The Christian Discussion Thread VI

[The Alexanderians]

Three cups a day at school, for me!

You measure your dosages in cups? How quaint.

I've got two measures "massive pumpkin cup" and "giant orthodox cross mug"

[Grenartia]

You measure your dosages in cups? How quaint.

I've got too measures "massive pumpkin cup" and "giant orthodox cross mug"

I just stick with gallons.

[New confederate ramenia]

I just noticed a connection between the Second Commandment (Lord's Name in Vain) and Jesus in the NT and I feel like posting it here. This Commandment alone includes the line "the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name," which the CEB more bluntly translates as "the Lord won’t forgive anyone who uses his name that way!" Defiling the name of God is a special sin, and Christ treats it as such. He is willing to forgive an adulterer and save her from stoning, yet He personally drives money changers and merchants from the Temple.

Aside from the Crucifixion and Resurrection (Happy Easter!), the whole New Testament is about this. Christ is so opposed to the Pharisees because of their egregious violation of this law, because of how they twisted the name of God. As Christians, I pray that we do not follow in their footsteps.

Also, the Second Commandment isn't about exclamations like "Oh my God!" See this video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nI8OtOfzUDE

[The Alexanderians]

I've got too measures "massive pumpkin cup" and "giant orthodox cross mug"

I just stick with gallons.

Pffft so vanilla

[Czechanada]

It's a Futurama reference. (Although it's become it's own thing.)

He wouldn't be a lich either, btw. Liches gain immortality by binding their intellect/soul/personality to an object (called a phylactery). Voldemort was a lich, with his phylacteries being the horcruxes. Jesus was not - he was not re-animated by a phylactery. There is no object you could locate and destroy to render Jesus mortal.

Zombie is applicable provided you use the term loosely, meaning "re-animated corpse" regardless of how the corpse was re-animated (be it magic, virus, fungus, radiation, parasite, whatever). It's basically all "zombie" means these days, given the variety of ways they've been created and the varying levels of sentience zombies have been given in relevant media.

Jesus might be a lich if the consecrated wafer and wine chalices are his horcruxes. Maybe if we destroy them all before a priest can consecrate any more then Jesus will no longer have any body?

Nah, Jesus can't be classified as an undead creature. Considering all of the various Christian doctrines on the divinity/humanity of Jesus, Jesus would be least be a half-celestial hero level deity, meaning that he'd have the outsider subtype, thereby prohibiting him from becoming undead. In all likelihood, Yahweh probably just cast true resurrection when no one was looking.

[Luminesa]

I just noticed a connection between the Second Commandment (Lord's Name in Vain) and Jesus in the NT and I feel like posting it here. This Commandment alone includes the line "the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name," which the CEB more bluntly translates as "the Lord won’t forgive anyone who uses his name that way!" Defiling the name of God is a special sin, and Christ treats it as such. He is willing to forgive an adulterer and save her from stoning, yet He personally drives money changers and merchants from the Temple.

Aside from the Crucifixion and Resurrection (Happy Easter!), the whole New Testament is about this. Christ is so opposed to the Pharisees because of their egregious violation of this law, because of how they twisted the name of God. As Christians, I pray that we do not follow in their footsteps.

Also, the Second Commandment isn't about exclamations like "Oh my God!" See this video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nI8OtOfzUDE

It's still irreverent, as well as cursing using God's name.

[Angleter]

And Judas was said doppelganger, made to look like Jesus by God.

Yep, that's how they say it happened.

That's a bit bizarre.

Ibn Hanbal recounted that when Jesus brought forward a man caught committing adultery and asked he who was without sin to cast the first stone, everyone dropped their stones except John the Baptist, who dashed the man's brains out.

[Grenartia]

I just noticed a connection between the Second Commandment (Lord's Name in Vain) and Jesus in the NT and I feel like posting it here. This Commandment alone includes the line "the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name," which the CEB more bluntly translates as "the Lord won’t forgive anyone who uses his name that way!" Defiling the name of God is a special sin, and Christ treats it as such. He is willing to forgive an adulterer and save her from stoning, yet He personally drives money changers and merchants from the Temple.

Aside from the Crucifixion and Resurrection (Happy Easter!), the whole New Testament is about this. Christ is so opposed to the Pharisees because of their egregious violation of this law, because of how they twisted the name of God. As Christians, I pray that we do not follow in their footsteps.

Also, the Second Commandment isn't about exclamations like "Oh my God!" See this video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nI8OtOfzUDE

It's still irreverent, as well as cursing using God's name.

I prefer to use L. Ron Hubbard's name when I cuss.

[The Alma Mater]

Jesus might be a lich if the consecrated wafer and wine chalices are his horcruxes. Maybe if we destroy them all before a priest can consecrate any more then Jesus will no longer have any body?

Nah, Jesus can't be classified as an undead creature. Considering all of the various Christian doctrines on the divinity/humanity of Jesus, Jesus would be least be a half-celestial hero level deity, meaning that he'd have the outsider subtype, thereby prohibiting him from becoming undead. In all likelihood, Yahweh probably just cast true resurrection when no one was looking.

So Jesus did not require sustenance or sleep ?

[Czechanada]

Nah, Jesus can't be classified as an undead creature. Considering all of the various Christian doctrines on the divinity/humanity of Jesus, Jesus would be least be a half-celestial hero level deity, meaning that he'd have the outsider subtype, thereby prohibiting him from becoming undead. In all likelihood, Yahweh probably just cast true resurrection when no one was looking.

So Jesus did not require sustenance or sleep ?

Nah, certain outsiders still need to eat and sleep.

[Narland]

Nah, Jesus can't be classified as an undead creature. Considering all of the various Christian doctrines on the divinity/humanity of Jesus, Jesus would be least be a half-celestial hero level deity, meaning that he'd have the outsider subtype, thereby prohibiting him from becoming undead. In all likelihood, Yahweh probably just cast true resurrection when no one was looking.

So Jesus did not require sustenance or sleep ?

D&D aside, the teaching is that Jesus was fully God,and fully Man, not half and half, like (a retcon of) DC's Diana Prince, or the ancient Greek myth of Heracles . God (the Son) incarnated himself as a human. He had all of the weaknesses and mortality that any other human would experience, except that he was born without sin, and never fell into sin even when tempted. He ate, drank, excreted, and had to sleep like everyone else.

Being that the fullness of the Godhead dwelt in Jesus the Christ bodily, not even the power death could hold him. A more true resurrection could not -have been. Einstien said that God doesn't play dice with the universe--I recon it's more akin to the Amber Diceless System.

Think of it more in Hero System terms--
God the Logos (Being of Light, Love, Reason, and Truth of infinite stats, infinite power pool, limitation--cannot do that which is contrary to his nature--e.g., cannot lie, cannot sin, cannot do the logically absurd etc) with a transformational power pool into being born as a 150 pt human being during at the prophecied time and can access some or all of power pool at the will of His Father.
Perk: Son of God and Son of Man (as per ; Contact: God the Father; -
Psychological Limitation: Code of Honor--Follows 10 Commandments, the Shema, and the Golden Rule;
Duty or Obligation: The will of God the Father; Redeem mankind.
Distinctive Feature: Not very good looking;
Trigger: Once physical body offered as a ransom for humaity, it is transformed into a glorified form as the archetype for redeemed humanity.
***my spellchecker doesnt seem to be working, please bear with the typos***

[Cill Airne]

Our fears were correct, it would seem. Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil was crucified by Daesh/ISIL on Good Friday. May God have Mercy on this holy martyr.

http://www.catholic.org/news/internatio ... p?id=68121

[The Alexanderians]

Our fears were correct, it would seem. Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil was crucified by Daesh/ISIL on Good Friday. May God have Mercy on this holy martyr.

http://www.catholic.org/news/internatio ... p?id=68121

When beheadings weren't contemptible enough...they upgraded.

[The Princes of the Universe]

I'm in college. I need coffee to function 24/7. That, or Monster. Or an IV with pure caffeine.

Three cups a day at school, for me!

My tea consumption when I was a wee frosh was over a gallon a day. Then I went home where there was none... Worst. Weekend. Ever.

Our fears were correct, it would seem. Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil was crucified by Daesh/ISIL on Good Friday. May God have Mercy on this holy martyr.
http://www.catholic.org/news/internatio ... p?id=68121

Pray for us, Fr. Uzhunnalil.

[Luminesa]

Our fears were correct, it would seem. Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil was crucified by Daesh/ISIL on Good Friday. May God have Mercy on this holy martyr.

http://www.catholic.org/news/internatio ... p?id=68121

Augh...Lord have mercy on us, and on the whole world...

Christ have mercy. Welcome this martyr into your midst, and have mercy on us.

Blessed Mother, wrap Father Tom in your gentle mantle and carry him to Heaven. Pray for us, the poor banished children of Eve, who are still here on earth and who still must deal with this menace that is Daesh. Pray for us, Good Mother, that one day this terrorism shall cease.

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the Devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, Oh Prince of the Heavenly Hosts, by the Divine Power of God, cast into Hell Satan, and all the other evil spirits, who prowl about the world, seeking the ruin of souls, Amen.

Father Tom, rest in the arms of Jesus and Mary, and pray for us, the Church Militant. Amen.

[Salus Maior]

Our fears were correct, it would seem. Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil was crucified by Daesh/ISIL on Good Friday. May God have Mercy on this holy martyr.

http://www.catholic.org/news/internatio ... p?id=68121

Hmm, the article really doesn't say the report is confirmed, but rather that a Church in Austria seems to have announced that Fr. Tom was crucified without confirmation of anything. The video also says that they don't know where he is or who was responsible for the Yemen attacks.

I feel like this is as much as we knew before.

[Ithqington]

Our fears were correct, it would seem. Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil was crucified by Daesh/ISIL on Good Friday. May God have Mercy on this holy martyr.

http://www.catholic.org/news/internatio ... p?id=68121

This why we need Another crusades!

[The Flutterlands]

I wouldn't call it blasphemous, more sacrilegious

Are they not synonyms?
If you ask Google for a definition it gives "sacrilegious against God or sacred things; profane".

So it's just a bad joke.

[Menassa]

Our fears were correct, it would seem. Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil was crucified by Daesh/ISIL on Good Friday. May God have Mercy on this holy martyr.

http://www.catholic.org/news/internatio ... p?id=68121

http://www.churchmilitant.com/news/arti ... good-frida

I'm not saying it didn't happen, I'm saying the jury is still pretty much out.

[Menassa]

Our fears were correct, it would seem. Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil was crucified by Daesh/ISIL on Good Friday. May God have Mercy on this holy martyr.

http://www.catholic.org/news/internatio ... p?id=68121

This why we need Another crusades!

As a Jew, let's not.

[The Princes of the Universe]

As a Jew, let's not.

Deus non vult anyway.

[Constantinopolis]

Our fears were correct, it would seem. Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil was crucified by Daesh/ISIL on Good Friday. May God have Mercy on this holy martyr.

http://www.catholic.org/news/internatio ... p?id=68121

Holy New-Martyr Thomas, pray for us sinners. ✞

[Jochistan]

Our fears were correct, it would seem. Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil was crucified by Daesh/ISIL on Good Friday. May God have Mercy on this holy martyr.

http://www.catholic.org/news/internatio ... p?id=68121

This why we need Another crusades!

At first I was like

But then I was like

[Ithqington]

This why we need Another crusades!

As a Jew, let's not.

Hey, At least We can destroy ISIS and Retake the Holy Land!!

[Menassa]

As a Jew, let's not.

Hey, At least We can destroy ISIS and Retake the Holy Land!!

And kill Jews along the way like before? Again, let's not... a lot of Christians on this site know where I live...