What Saves You - Page 2

TheMercenary · 03-30-2007, 12:02 PM

Who wrote the Bible? That should answer most of the problems of today. http://www.angelfire.com/pa/greywlf/links.html

Shawnee123 · 03-30-2007, 12:07 PM

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DanaC · 03-30-2007, 12:17 PM

Hahahahah. Hahahahah. Shit I just choked on my PotNoodle.

Hahaha.

Flint · 03-30-2007, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Who wrote the Bible?

If there is a Satan, I believe he might have been the one to take something so beautiful and twist it into what it is today.

Griff · 03-30-2007, 12:29 PM

ouchy

Spexxvet · 03-30-2007, 12:49 PM

Did somebody fart?

Hime · 03-30-2007, 01:31 PM

I get annoyed at church signs a lot. My suspicion is that the messages are written to appeal to the people who already go to the church, or make a reference to something said in a sermon, etc, and don't really take into account that other people see them too.

I got really annoyed by one that said "Be ye fishers of men: you catch them, He'll clean them." My SO (who is a Christian) explained that Jesus told his disciples to be "fishers of men," meaning that they should convert people to Christianity. The phrasing really bothers me, though, in that just because I do not view the world through the teachings of Christianity, doesn't mean to me that I'm dirty and need to be "cleaned" (or have my head cut off, which is what "cleaning" a fish means!). He didn't understand why it bothered me, because it's an idiom that he's used to, but the me it really seemed overly hostile to non-Christians.

I don't think it necessarily occurs to the people who write the signs that people who see them might feel bad about being referred to in that way.

Flint · 03-30-2007, 02:26 PM

Several people have commented on who exactly the intended audience of these signs might be, so let me weigh in on that point...

...by observing that the signs are placed way out, as close as possible to a busy roadway, so that all passing motorists see them in their normal field of vision while driving by. If I wasn't intended to see it, or understand it enough to make intelligent comments about it, then they should have just printed it up in the church bulletin and handed it out to their members on Sunday morning.

If, however, they stick it in my face, so that I see it on the way to work, then I am the intended audience, by definition.

lumberjim · 03-30-2007, 02:34 PM

they might as well say

Sundae · 03-30-2007, 02:36 PM

I see countless adverts on television that so obviously aren't aimed at me. For example the Febreeze ad that features a dog - nope, no dog smell to cover up in my flat. I bought Febreeze because my sofa had been in storage.

Just because you see it, doesn't mean it is targeted to appeal to you.

Sheldonrs · 03-30-2007, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

but then, a little further down the road, i saw this one:

I'm on my knees ready for the service to begin!!!

Spexxvet · 03-30-2007, 02:51 PM

I was saved by an ice hockey goalie. I must be a puck.

Spexxvet · 03-30-2007, 02:53 PM

lumberjim · 03-30-2007, 02:56 PM

wait, we're wrecking this thread. i like it though.....

Flint · 03-30-2007, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Just because you see it, doesn't mean it is targeted to appeal to you.

I didn't say it was targeted to appeal to me, I said it was targeted for me to see it.

03-30-2007, 12:02 PM	#16
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03-30-2007, 12:29 PM	#20
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03-30-2007, 12:49 PM	#21
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03-30-2007, 02:26 PM	#23
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Several people have commented on who exactly the intended audience of these signs might be, so let me weigh in on that point... ...by observing that the signs are placed way out, as close as possible to a busy roadway, so that all passing motorists see them in their normal field of vision while driving by. If I wasn't intended to see it, or understand it enough to make intelligent comments about it, then they should have just printed it up in the church bulletin and handed it out to their members on Sunday morning. If, however, they stick it in my face, so that I see it on the way to work, then I am the intended audience, by definition. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

03-30-2007, 12:17 PM	#18
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Hahahahah. Hahahahah. Shit I just choked on my PotNoodle. Hahaha.

03-30-2007, 01:31 PM	#22
Hime Extraordinary Machine Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Outside of Washington, DC Posts: 307	I get annoyed at church signs a lot. My suspicion is that the messages are written to appeal to the people who already go to the church, or make a reference to something said in a sermon, etc, and don't really take into account that other people see them too. I got really annoyed by one that said "Be ye fishers of men: you catch them, He'll clean them." My SO (who is a Christian) explained that Jesus told his disciples to be "fishers of men," meaning that they should convert people to Christianity. The phrasing really bothers me, though, in that just because I do not view the world through the teachings of Christianity, doesn't mean to me that I'm dirty and need to be "cleaned" (or have my head cut off, which is what "cleaning" a fish means!). He didn't understand why it bothered me, because it's an idiom that he's used to, but the me it really seemed overly hostile to non-Christians. I don't think it necessarily occurs to the people who write the signs that people who see them might feel bad about being referred to in that way.

03-30-2007, 02:34 PM	#24
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03-30-2007, 02:36 PM	#25
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I see countless adverts on television that so obviously aren't aimed at me. For example the Febreeze ad that features a dog - nope, no dog smell to cover up in my flat. I bought Febreeze because my sofa had been in storage. Just because you see it, doesn't mean it is targeted to appeal to you. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

03-30-2007, 02:51 PM	#27
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	I was saved by an ice hockey goalie. I must be a puck. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

03-30-2007, 02:53 PM	#28
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	__________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

03-30-2007, 02:56 PM	#29
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	wait, we're wrecking this thread. i like it though..... __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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