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snooper2

(30,151 posts)
30. laugh and poke fun at them
Mon Oct 7, 2013, 01:29 PM
Oct 2013

Religion is a really funny topic when you get down to it


Genesis 25:30 (Holman Christian Standard Bible)
He said to Jacob, "Let me eat some of that red stuff, because I'm exhausted."


Proverbs 21:19 (New Living Translation)
It is better to live alone in the desert than with a crabby, complaining wife.


Proverbs 27:15-16 (New Living Translation)
A quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping on a rainy day. Stopping her complaints is like trying to stop the wind or trying to hold something with greased hands.


Did you know there is a talking donkey in the Bible?
Numbers 22:21-29 (New King James Version)
Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey and went with the princes of Moab. But God was very angry when he went, and the angel of the LORD stood in the road to oppose him. Balaam was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him. When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand, she turned off the road into a field. Balaam beat her to get her back on the road.

Then the angel of the LORD stood in a narrow path between two vineyards, with walls on both sides. When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she pressed close to the wall, crushing Balaam's foot against it. So he beat her again.

Then the angel of the LORD moved on ahead and stood in a narrow place where there was no room to turn, either to the right or to the left. When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she lay down under Balaam, and he was angry and beat her with his staff. Then the LORD opened the donkey's mouth, and she said to Balaam, "What have I done to you to make you beat me these three times?" Balaam answered the donkey, "You have made a fool of me! If I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now."

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Cardinals dress in style [View all] Ichingcarpenter Oct 2013 OP
The Federico Fellini film 'Roma' includes an "ecclesiastical LeftinOH Oct 2013 #1
Yes now I remember that Ichingcarpenter Oct 2013 #3
Think about one night of actors... NCTraveler Oct 2013 #2
Academy Awards, the Grammys... HappyMe Oct 2013 #4
And actors wear costumes, but these cats call them 'vestements' and claim Bluenorthwest Oct 2013 #9
Okay, fine. HappyMe Oct 2013 #13
laugh and poke fun at them snooper2 Oct 2013 #30
Have at it. HappyMe Oct 2013 #33
I don't believe we should make fun of peoples faith but if you feel the need to that is your right. hrmjustin Oct 2013 #45
One story from the bible zipplewrath Oct 2013 #18
I ware vestments as well in my church. It is our tradition. hrmjustin Oct 2013 #41
Yes actors are representative's of the teaching Ichingcarpenter Oct 2013 #5
You were talking about cost. HappyMe Oct 2013 #6
Could they teach about jesus without the expensive fancy clothes? Tikki Oct 2013 #8
Give them a call and ask them. HappyMe Oct 2013 #10
Yeah...probably not. But I respect the fact they leave me alone. Not like other churches who.. Tikki Oct 2013 #16
Those prices are not the norm for the worldwide church. hrmjustin Oct 2013 #42
Pope: “We pastors must not be men with a ‘princely mindset.’” Ichingcarpenter Oct 2013 #17
What do they represent. NCTraveler Oct 2013 #14
Except that the jewelry is usually borrowed NV Whino Oct 2013 #7
How about the dresses? nt. NCTraveler Oct 2013 #11
I specifically mentioned the jewelry, not the dresses. NV Whino Oct 2013 #15
I specifically noticed that. nt. NCTraveler Oct 2013 #26
Yes, true but what is your point? nm rhett o rick Oct 2013 #20
I thought it was pretty clear. NCTraveler Oct 2013 #27
Do you approve of the opulence of the church? Do you justify is because "Greed and opulence rhett o rick Oct 2013 #34
I do not approve. Not sure why you think I would or where I suggested such. NCTraveler Oct 2013 #35
Sorry, I apparently misunderstood. nm rhett o rick Oct 2013 #37
They need a new ring pintobean Oct 2013 #12
+1 Go Vols Oct 2013 #43
What a joke Dreamer Tatum Oct 2013 #19
Probably because "most people in Hollywood" are not madmom Oct 2013 #21
Nor are cardinals. Dreamer Tatum Oct 2013 #22
see post 17, yes they are Ichingcarpenter Oct 2013 #25
I have nothing against people it's their religions I don't like. You are trying to madmom Oct 2013 #31
If they don't play any better than they did against Pittsburgh, they don't deserve it. Bucky Oct 2013 #23
Breaking news: leaders of large ogranizations make more money than poor people. Film at 11. Bucky Oct 2013 #24
My Catholic church fitman Oct 2013 #28
I clicked thinking this would be a sports thread...nt joeybee12 Oct 2013 #29
Who pays for all that crap? Churchgoers putting their hard earned money in collection plates? n/t Blaukraut Oct 2013 #32
Has anyone priced a Picasso original lately? seveneyes Oct 2013 #36
How many insecticide-treated bed nets will the computer you typed this on buy? rug Oct 2013 #38
I bet he purchased that computer with his own money. Ikonoklast Oct 2013 #40
I bet he didn't buy it with government grants either. rug Oct 2013 #47
Just want you to know that I know a lot about vestments and most don't cost as much as the prices hrmjustin Oct 2013 #39
Thank you Mr. Valet Ichingcarpenter Oct 2013 #44
I do work in a Episopal Sacristy. Not a Valet thank you. hrmjustin Oct 2013 #46
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