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Religious absurdity

Discussion in 'Whatnots' started by The Fat Egg, Jul 20, 2001.

  1. The Fat Egg Gems: 15/31
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    while browsing scifi.ign i stumbled upon a comic book conspiracy link about a project to clone jesus to make the second coming come sooner, i found it simply hilarious. take a look, its at:
    www.clonejesus.com
     
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    Dude... that's just bad and wrong in so many ways. But yes, pretty funny to consider such an idea.
     
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    Felt like I needed to chime in on this subject, but I honestly am left speechless!?!

    Do these people even have a LITTLE understanding of the Bible? If they did, they'd realize that God has a giant, "DON'T MESS WITH ME" sign on his chest?

    Don't mess with what you don't understand! (Which I why I don't mess with women! ;) )
     
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    LOL MAT! I think you've done enough messing with women to get in the sinners book :p

    as for the topic, I find it rather frightening if this is a serious project. Is it? or is it just a joke?
     
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    [​IMG] I won't look the link.

    You CAN clone the flesh.

    But you CAN'T clone the soul (spirit).


    You don't believe me? Why don't you try it then?
     
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    [​IMG] Mat - Are you serious?!?!? You don't think God has a sense of humor? I mean, look at the platypus dude!!!! :D :D ;) :D :D

    Thus endeth my Friday afternoon blasphemy!
     
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    Stick it to those Christians, Sprite!

    :cool:
     
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    You can make the body,
    BUt not the soul.
    I'm with Extremist.
     
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    Wether or not you believe in God, it is still a fact that 2000 years ago, someone named Jesus walked around considering himself the son of God. If I remember correctly, he is even mentioned in the deadsea scrolls.

    But to clone Jesus, they'll need some cells, and from where are they going to get those? I do know about that dead body cloth that is kept somewhere in Italy, (IIRC) but I seriously believe it to be a fake!

    Lastly: Why would anyone clone Jesus? If you truly believe in God, then cloning is considered a blasphemy, and cloning Jesus would be the worst sin ever done. And if you don't believe in Jesus, then why the hell would you care about cloning him?
     
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    well frankly i found it both disturbing and absurd whcih lead to a hilarity, the very idea of such an occurence is laughable, frankly i think he just wants money ;)
     
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    You have a pretty good point there, Grovflab. Not to mention, if you are a Christian, you would believe that the rapture will come anyway. Why bring back Jesus when this "ressurection" is not needed for the Tribulation Peroid to take place?
     
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    Actually, a lot of Christians don't believe in the Rapture(Catholics, for one). The idea of a "Rapture," with the True Believers being snatched up to Heaven while the rest of humanity is subjected to diabolical chaos, was invented only a couple hundred years ago, if that. I'm not sure what this particular scholar was trying to explain by coming up with the idea of the salvation of the faithful(I'd guess it's because he didn't like the idea of the faithful being subjected to the less pleasant aspects of the Book of Revelations along with all those dirty Damned).
     
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    Sorry, my bad... I should have rephrased it. Most "Protestants" believe in the Rapture.

    BTW, the book isn't called Revolation"s", it's just one and only one "Revolation".

    [This message has been edited by Vile (edited July 22, 2001).]
     
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    Most protestants do not believe in the "rapture" per se, although the biblical case for it is fairly strong. It is pretty much only the charismatic branches of fundamental Christianity that tend to preach about the rapture. It's not that other protestants reject the concept, most of them (especially the members of the oldest denominations like the Church of England and Presbyterianism) have never even heard the word. It's one of those ideas that has to be inferred from the Bible, like Original Sin or the Trinity- it's described but not explicitly named- and so it is individual denominations who adopt this doctrine who have applied the term "rapture" and communicated it to their flocks.
     
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    Who said I didn't think God has a sense of humor? If I didn't think that, my life would be much, much different.

    While funny, God is also Holy, and there are places where we shouldn't tread.

    For quality Christian humor, check out: http://www.thedoormagazine.com/


    Oh, and on the rapture thing. . . only 1/2 of the Protestants believe that. Personally, I do not.
     
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    FYI, Landover Baptist is a spoof, not an actual church. Don't take the article (or anything else found in that website) too literally.

    As per the Rapture, I believe it's covered in I Thessalonians 5.

    I need Internet at home! Aaarrrg!
     
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