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Post by dmmichgood on May 29, 2015 21:56:44 GMT -5
NO, you would not be justified in pitching the TV into the nearest trashcan. Sorry. The TV cost the hotel money to begin with and would cost them money to replace the TV.
The Gideons would replace the bibles as needed free of charge to the hotel.
Even though the bibles are the hotel's "property," - they were a "gift" to them from an outside group, the Gideons who are using the hotel to proselytize a certain belief system.
So someone donates a valuable painting to an hotel you happen to stay in and you don't like it. By your reasoning you feel you are within your rights to take a knife to it and slash it.
That's childish, vindictive and destructive. YOUR OWN reasoning that by MY REASONING I would consider it morally acceptable to "slash a valuable painting," is way off track as I'm sure you know.
Of course your use of the words "childish & vindictive" concerning my actions is an Ad hominem attack which is often used to cast doubt on someone's character or personal attributes as a way to discredit that person.
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Post by BobWilliston on May 29, 2015 22:38:46 GMT -5
The satanists have their own Bible. The Satanic Bible consists of 4 books such as The book of Satan, The book of Lucifer etc. Look on the Internet. Read them -- they're typical commentary on the Bible. You can learn a lot about the Bible by listening to Satanists preach -- and they don't misquote it either.
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Post by dmmichgood on May 30, 2015 1:58:02 GMT -5
Gideons- Are Christians from most Countries ,of so many persuasions working together, to get into all the World with the Word,preaching as we all know is not the only way the word is spread. Our own personal witness is one. Many Hotels refuse the word,gladly many dont, in the top draw,the donts is because they are weak and think it may be offensive to many travellers. Of course you Irvinites of the Secret Sect wont have,BUT, so many of us have heard people saying that it was those lonley nights in their travels that when alone they started to read the word. (DO YOU DONATE TO HELP THE $ MILLIONS NEEDED BY THIS WORLDWIDE SERVICE THE GIDEONS AND THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS COST ARE COSTS?) Many have been revitalised,but many the first time scripture came into their life. Glad they didnt wait for a 2x2 Secret Sect representative to turn up to Oodnatta or Tahiti to speak to them. Look up Gideons then you can all comment. I know people who keep themselves quite possession poor because they provide so much of their time and resourses to this wonderfull service in spreading GODS WORD free to so many WORLD WIDE. Magpie, are you saying that this is the way that you first heard of Christianity, from a bible in a hotel room?
If so, I am wondering that is instead of the Christian bible there had been the Book of Mormon -which the Marriott hotel places in many of its rooms because the Marriott hotel chain was founded by a Mormon; do you think that you would become a Mormon?From article on Gideons’ Bible project:
"Based on the success of the Gideons’ Bible project, other religious groups have begun distributing their own free literature to hotels.
The Marriott hotel chain, founded by a Mormon, places the The Book of Mormon in many of its rooms, and many hotels also offer Buddhist, Hindu, Christian Scientist or Scientologist books along with the standard Gideon Bible.'
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Post by rational on May 30, 2015 7:51:00 GMT -5
So someone donates a valuable painting to an hotel you happen to stay in and you don't like it. By your reasoning you feel you are within your rights to take a knife to it and slash it.
That's childish, vindictive and destructive. YOUR OWN reasoning that by MY REASONING I would consider it morally acceptable to "slash a valuable painting," is way off track as I'm sure you know.
Of course your use of the words "childish & vindictive" concerning my actions is an Ad hominem attack which is often used to cast doubt on someone's character or personal attributes as a way to discredit that person.
But in this case it was the person's actions and character that were in question. What is the moral difference between trashing a donated bible or a donated valuable painting?
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Post by magpie on May 30, 2015 8:25:54 GMT -5
DMMICHGOOD,NO NOT ME,I am an ex 2x2, CSA victim of multipul Gods True Servants molestings who gladly avoided mental traumas or suicide,by getting to know Jesus as my Saviour.. Many have gained faith via reading for the first time in their life in the lonely Prison cell,Motel/ Hotel room,etc,OK. Now Satin will try to catch up with other writtings,eg,Morman.They have a lot of ground work to do to catch up to the Bible Society and the Gideons 2x billion.Hope your prayers are to keep spreading Gods True Word as well via print,we can ALL help them do this.
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Post by dmmichgood on May 30, 2015 18:35:10 GMT -5
YOUR OWN reasoning that by MY REASONING I would consider it morally acceptable to "slash a valuable painting," is way off track as I'm sure you know.
Of course your use of the words "childish & vindictive" concerning my actions is an Ad hominem attack which is often used to cast doubt on someone's character or personal attributes as a way to discredit that person.
What is the moral difference between trashing a donated bible or a donated valuable painting? I posted, "I plead guilty to destroying hotel property," three days ago.
I will not continue to show any moral differences as to values between hotel properties.
If others want to carry it to the absurd, -they are free to do so.
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Post by terfly4fun on May 30, 2015 18:44:23 GMT -5
I, for one, watched this video and I feel like you do ... there are good theists and there are sick, perverted, theists just as there are such with the atheists. These people obviously were on the wrong track and screwed up in the head; but, this doesn't mean the whole populace of Christianity is that way ... in my opinion.
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Post by xna on May 30, 2015 20:33:03 GMT -5
Some say; any "bad" from the holy books is from people taking things out of context. They are misinterpreting the "good book". For example: youtu.be/PK7P7uZFf5o
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Post by xna on May 31, 2015 12:01:00 GMT -5
Defending holy books Attachments:
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Post by Annan on Jun 7, 2015 7:53:00 GMT -5
My so-called Bibles are several books...
Becoming Animal by by David Abram
The Pagan Bible by Melvin Gorham
Not In His Image by John Lamb Lash
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Post by snow on Jun 7, 2015 17:01:55 GMT -5
Hi there Annan, it's been awhile! Good to see you here.
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Post by Annan on Jul 12, 2015 17:44:12 GMT -5
Hi there Annan, it's been awhile! Good to see you here. I pop in and out. I am a bit disappointed that it's always the same old arguments going on. We need some new material.
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Post by snow on Jul 12, 2015 18:29:48 GMT -5
Hi there Annan, it's been awhile! Good to see you here. I pop in and out. I am a bit disappointed that it's always the same old arguments going on. We need some new material. LOL, ain't that the truth, pardon the pun...
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Post by dmmichgood on Jul 12, 2015 18:38:16 GMT -5
One need not believe in divine authorship of the Bible to view it as a valuable work of literature for many reasons. Of course! Neither should we view literature in general as having a general author, God. For we know 'God' is a conspiracy comprised of those imbeciles who were once opposed to man. (If they're opposed now we'll get em through the courts.) But take heart, man shall prevail over God! God was a crutch when we, man didn't know better. We're really free now, Christ has set us free! Free to be all we were meant to be! Free to be all we mean to be! Freedom must be free, radically totally completely!!! Lee, have you been smoking that "funny" stuff again?
You seem to be on a real toot again!
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Post by Annan on Jul 12, 2015 18:58:08 GMT -5
I pop in and out. I am a bit disappointed that it's always the same old arguments going on. We need some new material. LOL, ain't that the truth, pardon the pun...
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