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Comment on ‘God helps those who (can’t) help themselves’ by Uncle Luther

Uncle Luther — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 02:53:22 +0000

Sue,
I couldn’t agree with you more.

Comment on ‘God helps those who (can’t) help themselves’ by Sue "Anonymous" Carroll

Sue "Anonymous" Carroll — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 13:14:45 +0000

Troubled, I get exactly what you’re saying. And there are the people who are horribly addicted to some drug or alcohol, and our “help” in only making it worse. But how I look at it is, they need a different kind of help. A bag of groceries just isn’t going to cut it in a situation like that. Somebody, somewhere can help a person in this situation (a psychologist? some other sort of counselor?) THAT person needs to step up. But we need to do what we can at all times and not make excuses. We are responsible for our fellow human beings and if we’re not doing what we can, that’s on us.

Comment on We Are The Church? by Uncle Luther

Uncle Luther — Wed, 11 May 2011 16:43:58 +0000

I’m not sure if linking God’s creation of the giraffe and the duck-billed platypus to this is relevant. Clearly, the giraffe and the platypus are original works.

I have to wonder whenever I see videos like this that play up the “cheese factor” how it comes across to visitors to a church or to non-Christians.

Comment on We Are The Church? by sue

sue — Sat, 07 May 2011 22:28:38 +0000

I know CCC and their arts team rather well – they definitely play up the “cheese factor.” But “creativity getting a tad out of hand”? Huh. Our creativity is from God and part of His character. I wonder if spots on the long neck of a giraffe would be considered “too much creativity”? Or if making the duck-billed platypus egg-laying AND a mammal would be “creativity getting a tad out of hand”?

Knowing CCC as I do, I know that this was a relevant part of the series they were working on, even if they recycled it form 2002. If you knew how they spent their money (planting churches, supporting church-starts all over the world), maybe it wouldn’t seem so “out of place.”

Just a thought….

Comment on We Are The Church? by shelly

shelly — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:41:42 +0000

It reminds me of that George Carlin sketch on religion, the part where he goes on about how it always seems like God doesn’t have enough money. Heh.

Comment on We Are The Church? by Uncle Luther

Uncle Luther — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 17:53:11 +0000

Yeah, I was a little confused, too. I can’t wrap my mind around what exactly the point was. I mean, other than that they want money. It seems like an example of creativity getting a tad out of hand.

Comment on We Are The Church? by shelly

shelly — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 04:44:49 +0000

I think it’s a bit cheesy. I’m not sure what point they were trying to make, though — that Christians should support their local church with their tithes (even though tithing is obsolete and tied to the Law), or are they making light of the idea that the practice makes God happy?

So yeah. Colour me a little confused.

Comment on ‘God helps those who (can’t) help themselves’ by Uncle Luther

Uncle Luther — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 23:41:08 +0000

Troubled,
The way I look at it, if someone asks me for help and truly needs it, but I don’t help them– it’s on me. If they ask for help and I help them, and it turns out they were using me or abusing the system– it’s on them. When it is hard to tell the difference, err on the side of meeting their needs. The burden to help those in need falls on the body of Christ, not politicians.

Comment on 10 Christian Phrases That Need To Be Excommunicated by bobby

bobby — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:33:10 +0000

anon,its just challenges of life, and u need to get used to it.

Comment on 10 Christian Phrases That Need To Be Excommunicated by bobby

bobby — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:29:31 +0000

hey! y’all r crazy for reals