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leftofcool

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1. Bible battling with Jesus freaks is fun.

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Fri Sep 11, 2015, 09:33 AM

Sep 2015

They can be tripped up every time. Fugelsang is one of the best.

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I just went after an old friend of mine. [View all] Are_grits_groceries Sep 2015 OP

Bible battling with Jesus freaks is fun. leftofcool Sep 2015 #1

+1 Bubzer Sep 2015 #31

Yep. Paul (Saul) never even met Jesus n2doc Sep 2015 #2

Feel sorry for her ... nikto Sep 2015 #88

Keep up your strength TexasProgresive Sep 2015 #3

She is trying to dodge with the Paul diversion. Are_grits_groceries Sep 2015 #4

Well the Jesus verses should stick better than the grits. TexasProgresive Sep 2015 #7

Paul was talking about members of churches who tried to freeload starroute Sep 2015 #38

That's correct vlyons Sep 2015 #39

Need some help with Paul's views packman Sep 2015 #18

Hmmm Maybe the collection for famine relief never made it to Jerusalem TexasProgresive Sep 2015 #25

The money that Paul directed was sent to the church (bride), in Jerusalem, ran by James. DhhD Sep 2015 #40

So correct. RW christians do not apply the Gospel to jwirr Sep 2015 #32

Well, he wrote YESTERDAY, didn't he? MADem Sep 2015 #41

The crazy infects so many people. It's like shoveling shit against the tide arguing with them. nt valerief Sep 2015 #5

I love it! mgardener Sep 2015 #92

It's oldie but goodie. valerief Sep 2015 #93

Dichotomous Ideology Martin Eden Sep 2015 #6

Excellent point PDittie Sep 2015 #8

You get a Damn Skippy! for that. nt MrScorpio Sep 2015 #10

+1 well said ! lunasun Sep 2015 #12

Exactly! mountain grammy Sep 2015 #13

Perfect! nt phylny Sep 2015 #14

+100%! Enthusiast Sep 2015 #56

This is it in a nutshell. hifiguy Sep 2015 #67

Good job! Cracklin Charlie Sep 2015 #9

Already? When have they not hated the poor. jwirr Sep 2015 #34

Glad you made dust of them . Wasted energy trying to bring these folks around has been my experience lunasun Sep 2015 #11

Well in my long experiences with bible thumper zeemike Sep 2015 #15

^^THIS^^... freebrew Sep 2015 #19

Its the same where I live. Bubzer Sep 2015 #33

Well myself I don't have any issues with the bible. zeemike Sep 2015 #48

I think I can mostly agree with that. I used to consider myself a christian. Bubzer Sep 2015 #50

I don't ever remember being afraid of hell. zeemike Sep 2015 #53

Prosperity gospel. Do it yourself salvation. jwirr Sep 2015 #36

I had the same thing happen to me.... blackspade Sep 2015 #16

One big positive of Facebook, Dyedinthewoolliberal Sep 2015 #17

Truer words.... LibDemAlways Sep 2015 #27

Or you accept a friend request from an old high school friend (I'm 46) DisgustipatedinCA Sep 2015 #71

I unfriended one of those just today. LibDemAlways Sep 2015 #75

you are not alone... I have had to open two Facebook accounts, to keep the crazies all on one Page. secondwind Sep 2015 #20

I am very upset now. Are_grits_groceries Sep 2015 #21

Very sorry to hear that but very understandable as such an interaction snagglepuss Sep 2015 #26

It's hard to keep your spirits up in the face of hatred TexasProgresive Sep 2015 #29

Aww... sending comforting thoughts your way Bubzer Sep 2015 #35

Sending GOOD VIBES your way... AnotherDreamWeaver Sep 2015 #49

I've done the same with the Guns & God freaks. crim son Sep 2015 #22

I asked a guy on Facebook what he thought of the 1.7 million veterans who receive SNAP progressoid Sep 2015 #23

+1 Bubzer Sep 2015 #37

OH, SNAP! mhatrw Sep 2015 #64

generally don't like to fight PatrynXX Sep 2015 #24

Paul talked about women and their role in the church jwirr Sep 2015 #28

. libodem Sep 2015 #30

That is a good one! Enthusiast Sep 2015 #57

Fits the discussion libodem Sep 2015 #70

All my conservative friends I either hide from facebook LostOne4Ever Sep 2015 #42

Me too! flygal Sep 2015 #59

My Facebook relatives are conservative Republicans. I've hidden one- No Vested Interest Sep 2015 #66

I've let plenty "friends" go - no blocks, no nukes - raven mad Sep 2015 #43

The wacky religious are going to be the death of America yet... SoapBox Sep 2015 #44

Nope. We'll stop the 30 million who push for Armageddon - because we have to. Hortensis Sep 2015 #55

Agreed. From what I can gather, most of them Lorien Sep 2015 #90

Paul fairly solidly repudiates the wealthy in the Bible. Xithras Sep 2015 #45

Do you want to really have some fun, share this video with your friend.... RR2 Sep 2015 #46

wow ohheckyeah Sep 2015 #60

It was a sad day when Martin was no longer president. Martin Eden Sep 2015 #69

"People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character." TexasProgresive Sep 2015 #47

I like that, very true nt stopwastingmymoney Sep 2015 #84

You should tell her it is the rich that take her money. WDIM Sep 2015 #51

well said... diverdownjt Sep 2015 #86

I've had to unfriend SEVERAL FB friends who had turned fundie on me. closeupready Sep 2015 #52

kick Liberal_in_LA Sep 2015 #54

Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Sep 2015 #58

Easy come, easy go? JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2015 #61

I bowed out. Are_grits_groceries Sep 2015 #89

I have been fighting the urge to go off on a lot of FB friends. Curmudgeoness Sep 2015 #62

The poor are oppressing us all. mhatrw Sep 2015 #63

Their main thing is abortion of "babies". Yet the Bible clearly says they are not human and ErikJ Sep 2015 #65

^this^... .. n/t annabanana Sep 2015 #76

That old Scot Ian Anderson figured this all out back in 1971 hifiguy Sep 2015 #68

Ask her why she would hug the money changers instead of Jesus... cascadiance Sep 2015 #72

Similar experiences are pretty much why I left Facebook. Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 2015 #73

I lost a few "friends" awoke_in_2003 Sep 2015 #74

My ol' Granddaddy once told me . . OldRedneck Sep 2015 #77

Your ol granddaddy arikara Sep 2015 #80

I've heard a similar story... stopwastingmymoney Sep 2015 #85

A woman I was good friends with from 3rd grade thru high school... 3catwoman3 Sep 2015 #78

Life is really too short - religion is bullshit but freindship is tangible. I'll leave this: Juicy_Bellows Sep 2015 #79

My solution was to never get into the Facebook waltz. At all. Once in awhile LuckyLib Sep 2015 #81

I agree Skittles Sep 2015 #83

yea, it's not like Paul wasn't seen as a pinko by the Rormans MisterP Sep 2015 #82

Diagnosis for the "old friend" ... nikto Sep 2015 #87

Life is too short to suffer fools (NT) The Wizard Sep 2015 #91

I ended a 30+year relationship Duppers Sep 2015 #94

Send her these quotes by Thomas Jefferson Major Nikon Sep 2015 #95