Having been tenant long to a rich lord,Not thriving, I resolved to be bold,And make a suit unto him, to affordA new small-rented lease, and cancel the old.In heaven at his manor I him sought;They told me there that he was lately goneAbout some land, which he had dearly boughtLong since on earth, to take possession.I straight returned, and knowing his great birth,Sought him accordingly in great resorts;In cities, theaters, gardens, parks, and courts;At length I heard a ragged noise and mirthOf thieves and murderers; there I him espied,Who straight, Your suit is granted, said, and died.
if someone is resurrected, like I saw in “the bible” last night (and found quite disturbing – kinda like ‘jesus Christ vampire slayer’), when exactly does their body die a second time? Are lazarus and jesus still walking around the earth as zombies?I really don’t understand
Luke 24:22-27 “Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning, and when they did not find his body, they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but him they did not see.” And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?” And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
The biggest advantage of “faith”, and religions, all of them, is that absolutely nothing must provide “proof”. Interesting that those same “religious” folks, demand science provide absolute proof of any theory proposed.
Where “it” all started still hasn’t been proven by anyone, but proof DOES exist, that Genesis is a nice myth, but just a myth. It’s just a shame that that “God of Abraham” actually accomplished so little, and made so many mistakes, so how is it “omnipotent”?
“If there is not as God, how did we get here? Who created the life from which you believe we evolved from?”I love how Tigger (and others) make the leap that anything not fully explained is proof of the existence of the Christian god. Not any of the other gods, mind you…any shortcomings of science only “proves” the Christian god.
“And consider the Ferrmi paradox if other intelligance life exist in the universe why have we not heard from them?”Many people have trouble grasping the size of the universe, so they ask questions like this. Many of the same people have trouble grasping the age of the earth, so they can’t understand how evolution has had time to occur.
“Can you prove there is not a God?”Seriously, Tigger? The existence of your god is based on the fact that I can’t disprove it? Do you believe anything I can’t disprove? Talk about a weak argument. You must also believe in the Greek and Roman gods, the Norse gods, and all the others, since they all have plenty of ancient literature to “prove” they exist, and I can’t disprove them, either.
“The Bible is God’s message to mankind,”Really, Disgusting? Is that how it works? Why have you kept that a secret from us all this time???Or are you just proudly displaying your keen grasp of the obvious?
(corrected typo of name of Judah on post 4 hours ago)The Bible is God’s message to mankind,Genesis to Revelation the center and focus is God’s plan to rescue the humans who use the gift of free will to believe God’s message and put trust and faith in the only Saviour with the power to die and defeat Death and Rise to Life in an eternal body; a blessing Jesus wants to share with every person who asks Him for forgiveness of sin. All Adam’s children are sinners. It would be tragic to know the Offer and to choose to reject it….and the Jesus who came the First time as God’s Lamb, will come the Second time as God’s Lion of the tribe of Judah, and God’s wrath on evil sinners will come from God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. -Eternal blessing to live with God or be in suffering with Satan and the evil angels in the Lake of Fire. Choose well.
No one’s forcing it on me, but they keep forcing it on the kids before they are big enough to reason for themselves. That is called brainwashing in any language; Marrying a children’s nursery rhyme with this is subterfuge.
DEFINITION OF CHRISTIANITY“The belief that some cosmic Jewish zombie can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him that you accept him as your master so that he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree.”
walkingmancomics about 11 years ago
The Phoenix!
Chillbilly about 11 years ago
The Bible’s pretty boring until Revelations.
corzak about 11 years ago
Infinity is everywhere, always. There’s nowhere ‘to go’ when we ‘die’. We’re already ‘there’ now and always.
lonecat about 11 years ago
One of my favorite poems:
Redemption
Having been tenant long to a rich lord,Not thriving, I resolved to be bold,And make a suit unto him, to affordA new small-rented lease, and cancel the old.In heaven at his manor I him sought;They told me there that he was lately goneAbout some land, which he had dearly boughtLong since on earth, to take possession.I straight returned, and knowing his great birth,Sought him accordingly in great resorts;In cities, theaters, gardens, parks, and courts;At length I heard a ragged noise and mirthOf thieves and murderers; there I him espied,Who straight, Your suit is granted, said, and died.
George Herbert
ConserveGov about 11 years ago
Happy Easter to all!
Captain Colorado about 11 years ago
He is risen, indeed!
Tempus Fugit Premium Member about 11 years ago
Oh please
dannysixpack about 11 years ago
if someone is resurrected, like I saw in “the bible” last night (and found quite disturbing – kinda like ‘jesus Christ vampire slayer’), when exactly does their body die a second time? Are lazarus and jesus still walking around the earth as zombies?I really don’t understand
celestpuls about 11 years ago
Luke 24:22-27 “Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning, and when they did not find his body, they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but him they did not see.” And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?” And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
Dtroutma about 11 years ago
The biggest advantage of “faith”, and religions, all of them, is that absolutely nothing must provide “proof”. Interesting that those same “religious” folks, demand science provide absolute proof of any theory proposed.
Where “it” all started still hasn’t been proven by anyone, but proof DOES exist, that Genesis is a nice myth, but just a myth. It’s just a shame that that “God of Abraham” actually accomplished so little, and made so many mistakes, so how is it “omnipotent”?
riley05 about 11 years ago
“If there is not as God, how did we get here? Who created the life from which you believe we evolved from?”I love how Tigger (and others) make the leap that anything not fully explained is proof of the existence of the Christian god. Not any of the other gods, mind you…any shortcomings of science only “proves” the Christian god.
riley05 about 11 years ago
“And consider the Ferrmi paradox if other intelligance life exist in the universe why have we not heard from them?”Many people have trouble grasping the size of the universe, so they ask questions like this. Many of the same people have trouble grasping the age of the earth, so they can’t understand how evolution has had time to occur.
timewards about 11 years ago
Gary Varvel, may God Bless you! Thank you drawing this.
riley05 about 11 years ago
“Can you prove there is not a God?”Seriously, Tigger? The existence of your god is based on the fact that I can’t disprove it? Do you believe anything I can’t disprove? Talk about a weak argument. You must also believe in the Greek and Roman gods, the Norse gods, and all the others, since they all have plenty of ancient literature to “prove” they exist, and I can’t disprove them, either.
riley05 about 11 years ago
“The Bible is God’s message to mankind,”Really, Disgusting? Is that how it works? Why have you kept that a secret from us all this time???Or are you just proudly displaying your keen grasp of the obvious?
victoria2 about 11 years ago
Thanks for the uplift, Gary!!!
disgustedtaxpayer about 11 years ago
(corrected typo of name of Judah on post 4 hours ago)The Bible is God’s message to mankind,Genesis to Revelation the center and focus is God’s plan to rescue the humans who use the gift of free will to believe God’s message and put trust and faith in the only Saviour with the power to die and defeat Death and Rise to Life in an eternal body; a blessing Jesus wants to share with every person who asks Him for forgiveness of sin. All Adam’s children are sinners. It would be tragic to know the Offer and to choose to reject it….and the Jesus who came the First time as God’s Lamb, will come the Second time as God’s Lion of the tribe of Judah, and God’s wrath on evil sinners will come from God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. -Eternal blessing to live with God or be in suffering with Satan and the evil angels in the Lake of Fire. Choose well.
steve wright about 11 years ago
There is not one shred of imperical evidence for any of that. “Just because”…is not a basis of fact.
Pogostiks Premium Member about 11 years ago
No one’s forcing it on me, but they keep forcing it on the kids before they are big enough to reason for themselves. That is called brainwashing in any language; Marrying a children’s nursery rhyme with this is subterfuge.
riley05 about 11 years ago
I still want to know why Disgusted’s god murdered all the innocent unborn children on the planet with his Flood.
Pixsurguy about 11 years ago
DEFINITION OF CHRISTIANITY“The belief that some cosmic Jewish zombie can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him that you accept him as your master so that he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree.”
pirate227 about 11 years ago
The zombie apocalypse is real!