Science insulting the image of Jesus

[JGG]

If the scientist would have done Mohammad up like that they would have been bombed by terrorist! They did not mind to mock up Jesus as they knew there would be no retaliation.

Islam has scripture that says that pictures depicting Muhammed or Allah are forbidden. It seems to me that Christianity has no such laws in it's scripture. So why would these guys be concerned about offending Christians? It doesn't go against their scripture.

On the other hand, why do you feel these guys deserve some sort of retaliation?

 

[TLK Valentine]

Well, that stinks! I never would have guessed.

Have you never heard a single interview with him? He's quite the LGBT activist...

 

[rockytopva]

Have you never heard a single interview with him? He's quite the LGBT activist...

Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour. - Ecclesiastes 10:1

 

[TLK Valentine]

Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour. - Ecclesiastes 10:1

And to think that just a few posts ago you were going to foist more honor on him by having him play Christ...

 

[LinguaIgnota]

Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour. - Ecclesiastes 10:1

"Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind." - Act I, Scene I

 

[rockytopva]

And to think that just a few posts ago you were going to foist more honor on him by having him play Christ...

I am a huge JRR Tolkien fan, in which his grandson recalls....

"I vividly remember going to church with him in Bournemouth. He was a devout Roman Catholic and it was soon after the Church had changed the liturgy from Latin to English. My grandfather obviously didn’t agree with this and made all the responses very loudly in Latin while the rest of the congregation answered in English. I found the whole experience quite excruciating, but my grandfather was oblivious. He simply had to do what he believed to be right." - Simon Tolkien

I find resemblances of Ilúvatar and Gandalf in the JRR Tolkien story to God the Father and Christ. To find out that Sir Ian was gay was a terrible discovery on my part!

 

[TLK Valentine]

I find resemblances of Ilúvatar and Gandalf in the JRR Tolkien story to God the Father and Christ. To find out that Sir Ian was gay was a terrible discovery on my part!

Why is it so terrible? Plenty of gay actors have played straight roles... it's called "acting."

ETA: A partial list:

Neil Patrick Harris -- Barney Stintson
Jim Parsons -- Sheldon Cooper
David Hyde Pierce -- Niles Crane
Zachary Quinto -- Mr. Spock
the list goes on...

Not that I'm saying any of them would be my first choice to play Jesus, but you can't deny they play good parts...

 

[rockytopva]

Why is it so terrible? Plenty of gay actors have played straight roles... it's called "acting."

Its the fact that I compared Christ to a homosexual, in which I am deeply ashamed!

 

[TLK Valentine]

Its the fact that I compared Christ to a homosexual, in which I am deeply ashamed!

Jesus freely and happily associated with people a lot lower on the social ladder than homosexuals...

 

[rockytopva]

Jesus freely and happily associated with people a lot lower on the social ladder than homosexuals...

I did not say that I had a problem with those on the lower social ladder... What I said is that I was ashamed that I had compared Christ to a homosexual.

 

[Tinker Grey]

So much for discernment of the spirit.

 

[rockytopva]

When I go on vacation I love visiting the south pacific to a people uncorrupted by modern times. I especially enjoy visiting the churches. They always have fresh flowers and a reverence for the sanctuary of God. On some of the Islands they close shops on Sundays and it is a family and a laid back time. Here are some photos that I have taken along the way, in which I am proud of the reverence and representation of the things of Jesus Christ...

Bora Bora, Catholic, French Polynesia...

Our Catholic church in Blacksburg, VA

Catholic Church, Tahiti

Our Catholic church in Blacksburg looks Polynesian!

All free from the corruption of British scientist!

 

[TLK Valentine]

So much for discernment of the spirit.

Indeed -- really dropped the ball when it came to judging Sir Ian, didn't it?

 

[bhsmte]

Its the fact that I compared Christ to a homosexual, in which I am deeply ashamed!

Do you think Jesus would be ashamed?

 

[JGG]

Its the fact that I compared Christ to a homosexual, in which I am deeply ashamed!

As opposed to when you compared Christ to a mere sinner?

 

[rockytopva]

Do you think Jesus would be ashamed?

Of modern day representations of the things Holy... Yes... Deeply ashamed!

 

[bhsmte]

Of modern day representations of the things Holy... Yes... Deeply ashamed!

Better repent then.

 

[rockytopva]

As opposed to when you compared Christ to a mere sinner?

1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts. - Isaiah 6

If you get a glimpse of the things of God you will find a Holy God uncorrupted by modern society. It will make you say, "Woe is me! for I am undone!"

 

[JGG]

1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts. - Isaiah 6

If you get a glimpse of the things of God you will find a Holy God uncorrupted by modern society. It will make you say, "Woe is me! for I am undone!"

Ummmm...so comparing Christ to this type sinner is shameful, but comparing Christ to all of Sir Ian's other sins, that was groovy?

Why is the gay the only bad sin?

 

[rockytopva]

Ummmm...so comparing Christ to this type sinner is shameful, but comparing Christ to all of Sir Ian's other sins, that was groovy?

Why is the gay the only bad sin?

I simply hate to see the things of Christ drug through the mire of modern society...