The Lord will be king over the whole earth. On that day there
will be one Lord, and his name the only name.
–Zechariah 14:9
“Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” Jesus
taught us to pray for the day that the LORD would be the
recognized king over all the earth. I look forward to that,
because our faith (us Christians) will be shown true and the LORD himself will
be glorified as he should be. In a world of profanity, a world
where God’s name is blasphemed, every knee will bow and every
tongue confess that he is LORD, incomparable without
rival.
and know I will pray
Great Almighty LORD, work to bring yourself glory, in these
days. Do mighty works that show your Sovereignty. Help us as
we seek to bring others to call on your name and praise your
grace. Through Jesus I pray. Amen.
Hmpf. Adopting the OP’s vision that Jesus and The Lord are similar, we saw the wrestling match between Jesus and Satan, and Jesus only won fight because Satan threw the fight (and made a bundle on the the betting!)
However, we know that in the fight between Jesus and Santa Claus, there’s no doubt that Santa has won… just look around.
'Tis the season to be greedy,
Fa ra ra ra ra, ra ra ra ra
I would greatly appreciate it if you, especially as an administrator, would be mindful of the fact that there are those of us here, regular participating members in good standing, who have done nothing to deserve your deliberate mockery of our God.
If you must lash out, please do so only at those who have offended you. Yes, I can take a joke, but your post seemed intentionally invective and was definately misdirected.
“It is lucky for rulers that men do not think.” — Adolf Hitler
C’mon, Lib, we’ve asked you this before: Lighten up! I mean, there are folks around here who will see what you say and choose to do it more because you have such thin skin about it. It was a joke, man!
I understand that it was a joke. But not every joke is always appropriate, is it? If your sister came into a conversation between you and me and I found her obnoxious, it wouldn’t not even occur to me to address the situation by making jokes about your mother.
If I made any jokes, it would be about your sister. I realize you might think our faith is some sort of fair game fantasy, and we do indeed tolerate a lot of jokes. But it seems to me appropriate that the admins, if not moderators, show at least a modicum of restraint.
“It is lucky for rulers that men do not think.” — Adolf Hitler
Like I said, Lib, lighten up! Smile. Here, I’ll show you:
This is the Great Debates area. People here will disagree with everything you say. Some will even < gasp > make fun of it. But that wasn’t even one of these cases. He just made a silly little joke. If you don’t like it, make a joke at the expense of his beliefs. That’ll show him!
I guess you heard about the mud wrestling match between Cecil Adams and Jerry Fallwell. Cecil won only because he trained with Marylin vos Savant, who is smarter than he is.
And then, of course, there was the fight between Cecil and our local clergyman, which was a hands down victory for the pastor, even according to the atheists in the community. Both of them.
How’s that?
“It is lucky for rulers that men do not think.” — Adolf Hitler
Thanks. No, really, thanks. I’ll get to work on my material.
Meanwhile, I thought of something that parents can do who object to the proliferation of religious symbols like Santa Claus and mistletoe in our public schools. Just call in the American Atheists to slap a few faces and stab a few hands with pencils. They always make a good impression, and they’re the definitive experts on atheism. If you don’t believe it, just ask them.
“It is lucky for rulers that men do not think.” — Adolf Hitler
Oh, and Lib, if you want to parody Dex’s beliefs, you will have to work on your “conservative, scholastic Jewish” riff. Think Mel Brooks as a professor.
As it stands, you seem to be mistaking him for someone else.
