Grandpa Harley Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 You just know that the 'event' is the most divisive year in the Christian calender... Each sect praying that the godless apostate heretics, who they 'love', have the scales removed from their eyes and see the inherent and inerrant TRUTH of their version of the cult and covert to your version of the cult immediately, lest they burn in hell Week of Pray for Christian Unity - 18th for eight days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MathGeek Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Right, that will happen...when? When the church comes clean on everything they done wrong, I hardly think so. Plus, when the sawdust-sized specks of other radical congregations stop thinking of the church as the apostate arm of Satan's propaganda machine, and vice versa, will there be a return to Christian unity. But, let's sit back, munch on some popcorn and watch the bloodshed ensue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Sideways Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Yeah, as an atheist, I find myself in the most unlucky spot where I am surrounded by Christians, and maybe a wiccan or two. And I sometimes get told "I will pray for you". I just give them an evil eye and come back with "And I'll think for you" or "And I'll tell my imaginary friend about you". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraphicsGuy Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Christian Unity = Oxymoron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpa Harley Posted January 11, 2008 Author Share Posted January 11, 2008 you have to confess, it's a cage Match worth savouring... First up Benny Hinn vs Benedict XVI... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. S. Martin Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 you have to confess, it's a cage Match worth savouring... First up Benny Hinn vs Benedict XVI... hoooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You're thinking Big Picture/Big Name here. I was thinking bickering American denominations versus the local megachurch. A face-off with the Roman Catholic Pope and the spirit-filled tongue-speaking Benny Hinn of world fame--now that would be worth seeing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpa Harley Posted January 11, 2008 Author Share Posted January 11, 2008 If you're going to do it, do it BIG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. S. Martin Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 If you're going to do it, do it BIG! Okay, I get it. BIG is the word. Getting those two on the same side of the "pond" might be the first BIG CHALLENGE. I'm quite sure they've been on the same continent--what with Hinn's globe-trotting, and possibly in the same country. But this might have been before Benedict was Big Guy. Anyway, nobody knew they were supposed to have a "battle-ax for God" campaign of any sort. Gramps, can you arrange for Hinn to get a "message from God" to visit Rome with a personal message for Pope Benedict any time soon, and can you arrange to have it aired so we can see the Cage Match? I'm thinking that would be in keeping with age-old tradition. Hinn would be living out the evangelical motiff of converting the perverted Catholic. The Pontif would think he was receiving a penitant returning to the Fold of the Fathers; that he had been out five centuries could be overlooked if he traveled to Rome, waited three days barefoot in the snow, and kneeled before the pontifical throne weeping penitential tears as he waited in fear and trembling for forgiveness. Of course, when Hinn was finally received with the right hand of fellowship and the forgiving kiss of peace, he would begin his evangelization campaign. Things would have to be pre-arranged so that the pope would be obligated to hear him out. Possibly he would serve him a meal. Or at least have the Italian version of "coffee" with him. I don't know how these things work. You'll have to get the servants doing the right things at the right time. Maybe have the meal waiting for him and Hinn... Now neither of these guys are young. This could be quite a strain on the elderly bodies. Maybe we need to plan to have a heart specialist on hand just in case. With so much repentance and conversion happening so fast--so much "heart work"--maybe the Spirit will miss its target and just hit the heart of flesh one of these times and we'll have a heart attack on our hands. Hmmm. What do you think? Think you could arrange it? You're a pretty smart guy--intelligent--you know all the tricks of the trade and lots of languages. The pope might not have to be in on the game plan; only Hinn, and possibly some who are working for the pope--just so they do the right things when this American Protestant (Hinn) shows up and starts acting funny (penitant-like and weepy and wanting an audience with the pope). And Hinn doesn't have to know you're an atheist... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. S. Martin Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Of course, Hinn can't have any scrupples about using deception for the Kingdom of God if this is supposed to work. But he doesn't, does he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. S. Martin Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Benny and Benedict. What a set of names! How will the world's non-English-speaking reporters mix and mangle those names? What about those who are of religious backgrounds other than Christian--will the Catholic be reported as begging forgiveness of the Evangelical? They could hardly be expected to know the impossibility of that. No need to worry. None of this will materialize. All the same it's fun to imagine and think about it and realize how it is possible for some crazy things to come to pass that do happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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