Mormons - Page 2

d@rk51d3 · 04-18-10, 10:11 PM

Interesting bit of Photoshopping there Nickimcbee.

CaptainHaplo · 04-18-10, 10:30 PM

When someone like this knocks on your door - remember these three questions:

Is God the 3 Omni's? (Omniscient, Omnipotent, Omnipresent - All knowing, All powerful, All present aka everywhere)

Does hell (the lake of fire, place of eternal torment - whatever) exist?

If so - what did God do to be in hell - because by definition he has to be there.......

Be attentive as you watch them scratch their heads, look confused, and slowly start to smoke from the ears. At this point its a good time to take an extra step back as they are likely to blow a fuse and wander off aimlessly and lost.

Go back inside and have a good laugh....

antikristuseke · 04-18-10, 11:21 PM

When someone comes peddling their insane make believe as truth I either politely let them know it is in their interest to politely **** off, or if im hung over I just close the door in their face.

nikimcbee · 04-18-10, 11:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by krashkart

^^

All my friends? The Seven Dwarves don't count, man. They drank all my beer and didn't even bother to flush the toilet the last time they were over.

04-19-10, 07:51 AM

nikimcbee,

muscle-Jesus, lol. They also have those 'modern-looking Jesuses', here's one example.

I mean, honestly. Does that guy look like he lived ~2000 years ago? To me he looks pretty modern with perly teeth etc. But then again Jesus could do miracles, maybe he whitened his teeth...

Blood_splat · 04-19-10, 08:40 AM

I'm free of religion.

nikimcbee · 04-19-10, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by OneToughHerring

nikimcbee,

muscle-Jesus, lol. They also have those 'modern-looking Jesuses', here's one example.

I mean, honestly. Does that guy look like he lived ~2000 years ago? To me he looks pretty modern with perly teeth etc. But then again Jesus could do miracles, maybe he whitened his teeth...

I tried to find an image, but couldn't. Basically he had the crown of thorns and he looked like he a been hitting the gym a lot. He was built like a wrestler

.

This one looks like he's ready for a job interview. My axe to grind with religious art is that everybody always looks like they're from Europe and not the Middle East. So, these guys make me laugh, when everybody is all clean shaven and neat looking.

Blood_splat · 04-19-10, 11:24 AM

frau kaleun · 04-19-10, 12:38 PM

XabbaRus · 04-19-10, 12:50 PM

I've known quite a few mormons. I met most when I lived in the states for 2 years and my dad's colleague was a mormon. Him and his wife and his friends were some of the nicest and helpful people I have ever met.

The wife helped my mum make friends when she didn't know anyone, and when I was having a hellish time at school in Houston (so much for international school with cultural understanding), they did their upmost to help, and unlike some other demoninated people we knew there, they never ever tried to push their religion on to us. At christmas me and my dad were invited to their church to join their nativity ceremony and it was normal and they didn't have any issue that we weren't practising christians let alone not being mormon. So although I find the hardcore ones who make the news odd, on the whole I have no issue with them.

04-19-10, 01:08 PM

Xabba,

I don't really have a problem with them as people. I would say that for example the ones who knocked on my door and gave me my 'mormon bible' or whatever it was (I think I misplaced it at some point), were about the most normal looking and square cut individuals I've ever met. And polite etc. In a way that makes it even more stranger when they begin to espouse some of these more outlandish aspects about their religion that I think the majority of them keep wisely pretty quiet about.

Sailor Steve · 04-19-10, 04:11 PM

I've lived in downtown Mormonville for almost forty years. They are fine people, but yes, the doctrines are pretty 'interesting'. If you are a mainstream Christian their beliefs seem perverted. On the other hand most beliefs seem pretty weird if you examine them with a logical eye.

But yeah, the Mormon tenets can be kind of strange, and if you bring them up to most Latter-Day Saints they will blink and tell you "We don't believe that!"

04-19-10, 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I've lived in downtown Mormonville for almost forty years. They are fine people, but yes, the doctrines are pretty 'interesting'. If you are a mainstream Christian their beliefs seem perverted. On the other hand most beliefs seem pretty weird if you examine them with a logical eye.

But yeah, the Mormon tenets can be kind of strange, and if you bring them up to most Latter-Day Saints they will blink and tell you "We don't believe that!"

Yep. Didn't mean to disparage people from around where you're from. And yes most religions have really strange stuff in it.

Sailor Steve · 04-19-10, 04:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OneToughHerring

Yep. Didn't mean to disparage people from around where you're from. And yes most religions have really strange stuff in it.

I didn't think you were talking about the people, just the doctrines.

And I agree.

Platapus · 04-19-10, 04:37 PM

Oh that is so wrong. Funny as crap, but wrong.

04-18-10, 10:30 PM	#17
CaptainHaplo Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,404 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	When someone like this knocks on your door - remember these three questions: Is God the 3 Omni's? (Omniscient, Omnipotent, Omnipresent - All knowing, All powerful, All present aka everywhere) Does hell (the lake of fire, place of eternal torment - whatever) exist? If so - what did God do to be in hell - because by definition he has to be there....... Be attentive as you watch them scratch their heads, look confused, and slowly start to smoke from the ears. At this point its a good time to take an extra step back as they are likely to blow a fuse and wander off aimlessly and lost. Go back inside and have a good laugh.... __________________ Good Hunting! Captain Haplo

04-19-10, 12:50 PM	#25
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I've known quite a few mormons. I met most when I lived in the states for 2 years and my dad's colleague was a mormon. Him and his wife and his friends were some of the nicest and helpful people I have ever met. The wife helped my mum make friends when she didn't know anyone, and when I was having a hellish time at school in Houston (so much for international school with cultural understanding), they did their upmost to help, and unlike some other demoninated people we knew there, they never ever tried to push their religion on to us. At christmas me and my dad were invited to their church to join their nativity ceremony and it was normal and they didn't have any issue that we weren't practising christians let alone not being mormon. So although I find the hardcore ones who make the news odd, on the whole I have no issue with them. __________________

04-19-10, 04:11 PM	#27
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I've lived in downtown Mormonville for almost forty years. They are fine people, but yes, the doctrines are pretty 'interesting'. If you are a mainstream Christian their beliefs seem perverted. On the other hand most beliefs seem pretty weird if you examine them with a logical eye. But yeah, the Mormon tenets can be kind of strange, and if you bring them up to most Latter-Day Saints they will blink and tell you "We don't believe that!" __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

04-19-10, 04:37 PM	#30
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,386 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Oh that is so wrong. Funny as crap, but wrong. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

04-18-10, 10:11 PM	#16
d@rk51d3 Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 1,952 Downloads: 207 Uploads: 0	Interesting bit of Photoshopping there Nickimcbee.

04-18-10, 11:21 PM	#18
antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	When someone comes peddling their insane make believe as truth I either politely let them know it is in their interest to politely **** off, or if im hung over I just close the door in their face.

04-19-10, 07:51 AM	#20
OneToughHerring Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	nikimcbee, muscle-Jesus, lol. They also have those 'modern-looking Jesuses', here's one example. I mean, honestly. Does that guy look like he lived ~2000 years ago? To me he looks pretty modern with perly teeth etc. But then again Jesus could do miracles, maybe he whitened his teeth...

04-19-10, 08:40 AM	#21
Blood_splat Samurai Navy Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Beneath the waves Posts: 568 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	I'm free of religion.

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04-19-10, 01:08 PM	#26
OneToughHerring Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Xabba, I don't really have a problem with them as people. I would say that for example the ones who knocked on my door and gave me my 'mormon bible' or whatever it was (I think I misplaced it at some point), were about the most normal looking and square cut individuals I've ever met. And polite etc. In a way that makes it even more stranger when they begin to espouse some of these more outlandish aspects about their religion that I think the majority of them keep wisely pretty quiet about.