[In reply to a post questioning the 'inspiredness' of the bible. It can only describe this one as: 'I dont think therefore I am']
I can only attest to what the Holy Spirit told me to say to my unsaved husband. We used to argue alot. He enjoyed arguing and knew that he could get me "going". He wasn't saved then and said, "Men wrote the Bible" and suddenly I blurted out, "Yes, but they had a Ghost writer-the Holy Ghost". He was speechless and never said that again. When I thanked the Lord and said, "That was so good. Why didn't I think of that before?" The Holy Ghost responded "Because you didn't think of it this time." Then I was speechless.
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"I can only attest to what the Holy Spirit told me to say to my unsaved husband."
You believe that spirits speak to you and you want us to take you seriously?
"We used to argue alot. He enjoyed arguing and knew that he could get me 'going.'"
People who believe in nutty things often get into arguments with more rational people.
"He wasn't saved then and said, 'Men wrote the Bible'"
And he was right.
"and suddenly I blurted out, 'Yes, but they had a Ghost writer-the Holy Ghost.' He was speechless and never said that again."
Just because something you said leaves someone else speechless, does not mean that what you said was correct.
"When I thanked the Lord and said, 'That was so good. Why didn't I think of that before?' The Holy Ghost responded 'Because you didn't think of it this time.'"
Feeling that one has won an agrument can feel pretty good.
The fact that you think you are speaking to spirits is good evidence that you are a deluded nutjob.
"Then I was speechless."
Too bad you didn't stay that way.
He enjoyed arguing and knew that he could get me "going"
Being the sort of person who can be "got going" is, to me, infinitely worse than someone who values debate. I've seen people get "going", and it's not pleasant, but a debate between civilised people exercising self-control can be as calm as a millpond and as enjoyable as a game of chess.
Ghostwriters are people who write the text instead of the person it's credited to. So statement "Men wrote the Bible" and the answer "Yes, but they had a Ghost writer-the Holy Ghost" don't go together. If it's (ghost)written by the holy ghost then people did not write it, negating the "yes" part of the answer. If people really did write it, the holy ghost did not ghostwrite it, since he did not write it at all, humans did.
And I can understand why the husband fell silent. If you are arguing with someone who attributes everything to god or some other supernatural entity, you can't ever hope to convince the person. Therefore discussion is a waste of time (unless it's funny).
Redefinition of words again?. Ghost writer is actually the one who PHYSICALLY WRITES and HAS THE IDEA in behalf of somebody else. I think that the writers of the OT took for granted that they would make perfect "ghost writers" of the work of God. If he had to send prophets and his son to us(who, by the way, was plainly clear to let other people to write in his behalf), it means that they didn´t do a good job, apparently.
Your husband was correct, men wrote the Bible - and they were inspired by their depraved culture, tradition, and religious doctrines of the day - not by God. God had nothing to do with the Bible. You don't deserve a husband as good as the one you have. What you deserve is some nitwhit Fundie that has his brain turned off and who let's you wear the pants in the house.
Your husband was calling the authorities.
(Your) Own Holy Spirit
Your own Holy spirit
A voice under your hair
Talking behind your stare
Your own holy spirit
Someone who can’t hear prayers
Cause he’s not really there
Your head’s made of bone
When you talk we groan
I’d rather have a kidney stone
Then to hear you drone
Fundamentalist believer
Do you have brain fever?
You really seem depressed
Do you need a day of rest?
Or the medicine chest?
I think you’re overstressed
You make me shiver
You’re deep in the crazy river
You’re touched in the head
You’re touched in the head
Your own, holy spirit
Let it be known
That you’re not alone
When you hear a groan
Inside your dome
Pick up the receiver
Not a butcher’s cleaver!
You make me shiver
When your lip begins to quiver
You’re touched in the head
Your own, holy, spirit
I don't doubt he was speechless. Seriously, I can't imagine either of them respects the other. She must think he's evil, and presumably, he thinks she's, at least, gullible. Guess we all have our own deal breakers.
Um.... yah, you might want to talk to someone about this problem of hearing the "holy ghost". Remember when you talk to god its called prayer, but when god talks back its called schitzophrenia (sorry for my bad spelling).
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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