Mr “I’ll laugh while Jehovah makes you pee your pants” isn’t assholish ?
Sure, he is. Congrats, you’ve got more company!! Maybe a party is in order.Just make sure there are enough whale puns for everyone.
FriarTed -
At least one of the persons in question has admitted that he posts in such a way as to give offense, and to stir up trouble. The other’s posts are not even as well-thought-out as that.
They are trying to get a rise out of you, so they can use it as an excuse to dismiss you.
Perhaps one or both will make a bad end, and the smoke of their burning will go up forever and ever. Maybe both are lost sheep whose return will cause more rejoicing in heaven than the ninety-nine who do not need to repent. We don’t know, and we are forbidden to even form an opinion.
Or, if Jesus posted to the SDMB, He would have put it more succinctly -
DNFFT.
Regards,
Shodan
Well, that wasn’t too bad. And the swipes at me are actually kinda funny.
WhyNot- yeah, I do pray for them occasionally, but it’s kind of an inside joke in some more fervent Christian circles that if someone’s running from JC & has a
devout Christian Grandmom or Mom praying for them, that person’s eventually gonna get snared by JC.
I guess I should pray for them more often & work on my attitude… maybe.
Thanks for the rebuke.
To everyone else, I see nothing wrong the abbreviation “C’tian” for “Christian”, it’s better than “Xtian”.
And in my defense on the “Pants-Peeing” remark, that was after a long train of abuses heaped on the Christian faith by both fellows, climaxed by badchad’s infamous “c**t” comment.
Is this the Friar Ted version of “Haw Haw Haw” - a sort of homage to Jack Chick?
I must be off now, vigilant as always so as not be ensnared in the sticky mucilaginous strands of J.C. 
Indeed you should. As has been pretty unambiguously demonstrated in this thread, you have not done a very good job of manifesting Christian love around here. You have managed to make yourself look worse than two of the least popular people around here. (And to forestall the inevitable claim that you are being persecuted for your mainstream beliefs, I suggest you examine the many other pit threads these two have triggered - notice how very unpopular indeed these militant atheist trolls are.)
Writing like a literate adult is better yet.
Wait, how many times are you supposed to turn the other cheek? Is there a particular numerical limit before you’re supposed to start taunting them with threats that Jesus will sort them out in the end? Setting yourself as judge of your fellow sinners and eagerly anticipating their terror at judgment day strikes me as very much in contrast to the principles you claimed to be defending at that very moment. Besides, judging by what the Bible says, you have as much reason to dread Judgment Day as anyone else. Romans 3:23: “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”
From Matthew 5: “46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47 And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? 48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.”
I got nothing against the religious. But it’s a bit remarkable how often Fundamentalist Christians end up falling short of my already low expectations of them.
Shouldn’t that be “X-ian”? As in “X-mas” and not “X-tmas”.
I’m a grumpy pagan and I abbreviate with malice aforethought, but as Colibri asked “Why does the OP abbreviate Christian? Is this some g-d or Y*****h kind of thing?” Not exactly a pit-worthy question, just curious. To save keystrokes maybe?
Hey, Greetings!
(I’m only greeting you 'cause Excalibre’s post said that’s what we pagans do. I won’t greet anyone else. I don’t know if you’re allowed to greet me back, though, 'cause I’m no one’s “brother”, possessing girly bits and all.)
For whatever it’s worth, badchad has claimed in the past that his mother is a Fundamentalist Christian and (IIRC) he has said that he is a former fundie himself.
He’s still a fundie, only now he’s a fundie atheist. He left behind the religious beliefs, but not the attitude.
I think that was the former poster Ben’s problem as well. He may have ditched his former beliefs, but he still had that compulsion to constantly try and get everyone converted to his way of thinking.
I called FriarTed on this in GD, so i’ll say it again; actually physically relishing the prospect of non-believers being brought up before God and pissing themselves with fear/awe sounds like a very immoral thing (let alone unchristian).
God: Now, you’ve been a naughty boy, haven’t you?
FriarT: YES HE HAS LORD! SHOW HIM YOUR POWER!
God: Uhm, I was thinking forgiveness, actually.
FriarT: What, not even a little bit of punishment? Just make him a *bit * uncomfortable? Pleeeeeeeeease? hops up and down with excitedness
Hm. On the one hand, using X for Christ, a symbolic representation with ancient, venerable history. (The X properly speaking ought to be a chi, but since a capital chi looks like an X …)
On the other hand, C’tian, which appears to be either a minor Lovecraftian horror or an obscure Pernese dragonrider.
Yeah, I’d sure go with the fantasy novel approach. But I’m another one of those pagans, what do I know? 
If a chi was good enough for Constantine it should be good enough for modern Christians. I would even argue that it’s superior since the Greek letter chi transliterates to the first two letters of Christ’s name rather than just one.
Why abbreviate it at all?
Cuz it’s shorter.
I am a great fan of girly bits, so - Merry meet, sister!
Oh, I dunno, I think that would be pretty funny. Not for all athiests of course, but for the militant evangelical ones like Der Trihs. Watching them shit their pants and start begging thinking they are going to hell just before God grabs them and gives them a noogie saying “Nah, I’m just jacking you, you monkey, come on it!” would be a fit punishment for all the hate they spread down here, and hilarious to watch to boot.
Then i’d say the same to you; that really doesn’t sound very upstanding or moral of you, quite the opposite. Taking pleasure at other people’s misfortune? I’m not saying that justice shouldn’t be done, of course, but salivating about watching someone getting punished? Just doesn’t strike me as a very christian thing, really.
I’m not saying it wouldn’t be funny. I’m not even saying someone might not deserve it. I’m just saying that enjoying the discomfort or punishment of others to this level is pretty damn creepy.
Sounds like “Godenfreude” to me, to coin a phrase…