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RockaFowler

(7,429 posts)
Mon Jun 4, 2012, 02:05 PM Jun 2012

I saw a strange sign today

There are 3 churches right next to my house. One of them is across the street from an Elementary School. From time to time they post little phrases on their little sign in front of the church. Sometimes they are for a certain social event they're having. Others are about letting Jesus into your life. It's OK to see that once in awhile - it's there sign. But this week a new sign went up. It says:

Give Jesus a Try. If you don't like him the Devil will always take you back.

You mean to tell me that it's either Jesus or the Devil?? Nothing else. You either believe in Jesus or you are a Satan worshipper. Am I missing something??

I'm even more perturbed that this is the location where I have to vote each November. Why should this place be allowed to take care of voting?? Hopefully this sign will be down before November . . .

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I saw a strange sign today (Original Post) RockaFowler Jun 2012 OP
You need to understand that its OK for ... JoePhilly Jun 2012 #1
It is black and white with them. YellowRubberDuckie Jun 2012 #2
I'm surprised by the message. Go back to the devil if you don't like Jesus? WOW that is just WOW lookingfortruth Jun 2012 #3
If you have Netflix, watch "Selling God". Avalux Jun 2012 #4
I will thanks RockaFowler Jun 2012 #6
It's black and white Shadowflash Jun 2012 #5
Face it... you're screwed cbrer Jun 2012 #7
They tend to think it's Jesus' way or the Highway to Hell. Lint Head Jun 2012 #8
That's right. So I am a godless heathen, headed straight to hell SammyWinstonJack Jun 2012 #9
See that's the way I feel RockaFowler Jun 2012 #10
I'm both! sakabatou Jun 2012 #13
It's a joke! Mairead Jun 2012 #11
Well... when you go and vote... LiberalFighter Jun 2012 #12
Supposedly, you can be Satan's friend without knowing it. GoCubsGo Jun 2012 #14
Perhaps there should be a law ... GeorgeGist Jun 2012 #15

JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)
1. You need to understand that its OK for ...
Mon Jun 4, 2012, 02:11 PM
Jun 2012

(some) religious people to condemn you to hell whenever they want to.

Some of them will come right to your door, interrupt what you are doing, and then remind you of this fact. They can question your morals and your behavior freely and do so publicly.

Now ... if you oppose them publicly ... if you tell them that you don't care what their imaginary friend tells them to think about you ... it is you who have attacked them.

Not all religious people behave this way ... but its far too common, particularly from the religious right.

Shadowflash

(1,536 posts)
5. It's black and white
Mon Jun 4, 2012, 02:55 PM
Jun 2012

In their religion if you don't accept Jesus you are going to hell to be with Satan.

That's it. There is no more. And more power to them if that's what they want to believe.


Fortunately, for us, that whole thing is just fairy tales dreamed up by illiterate bronze age goat herders and bears no resemblance to reality.

 

cbrer

(1,831 posts)
7. Face it... you're screwed
Mon Jun 4, 2012, 03:04 PM
Jun 2012

You either have to kiss rattlesnakes and fuck little boys, or wear black and commit human sacrfice.

Don't worry about the voting thing. It may turn out to have as little relevance as religion.

Lint Head

(15,064 posts)
8. They tend to think it's Jesus' way or the Highway to Hell.
Mon Jun 4, 2012, 03:06 PM
Jun 2012

I dislike the yellow signs people put in their yards that say Keep your Eyes on Jesus.
I so want to deface them and say Keep your Eyes on the Road!

SammyWinstonJack

(44,130 posts)
9. That's right. So I am a godless heathen, headed straight to hell
Mon Jun 4, 2012, 03:15 PM
Jun 2012

according to my Jebus loving neighbors.


Oh, and I can't see just how evilllllllll Obama is, because I'm not a believer.....

 

Mairead

(9,557 posts)
11. It's a joke!
Mon Jun 4, 2012, 04:49 PM
Jun 2012

C'mon. Even I, despiser of organised religion and notoriously slow on the uptake, immediate saw that it's meant jokingly.

LiberalFighter

(51,393 posts)
12. Well... when you go and vote...
Mon Jun 4, 2012, 04:52 PM
Jun 2012

you could wear a button that says "Jesus Sucks" or not quite as inflammatory it could be "Men wrote the Bible"

GoCubsGo

(32,103 posts)
14. Supposedly, you can be Satan's friend without knowing it.
Mon Jun 4, 2012, 05:00 PM
Jun 2012

The Devil fools people like that, dontcha know. Don't ask me how, but he does.

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