Say what you will about the tenets of the Republican Party; at least it’s an ethos.
God will strike you down for this.
I know the almighty Lord probably knows better, , and I am glad that in his VENGEFUL ANGER he is still keeping trigger safety. Is that not the all-american children’s version of the AR?
I’ve weilded far larger weapons, and I only know the basics of shooting. Apparently it is light for a rifle, but it looks a bit small for Almighty God.
ETA, i think I bagged the last three posts in this thread as replies. I will pipe-down now, as
It’s not the caliber of your rifle, but the caliber of your FAITH that matters!
(I’m guessing.)
Maybe he makes the bullets bigger as they leave the barrel, like turning water into wine. Or the bullets multiply like the loaves and fishes.
(Yeah I’m a Christian but I am allowed to have a sense of humor, and lightning hasn’t struck me yet.)
Uh … bomb cyclone???
I lost power for 15 seconds during the bomb cyclone, so if that is retribution it’s barely a slap on the wrist. 
Ah, but what about when he asked God to forgive them, for they know not what they do? Weren’t “they” there then? (And, at that: wasn’t he in public when asking God why He had forsaken him?)
Talking to God is the prayer. Saying the words out loud isn’t. The two can be done together, or either can be done without the other. When humans wish to pray together, as we sometimes do, we sometimes speak words out loud, for the benefit of our fellow humans, to coordinate our prayers. But the spoken words still aren’t the prayers.
Much of the point of public prayer is to show off that you are more enthusiastic and thus more pious than everyone else. People can get very competitive over that sort of social display, and not just the religious ones.
When I walk somewhere, I like to focus and sometimes I pray out loud. I have perfected doing so without moving my lips noticably so onlookers will not think, “That crazy lady talking to herself.”
In some religions. In other religions, spoken words definitely are the prayers, and certain prayers have to be spoken out loud to “count”. Not every religion is Protestantism.
i’m hoping you carry a ventriloquist’s dummy.
Perfectly fine. It helps you. That’s great.
Have you ever – even for a moment – pictured her any other way?
I can’t imagine why anyone would.
Fuckin’ amateurs.
I would’ve been tempted to hold a cellphone just so: on the one hand, anyone who can’t hear me would maybe figure I’m moving my lips because I’m quietly carrying on a mundane conversation; on the other, anyone who manages to eavesdrop is free to wonder just who the heck I’m praising so effusively…
This is true:
We think prayer is all about intercession and asking forgiveness, but young Jesus was probably more, all about praying his new sandalls and robe would impress Mary Magdalene, the new ‘hot chick’ at Alef Shin Tav sorority just near the Temple entrance.
I mean, we all talk all we like about how (and if) his mom was a virgin, but we never talk about Jesus’ sex life, the poor guy. He probably never got lucky.
Probably got bullied in carpentry school, too.
One of my favorite religion jokes: A young priest is in the church between services, standing before the altar, beating his breast, and declaiming “Lord, Lord, I am not worthy!”
The Monsignor passes through, and sees his subordinate praying. Not wanting to seem less pious, he steps to the altar, beats his breast and declaims “Lord, Lord, I am not worthy!”
The church custodian has been tidying up the choir loft, observing the scene. Inspired by such religious fervor, he runs to the altar, beats his breast, and declaims “Lord, Lord, I am not worthy!”
The Monsignor elbows the younger priest in the side and says “Look who thinks he’s not worthy!”
The first time I saw someone with earbuds I really thought they were talking to themselves.