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ButterflyBlood

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36. I go to a Vineyard church, which believes in memorialism
Mon Jul 9, 2012, 01:04 PM
Jul 2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorialism

Memorialism is the belief held by some Protestant denominations that the elements of bread and wine (or juice) in the Eucharist (more often referred to as The Lord's Supper by memorialists) are purely symbolic representations of the body and blood of Jesus, the feast being established only or primarily as a commemorative ceremony.
It doesn't matter how goofy the dogma looks to outsiders Warpy Jul 2012 #1
This reminds me of another post. rug Jul 2012 #2
LOL, I thought you gave up the habit EvolveOrConvolve Jul 2012 #7
Remember kids; he's always watching.... eqfan592 Jul 2012 #12
Are you posting in a sealed, pressurized cylinder? rug Jul 2012 #41
Just because you can troll, doesn't mean you should troll. eqfan592 Jul 2012 #70
Reading a DU group is not trolling, even if you say it. rug Jul 2012 #73
Are you kidding? trotsky Jul 2012 #21
Reading DU is a hard habit to break. rug Jul 2012 #23
Or trolling a safe haven group for things to try... eqfan592 Jul 2012 #32
It's pretty clear who's trolling what group. rug Jul 2012 #40
Yeah, you posted something Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #44
I reposted an intent to disrupt originally posted in your group. rug Jul 2012 #46
Couple things Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #48
That's three things. rug Jul 2012 #49
Frankly, I don't care what you think about my hosting abilities. Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #50
You're rather persistent for someone who doesn't care. rug Jul 2012 #51
The OP is pointing out what he/she views is an inconsistency. eqfan592 Jul 2012 #55
No, the OP is posting flamebait. rug Jul 2012 #58
If only such evidence existed to substantiate your claim. eqfan592 Jul 2012 #60
There is. Oodles. Look around the thread. rug Jul 2012 #64
Yes, and candy is raining from the skies here. eqfan592 Jul 2012 #66
Now that's just goofy. rug Jul 2012 #68
Not nearly as poetic as calling somebodies point a "crock." eqfan592 Jul 2012 #72
Had you a point, I'd have used another word. rug Jul 2012 #74
Ah, so your unwillingness to acknowledge a point means it doesn't exist. eqfan592 Jul 2012 #75
I am bound by empirical evidence. rug Jul 2012 #77
Oh, you're surely bound by something, rug. eqfan592 Jul 2012 #79
Well said. AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2012 #172
How is my op disruptive? Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #81
Explain this: rug Jul 2012 #88
Discussing the fundamental beliefs of Christianity is disruptive? Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #108
Well, let me see. rug Jul 2012 #115
Again, how is discussing the fundamental beliefs of christianity disruptive? Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #138
Because that's not what you're doing. rug Jul 2012 #146
No I asked a question based on an observed thread in GD. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #150
The only alert I know of about is the one Goblinmonger put on me. rug Jul 2012 #152
If one is going to say mythology is correct and challenge empirical evidence snooper2 Jul 2012 #142
That's all well and good but it's not a playground for coy snark. rug Jul 2012 #147
Good thing for you skepticscott Jul 2012 #175
Shouldn't you be more sensitive? - He's clearly in Agony and is throwing Fits.... xocet Jul 2012 #177
Considering your favorite group, that's rather funny. rug Jul 2012 #180
WOYH...no need to duck...n/t xocet Jul 2012 #182
WKRP rug Jul 2012 #183
No, it isn't.. rug Jul 2012 #178
Because questioning beliefs is problematic - it leads to thinking about said beliefs.... xocet Jul 2012 #176
I have yet to see intellectual rigor displayed in this goup when questionng beliefs. rug Jul 2012 #181
Nice deflection Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #10
I wouldn't expect anything else. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #16
Considering you confuse Aristotlean physics with Aristotlean metaphysics, you shouldn't. rug Jul 2012 #25
actually no, accident and substance are part of his physics. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #35
Sure it is. rug Jul 2012 #45
You must have missed the thread here the last time he asked it. rug Jul 2012 #24
I'm not his nanny. Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #30
Then maybe yos should check yout facts before you snark. rug Jul 2012 #39
The fact that you are deflecting the issue Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #42
The fact is I am spotlighting an intent to disrupt. rug Jul 2012 #47
An intent to post a contentious OP does not equate to an intent to "disrupt" in the manner you... eqfan592 Jul 2012 #56
No, it's the product of intellectual curiosity. rug Jul 2012 #59
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! eqfan592 Jul 2012 #61
Read again. rug Jul 2012 #65
Ahhh, I see, so I should just assume from now on that you are only responding to the title... eqfan592 Jul 2012 #67
Or you may move your lips if it helps. rug Jul 2012 #69
Move my lips? To where, exactly? eqfan592 Jul 2012 #71
Why do you go into AA. You're not an atheist. Evoman Jul 2012 #82
He's been banned from there Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #83
The guy spends his time on DU picking through the atheist safe haven. trotsky Jul 2012 #84
I'll gladly compare the volume of my atheist reading to your volume of theist reading. rug Jul 2012 #87
It's good to be proud of one's obsession, I guess... trotsky Jul 2012 #89
The first step is owning up to it. rug Jul 2012 #95
Get over your strange obsession? trotsky Jul 2012 #96
You guys are so snippy. Evoman Jul 2012 #98
You need to change a vowel. trotsky Jul 2012 #99
Lol...thats funny. He's more into atheists than I am. Evoman Jul 2012 #92
It's hard to feel abandoned when you keep coming over. rug Jul 2012 #86
Just out of curiosity....nothing to do with this conversation. Evoman Jul 2012 #93
That's funny, I keep picturing you with a pirate hat. rug Jul 2012 #94
I have a fedora that I call my "Travelling hat". Evoman Jul 2012 #97
Actually I do. rug Jul 2012 #100
Man, I can't stand facial hair. I gotta shave as soon as I get hair. Evoman Jul 2012 #101
I barely comb my hair in the morning. rug Jul 2012 #102
"keep coming over"? So I shouldn't be here. Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #105
You're the one that talked about abandonment. rug Jul 2012 #114
Post removed Post removed Jul 2012 #116
I'm not the one who posted flamebait for the sake of posting flamebait. rug Jul 2012 #118
lol, saying your behaving like a troll for doing what you do... eqfan592 Jul 2012 #119
As a matter of fact, I discussed it at length in this Group. rug Jul 2012 #120
Oh yes, I'm sure you did rug. eqfan592 Jul 2012 #122
It's a question. Since you raised the issue, answer it or scuttle away. rug Jul 2012 #123
Ahhh, even more baiting! eqfan592 Jul 2012 #124
I see you've answered. It's clear you prefer insinuation to discussion. rug Jul 2012 #126
Actually, I prefer not to have my posts alerted on. eqfan592 Jul 2012 #127
Then perhaps you should not make cowardly, unsubstatiated insinuations. rug Jul 2012 #130
I take offense to that! eqfan592 Jul 2012 #131
You mean like this person did here? Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #137
Better luck on your alerts. rug Jul 2012 #148
I find this tactic of yours shameful, rug Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #136
I find cowardly insinuation shameful, Goblinmonger. rug Jul 2012 #151
The comments indicate Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #135
If that's the only reason you can come up with, it's sadder than I thought. rug Jul 2012 #149
You completely misunderstand me. When you use the metaphor "keep coming over" Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #134
And it's pretty bad to take a shit in the commons. rug Jul 2012 #153
nah, it only looks, smells, and tastes like shit. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #155
I see. You are comparing the Eucharist to shit. rug Jul 2012 #156
well no, I'm claiming that shit can also be transubstantiated. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #157
I doubt that's what you're saying. rug Jul 2012 #160
Give up this round of "Let's find an alert that sticks" Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #161
Between us, the only one who alerted in this thread is you. rug Jul 2012 #162
You think I alerted on eqfan592's post? Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #163
"Most people in Meta agreed with me" rug Jul 2012 #164
Oh, please. Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #165
Lol, you're flailing. rug Jul 2012 #166
Whatever gets you through the night. n/t Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #167
It's not flailing. rug Jul 2012 #169
It is a miracle. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #170
Why shouldn't I? It's DU. rug Jul 2012 #85
No. I don't give a shit what you do. Just strikes me as weird. Evoman Jul 2012 #91
A slight correction LARED Jul 2012 #3
Don't stop him, he's on a roll. rug Jul 2012 #4
Well not quite. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #5
There's no overlap between the churches that teach young earth creationism and the Lydia Leftcoast Jul 2012 #37
That might be true, but how is it relevant? Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #109
it isn't Skittles Jul 2012 #6
Yes. Thank you. PDJane Jul 2012 #8
it would be OK if they kept it to themselves Skittles Jul 2012 #9
+80,152 Angry Dragon Jul 2012 #14
Gotta love Christianity's ritual cannibalism and vampirism of their deity! backscatter712 Jul 2012 #11
That is very rude. Go back to ridiculing creationism. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #17
Don't forget Christians use an execution device as their primary symbol, backscatter712 Jul 2012 #29
And that's not even the core doctrine... Scootaloo Jul 2012 #78
That's only the Catholic Church, not all of "mainstream Christianity" ButterflyBlood Jul 2012 #13
Yes just eastern and western catholic churches and some Anglicans. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #15
Call it magic, call it what you want. cordelia Jul 2012 #20
I go to a Vineyard church, which believes in memorialism ButterflyBlood Jul 2012 #36
The Catholic Church isn't mainstream? trotsky Jul 2012 #18
On this very board, there is someone who implores everyone else to respect the beliefs of others... trotsky Jul 2012 #19
+1,000,000 Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #31
People here have no problem ridiculing scientology, attacking all of its believers, etc. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #34
It isn't. In fact it's even less goofy than transubstantiation, mr blur Jul 2012 #22
Well, it looks like this OP has achieved its intended result. rug Jul 2012 #26
Asking this as an atheist - why jeer at other beliefs? djean111 Jul 2012 #27
Because they do try to force those beliefs on everybody else. backscatter712 Jul 2012 #33
Who's forcing a consecrated wafer down your throat? rug Jul 2012 #43
The religious right, and you damned well know it. eqfan592 Jul 2012 #113
The religious right is forcing a consecrated wafer down your throat? rug Jul 2012 #117
Wow, you really are only capable of responding to the titles of posts. eqfan592 Jul 2012 #121
Considering this flamebait OP is about transubstantiation, rug Jul 2012 #125
If only your reply was to the OP, your question may have merit. eqfan592 Jul 2012 #128
Oh, tedious bullshit. rug Jul 2012 #129
Tedious bullshit you brought down on yourself. eqfan592 Jul 2012 #132
Nothing has been brought down on me. rug Jul 2012 #133
Tell me, who's forcing those beliefs down on you. If it's on TV, change the channel...if they come demosincebirth Jul 2012 #104
Wow, really? eqfan592 Jul 2012 #112
What ever. Your bigotry for religion is well shown by your statements nt. demosincebirth Jul 2012 #139
That word. I don't think it means what you think it means. n/t Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #140
because we would like to have a planet that isn't driven by thousands year old mythology snooper2 Jul 2012 #143
I Think You Should Start Out by Observing On the Road Jul 2012 #28
Legalism is goofy. jeepnstein Jul 2012 #38
They are the same. A professed belief in a group's goofy beliefs is a way to show group loyalty. AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2012 #52
yeah it does seem to me to be a game. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #144
Quantum Physics? Transubstantiation seems less goofy than creationism if we consider.... Moonwalk Jul 2012 #53
"woo is not explained by invoking the magic phrase 'quantum physics'" - the Chopra Rule. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #145
Granted, and I thank you for reminding me of that--however, Woo would seem to be explained here... Moonwalk Jul 2012 #159
Transubstantiation is a flatout one event only acceptance of magic. It isn't testable. dimbear Jul 2012 #54
You're suggesting that it isn't possible to test transubstantiation of this sort? eqfan592 Jul 2012 #57
Are there experiments to show that 'mystical equivalences' can be false? dimbear Jul 2012 #62
lol, no trouncing is forth coming. eqfan592 Jul 2012 #63
No one is teaching transubstantiation as science rox63 Jul 2012 #76
So your argument is creationism is only OK to laugh at because... eqfan592 Jul 2012 #80
People are welcome to whatever spiritual beliefs they want to believe rox63 Jul 2012 #90
People have all kinds of beliefs that aren't strongly supported by evidence LeftishBrit Jul 2012 #107
This thread begs for a "Religious goofyness rating system". JoePhilly Jul 2012 #103
Excellent idea. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #111
Use a logarithmic scale, like the Richter index. n/t dimbear Jul 2012 #179
While I personally believe in neither, the crucial difference is... LeftishBrit Jul 2012 #106
Well that is indeed a substantial difference. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #110
I don't disagree with that at all ButterflyBlood Jul 2012 #168
I don't think I've ever said... Iggo Jul 2012 #141
If you change the word Dogma to Dog Mess, it makes more sense. Zen Democrat Jul 2012 #154
Transubstantiation is the more goofy. I can actually participate in experiments, SDjack Jul 2012 #158
No one really seems serious about this question but what the hell MattBaggins Jul 2012 #171
Which is sort of the point. An 8 year old can figure this out. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #173
Well, 8 years olds skepticscott Jul 2012 #174
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