Hobo Jungle

[Mitch]

Just the typical politically correct BS in an attempt to not offend anybody. Don't ya know that there's a Constitutional Amendment that states you have the right to not be offended?

[robert.]

Every time you laugh, God loves you.

What if you laughed at a guy accidentally getting a kick in the groin?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Every time you laugh, God loves you.

What if you laughed at a guy accidentally getting a kick in the groin?

Humor is usually at the expense of someone, somewhere......

[rogruth]

Rex,
What government department wrote that?

I thought Rex was mimicking something a government department might typically have composed.

Nah. It's the usual fabricated rubbish generated by people that live in their mother's basement wearing a tin foil hat...........

Is there a difference? Please 'splain'-a-me,

[E7]

Take Note:

http://www.kraftmstr.com/christmas/humo ... eting.html

[Rufus T. Firefly]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPQypHnmUe4

[webenda]

Reflecting on Jesus's Birth, Death and Gifts

So many things are lost to history, but fortunately, the beginnings of Christian anti-Semitism are known. There was a bishop back in Roman times who opposed Christians attending synagogue services. He wrote an open letter where he said that the Jews murdered Jesus. (This was the beginning of the Deicide claim against the Jews.)

The story of Jesus' death is recounted in detail in the New Testament. It's clear that Jesus himself is mostly responsible. He really put the Romans on the spot, and they responded according to their laws. There were only a handful of Jews, mostly associated with high priest Caiaphas, who were to some degree complicit in Jesus' killing. But, you can always count on Christians to misplace anger and hatred.

And you chose December 24 as the perfect moment to make a remark like that. Wow. Down to your established standards, ROY, I must say. Congratulations, on a unique, new low achievement. I honestly do not know anybody else who could have done it. Fortunately.

In this season, over much of the earth, life is all about gifts.

Coming up with what might be considered the ideal gift for someone is not an easy task. After all, the value of the gift will be determined by the receiver. And what one recipient considers best might not be so for another.

For me, it might have been the wind-up toy train I received when I was 6 years old. Not only did it start a lifelong love affair with toy trains, but it started my career in engineering. You see, it wasn't long before I had taken the engine and the cars completely apart to learn how they work. I still remember the mystery of the tabs that eventually broke off from taking the locomotive and cars apart and reassembling them so often. Today the broken tabs are not a mystery, I understand the mechanism behind metal fatigue.

It was understanding of the science behind the universe that led me to study the bible. Such passages as this: "Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change."
--James 1:17 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
are what helped me to understand just what God has given mankind. The Earth is a good example. The Earth supplies us with food, oxygen, gravity (so we do not fly off into space), water and everything else we need or want. One day I was driving my truck thinking about all God has given us and wondered if I should thank God for my Ford F-150. Without God's gift of iron, it would not have a strong backbone (chassis.) Everything, oil for the plastic parts, lubrication, fuels... everything is from God. Yes, thank you, God.

But what is the greatest gift of all? Is it the Bible? Almost, for the Bible reveals God to us. The Bible reveals the creation of all things. Without the Bible, we could only say, "It was all a big accident!" --Neil deGrasse Tyson, "Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey"

Science and the Bible are not at odds. "We are part of this universe; we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts, is that the universe is in us." --Neil deGrasse Tyson. By, "the universe", Neil is referring to the elements of the universe; oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus. The bible reveals the truth behind science: "Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being." --Genesis 2:7 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE). The dust of the ground; oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus. No conflict.
Reference: What are humans made of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compositi ... human_body

But, what is the greatest gift of all? For me, it is this: “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. --John 3:16 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)

God sacrificed his only Son for us, that we may have eternal life.

The Bible reveals a great deal about Jesus's death. It even reveals the date, Jesus died on Nisan 14, 33 C.E. The date of Jesus's birth is not recorded in the Bible, only the date of his death. Why is that? The Bible reveals the answer to that question: "Better is the end of a thing than its beginning;" --Ecclesiastes 7:8 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)

John 12:23-24 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
23 Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.

When Jesus was born, he had not accomplished his mission on Earth. When he died, he had accomplished everything he came for. That is why the events leading to his death are recorded in great detail in the bible.

So, thank you Roy, for bringing up one of those details. It must be important or it would not be revealed in the bible. We should not make ourselves deaf and blind to the truth.

Matthew 26:3-4 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, 4 and they conspired to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

"Thank you, Roy" ?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

"Thank you, Roy" ?

Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

OK. Got it.
And the next time my Christian face is slapped, I'll try to remember that.

[Roy]

...the next time my Christian face is slapped, I'll try to remember that.

You're equating being told the truth, with having your face slapped?

[2railjon]

Beautiful post, Webenda!
Merry Christmas to my fellow hobos!
For your Christmas viewing please, the Lionel Smithsonian 2 Rail Dreyfus on it’s test run!
https://youtu.be/fjwT6bvnUM4

Rat Cat sends seasons greetings also!

[2railjon]

Deus Vult!
Merry Christmas fellow Christians!

[rogruth]

2R Jon,
The Dreyfuss is very nice. Is it yours?

[2railjon]

Roger, yes! I got very lucky on EBay!