Cursed is the heart of this people

[Akita Suggagaki]

You came across as being egotistical and sanctimonious. As if you alone are privy to understanding that none of the rest of us will ever be capable.

That is pretty much standard around here.

 

[Desk trauma]

I’ve dropped a lot of clues but nobody seems to care how is this my fault.

If you wanted to get your point across why the scavenger hunt?

 

[Akita Suggagaki]

If you wanted to get your point across why the scavenger hunt?

Ya, really. It is hard enough to understand people when they speak directly and do their best to articulate. I don’t have time to deal with “clues”.

 

[jonojim1337]

If you wanted to get your point across why the scavenger hunt?

I expect you to know a thing or two about the Bible.

 

[partinobodycular]

Yes but to receive mercy you need to be merciful and I’m not talking about merciful people.

Wow, for one short sentence this says a lot. Let's see if I can break it down.

Yes but to receive mercy you need to be merciful

This is where you and I disagree, because I don't think that's true. To me mercy isn't about what someone deserves, it's about what we as victims are willing to forgive, in spite of what they deserve. For me, that's what being a Christian is all about... to do justly... to love mercy... and to walk humbly with thy God. And I can't help but believe that that last bit isn't just talking about my God, or your God, but anybody's God. Do those three things, and you're a Christian, simply because of what you do, and not because of what you call yourself. Thus it can say 'agnostic' in my profile and I trust that in God's eyes it really doesn't matter... His mercy will come regardless.

I’m not talking about merciful people.

So who are these people? Who are these Pharisees? It wasn't the Gentiles that Jesus rebuked, or the Samaritans, or the tax collectors, or even the Romans. But there was something about the Pharisees in particular that Jesus disliked. To me it's their strict adherence to the law, and the little room that this left for mercy. Yes, Jesus told the adulteress to go and sin no more, but only after showing her mercy.

This is why I told you to look in the mirror, because you seem to be someone who's too preoccupied with with every jot and tittle of a book that can actually be reduced down to two simple commandments... 'love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself.'

If I've misjudged you, then please accept my apology.

 

[partinobodycular]

I expect you to know a thing or two about the Bible.

In the eyes of every fundamentalist or literalist that I've ever encountered, that's a test that we'll always fail.

 

[Desk trauma]

I expect you to know a thing or two about the Bible.

Obfuscation for its own sake.

 

[jonojim1337]

This is where you and I disagree, because I don't think that's true. To me mercy isn't about what someone deserves, it's about what we as victims are willing to forgive, in spite of what they deserve. For me, that's what being a Christian is all about... to do justly... to love mercy... and to walk humbly with thy God. And I can't help but believe that that last bit isn't just talking about my God, or your God, but anybody's God. Do those three things, and you're a Christian, simply because of what you do, and not because of what you call yourself. Thus it can say 'agnostic' in my profile and I trust that in God's eyes it really doesn't matter... His mercy will come regardless.

I think I’m pretty damn merciful.

So who are these people? Who are these Pharisees? It wasn't the Gentiles that Jesus rebuked, or the Samaritans, or the tax collectors, or even the Romans. But there was something about the Pharisees in particular that Jesus disliked. To me it's their strict adherence to the law, and the little room that this left for mercy. Yes, Jesus told the adulteress to go and sin no more, but only after showing her mercy.

This is why I told you to look in the mirror, because you seem to be someone who's too preoccupied with with every jot and tittle of a book that can actually be reduced down to two simple commandments... 'love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself.'

If I've misjudged you, then please accept my apology.

Back in the day, they did not have fanciful, scientific words like narcissist and psychopath, so in the Biblical universe, they are called Pharisees. In other words, what you would call an archetype.

It’s interesting that in the story about the adulteress, the mob had the intellectual capacity to consider if the law applies to them as well, in a broader sense maybe, and the fear of God enough to change their ways. The Pharisees had neither of those qualities and only used the law for their own end like modern public servant.

I think what is talked about here is relevant as well.

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[jonojim1337]

Obfuscation for its own sake.

Who are the Spartans according to 1 Maccabees 12:20, and who are their brothers?

 

[Desk trauma]

Who are the Spartans according to 1 Maccabees 12:20, and who are their brothers?

Don’t care.

 

[jonojim1337]

Don’t care.

It’s hard to kick against the pricks.

 

[Desk trauma]

It’s hard to kick against the pricks.

I suppose that means something?