tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22689800.post4876412811383019650..comments2024-03-26T05:19:07.085-04:00Comments on Roy's World: Jesus the Merry Prankster (For All the Sourpusses Out There)Royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01648670975466222140noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22689800.post-67004585729158263802013-02-23T18:46:38.755-05:002013-02-23T18:46:38.755-05:00Usuаlly I ԁon't learn post on blogs, but I wis...Usuаlly I ԁon't learn post on blogs, but I wish to say that this write-up very forced me to take a look at and do so! Your writing taste has been amazed me. Thank you, quite great post.<br /><br />Review my page - <a href="http://www.tensunitsforpain.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.tensunitsforpain.com</a><br /><i>my website</i> - <b><a href="http://www.tensunitsforpain.com" rel="nofollow">tens therapy</a></b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22689800.post-38127540783692431192012-11-29T19:05:42.325-05:002012-11-29T19:05:42.325-05:00Hi there! Do you know if they make any plugins to ...Hi there! Do you know if they make any plugins to protect against <br />hackеrs? I'm kinda paranoid about losing everything I've worked harԁ on.<br />Any suggestions?<br /><br />https://www.flatworldknowlеdge.сom/useг/523695<br /><i>Feel free to visit my site</i> <b><a href="https://www.flatworldknowledge.com/user/523695" rel="nofollow">forestry bucket trucks</a></b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22689800.post-14157255311896367832009-08-02T13:29:39.858-04:002009-08-02T13:29:39.858-04:00Good post! I liked it. Although I think (perhaps) ...Good post! I liked it. Although I think (perhaps) some folks here may be confusing Baptists, Methodists, Pat Robertsonites, Catholics, Jimmy Swaggrtites, et al, with some sort of automatic Christianity. Christians are people who follow the teachings of Jesus, not the teachings of churches. The two things are very different in my experience. I admit I can't abide churches for much longer than the occasional wedding or funeral, but I DO admire the teachings of Jesus. I really like your concept of Jesus having a sense of humor. I have always thought that too. Thank you for the insightful post.Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22689800.post-24511236295283374912009-08-01T16:26:23.565-04:002009-08-01T16:26:23.565-04:00Yay Roy! loved your post, you'd like our Theo...Yay Roy! loved your post, you'd like our Theology on Tap discussions very much-we get together around a pint and talk about all sorts of issues like this. Once a month Wednesdays at a local bar/grill. Maybe start a group in your area. We set some great ground rules and have all walks of life and beliefs in the group. I'll send ya more info if you're interested?Chris Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13383490294861071725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22689800.post-60115369560383220282009-08-01T14:18:37.307-04:002009-08-01T14:18:37.307-04:00Hey! Colette stole my thunder-LOL! But you do brin...Hey! Colette stole my thunder-LOL! But you do bring up some good points here, Roy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22689800.post-52059523001764164402009-08-01T07:52:26.282-04:002009-08-01T07:52:26.282-04:00hi roy,
i remember some time back you posted a com...hi roy,<br />i remember some time back you posted a comment at my place. it was about neil douglas-klotz' version of the beatitudes and i struggled to get what you were saying. <br />anyway, i'll come back to that....<br /><br />interesting that megans post prompted me to drop over here, today of all days.<br /><br />i have heard it said before that jesus was a joker but that we miss the humour and that makes sense to me. if humour is Gods creation and Jesus is Gods son then he had to be damned funny <br /><br />as a Christian i get annoyed by the loud conservative bunch who are so self righteous, so unfunny, so judgemental....such bad representatives <br />but then because they are so loud i wonder if i have misunderstood completely. i wonder if my understanding of Christianity is a figment of my imagination<br /><br />anyhow, i suppose what i'm trying to say is that with a limited knowledge of the bible and a non-existent background in the issues surrounding translation i rely on people like you to increase my knowledge. i especially like it when people like you support views that i rarely hear in the church<br /><br />cheers<br />kkyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08964475783207438103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22689800.post-20647161609319432712009-07-31T23:48:20.700-04:002009-07-31T23:48:20.700-04:00...Roy....I was taught this story as a kid....that......Roy....I was taught this story as a kid....that Jesus was funny and would play jokes on his Apostles (like a friend would). I always thought everyone knew Jesus was funny!! (I guess that's what a very loose Irish Catholic/German Jewish upbringing will do for ya!) :-)Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02263405659108175434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22689800.post-26947857184368311962009-07-31T20:21:37.016-04:002009-07-31T20:21:37.016-04:00very verrrry interestttting...very verrrry interestttting...Colette Ameliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03442660605798634154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22689800.post-31607571549934621162009-07-31T19:57:31.835-04:002009-07-31T19:57:31.835-04:00The Greek and Hebrew literature is loaded with gre...The Greek and Hebrew literature is loaded with great humor and puns. It all got lost with over the centuries, as you point out.<br /><br />Religion requires a sense of humor. How else can we explain the vagaries of the world? <br /><br />As a (Jewish-slanted) non-theist, the Christian notion that only they have a lock on morality is atrocious, and offensive. The current media frenzy over the atheist bus ads that read "You don't need God to be good," is just another example. <br /><br />How can this possibly be offensive? Far more offensive is the Christian Right's attitude that only they can possibly be moral creatures. Screw the rest of the world.The Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15157821003454766570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22689800.post-2667356435186312052009-07-31T18:20:34.425-04:002009-07-31T18:20:34.425-04:00Oh, you are SO right! What a refreshing and realis...Oh, you are SO right! What a refreshing and realistic view of Jesus Christ. I loved this post, Roy!!! Excellent.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22689800.post-81509389392356215702009-07-31T18:18:29.959-04:002009-07-31T18:18:29.959-04:00Steph, my next Biblical studies post will probably...Steph, my next Biblical studies post will probably be an argument against the frequent Christian insistence that non-believers have no sense of morality, that belief in their way of belief renders non-believers incapable of moral or ethical sensibility. One of the Christian blogs I follow - <a href="http://www.internetmonk.com/" rel="nofollow">The Internet Monk</a> - is written by Southern Baptist pastor and educator Michael Spence, who I've mentioned before; he wrote the "The Coming Evangelical Collapse" article (for the <i>Christian Science Monitor</i> and a more complete explication on a three-part series on his blog). Today Michael <a href="http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/dr-valerie-tarico-non-theists-and-evangelicals-the-im-interview" rel="nofollow">published an interview</a> with a woman who had been an evangelical but who eventually left that to become a non-theist, and who has written a book to evangelicals showing them what drove her away. In the comment thread that followed the interview, Michael made a statement that intrigued me: "<i>...[I] would put the blame for shifting the discussion to morality firmly at the feet of Christians, who have spent centuries saying that no one but themselves could be truly moral. Of course, the Gospel refutes that completely.</i>" I've asked him to point me in the general direction of passages that support his assertion, and that'll be the next Biblical studies/theology from me.Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648670975466222140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22689800.post-88470155586606183572009-07-31T17:39:53.811-04:002009-07-31T17:39:53.811-04:00I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians...I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ. <br /> -Mahatma Gandhi<br /><br />It frustrates me that the Christians most often plastering their faces on the TV screen and blathering about morality are the antithesis of everything I've read and believe Jesus to have been. He was tolerant; they are intolerant. He was kind and forgiving; they are all about hatred and fear. He made no distinction between follower and "infidel" - all were heard and blessed - whereas these Christians treat non-Christians like the evil incarnate.<br /><br />And the one thing that really enraged Jesus, people profiting from the belief of others, these Christians are all about fleecing and controlling their flocks.<br /><br />No wonder many thinkers find churches turn their stomachs. I know these folks don't represent all Christians, but you'd never know it watching TV, reading the newspapers, looking for news on-line.Stephanie Barrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.com