Prostitution and the Bible

[bilby]

Don't do what these barbarians do... do our barbaric things instead is the gist of what the biblical commandments say.

FTFY.

Aww, you made it worse.

You know the phrase..
..all together now..

..."don't fix what ain't broken"

Mate, the Christian ideology to which you subscribe has been broken for a thousand years, and cannot be repaired. It doesn't need to be fixed, it needs to be thrown out on the scrapheap.

 

[Learner]

Don't do what these barbarians do... do our barbaric things instead is the gist of what the biblical commandments say.

FTFY.

Aww, you made it worse.

You know the phrase..
..all together now..

..."don't fix what ain't broken"

Mate, the Christian ideology to which you subscribe has been broken for a thousand years, and cannot be repaired. It doesn't need to be fixed, it needs to be thrown out on the scrapheap.

As per atheist v theist debate on the matter, It's your world-view versus mine...

..and so I ain't budging old forum chum:
it ain't broken!

( can have at least one like too? ..
..anybody? )

 

[ideologyhunter]

It's personal for me. I am related on my mother's side to the fig tree your boy murdered. It's literally in my family tree. We don't take it lightly, and we don't forgive because we're (obviously) not Christians. To us, MT 21 and MK 11 are crime reports. The perp is right there in the text and the authorities of the time did not act. The fact that he was convicted on unrelated charges does not help. The fact that you folks say he's still around leads me to hope that justice can still be served. We're just hoping for a jury that will consider MT and MK to be unimpeachable witnesses. I will never give up until my ancestor gets justice. All he wanted to do was to provide good juicy figs in season.

 

[Learner]

Although this may not console you much,but remember... your fig tree ancestor still lives in you.

All he wanted to do was to provide good juicy figs in season.

Take heart, he still provided for those in need. He fuelled the fires that kept people warm.

 

[bilby]

Take heart, he still provided for those in need. He fuelled the fires that kept people warm.

Frankly, I don't think he gave a fig.

 

[ideologyhunter]

So, I'm supposed to be grateful that Jesus murdered AND burned him? Got it.

 

[bilby]

So, I'm supposed to be grateful that Jesus murdered AND burned him? Got it.

Build a man a fire and he will be warm for a night. Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.

 

[Politesse]

Technically he just prayed for it to happen, around the time when the tree withered. Correlation does not prove causation. I pray for a lot of things, and they don't always happen.

 

[Learner]

Take heart, he still provided for those in need. He fuelled the fires that kept people warm.

Frankly, I don't think he gave a fig.

Indeed...
.. and nor did his ancestor.

 

[Learner]

So, I'm supposed to be grateful that Jesus murdered AND burned him? Got it.

From your paradigm, I'm afraid it's just tough cheese.

:

 

[Swammerdami]

It's personal for me. I am related on my mother's side to the fig tree your boy murdered. It's literally in my family tree. We don't take it lightly, and we don't forgive because we're (obviously) not Christians. To us, MT 21 and MK 11 are crime reports....

Irrelevant comment on the alleged fig tree murder:

Bishop Spong thinks the events of "Palm Sunday" took place during the season of Sukkot, rather than Passover. If so, the weird parable of the out-of-season fig tree may be a cryptic hint to the correct chronology.