What should Christians do when handed a fortune cookie?

[Smilin]

A thought that occurred to me when in discussion
with another. Given the outcry over such things
as Harry Potter and the secret agenda it promotes,

What should Christians do with those fortune cookies
when having Chinese for dinner?

 

[LibertyChic]

Would you believe I used to actually refuse them?

Then I got to the point that I would open them so as to eat the cookie, but I wouldn't read the fortune.

Then I got to where I would read the fortune, but with some sense of trepidation and always, "just for laughs."

Then I would read it and "accept it only if it was good."

What a sad existence I use to have......but clearly, this was my undoing as a Christian. I gave the devil a toe-hold and look at me now.

 

[mpshiel]

???? - open, read the fortune and eat the cookie - have to say this one never troubled me.

What I did and still in a way ponder over is whether to keep pagan days for politeness sake. For instance, if I was living in China, would it be incorrect to not keep Chinese new year or to give gifts?

I decided that as long as it really meant nothing to me, I would participate in the rituals of those I cared about - so for instance following the funeral, wedding, birth and holiday customs of those I am around - even if I don't believe the reasons behind them.

 

[Lifesaver]

"What should Christians do when handed a fortune cookie?"

Eat?

 

[geocajun]

I eat em up, and then in keeping with the goofy tradition, I append the phrase "in bed" to whatever the fortune is

 

[Fiendishjester]

I assure you that fortune cookies promote no secret agenda of any kind. The fortunes themselves are printed in large numbers by printing machines. At this point, it's just a little tradition, nothing more. Half of the fortunes aren't even real predictions, instead they turn out to be advice for living. Oh, and the "lucky numbers" on the back haven't worked for me in any way.

 

[ChristianWarrior]

Hmmm. I'd probably just eat it, fortune and all.

 

[Mϋzikdϋde]

I actually thought about making my own. My wife has a recipe, I have the fortunes like: "You're worthless and you'll never amount to anything"
"The people you just had dinner with only pretend to like you"
"That wasn't chicken"

You get the drift. Does this mean I can't be a Christian anymore?
Do I have to turn in my secret decoder ring?

 

[LibertyChic]

You get the drift. Does this mean I can't be a Christian anymore?
Do I have to turn in my secret decoder ring?

You got a secret decoder ring?? How come I didn't get one when I was a Christian?

 

[Arikay]

Obviously you throw the cookie back in their face and say, "The only one I take predictions from is my god, Jack van impe." Then walk out and not pay because evil heathens don't deserve the riches of god.

Why you ask was that my answer? Because ChristianWarrior stole my first one.

 

[seebs]

I eat em up, and then in keeping with the goofy tradition, I append the phrase "in bed" to whatever the fortune is

You can get pretty good results with "after the robot holocaust", too.

 

[geocajun]

You can get pretty good results with "after the robot holocaust", too.

ooooh good one! I'll try that next time!

 

[Miss Shelby]

I eat em up, and then in keeping with the goofy tradition, I append the phrase "in bed" to whatever the fortune is

LOL you stole my line but I figured I'd get in trouble for saying it. Blessings to Jason.

Michelle

 

[Miss Shelby]

Obviously you throw the cookie back in their face and say, "The only one I take predictions from is my god, Jack van impe." Then walk out and not pay because evil heathens don't deserve the riches of god.

Can you imagine opening a fortune cookie that reads 'You WILL be left behind.'?

Michelle

 

[Kira Faye]

Open it and do the tradition thing and read the wrong side out loud!! Respect their thing and just read the damn peace of paper, If u don't believe fortunes can be told then it doesn't matter does it?

 

[Smilin]

I assure you that fortune cookies promote no secret agenda of any kind. The fortunes themselves are printed in large numbers by printing machines. At this point, it's just a little tradition, nothing more. Half of the fortunes aren't even real predictions, instead they turn out to be advice for living. Oh, and the "lucky numbers" on the back haven't worked for me in any way.

Well, that's what they'd have everyone to believe.
I mean they are heretical pagan prophecies.

All the outcry over ouijah boards channeling evil
spirits, Harry Potter promoting witchcraft, and
militant lesbians harrassing our school children,
it occurred to me the other day noone ever
considered fortune cookies...

 

[Smilin]

Can you imagine opening a fortune cookie that reads 'You WILL be left behind.'?

Michelle

Imagine getting one on at a company luncheon that stated
"Your hard work will be rewarded"

and then a couple of weeks later your whole department
is outsourced to a company in India.

I think Satan must have written that one.

 

[Miss Shelby]

Imagine getting one on at a company luncheon that stated
"Your hard work will be rewarded"

and then a couple of weeks later your whole department
is outsourced to a company in India.

I think Satan must have written that one.

No your application of it was faulty. You should have amended 'in bed' to that fortune.

's for Smilin.

Michelle

 

[Smilin]

No your application of it was faulty. You should have amended 'in bed' to that fortune.

's for Smilin.

Michelle

Ahhh...now that fortune makes perfect sense..........

 

[Gabriel]

I usually read the fortune, chuckle a bit and discard it. I then crunch up the cookie and put it on my mint chocolate chip ice cream.