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patrice

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8. That bit about the "righteous" being ready really freaks this old

Reply to sasha031 (Reply #7)

Mon Sep 17, 2012, 06:42 PM

Sep 2012

liberated-Catholic out too. I'm not sure when that assumption that you're saved crept in there, but it takes for granted the whole Christ thing and you can justify ANY behavior whatsoever as long as you are baptized and "born again" or whatever. It's ir-responsible, immature, childish, and profoundly dangerous.

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Reference to previous DU discussion: patrice Sep 2012 #1

Waiting for Godot Blue Owl Sep 2012 #2

Interesting that you should mention Beckett, because one of these pastors mentions patrice Sep 2012 #4

I watched part of it earlier, hard to get through &very disturbing sasha031 Sep 2012 #3

VERY death cultish!!! Maybe even pathological. nt patrice Sep 2012 #5

no doubt their pathological sasha031 Sep 2012 #7

That bit about the "righteous" being ready really freaks this old patrice Sep 2012 #8

and horrible cruel & selfish sasha031 Sep 2012 #11

Delight. You're right, sasha, it is like a physical addiction to self gratification. patrice Sep 2012 #12

oh man! FirstLight Sep 2012 #6

I can never figure out where they think Jesus went. In their theology, he's God, right? i.e. always patrice Sep 2012 #9

So if God and Jesus are these all-knowing controlling beings? dballance Sep 2012 #10

One of the absolutely finest persons I have ever known is Southern Baptist. She loves The Bible too patrice Sep 2012 #13

The whole Rapture thing... jeepnstein Sep 2012 #14

There's another way to look at it. SarahM32 Sep 2012 #16

The Actual Prophecies of Jesus vs "Christian" Myths (like the "Rapture," Armageddon, etc.) SarahM32 Sep 2012 #15