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Ninny:
I found out that no matter how little money you have you can still pay 10% How rude!!  :D
Kathy ;)

rockrdude:
I got rebuked for asking too many questions. Maybe I should ask some more?  ;)

Linny:
Just went there again and there are some new, good questions for god to answer. Looking forward to it.

Ninny:
Do you think that this god has bitten off more than he can chew? hahaha!! Hell No should have stolen Musicman's koolaid a long time ago!! hehe!  ;D
Kathy :D

DougE6:

I just read the Hell No meets "god" and I do have a question, I was wondering something.  Now we know that Elijah used biting sarcasm when in conflict with the prophets of Baal.  Part of the story ....

25Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, "Choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first, for you are many, and call upon the name of your god, but put no fire to it." 26And they took the bull that was given them, and they prepared it and called upon the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, "O Baal, answer us!" But there was no voice, and no one answered. And they limped around the altar that they had made. 27And at noon Elijah mocked them, saying, "Cry aloud, for he is a god. Either he is musing, or he is relieving himself, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened." 28And they cried aloud and(A) cut themselves after their custom with swords and lances, until the blood gushed out upon them...

wow..relieving himself? pretty colorful and powerful language.

and that Ray used/uses masterful sarcasm like when he illustrated a theoretical judgement day of a poor African woman named Suba. It is worth reading and makes a great point. I believe it is in the letter to D James Kennedy.  I have shown that skit to many and I think it is very well done.

And that Jesus used very powerful and insulting words against the religious elite in his day. But he did not, as far as I know, use that against the common believers of the Jewish religion, only against those who used it entirely in an evil way, with evil hearts. Those leaders who "contradict" =) and he knew their hearts

OK so my question is...when is something over the line? The prophets of Baal that Elijah mocked are as far from Jehovah as can be. Nothing sacred at all is in their religion. Nothing. When Ray takes on the doctrines of demons found in the church it comes from a perspective of solemnity and love for truth, amidst the sarcasm, I think. The illustrations help show the weakness and absurdities in the belief system. I never feel they are merely done in sport.

God calls us out if Babylon. But Babylon is the starting point. Babylon is the many called. Obviously God is the one doing the calling!  And He has intended these beliefs to be believed, by the many called. Many people have shed great amounts of blood and sacrifice, so we can have the scriptures in our hands, and have been introduced to Jesus through Babylon.  Yes some of the most most evil doctrines imaginable are in Babylon, doctrines of demons.  Synagogue of Satans. But Jesus walked among the candlesticks!  Can we have the appearance of flippancy or superiority in our mockings?

Yes Yes I am grateful to be out of that belief system! I would NEVER EVER go back. But this is the work of God, that I am out.  It is the work of God, to be chosen. And we are chosen out of Babylon. We may be surprised, how kindly God might regard some of the great loving acts done by some Christians believers, for there fellow man, in love, say in China, or North Korea, or the former Soviet Union, or Afghanistan, right now.  Have you chosen Jesus over your family? Maybe, but they did too.  Some who walk in the light that God has given them have done deeds of great sacrifice and will count a lot, I am sure, in the next life.  And that is a minority of people, just like a minority of people understand these full truths.

I am only asking this question rhetorically.  I want to make sure my speech is always appropriate with the best motives in mind. Sarcasm is a powerful tool, maybe I am being a little too sensitive by asking this question, but I meaning myself, would leave sarcasm in the hands of those who really are seasoned in love, and have suffered for Jesus in a real way..

I sense Jesus in Rays use of sarcasm. I am not sure about other more flippant ways, I see all around the internet. And maybe I am merely a weaker brother who is offended by things that should not not offensive!

Some things in other chat rooms and other places on the internet remind me of the atheistic videos on you tube. Athiest love sarcasm ridicule and feeling superior. Even if they have a point, in mocking the doctrines of orthodoxy,  I do not watch them.  Speaking only for myself, I could not do what some could confuse as God being mocked, even in false caricature, unless I could really explain myself.  In proper situations, Jesus, Elijah, did that and in these papers, Ray also did that very well.

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