Re: Star of Bethlehem

In article <swartzfeger-341EB6.11243211122005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Jay Swartzfeger <swartzfeger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In article <dngt95$27ip$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> pausch@xxxxxxx (Paul Schlyter) wrote:
>
>>> I prefer to not throw pearls before the swine, so to speak, particularly
>>> in a place like s.a.a. I think it's safe to assume most here are older,
>>> well-educated and rooted in their core beliefs/non-beliefs.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jay Swartzfeger
>>> http://www.swartzfeger.com
>>> Scottsdale, AZ
>>
>> Actually, I do have one problem with a number of Christians: their
>> self-righteousness. E.g. the kind you show here when you refer to us
>> non-believers as "swine" ....
>
> That's why I said 'so to speak' -- I was simply quoting a scripture that
> basically means don't bother people with something they clearly do not
> want to hear.

....and it also implies that those who don't want to hear it are somehow
inferior .... and will end up in hell, tortured forever..... nice
scriptures, eh? :-)

> The other funny thing about some non-Christians is how they're quick to
> assign the 'self-righteous' label to Christians -- I could really give a
> *** what happens to your soul, Paul. :)

So you want increased competition to the limited number of places
(wasn't it 144,000 according to Revelation?) in heaven? :-)

Let me worry about my 'soul' myself -- you don't need to concern
yourself about it. Make youre you yourself will be among those
selected 144,000 instead. This will console yourself during life,
and after death, if your mind and soul both would vanish along with
the disintegration of your body, you won't suffer. Yep, that's the
very purpose of religion: to console humans when they face the fact
of their own death in the (near or far) future.

> --
> Jay Swartzfeger
> http://www.swartzfeger.com
> Scottsdale, AZ
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