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Why Calvin Is Cool; An Infomercial for Calvinism
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| Michael Spencer
Posted on 04/20/2006 11:16:00 AM PDT by Gamecock
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To: blue-duncan
the official credit card will follow as soon as the machine is fixed. Oooh. Credit card. Can I get an expense account? I've had my eye on a new laptop for some time now.
Oh, and 30 pieces of silver would be particularly poetic.
"Come over to the Dark Side - we have cookies."
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posted on
04/21/2006 1:05:20 PM PDT
by
jude24
("The Church is a harlot, but she is my mother." - St. Augustine)
To: Corin Stormhands
DOB - 1/1/1900
Social Security - 000-000-0002 (thanks for nothing, Mr. Roosevelt)
Bank Account - my mattress
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posted on
04/21/2006 1:06:37 PM PDT
by
jude24
("The Church is a harlot, but she is my mother." - St. Augustine)
To: jude24; blue-duncan; xzins
"Come over to the Dark Side - we have cookies."Neener churches serve better coffee. You won't find a rusty can of Yuban in our Church kitchen.
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posted on
04/21/2006 1:41:23 PM PDT
by
P-Marlowe
(((172 * 3.141592653589793238462) / 180) * 10 = 30.0196631)
To: P-Marlowe; jude24; blue-duncan; xzins
Neener churches serve better coffee. You won't find a rusty can of Yuban in our Church kitchen. And we pentecostals ~never~ serve decaf.
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posted on
04/21/2006 1:48:31 PM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
(HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
To: P-Marlowe; jude24; xzins; Corin Stormhands; Alex Murphy; Gamecock; Frumanchu; HarleyD
"Neener churches serve better coffee. You won't find a rusty can of Yuban in our Church kitchen."
That's a big AMEN to that. Our donuts are fresh and you don't have to scrape the green stuff off of the danish either. You won't have to fumble with the old hymnals since the worship songs are on the overhead and the scripture is there along with the sermon outline so you can't go to sleep during the service or hide in the books.
To: JWinNC
Thanks for taking time to respond. I did look up both on wikepidea, but you explanation is much more detailed.
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posted on
04/21/2006 2:10:06 PM PDT
by
wmfights
(Lead, Follow, or Get Out Of The WAY!)
To: wmfights
No problem... hope you get something out of it.
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posted on
04/21/2006 2:13:09 PM PDT
by
JWinNC
(www.anailinhisplace.net)
To: blue-duncan; jude24; xzins; Corin Stormhands; Alex Murphy; Gamecock; Frumanchu; HarleyD
Just to recap the thread it appears that while calvinists may be "cool", Neeners are a lot cooler.
Neener! Neener! Neener!
N3
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We've got better coffee, better donuts, better Video screens and to top it off, we have shields and battle cries.
What have they got?
A ping list.
I rest my case.
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posted on
04/21/2006 2:16:21 PM PDT
by
P-Marlowe
(((172 * 3.141592653589793238462) / 180) * 10 = 30.0196631)
To: P-Marlowe; blue-duncan; jude24; xzins; Corin Stormhands; Alex Murphy; Gamecock; Frumanchu; ...
"while calvinists may be "cool", Neeners are a lot cooler."
Or, perhaps more well fed...
To: blue-duncan; P-Marlowe; Corin Stormhands
Let's examine this analytically, shall we?
Our donuts are fresh and you don't have to scrape the green stuff off of the danish either.
Considering I'm one of those masochists trying to run my first marathon while in law school, danishes aren't exactly something I should be eating. (It's tough enough being a marathon runner with a weak spot for chocolate chip cookies.)
Neener churches serve better coffee
The uber-Reformed elder in my Presbyterian church is a Starbucks connoisseur. No Taster's Choice in this church. So we're okay coffee-wise.
You won't have to fumble with the old hymnals since the worship songs are on the overhead
I only use hymnbooks when I visit my parent's church. Most churches have gone to projectors.
the scripture is there along with the sermon outline so you can't go to sleep during the service or hide in the books.
Not a selling point. I have a non-traditional translation that I like to follow along in since it tells me all the Greek textual and transaltion issues.
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posted on
04/21/2006 2:31:56 PM PDT
by
jude24
("The Church is a harlot, but she is my mother." - St. Augustine)
To: jude24
Let's examine this analytically, shall we?No.
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posted on
04/21/2006 2:35:19 PM PDT
by
P-Marlowe
(((172 * 3.141592653589793238462) / 180) * 10 = 30.0196631)
To: P-Marlowe
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posted on
04/21/2006 2:36:07 PM PDT
by
jude24
("The Church is a harlot, but she is my mother." - St. Augustine)
To: P-Marlowe; blue-duncan; jude24; xzins; Corin Stormhands; Alex Murphy; Frumanchu; HarleyD; ...
What have they got? We have history:
Actual photos taken in Wittenberg at THE Cathedral
We have cool flowers:
We have Ann Colter:
We have custom plates:
We see the world
We have a table reserved in Munich during the last week in September:
What is it you have? You have a reserved seat:
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posted on
04/21/2006 2:42:14 PM PDT
by
Gamecock
( "I save dead people" -- God (Eph 2:5)
To: Gamecock
We have Ann Colter: That's not a selling point. I watched her debate Janet Reno at my school. I entered rooting for Ms. Coulter, and walked out aghast that all she had were ad hominem diversions. Janet Reno, with all her platitudes, still wiped the floor with Ann.
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posted on
04/21/2006 2:44:46 PM PDT
by
jude24
("The Church is a harlot, but she is my mother." - St. Augustine)
To: jude24
Ladies and Gentlemen, I ask you:
vs.
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posted on
04/21/2006 2:49:57 PM PDT
by
Gamecock
( "I save dead people" -- God (Eph 2:5)
To: Gamecock
Ms. Coulter is more fun to look at (too thin, tho); but I report what I saw. More than a few times my classmates and I gasped as Coulter hit a new low.
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posted on
04/21/2006 2:51:56 PM PDT
by
jude24
("The Church is a harlot, but she is my mother." - St. Augustine)
To: jude24
Everyone has a bad day (probably more) Jude. Calvinists know that.
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posted on
04/21/2006 2:53:29 PM PDT
by
Gamecock
( "I save dead people" -- God (Eph 2:5)
To: Gamecock
I'm not convinced it was a bad day; it was consistent with her columns.
I'm just not a fan of bombastic rhetoric. Not when it's irrelevant insults, anyway. A joke here and there is cool, but Ann's schtick is to shock.
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posted on
04/21/2006 2:55:42 PM PDT
by
jude24
("The Church is a harlot, but she is my mother." - St. Augustine)
To: Gamecock; blue-duncan; jude24; xzins; Corin Stormhands; Alex Murphy; Frumanchu; HarleyD
IIRC, I recently saw a picture of Mr. Bobblehead crossing the Tiber. And it does appear that he is bowing ever so slightly toward's St. Peter's.
I will admit that you guys probably have better beer, but we have better art:
So....
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posted on
04/21/2006 3:00:25 PM PDT
by
P-Marlowe
(((172 * 3.141592653589793238462) / 180) * 10 = 30.0196631)
To: Gamecock
The picture of Calvin looking sideways is great. That beer looks soooooooooo good. Quite a while back we used to be able to get a Bavarian beer 'round these here parts called Monkschof. It was great!, but evidently can't be had anymore, 'cause the
sons took over the business...
By the way, and though I'm a little afraid to ask, what is a neener?
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posted on
04/21/2006 3:16:13 PM PDT
by
AlbionGirl
("A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety. - Aesop")
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