"If he walked in the room, you had to stand up. You couldn't talk to him unless he talked to you in that room. And then you would be seated when he told you to be seated."
These people are seriously fucked in the head to go along that shit.
✔ lust
✔ wrath
✔ greed
✔ pride
gluttony
envy
sloth
Smith has checked off four of the "Seven Deadly Sins." Wow, he is one hell of a good christian role model.
It sounds like he’s acting like a military commander. But even they don’t take themselves all that seriously, they’ll allow people to speak to them and be casual most of the time.
Hello to all of you! I just had a wonderful meal, good wine, an excellent Espresso and several spirit-lifting glasses of Grappa. There, a good spirit if you need one! Yeah, I'm somewhat srunk, and I'm in a really good mood right now. The meal was escellent and the peoöle preparing adn serving it were so lovely adn welcoming! If ou ever get to be in the South-West part of Germany, in the region of Baden-Württemberg, in the small town of Lampertheim, visit " Ristorante Arlequino, Da Nunzio" you won't be disappointed.
Yeah, I feel good now, slightly drunk, belly full of good food and I feel like sharing right now. I wish to tell you all how much I appreciate your "company", your thoughts , your insights and outsights. I had to leave th country that I love, the life that I loved , Sammy, the dog that I love, people that I love behind, and i'm very often very lonely, but when I#m here with you all,I really feel a company. I know it won't happen, but sometimes I wish we could all come together and share an opulent meal at "Da Nunzio" ! Life, Reality, always have been grim and hard for most of the people , and maybe it is due to the fact that our generations are the first to live in somewhat of a comfor, and security(compared to those generations that came before) that we are all so aware and conscious of all the things that are wrong and should be better! But, as I said, right now I'm somewhat drunk and I dond't want to hash my buzz, I rather share with you . And I want to share that we need too be together , in thought, spirit and willingness to overcome the shit that is happening right now. I wnat to believe that the world is full of good people and that the current rise of evil will be crushed by the will of the good pople. Damn, I didn't want to go there, I just wnated to share my feelgood with you. The days are getting longer,more light in he darkness, nature is ready to be reborn in spring ! Let ther be light and warmth for all of us. Feel huged and loved, it's nice to know you are out htere.
Ok, I'm drunk, but not so drunk that I wouldn't re-read what I've written, and I see all of my typos, but in the spirit of the monemt I let them be as they are. Again, huggs for you all and may the coming light shine into our lives and brighten our lives.
My son had to work Christmas Day, but he's got a day off today so I'm cooking Christmas dinner this afternoon. Although the main course isn't particularly traditional, a chicken and leek pie, I'm doing a very traditional Victorian Christmas pudding. Considering it's going to be over 20°, it's probably going to maker us sweat like mad and put us to sleep for the rest of the evening. I'll be opening one of the bottles of wine we got from various real estate agents who sold our house and sold the one we have just moved into. One of them is a bottle of Piper Heidsieck, which I thought was a bit excessive until I realised how much their percentage fee came to. :) They must be coining it at the moment with the price of houses.
It always cracks me up seeing how the Christian church has become so unappealing in modern times that they need hipster preachers and Christian rock to attract young believers. They're like aging pedophiles trying to stay appealing to their target demographic
(Almost) Gone are the days when you couldn't wear bright colors or tight clothes or dance to any music worth dancing to. You don't even have to have a familiarity with scripture anymore to be considered part of their "in-crowd"....because reading the bible takes too much time and effort.
As far as we know, Jesus didn't write anything, and it is doubtful that he spoke Greek. The same goes for those “Apostles”, none of whom wrote any of those 'teachings' we consider gospels today.
New FAFO. Podcaster Doug Kuzma, MAGAt supporter of the Big Lie about the 'stolen' election and anti-vaxx lunatic, is now in a Virginia hospital on a ventilator. They say he needs 'heavy prayers.' Too bad for him that he foolishly rejected what he really needed. Too late now. Those prayers will do him absolutely no good, no matter how much they weigh.
Happy Boxing Day to all our cousins in the Great White North and elsewhere in the world where this day is celebrated.
Speaking of the white stuff, we've got snow here. Was supposed to come in yesterday to give us a white Christmas but held off until today (newspapers said it snowed here yesterday but I never saw any in my immediate neck of the woods. And when I woke up this morning we were still snow-free...until I went outside an hour later. Then it was an instant winter wonderland.
Hey, your post identifies Tavner Smith as the lead pastor of Venue Church, but the accusation of spousal abuse is against the worship pastor (see point number three in the Facebook post you have screenshot). And yet, you claim that Smith was the one putting his wife against the wall.
OT - I just finished watching s01e08 of Santa Inc. There is another scene with full-frontal male nudity, and the elven Conan the Pompadour makes another cameo. There was a slight cliffhanger at the end, so there might be a season two.
I can’t turn on the volume on that video. I’ve watched it several times and don’t see anything untoward (except the body language is suggestive of people who are very familiar/friendly with each other). Does one of them SAY something that indicates infidelity?
Check for cash behind the walls.
With a personality like the one described, better check for *bodies* behind the walls, too.
Sounds pretty par-for-the-course for a prosperity gospel church. It's the spelling and grammar in that Facebook post that are making my eye twitch.
I lurnet ta reed n rite out ta bible. Were you lurnet frum?
"Were you lurnet frum?"
corrected: Were ye lurnet frum?
I thought it was "yew" or maybe "yew'uns".
Weell, evr now n agin I muk a missteak n tipe sumpin rong.
... everytime I see 'etc' spelled 'ect'. I flinch.
I'll play fast and loose with english, but that one bothers me.
Hey! Nobody aksed you! ;)
My sister writes "you'r" every time, whether she means "your" or "you're." How could she possibly make that worse?!?!
I noticed that too. I wouldn't hire that guy for anything
On many times I cringe at other's english.
I was grinding my teeth through the whole thing, and tried to read only every other word. :P
“ Among his reasons for leaving? No accountability, shady finances, and witnessing physical and mental abuse from Smith.”
In other words, a typical megachurch.
Sounds awfully kkkhristain to me.
But it's missing the cash in the walls!
"If he walked in the room, you had to stand up. You couldn't talk to him unless he talked to you in that room. And then you would be seated when he told you to be seated."
These people are seriously fucked in the head to go along that shit.
✔ lust
✔ wrath
✔ greed
✔ pride
gluttony
envy
sloth
Smith has checked off four of the "Seven Deadly Sins." Wow, he is one hell of a good christian role model.
Very, "Do as I say, not as I do."
You have to remember that "god" has "forgiven" him.
As he is his own gawd, most likely true.
Three more sins, and he’s just like Donald Trump!
You get a discount for bundling all seven!
Tavner Smith violated all 7 Deadly Sins, just like TFG. Wonder if Trump will tap Smith as his running mate in '24?
It sounds like he’s acting like a military commander. But even they don’t take themselves all that seriously, they’ll allow people to speak to them and be casual most of the time.
He's modeled himself after Trump.
The whole "When the President stands, nobody sits" part is lifted straight from West Wing.
"Even the pope doesn’t take himself that seriously."
IKR? Have you seen his funny hats?
OT/
Hello to all of you! I just had a wonderful meal, good wine, an excellent Espresso and several spirit-lifting glasses of Grappa. There, a good spirit if you need one! Yeah, I'm somewhat srunk, and I'm in a really good mood right now. The meal was escellent and the peoöle preparing adn serving it were so lovely adn welcoming! If ou ever get to be in the South-West part of Germany, in the region of Baden-Württemberg, in the small town of Lampertheim, visit " Ristorante Arlequino, Da Nunzio" you won't be disappointed.
http://www.ristorante-arlecchino.com/
Yeah, I feel good now, slightly drunk, belly full of good food and I feel like sharing right now. I wish to tell you all how much I appreciate your "company", your thoughts , your insights and outsights. I had to leave th country that I love, the life that I loved , Sammy, the dog that I love, people that I love behind, and i'm very often very lonely, but when I#m here with you all,I really feel a company. I know it won't happen, but sometimes I wish we could all come together and share an opulent meal at "Da Nunzio" ! Life, Reality, always have been grim and hard for most of the people , and maybe it is due to the fact that our generations are the first to live in somewhat of a comfor, and security(compared to those generations that came before) that we are all so aware and conscious of all the things that are wrong and should be better! But, as I said, right now I'm somewhat drunk and I dond't want to hash my buzz, I rather share with you . And I want to share that we need too be together , in thought, spirit and willingness to overcome the shit that is happening right now. I wnat to believe that the world is full of good people and that the current rise of evil will be crushed by the will of the good pople. Damn, I didn't want to go there, I just wnated to share my feelgood with you. The days are getting longer,more light in he darkness, nature is ready to be reborn in spring ! Let ther be light and warmth for all of us. Feel huged and loved, it's nice to know you are out htere.
Ok, I'm drunk, but not so drunk that I wouldn't re-read what I've written, and I see all of my typos, but in the spirit of the monemt I let them be as they are. Again, huggs for you all and may the coming light shine into our lives and brighten our lives.
Tell someone you love them today, because life is short. But shout it at them in German, because life is also terrifying and confusing.
ICH LIEBE DIECH!!!!!
Dich ;-))
Oops!
"Ich bin zu betrunken zum Ficken." :)
Both at the same time rarely leads to enjoyment ;-))
Ich bin ein Berliner. :)
Ich bin ein Mensch. ;-))
:D
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=keqsDS3El6E
Speaking German with a Massachusetts accent. :)
Can't be worse than speaking French with an Ibero-German accent!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JH75Kil173Y
Homonymy between ordinary words and various way to say I am drunk :D
My son had to work Christmas Day, but he's got a day off today so I'm cooking Christmas dinner this afternoon. Although the main course isn't particularly traditional, a chicken and leek pie, I'm doing a very traditional Victorian Christmas pudding. Considering it's going to be over 20°, it's probably going to maker us sweat like mad and put us to sleep for the rest of the evening. I'll be opening one of the bottles of wine we got from various real estate agents who sold our house and sold the one we have just moved into. One of them is a bottle of Piper Heidsieck, which I thought was a bit excessive until I realised how much their percentage fee came to. :) They must be coining it at the moment with the price of houses.
20°C or 20°F?
C ... who still uses F ????????
Muricans.
Ah.....Forgot. I am actually more comfortable with the imperial system myself, but nobody has used it for years. Except for TV screens funnily enough.
The scale really should have been 1000 rather than 100. It's just weird to use decimal points to measure temperature.
Americans. :)
AH HEM some of us science teachers FORBID anything but the metric system in our classes!
When the pandemic is over, remember that Paris is not that far 😝
I would love that, Paris is just 4h from where I live now. Vive la vie, fück the Pandemie.
Prosit!
Dankeschön!
With that kind of attitude, has he considered running for Congress? I'm sure the GQP would love to have him.
It always cracks me up seeing how the Christian church has become so unappealing in modern times that they need hipster preachers and Christian rock to attract young believers. They're like aging pedophiles trying to stay appealing to their target demographic
https://giphy.com/gifs/30-rock-steve-buscemi-peacocktv-JTzPN5kkobFv7X0zPJ
(Almost) Gone are the days when you couldn't wear bright colors or tight clothes or dance to any music worth dancing to. You don't even have to have a familiarity with scripture anymore to be considered part of their "in-crowd"....because reading the bible takes too much time and effort.
You're not making Christianity better, you're just making rock and roll worse!
https://youtu.be/8TsL0DO-c1E
A classic!
" reading the bible takes too much time and effort."
... better to make it up as you go !!
They can cherry pick the few parts needed to make it sound legitimate.
As far as we know, Jesus didn't write anything, and it is doubtful that he spoke Greek. The same goes for those “Apostles”, none of whom wrote any of those 'teachings' we consider gospels today.
Decades ago, a Karen announced that "If the KJV was good enough for Jesus then it's good enough for us!"
f(x)=x²-x-5
OT
New FAFO. Podcaster Doug Kuzma, MAGAt supporter of the Big Lie about the 'stolen' election and anti-vaxx lunatic, is now in a Virginia hospital on a ventilator. They say he needs 'heavy prayers.' Too bad for him that he foolishly rejected what he really needed. Too late now. Those prayers will do him absolutely no good, no matter how much they weigh.
Too bad, so sad. Should have put his faith in a few ccs of medicine instead.
Heavy prayers? Is that like Heavy water?
When regular prayers just won't do, it's time to bring in the heavy stuff.
(How they propose to do this, I don't know. Worldwide podcast?)
Did his church have a 10 Commandments monument anywhere on the property? Was "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery" missing?
So often, the amendments to the first commandment are not mentioned:
1. Commandment/1. Amendment: "Preach water, drink wine!"
2. Amendment: "Don't get caught!"
3. Amendment: "Don't treat your accomplices like shit!"
Those are there only to show heathens how pious they are.
They should have called it Venus church.
https://youtu.be/8LhkyyCvUHk
Venus Church
https://www.liquisearch.com/jefferson_poland/psychedelic_venus_church
Looks like there are 'real' venus churches in PA, TX, FL
Happy Boxing Day to all our cousins in the Great White North and elsewhere in the world where this day is celebrated.
Speaking of the white stuff, we've got snow here. Was supposed to come in yesterday to give us a white Christmas but held off until today (newspapers said it snowed here yesterday but I never saw any in my immediate neck of the woods. And when I woke up this morning we were still snow-free...until I went outside an hour later. Then it was an instant winter wonderland.
What is the estimated street value of all that "snow?"
I tried snorting snow once. Talk about brain freeze.
https://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2021/12/26
Hey, your post identifies Tavner Smith as the lead pastor of Venue Church, but the accusation of spousal abuse is against the worship pastor (see point number three in the Facebook post you have screenshot). And yet, you claim that Smith was the one putting his wife against the wall.
Facts are important, aren’t they?
Sound like the evil is all through the organization.
OT - I just finished watching s01e08 of Santa Inc. There is another scene with full-frontal male nudity, and the elven Conan the Pompadour makes another cameo. There was a slight cliffhanger at the end, so there might be a season two.
Lol
I can’t turn on the volume on that video. I’ve watched it several times and don’t see anything untoward (except the body language is suggestive of people who are very familiar/friendly with each other). Does one of them SAY something that indicates infidelity?