I'd hit it
Sounds like a smashing party.
Hoping LV posts up with some insightful comments on this.
We need to know if this is a missionary thing.
damn, you could live in that caravan parked in the driveway
We believe that God gives weakness (or vices, if you will) to men so that they can be humble, and that if we have faith, we can overcome them and make those weaknesses become strengths.
Some people have it easier than others. This person, if she is truly as deviant as she says she is (and it would appear so), then this should be a wake up call to her.
If she is still marred and her husband is still deployed, I feel for him. That's going to be a shitty Skype.
Not to turn this into a religious debate...
JohnMilton said:Let me give you a little inside information about God. God likes to watch. He's a prankster. Think about it. He gives man instincts. He gives you this extraordinary gift, and then what does He do, I swear for His own amusement, his own private, cosmic gag reel, He sets the rules in opposition. It's the goof of all time. Look but don't touch. Touch, but don't taste. Taste, don't swallow. Ahaha. And while you're jumpin' from one foot to the next, what is he doing? He's laughin' His sick, fuckin' ass off! He's a tight-ass! He's a SADIST! He's an absentee landlord! Worship that? NEVER!
FUCK GOD AND FUCK CHRISTIANITY, FUCK YOU ALL TO HELL!
Not sure if serious...
BUT...stepping back from the bible and being able to look at it more subjectively...its like a good con artist at work.
It starts out simple and 100% correct:
Love/respect yourself
Love/respect your neighbor
These are simple, universal and very correct truths. If we all did this, our world would be a much better place. The problem is, this is not bible exclusive. This is generic information and the bible simply puts it on the base layer as a lovely draw-in. You think to yourself "Yeah...this is correct, I can see myself believing this..."
From there is gets silly...the rules start to stretch and get more confusing and convoluted. The stories of bible lore get more and more absurd from a man living in a whale, to someone parting a sea, to a giant earth killing flood and impossible act of animal-gathering, to an awesome completely absurd tale of a god who is his son but somehow separates himself from his son long enough to let his son die/turn his back on him/himself so we all can forever be in this debt of said act. For a nice cherry on top...there's the threats from this "all-loving" god of eternal, horrifying torture and punishment if you don't play by his rules...what a masterpiece!
And all of that is before man steps in and makes the christian scene even more absurd and confusing...
If you're a "Christian-lite", fine. I can deal with christian-lite folks in the real world. The ones that dive in head first down the rabbit hole, on the other hand, are out of their fucking minds...I'd rather punch them in the nose then deal with them most of the time.
Jesus is cool in some ways, the bible is cool in some ways, the perception of god is cool in some ways, but when it's all said and done, most of it is just ridiculous and I'm not even talking about the origin of everything, I don't care about the fiction, let them have it if it makes them happy. I can agree with the motivational speeches and some of the commandments but the other bullshit, c'mon, bunch of crap wrapped up in donkey shit. More harm than good as far as I'm concerned.
The whole martyrdom for starts, it doesn't apply to just Jesus, it's like the number one principal of this religion; Suffer in order to win, sacrifice in order to win, turn the other cheek in order to win, don't fuck around if you want to win, no sodomy if you want to win. Fucking indoctrinating bullshit to make the masses complacent with their predicaments.
The sole reason for religion has always been control. One day it will all fade, we're getting there, we won't live to see it but steady wins the race.
*SNIP*
There definitely is two sides to Christianity. Biblical and man. Both are absurd but in different ways. Man tends to put a ton in god's mouth...but god does enough damage on his own. There is a ton of absurdity to be found on those pages...no modern man needed.
For the record, I do not disagree with you. I just like how a good idea like "love thy neighbor" or "do good deeds" can be so badly fucked up over the years by con artists who just want money.