale" - the part where the person now believes in what you are saying...or, in this case, preaching. If you don't achieve step 3, you cannot get to step 4.

So, in a simple arithemetical sense, you appear to be about halfway up that big mountain. However, I think your approach might have to be modified if you are to have any hope at all of moving onward and upward.

If you can stop and relate to the mundane, day-to-day context of simply existing in this world, threatening your potential customers with death usually doesn't make the sale.

However, if your objective is something other than coverting the masses to the "good word", it would still be beneficial to all of us to state that goal in terms that would be clear to the average person.

Thank you for your attention, and if you'd like to seek any further guidance on the subject of positive persuasion, please don't hesitate to ask.

Eternally yours and just trying to help,
Countryboy

 

[AnnaG]

LOL more eggnog Anna?

Has it anything to do with the topic? Or is that your argument against my point that the flood and the proceedings around it are too far-fetched for belief?

 

[JLM]

To: Herald

Spreading the "good word" successfully can be a daunting task. But if the Good Lord has bewstowed this job upon you, then may I respectfully offer the following thoughts on a subject that appears to be important to you:

Converting the masses is sort of an exercise in salesmanship. There are many techniques that can be employed to win over new customers (or in this case, followers and believers). One of the simplest patterns to follow in good effective salesmanship is almost as traditional as the Bible itself. It was created by Mr. Dale Carnegie many years ago, and here is the summary of the important points:

1. Attention - You must first get the attention of the people, and I believe you have accomplished that step, based on the number of posts I've read.
2. Interest - You now must secure their interest in "the word." You're making progress on this, again evidenced by the number of posts.
3. Desire - Once steps 1 and 2 have been effectively carried out, your next challenge is create a sense of desire in the people. I don't think you're there yet, based on the content of the posts.
4. Conviction - This is the final step in "closing the sale" - the part where the person now believes in what you are saying...or, in this case, preaching. If you don't achieve step 3, you cannot get to step 4.

So, in a simple arithemetical sense, you appear to be about halfway up that big mountain. However, I think your approach might have to be modified if you are to have any hope at all of moving onward and upward.

If you can stop and relate to the mundane, day-to-day context of simply existing in this world, threatening your potential customers with death usually doesn't make the sale.

However, if your objective is something other than coverting the masses to the "good word", it would still be beneficial to all of us to state that goal in terms that would be clear to the average person.

Thank you for your attention, and if you'd like to seek any further guidance on the subject of positive persuasion, please don't hesitate to ask.

Eternally yours and just trying to help,
Countryboy

In other words less of the stick & more of the carrot. :lol::lol:

 

[AnnaG]

The Biblical explanation is that 'all flesh' has a certain list. Flesh was one requirement, if it didn't qualify then it was not meant to be killed off. Notice Genesis leaves out fish? Revelation includes them as you can bake a fish but you cannot drown one. lol

Is that more science from your book of nonsense? Want to bet? Take the oxygen out of water and put the fish in the water. It'll drown.

1Co:15:39:
All flesh is not the same flesh:
but there is one kind of flesh of men,
another flesh of beasts,
another of fishes,
and another of birds.

You needed the book of nonsense to tell you that?

That is who was aboard the Ark. The Ark had windows and they were opened after the rains stopped. Would Dolphins, Whales, and great fishes come to help buoy the Ark up so those on board had a safe voyage? All the while chatting back and forth.
More likely the words were more in line with "Good-bye to ......" repeated steadily by everyone on board, once for each one they knew that had just died in the waters, time-frame the full 40 days. That would be the combined voices of the 8 people and all those others safely aboard. That was the first time God closed the door that resulted in a group being called the remnant. Revelation is the last time that any group will be taken down to a remnant.
If man was the shepherd to the flesh on earth imagine how fond the flesh was towards their maker. The flesh got there the same way they came to Adam to be names, God called and they followed.

Ge:2:19:
And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field,
and every fowl of the air;
and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them:
and whatsoever Adam called every living creature,
that was the name thereof.

That's two references to children's books, would you like the parable version as they are quite easy to understand. I will believe you are ready for the more meaty parts if you can tell me just how this verse fits in with the flood that was 21 ft of rain.
De:33:2:
And he said,
The LORD came from Sinai,
and rose up from Seir unto them;
he shined forth from mount Paran,
and he came with ten thousands of saints:
from his right hand went a fiery law for them.

roflmao

 

[AnnaG]

You will not mock on the Day of Judgment. If you do not repent, you will be thrown into the lake of fire and be destroyed.

Are you stuck? You keep saying that over and over.

 

[MHz]

Has it anything to do with the topic? Or is that your argument against my point that the flood and the proceedings around it are too far-fetched for belief?

I thought that would show you that I wasn't going to respond to your posts. Really if you don't even know who it was meant to carry what would be the point?

 

[AnnaG]

Naming all the flora and fauna would take a very long time. One first has to be able to distinguish between some of them and others. Try figuring out all the grasses, for instance.
So anyway, I was serious when I asked about how big this boat was, where all the lumber for it came from, who all built it, etc. And I get a dumbass comment about eggnog in reply. ooooo That's clever.:roll:

 

[AnnaG]

I thought that would show you that I wasn't going to respond to your posts. Really if you don't even know who it was meant to carry what would be the point?

You seem to be perfectly willing to expound at length about all these incredible stories but refuse to rationally explain how they'd be possible in the first place. I can understand why you don't want to respond to my posts; you can't. Your explanations are as far-fetched as the Bible's claims.

 

[MHz]

roflmao

Great answer ....... bye.

 

[AnnaG]

Great answer ....... bye.

Yep, duck and run. It's easier than admitting the stories are nonsense and loads easier than trying to rationalize them.

 

[JLM]

Are you stuck? You keep saying that over and over.

Not very convincing, Is he? :lol::lol::lol:

 

[countryboy]

Not very convincing, Is he? :lol::lol::lol:

Hmm. I thought post #226 would have helped that cause. I tried!

 

[JLM]

Great answer ....... bye.

Intelligent people might learn from it. It's a non starter. You guys should find some snow to shovel, then you wouldn't have so much energy for this crap.

 

[MHz]

There will be no Day of Judgment. If you'd read something besides the Bible you might have learned that Revelation is not about the future. It's about the Roman oppression and persecution of Christians under the Emperor Domitian, couched in the symbols and metaphors of those times.

A perfect example of what you end up believing when you start to add other works to help you understand the Bible. The guy who wrote the book that theory can be found is probably still living off the royalties.

Revelation could have been written as late as 90AD and certainly after the Jewish revolt around 70AD. Being Jewish was the reason for being in prison

 

[AnnaG]

Not very convincing, Is he? :lol::lol::lol:

Not enough for me anyway. lol
I'm going to google a bit and see how this boat was supposed to be able to tote a few million species, how many people built it, how long it took them, and stuff like that.
I know it's off-topic but maybe the research can shed some light on why people are supposed to believe the nonsense about miracles, arks, talking critters, etc.