Fwd: Re: cursed trees etc.

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RONCRISS
  I'll try to make this short. Sorry about the caps, I'm new to the 
net and didn't realize that indicated yelling insanely. You all must 
have misinterpreted the evidence there (a little dig!). 
  In the Judeo/Christian paradigm trees and animals are not accorded 
equality with humans. You may choose to differ here if you like. The 
simple fact is that Jesus cursed the fig tree before going into 
Jerusalem. The fig tree is symbolic of Jerusalem or Israel in what 
Christians refer to as the O.T. (see the book of Joel for a significant 
example). When they left Jerusalem the tree was withered. 
Any Jew familiar with the Scriptures would have gotten the message: 
Jerusalem will be destroyed for not accepting the Messiah. I'm sorry 
if this is not clear to you. To me there is no need to argue further 
in its defense because it is so obvious.
  I don't doubt that Jesus also wants us to have faith. I don't 
seriously believe for a minute that he wants us to use it to destroy 
trees or throw stones. But even if I did wither a tree you would 
probably say it was a coincidence, caused by some environmental 
factor (Titus?), not faith (God/Jesus?).

RACERX:
Thats quite an explanation, Ron. I never said it was patently immoral 
to cut down trees (as long as they are your own). I said the story made 
Jesus look insane for cursing a tree, sort of like *you* look when you 
scream at people. Since his "dad" did the same thing (cursed 
the *earth* "because of Adam's sin") its not entirely inconsistent, just 
insane.

It seems you have something against the ecology movement, and thats 
very typical of christians. After all, "all things work together for 
the good" "whatever happens is God's will", and "Jesus will fix 
everything", no matter how bad you mess up the earth. This ignorant 
cop-out makes me sick. Each generation of mindless ecoterrorists thinks 
that Jesus is "coming soon". Each one is wrong, but that doesn't stop 
the next batch from being idiots too. Every week, they pray for Jesus to 
come back, and unleash fire and brimstone upon the earth. Christians are 
such nice people.


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