Originally Posted By mrkthompsn Easter... the focal point of all world history. Thought I'd just throw that in there. Blood sacrifice required to enter Heaven if you have ever sinned. No back doors. Could happen tonight. Got a plan for that?
Originally Posted By skinnerbox The infamous double thread creation! I'll just copy and paste what I wrote in the duplicate thread: "Yeah. I don't believe in either heaven or hell. It's simply old world mythology. So I'm good."
Originally Posted By ecdc I'm too busy preparing for al-Qiyāmah by subscribing to the six articles of belief and following the Qu'ran. Could happen tonight. Got a plan for that?
Originally Posted By imadisneygal I'm too busy finding ways to makeover the "bread of affliction." There are only so many ways to prepare matzah!
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< I'm too busy preparing for al-Qiyāmah by subscribing to the six articles of belief and following the Qu'ran. Could happen tonight. Got a plan for that? >>> That's nothing other than false, superstitious nonsense. Why would mrkthompsn be worried about that? It's amazing what people will believe if someone puts it down in a book and tells them that it's the Word of God. Stuff like that really gets in the way of Easter - the true focal point of all world history.
Originally Posted By Longhorn12 >Easter... the focal point of all world history< This is why we need to fund public education better.
Originally Posted By pecos bill Nothing like a little blood sacrifice to get things going. Sorry pal, I'll cast my lot with reason and logic.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< I really don't know what reaction you were expecting from WE :/ >>> ... especially when the post wasn't so much about what Easter means to the OP or his particular religion, but was more toward putting forth the notion that Easter represents the universal truth for all of humanity throughout history. It would appear to me to be a deliberate attempt to spread the notion that "my religion is right and if yours is different, it's wrong."
Originally Posted By Longhorn12 >It would appear to me to be a deliberate attempt to spread the notion that "my religion is right and if yours is different, it's wrong."< What is... the definition of Religion? do I win Jeopardy?
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< What is... the definition of Religion? >>> I'm not quite sure what your point is. I know several very religious people that despite their particular strong faith, don't automatically discount other faiths as being incorrect. One really doesn't have much to do with the other unless one chooses to make it so (or someone tells them that it is).
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< Given the topic, I'd say it's Final Jeopardy. >>> [alexbook's Final Jeopardy answer is revealed, and audience gives a colletive "ohhh" groan] Alex Trebek: Oh, I'm sorry alexbook, your question is incorrect. The correct question is "What is the belief that every last person that doesn't believe in a particular narrow viewpoint will burn in Hell for all eternity?" What did you wager? [reveal] Your Soul. I'm so sorry. alexbook, at least we do have some parting gifts for you, including our Jeopardy home edition and eternal damnation.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***Easter... the focal point of all world history*** Tell that to the Asians. I had a Japanese guy ask me just yesterday if Easter (which he'd only vaguely heard of til I brought it up with a "Happy Easter" greeting) was a sort of "celebrate the farmers" thing or what?
Originally Posted By SuperDry ^^^ That guy is CLEARLY going to burn in hell, as he's missed the ONLY way to avoid it.
Originally Posted By Mr X The conversation got better too... Me - "no, it's a Christian celebration of Jesus coming back to life" Him - "you mean commemorating his death?" Me - "no, he died on the Friday. came back to life three days later on Easter Sunday" Him - "you mean like a zombie or something?"
