My Jesus can beat up your facts!

[snopes]

Comment: I am curious if snopes.com has any Christian writers. I have
never read an article that puts emphasis on God or the Bible. Snopes seems
to always be opposed to the Bible. I am just curious. It also bothers me,
as a Christian that this site may have a negative influence on God. As I
was reading this article, it seemed to be a lot of opinion, not all fact.
Cristianity requires faith and that faith comes from the almighty God!

[snopes]

this site may have a negative influence on God

I know we're powerful, but ...

- snopes

[Dropbear]

Originally Posted by snopes

I know we're powerful, but ...

- snopes

Maybe the sender is concerned you're p*****g God off and is worried about being in the blast radius (God's aim being a tad wonky a - "Kill'em all and let Me sort 'em out" approach).

Dropbear

this site may have a negative influence on God

There goes God again, hanging around with the wrong crowd. He always was susceptible to peer group pressure.

Cristianity requires faith and that faith comes from the almighty God!

Circular logic?

[Canuckistan]

Originally Posted by Drainfluid

Circular logic?

Made even worse by this bit:

Originally Posted by snopes

As I was reading this article, it seemed to be a lot of opinion, not all fact.

So snopes must be all fact as defined by this person, but this person only needs faith. Hence, apparently no need for fact.

My head hurts.

[Deepfrydegg]

While I have the strong desire to mock this person, as well, let me try to reason my way through this.
Let me know if I am successful in any way:

Originally Posted by snopes

Comment: I am curious if snopes.com has any Christian writers. I have
never read an article that puts emphasis on God or the Bible. Snopes seems
to always be opposed to the Bible. I am just curious. It also bothers me,
as a Christian that this site may have a negative influence on God. As I
was reading this article, it seemed to be a lot of opinion, not all fact.
Cristianity requires faith and that faith comes from the almighty God!

I am sure many of the posters here on Snopes possess strong religious beliefs (myself included). They don't always discuss them on this forum due to the fact many other posters do NOT subscribe to the same faith/tenets. This means they would spend more time to explain their POVs and faith rather than discuss the topics at hand.
Most posters on this site seek to learn and grow by discussing different ideas and learning from those who know more about certain topics than themselves. It is up to the individual reader to decide what to accept as fact and what to dismiss as B***S***.
"Facts" are rarely the issue. What this site allows is for posters to express their opinions about these facts and how they may affect their lives. Naturally, many opinions will conflict with your own. This conflict does not mean they are "right" nor are they "wrong" it just means they see things differently.
Christianity (BTW, you spelled it incorrectly) does require faith, but faith is your relationship with God. Perhaps you should view this site a test of your faith. If you still love God after reading through all the comments on this site, then does it matter to you what the others think/say?

[Ryda Wong, EBfCo.]

Originally Posted by Deepfrydegg

Christianity (BTW, you spelled it incorrectly) does require faith, but faith is your relationship with God. Perhaps you should view this site a test of your faith. If you still love God after reading through all the comments on this site, then does it matter to you what the others think/say?

All excellent points, however, I thought that these comments derive from the website itself, not the message board??

I.E. the commenter is concerned that the Snopes.com writers (i.e. Barbara and Snopes) aren't christian enough.

[Four Kitties]

Originally Posted by Ryda Wong, EBfCo.

All excellent points, however, I thought that these comments derive from the website itself, not the message board??

I.E. the commenter is concerned that the Snopes.com writers (i.e. Barbara and Snopes) aren't christian enough.

Correct. This message was sent to the ULRP mailbox.

This one's mild -- it's not threatening hellfire and brimstone and God will strike you down!!!11!eleventy-one!!1!!

Four Kitties

[iam1funnychick]

Originally Posted by Ryda Wong, EBfCo.

All excellent points, however, I thought that these comments derive from the website itself, not the message board??

I.E. the commenter is concerned that the Snopes.com writers (i.e. Barbara and Snopes) aren't christian enough.

That's what I read, Ryda.

I've read close to every (if not EVERY) tidbit on the site and have NEVER been offended by anything. (I'm a Christian...sorry "Cristian").

Sometimes I do read things on the MESSAGE boards and it hurts a tad bit. Well, not so much "hurts", but kind of an "awww man...." thing.

Maybe she's offended because it doesn't HAVE a religious slant to it - I'm not sure. Kind of reminds me of my church growing up. Southern Baptist. One day, the Preacher asked how many of the congregation thought secular things were bad. (MANY MANY hands raised). Then he asked how many thought secular music was bad. MANY MANY MORE hands raised. Then he promptly told the congregration that they have to stop listening to classical music. Because it's secular. That got the point across.

[Bassist]

Originally Posted by iam1funnychick

Then he promptly told the congregration that they have to stop listening to classical music. Because it's secular. That got the point across.

Sorry - minor bit of a hangin' munchkin

Rather depends on exactly what is meant by "classical music." Much of Bach's compositions were written for use in the church, for instance. Mozart, OTOH, tended to write more secular - check out his Scatological Canons, or any of his popular operas.

Another instance where clear definition of terms would heighten understanding.

[Quantum Leap2]

Yes, I am a Christian but do my religious posting on:

www.ChristiaNet.com forums. There you will find hundreds of topics under discussion.

[snopes]

Comment: Until today I thought the Urban Legends website was highly
reliable. When I questioned the validity of any article, I not only
consulted Snopes, but encouraged my friends to do the same.I received an
email about the new $1 coin with "In GOD WE TRUST" omitted which you
labeled as false. This is not false, I have one of the coins and it is not
there. Way, way down in your article you said it was there but on the edge
of the coin. So, in truth, it is NOT there, it is not visible to the naked
eye. Who has ever looked or would ever think of looking at the EDGE of a
coin? You are intentionally misleading the public. You should have stated
it as true and then give your edge inscription line. This is a Christian
nation, founded on Christian principles by our founding fathers. This is
an attempt to rid this whole nation of any reference to God, and you are
taking part. This is just another attack on the Christian faith. Every
faith is "tolerated" except Christianity. It's ok to offend Christians.
This would not be tolerated if this was about the Muslim, Buddhist or
Hindu faith. I cannot trust anything your website states from now on and
will pass this information on to everyone. Christians are SILENT NO MORE!

[Don Enrico]

This is not false, I have one of the coins and it is not
there. Way, way down in your article you said it was there but on the edge
of the coin. So, in truth, it is NOT there, it is not visible to the naked
eye. Who has ever looked or would ever think of looking at the EDGE of a
coin?

This part puts this whole rant over the edge, doesn't it?



Don Enrico

[Canuckistan]

Way, way down in your article you said it was there but on the edge of the coin. So, in truth, it is NOT there, it is not visible to the naked eye.

Originally Posted by snopes

It's ok to offend Christians.
This would not be tolerated if this was about the Muslim, Buddhist or
Hindu faith. I cannot trust anything your website states from now on and
will pass this information on to everyone. Christians are SILENT NO MORE!

Are there a lot of US coins with "In Allah we trust" on them? Or a buddist or hindu expression? I mean, if every other faith gets to advertise their religion and you dont, I see how you might feel picked on...

[snopes]

Comment: I have read your refutation of the publication by some Christians
to link the biochip, Mondex and the RFID to the number of the beast as
prophesied in the Book of Revelations. You however do not sound convincing
because it appears you do not, in the first place, believe in the prophecy
of the Bible. If you do you will realize that all that is happening in the
world today including the introduction of barcoding as a form of product
identification and now the biochip and the RFID are all part of the
unfolding drama of the end of time as prophesied by the Bible.

Right now you may not realize that what you are doing is contributing to
the fulfillment of prophesy but those of us who are students of
eschatology see it as such. Nobody is saying you should not do it because
it must come to pass as it has been prophesied and so you must do it. Go
ahead with your work but I pray that we shall all live long enough to see
what all that will come to tomorrow.

Those of us who have been called by God as watchmen over his people also
have the responsibility to warn the people of God and for that matter the
whole world that "what has been prophesied is progressively being
fulfilled and so be careful". I can look into the future and predict with
almost 100% accuracy that in the near future, the biocip technology, the
RFID technology and the smartcard technology will be combined to make the
mark of the beast a reality.

For this reason, do not condemn anybody by being abusive. Do your work and
let us do our work. You are either being disingenius or ignorant or simply
untruthfull in your refutation. We shall continue to warn the world of the
unfolding fulfillment of Bible prophecy and the coming of the antichrist.

Thank you

Pastor XXXX XXXXXXX

[Buckle Up]

Originally Posted by snopes

Nobody is saying you should not do it because
it must come to pass as it has been prophesied and so you must do it. Go
ahead with your work but I pray that we shall all live long enough to see
what all that will come to tomorrow.

snopes, Don't do your work anymore...prophesied events will stop, and this guy will shut up!

[Dropbear]

For this reason, do not condemn anybody by being abusive.

That's his job:

You are either being disingenius or ignorant or simply untruthfull in your refutation.

Dropbear

[snopes]

You are either being disingenius or ignorant or simply untruthfull in your refutation.

I don't know whether that means I'm disingenuous, not ingenious, or not a genius.

- snopes

[snopes]

Comment: I agree there are many stories that either are complete
fabrications or portions are inaccurate or they may be largely true. I
have no problem with that, but what I disagree with you is that when you
completely rely on human logic to arrive at whther the story is plausible
as I have had enough miracles[appearing on the humanistic scale as
implausible]happening to me andothers I know so that my conclusion is that
all things are possible with God.