Has Ank gone off the deep end?

[grumbler]

The Anne Franck posthumous "baptism" mattered greatly to the Jews determined to be offended.  Fuck 'em.  No disrespect was intended to extended, so if they want to get their vaginas all sandy, I'll watch and laugh.

[CountDeMoney]

OK, Raz and g.  I'm retroactively baptizing you as Douchebags.  Praise Jesus and his dinnerware place settings. 

[Ed Anger]

This thread reminds me why I don't want you retards on my facebook.

And by retards, I mean Mart.

[Razgovory]

So the mormons allow the mormons to do what they want to do. Nice.

Yeah. the Catholics allow the Catholics to perform ritual cannibalism, the Mormons allow the Mormon to perform ritual baptism, and so forth.  It's called religion.  It's nice for those for whom it is nice, I suppose.

And then there's you, who isn't nice for anyone.

[Razgovory]

OK, Raz and g.  I'm retroactively baptizing you as Douchebags.  Praise Jesus and his dinnerware place settings.

I dunno what you want, They are dinguses, that's not illegal.  Well In Missouri it is, you can kill'em if you want here, as per the extermination order, but I don't think they'll hold up in court.

[Jaron]

Mormons are allowed to baptize their relatives after death. The controversy comes from when they baptize someone completely unrelated to them.

It is a proxy baptism and the deceased has the choice to accept or reject it.

Allowed by whom?

The church high command

How does the deceased accept or reject it.

Presumably the proxy baptism reaches their soul and they choose to accept or deny it.

[Jaron]

Mormons are allowed to baptize their relatives after death. The controversy comes from when they baptize someone completely unrelated to them.

It is a proxy baptism and the deceased has the choice to accept or reject it.

Allowed by whom?

The church high command

So the mormons allow the mormons to do what they want to do. Nice.

Is it any different for any religion?

The Mormon high council says "These are the rules we are bound by for baptisms for the dead. Do not break these rules."

[Jaron]

It is also of CRITICAL importance to understand that this baptism does not make the deceased Mormon. They do not get entered into membership records.

This is a much better theology then the classic Christian "You fucked up in life. Now burn forever." -- at least here there is an opportunity for redemption.

[Jaron]

This thread reminds me why I don't want you retards on my facebook.

And by retards, I mean Mart.

I have him on my Facebook and I'll be like talking to my co workers about some political issue of interest and in pops Martinus all "Lets put all Christians in camps."

[Scipio]

While I have zero problem with someone referring to a "Christmas tree", doesn't that same tolerance demand that we have no problem if someone does NOT refer to it is a Christmas tree?

In other words...can't people just fucking call it whatever they want without someone's vagina getting all sandy?

If a random dude calls a decorated tree a "Holiday tree" it's not that big a deal.  I'm free to think he's just a little too hung up and ignore him.  But it's different IMO when it's the White House doing it.  For one thing, it's not their Christmas tree.  It's our Christmas tree, the country's Christmas tree.

So call it a Christmas tree then. So what? It is YOUR Christmas tree, and feel free to call it that. I don't think Obama will be mad.

The flaky part of the Stein article is the part when he talks about God deserting us and bad things happening to us because we've turned our backs on him. 

Yeah, that is always awesome, when religious people basically shit on everyone who God decides to kill because they didn't pray hard enough.

See, God doesn't kill people. Nor do people with good theology give a shit if anyone else prays hard enough. We only care if we pray hard enough. And we mostly never do. But prayer is not for God; it is for us. Just my two cents as the token orthodox Christian on this board.

[Eddie Teach]

See, God doesn't kill people.

Eh, who's the one that created hurricanes and earthquakes and decaying organs?

[Valmy]

Doesn't hit the nail on my head. But thanks for playing.

I never mentioned you, but thanks for playing.

Um dude you were talking to me.

[Jaron]

Doesn't hit the nail on my head. But thanks for playing.

I never mentioned you, but thanks for playing.

Um dude you were talking to me.

And this is why you don't have the grumbler point.

[grumbler]

Doesn't hit the nail on my head. But thanks for playing.

I never mentioned you, but thanks for playing.

Um dude you were talking to me.

I was posting on the board.  When I PM you, then I am talking to you.

[crazy canuck]

Doesn't hit the nail on my head. But thanks for playing.

I never mentioned you, but thanks for playing.

Um dude you were talking to me.

And this is why you don't have the grumbler point.