From: Skeeter Newsgroups: alt.atheism,rec.sport.pro-wrestling Subject: Re: Semen On Skeeter The Trailer Park Pissbum Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2024 13:44:06 -0400 Message-Id: References: <%SjON.762036$p%Mb.11195@fx15.iad> <17c22d00da46064a$96254$3081049$72dd786b@news.thecubenet.com> <660afc8b$0$1129685$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <660d9859$0$3711207$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <660d9eeb$0$3711189$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <17c2dc96aff8594a$169751$3716115$22dd286e@news.thecubenet.com> <660dc0ca$0$1082214$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <660ed598$0$1129688$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <17c3226fb1a90a02$124401$1768716$6add606a@news.thecubenet.com> Followup-To: alt.eat-shit.and-die.asshole Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/3.0.4 *thX1BaTM~DW)y>UfN@S{EF}]NVJb0tk>I;DH,6H"b{{C$VcEn`hIJ(KzC}m2chzq9"omiT xnX+jm>bwDDZ{;7/l:)Usx5=JP2f3_l'.TN%0)q2N[_CgpW;Xlq3`1j32e& Lines: 245 Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.usenetexpress.com!not-for-mail Nntp-Posting-Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2024 17:44:06 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 12925 Organization: UsenetExpress - www.usenetexpress.com X-Complaints-To: abuse@usenetexpress.com Bytes: 13245 In article , tony@the.trailer.net says... > > Ted wrote: > > % wrote: > >> Skeeter wrote: > >>> In article , > >>> skeeter@hotmale.com says... > >>>> > >>>> In article , ted.street@gmail.com > >>>> Ted says... > >>>>> > >>>>> Skeeter wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> In article <17c2dc96aff8594a$169751$3716115 > >>>>>> $22dd286e@news.thecubenet.com>, precent@yohoo.not says... > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Ted wrote: > >>>>>>>> Skeeter wrote: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> In article <660d9859$0$3711207$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com>, > >>>>>>>>> skeeterweed@photonmail.com says... > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> In article , ted.road@qmail.com > >>>>>>> says... > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> Skeeter wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>>> In article > >>>>>>> , >>>>> > >>>>>>> skeeter@hotmale.com says... > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> In article > >>>>>>>>>>> <17c22d00da46064a$96254$3081049$72dd786b@news.thecubenet.com>, > >>>>>>>>>>> precent@yohoo.not says... > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ted wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Skeeter wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In article <%SjON.762036$p%Mb.11195@fx15.iad>, > >>>>>>>>>>> ted.street@gmail.com >>>>> says... > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> David LaRue wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Ted" wrote in > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:wjhON.99871$24ld.78660@fx07.iad: > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> % wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Voice of Authority wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Why did the Romans crucify Jesus? Because he > >>>>>>> had >>>> become >>>>>>>>>>>> too woke. > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --bks > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> He was also a Communist. > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jesus of Nazareth is a figure who is often emulated > >>>>>>>>>>> for his >>>>>>>>>> emphasis on kindness, mercy and love, but > >>>>>>> many >>>> of his >>>>>>> disciples >> > seem to miss a very large > >>>>>>> part of >>>> his teachings in >>>>>>> their attempts >> > to mimic > >>>>>>> his virtues. > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Many of Jesusā?? ideas would be considered > >>>>>>>>>>> controversial in >>>>>>> the >> > modern world, but his > >>>>>>> attitudes >>>> regarding economics >>>>>>> would be >> > especially > >>>>>>> radical, >>>> aligning less with the >>>>>>> conservative views of > >>>>>>>>>> many of >>>> his followers and more with >>>>>>> the far-left > >>>>>>> views we now >>>> call >> > communist. > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> However, the mainstream interpretations of Jesusā?? > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> philosophy seem >> > to ignore or undermine his economic > >>>>>>>>>>> ideals, >>>>>>> most often in the >> > interest of preserving > >>>>>>>>>>> capitalism. >>>>>>> American history has given us >> > many > >>>>>>>>>>> examples of Biblical >>>>>>> interpretations being used to > >>>>>>> excuse >>>>>>> harmful institutions >>>>>>> such as slavery and > >>>>>>> attempt to >>>> de-radicalize >> > the image of >>>>>>> popular > >>>>>>> figures such as >>>> Martin Luther King Jr. It is >> > only >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> responsible that >>>> we separate Jesusā?? relationship with money > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> from >>>> that of any churches who stand to profit > >>>>>>> financially from >>>>>>> >>>> more >> > capitalist interpretations > >>>>>>> of his words. >> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> We can read stories about > >>>>>>> Jesusā?? emphasis on >>>> communal >>>>>>> practices, >> > like > >>>>>>> sharing meals and labor and >>>> starting the >>>>>>> tradition now > >>>>>>>>>> referred to as >>>> ā??communion.ā?¯ We can also see >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> that he has a >> > >>>> particular interest in the needs of people > >>>>>>> who >>>>>>> his >>>> society would >> > rather abandon such as > >>>>>>> women who had >>>>>>> >>>> committed adultery and those >> > with > >>>>>>> leprosy or physical >>>>>>>>>>> disabilities. >> > >>>>>>>>>> He > >>>>>>> tells his followers to >>>> forgive their debtors, that they > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> should >> > not store up >>>> treasures on earth and that > >>>>>>> they cannot >>>>>>> serve both God >> >>>>> and money. In Matthew > >>>>>>> 21, he becomes so >>>>>>> enraged by >>>> people using a >> > > >>>>>>> temple for economic exchange, he >>>>>>> >>>> starts flipping > >>>>>>> tables. >> > >>>>>>>>>> In Matthew 19, a rich >>>> man approaches > >>>>>>> him for instruction and >>>>>>> Jesus >> > tells >>>> him to give > >>>>>>> up all his possessions and give the >>>>>>> money to >>>> the >> > > >>>>>>> poor. > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ā??It is easier for a camel to go through the eye > >>>>>>>>>>> of a >>>>>>> needle than >> > for someone who is rich to enter > >>>>>>>>>>> the Kingdom of >>>>>>> God,ā?¯ Jesus said in >> > Matthew 19:24 > >>>>>>>>>>> NIV. > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This notion that a rich person would have to stop > >>>>>>>>>>> being >>>>>>> rich in >> > order to follow him is explicitly > >>>>>>>>>>> incompatible with >>>>>>> capitalist >> > thinking. Why make > >>>>>>>>>>> people choose between >>>>>>> following him and pursuing >> > > >>>>>>>>>>> wealth unless he dislikes the >>>>>>> effects of wealth and > >>>>>>> hopes >>>> to >> > counteract them in some way >>>>>>> by > >>>>>>> encouraging an >>>> alternative lifestyle >> > among his followers? > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Despite the context and direct nature of his > >>>>>>>>>>> statement, it >>>>>>> seems >> > to be interpreted quite > >>>>>>>>>>> differently by many wealthy and >>>>>>> influential >> > > >>>>>>>>>>> Christians who have yet to give up their >>>>>>> possessions. > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Under capitalism, interpretations favored by > >>>>>>> rich >>>> people are >>>>>>> given >> > more of a platform. This has > >>>>>>>>>>> created the exact type of >>>>>>> hierarchy >> > among Jesusā?? > >>>>>>>>>>> fans that he devoted so much time to >>>>>>> warning against. > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> His attempts to redistribute power are >>>>>>> often > >>>>>>>>>>> downplayed, and this >> > is interpreted instead as a story > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> about how nobody is perfect. >> > >>>>>>>>>> SIUE is > >>>>>>>>>>> home to a large Christian population, including 20 >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> Christian organizations, whose members I sincerely hope will > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> avoid >> > such a convenient dismissal of this issue. > >>>>>>> All >>>> of us at >>>>>>> SIUE, >> > Christian or otherwise, should > >>>>>>>>>>> question the >>>>>>> motivations of our >> > sources. > >>>>>>> Information >>>> is never presented >>>>>>> without an agenda, and > >>>>>>> it >> > is >>>> alarmingly common for >>>>>>> information to be > >>>>>>> presented in >>>> deceitful >> > ways. > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> An idea as simple as ā??love your neighborsā?¯ > >>>>>>> can >>>> be used >>>>>>> to promote >> > the exact opposite > >>>>>>> message. I >>>> hope that any >>>>>>> readers seeking to >> > > >>>>>>> understand Jesusā?? >>>> words will think >>>>>>> critically about > >>>>>>> their own >> > >>>> ideologies as well and whether >>>>>>> they > >>>>>>> align more closely >>>> with the >> > whitewashed commercial > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> version that grants >>>> wishes or the radical >> > > >>>>>>> political figure >>>>>>> portrayed in >>>> the Bible. >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> nobody reads anything this long > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Exactly. In fact, the motivation is not to even start > >>>>>>>>>>> reading >>>>>>>> it. Very brief posts, otoh, almost always get > >>>>>>>>>>> read. > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jesus (and God) taught those that were willing to learn. > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you were unwilling to read a few words, let alone > >>>>>>>>>>> books, how do >>>>>>> you hope to learn what was being taught? > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jesus and the New Testament were needed because of the > >>>>>>>>>>> many that >>>>>>> were unwilling to learn and follow the simple > >>>>>>>>>>> rules of the Old >>>>>>> Testament. He wants you to understand > >>>>>>>>>>> and follow him. It is >>>>>>> your choice. > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The main thing I don't like about Jesus is that he eats > >>>>>>>>>>> shit. It's >>>>>> disgusting. > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I remember when you used to post as Scatboi, Ted, that was > >>>>>>>>>>> back >>>>> when I was posting as Carny....man what a ride! > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I remember when you used to brag about how much shit I can > >>>>>>>>>>> eat, Chad. >>>> We found it disgusting, but you were proud of > >>>>>>> it. > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> tinw, scatboi > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> ========== REMAINDER OF ARTICLE TRUNCATED ==========