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Post by BenderBRodriguez on Mar 19, 2009 16:02:51 GMT -5
* I was once talking about Hugo Chavez and Venezuela and some dumb broad at work asked me if I knew how to speak "Venezuelan."
* In my 10th grade World History class, someone had the audacity to say "I'm Catholic, but not a Christian."
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Post by the sandman on Mar 19, 2009 17:26:13 GMT -5
9 for 10, when a critic of the LDS church says that it isn't Christian they base their argument on something superficial, such as physical items (including trivial details like the sect using water instead of wine for communion) or minor doctrinal differences. Um, no, sorry Sky. That would be MAJOR doctrinal differences, like the LDS church teaching that Jesus and Lucifer are brothers, the nature of the Trinity, the nature of redemption and salvation, and basic eschatology. These are not by any stretch of the imagination "minor" doctrinal differences. Um, no, sorry Sky. This is just you and your old familiar claim that anyone who criticizes your church is "misinformed."
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Post by the sandman on Mar 19, 2009 17:30:18 GMT -5
The theology holds that everyone is a literal spiritual brother or sister of everyone else, and so it's implied that God has a wife. I am always amazed at the fact that Sky does not realize that there are people here who know more about the doctrine of his church than he does. It is not "implied that God has a wife" in LDS theology, it is outright stated that Elohim has many "spiritual wives." They are never named, of course, because why would a woman need a name, right?
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Post by trike on Mar 19, 2009 17:37:22 GMT -5
One of my friends brings up creationism all the time. The last time she did I was very explicit about calling Kent Hovind and Ken Ham fucktards and liars, she then went on to be like "well, everyone has a theory and they have some interesting ones."
I resisted the urge to punch her in the face while screaming "A scientific theory isn't what you think its is!!!!!!!" She did it before on a stairwell while we were talking an a really cool English guy and I had this incredible urge to scream "I am not connected with her!"
I mean, Iesu Christu, it makes me embarrassed enough trying to explain my home college to kids over here, why make it worse by making us all seem like retarded Evangelicals?
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Post by Vene on Mar 19, 2009 18:33:34 GMT -5
One of the girls in my major is a creationist. My major is biotechnology, you know, biology, the science built on evolution. That is more than enough for a facepalm. At least it's just one person, but still disappointing. I should mention that there are a total of nine of us for my graduating class. There shouldn't be a single creationist. Maybe if there were a hundred of us or at least a few dozen, but not when there is nine!
It's not like there aren't Christians in it, hell, one guy went to Jamaica to do mission work with his church. At least they were actually doing something useful, some project to do with a school's water I don't know the details.
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Post by skyfire on Mar 19, 2009 19:26:14 GMT -5
The theology holds that everyone is a literal spiritual brother or sister of everyone else, and so it's implied that God has a wife. I am always amazed at the fact that Sky does not realize that there are people here who know more about the doctrine of his church than he does. It is not "implied that God has a wife" in LDS theology, it is outright stated that Elohim has many "spiritual wives." They are never named, of course, because why would a woman need a name, right? Then prove it.
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Post by Vene on Mar 19, 2009 19:31:53 GMT -5
Sandman, skyfire, start a new thread please.
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Post by the sandman on Mar 19, 2009 20:09:29 GMT -5
Sandman, skyfire, start a new thread please. No need. I have no intention of getting into any kind of "debate" with Skyfire.
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Post by skyfire on Mar 19, 2009 20:29:37 GMT -5
Sandman, skyfire, start a new thread please. No need. I have no intention of getting into any kind of "debate" with Skyfire. Then why did you make your comment in the first place?
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Post by A. Sapien on Mar 19, 2009 20:38:03 GMT -5
No need. I have no intention of getting into any kind of "debate" with Skyfire. Then why did you make your comment in the first place? Because its true? For example, JonathanE.
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Post by Lady Renae on Mar 19, 2009 20:49:07 GMT -5
Apparently, I am full of fail. Consider the post eaten.
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Post by the sandman on Mar 19, 2009 20:54:35 GMT -5
Lady R, while I appreciate the sentiment, I do believe the ol' Sandman can take care o' himself... Sky, like I hope everyone else here, knows that I would never use my magic mod powers to quash his opinions or views, nor would I ban or take action against anyone because they took me to task for my own views and opinions (even if they are full of shit). My skin is far, far thicker than anything Sky could ever toss at me, even if he decided to throw something sharper than what is essentially a "Sez you!" I am not going to debate you, Sky, because you don't debate. You proselytize. And why did I make my comment? Because I can.Now how 'bout we shift this thread back to the original topic before I have to lock it for terminal drift. I'll start... I had a parent today in conference say, right in front of me, the principal, AND their kid, that "I know Jon [the kid] lies, but he never lies to me." At that point, there was no longer any reason to talk to the parent. I said good day and left.
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Post by mistermuncher on Mar 19, 2009 21:23:50 GMT -5
A good buddy's burgeoning collection of work-related Facepalmery. goodaftermornings.blogspot.com/sadly, I have met the major players in this, and, if anything, he's understating things.
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Post by Star Cluster on Mar 19, 2009 21:45:44 GMT -5
This may not be so much a facepalm thing as it is just funny.
One of the women at work (she's in her mid-thirties) has a tendency to misuse or say the wrong words. This usually leads to much hilarity. She was telling about being at her in-laws house over this past New Year's holiday and got into a heated debate with them over something. And with a straight face she said "And the next thing I knew, I was gang-banged."
Everything got real quite for a minute until one of the other girls leaned over and said "Uh, Lisa, I don't think that means what you think it means. Don't you mean you were ganged-up on?"
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Post by mistermuncher on Mar 19, 2009 21:51:09 GMT -5
Similar to above:
Not that long back, I was at Missus Muncher's Granny's wake. As one might imagine, not a place to be laughing.
I don't know how it started, but there was a conversation involving her younger brother, and her ma. For whatever reason, one or other of them started using the word "quim" instead of "quip". This dynamic established, the pair continued to banter on for around a minute, seemingly using the word in every sentence.
I had to leave, lest I choked.
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