Okay, lets first get a list of upc ministers to start emailing it to first. I'm sure if we begin with them and they mention it in church and send it to their church members it'll spread like wildifire. Think the break-off upc orginization will let us borrow the list they have?
I'll sneak a UPC directory and we'll get started! If we present it like a multi-level marketing scheme, like Melaleuca, and promise them lost of money if they sign people up, we'll have our 40 million in no time! UPCers LOVE multi-level marketing scams.
Hey, that would make a good thread. "How many of you ever did a multi-level marketing scam that went through your church?" I'm gonna post it right now.
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Never heard of it. What is it? Can I get on board?
I have my pen ready, Timmy, you can sign as part of my team!!
Yep, did Melaleuca. Never made much money, but they did have good products. Just hated that minimum monthly requirement. Maybe most people spend $40 a month on that kind of stuff, but we don't.
I have my pen ready, Timmy, you can sign as part of my team!!
Yep, did Melaleuca. Never made much money, but they did have good products. Just hated that minimum monthly requirement. Maybe most people spend $40 a month on that kind of stuff, but we don't.
Dang it, I'm trying to get my multi-level marketing thread started and we're talking it here!!
I tried it for a while. That's the only one. The guy that asked me......TOLD ME......I couldn't really tell him "no." T36-C-7, I think it was. Maybe I need to go buy my own Jeep Cherokee.
Timmy, I liked your original discussion. Is it plausible to you that a lot of personal opinion is contained in the NT? And do you have an opinion on Ananias and Sapphira? Do you believe the story of them and if not, why do you think it's there?
Timmy, I liked your original discussion. Is it plausible to you that a lot of personal opinion is contained in the NT?
Not just plausible. Very likely.
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And do you have an opinion on Ananias and Sapphira? Do you believe the story of them and if not, why do you think it's there?
It may have happened something like it is described. Maybe they really dropped dead, and Peter capitalized on it, or maybe the story was entirely made up, I don't know. Either way, it is very contradictory to scriptures about God's grace and love, among others. (Though it is consistent with some others that talk about God's vengeance and so on.)
Here we have a brand new movement/religion. The leadership (Peter et al) wants to establish its authority, and wants to keep the troops in line. What better way than to spread fear throughout the church? That's what it says happened, BTW. I didn't make that up! Great fear, it says. Twice!
This tradition is alive and well, today. One of my former pastors talked about someone at his previous church who gave him a hard time, and (after a pause for dramatic effect) he died. There's a thread here on AFF about how God might kill you if you mock Him: http://www.apostolicfriendsforum.com...ad.php?t=11167
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That's pretty much it, really. I know from personal experience that a lot of Christians just accept what they're told to believe, without really thinking through all the ramifications.
Yeah, and I think thats why we tolerate you around here. And, I, for one, appreciate the fact that you have made me think on more than one occasion.
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Not just plausible. Very likely.
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This tradition is alive and well, today. One of my former pastors talked about someone at his previous church who gave him a hard time, and (after a pause for dramatic effect) he died. There's a thread here on AFF about how God might kill you if you mock Him: http://www.apostolicfriendsforum.com...ad.php?t=11167
What was the story in that thread that you were trying to get? Both the poster you appear to have been talking to and his/her posts seem to have been cut out. See post #7 in that thread.
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