Rembones: not if live in Newtown !
Me: Indeed. Praying for Newtown.
Dealer: roadglide wins Main Pot ($2,960)
Rembones: That won't help***
We sensed a resistance right away to anything related to God. But in light of the bloodbath at a Newtown, Connecticut grade school, we realize some people want to talk through the issues involved. So we continued:
Me: What do you recommend?
Rembones: Try our best to identify people like that BEFORE it's to late, and have mental health facilities ava
Rembones: ilable for the mentally sick***
We have no objection to that. And as an aside, we realize some readers of this poker blog might have a different kind of "sickness" without realizing it. If you're addicted to gambling to the point where it's affecting your relationships and life, help is available. But back to the table....
Me: Sound ideas.
Me: But in the meantime,
Me: praying for God's comfort
Me: on survivors can't hurt.
Rembones: You also need to accept the FACT that you can never design the laws around the extreme exceptions in
Rembones: society !
Me: True. Cain killed Abel.
Me: Long before there were guns
Me: and bombs.
Our last post offered the thought that Satan affected Cain's thinking in Genesis 4....
But each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. - James 1:14-15
So Rembones's ideas seem to have a proper direction. Until....
Rembones: hey will ALL be ***ll of dog *** !
Dealer: roadglide wins Main Pot ($17,920) with Flush, ace high
Me: Part of that was
Me: censored.
Me: But judgment is coming
Me: for all of us.
Rembones: Oh boy, we have one of THOSE people at the table !
Yes, a believer's words can give himself away. But come to think of it, that will be part of the basis for God's ultimate judgment:
But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned. - Matthew 12:36-37
Jesus said these words, which should make us all think about ours. What are you saying? What are you writing online, for that matter? Are they words of good, or of evil (verse 35)?
Clearly Rembones didn't think too "good" (pardon our English) of us, or "those people"....
Me: Those? :-)
Rembones: The goof***ball bible beaters !! What a goof !!
Me: I don't beat it.
Me: I simply believe it.
Rembones: Like I said***........ GOOF !...
Admittedly, some fired-up preachers do pound on the Bible to make their points. For best results, we recommend opening the Bible. Read what it says. Then live by what it tells you to do.
Then I will answer the one who taunts me, for I trust in your word.... Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. - Psalm 119:42, 105
We were facing a bit of taunting at this moment for our beliefs. But instead of responding with more name-calling, we wrote this....
Me: So what is your hope
Me: beyond this life?
Rembones: We DON'T need any of the goofy superstitions, just common sense !
That didn't really answer our question. Here's the answer we find in Scripture:
....A faith and knowledge resting on the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time.... - Titus 1:2
Me: What's your common sense
Me: explanation of what's
Me: beyond this life?
After asking the question again, Rembones may have had enough of us. He went all-in with K-A, as mentioned in the earlier post. We had pocket Queens, and eliminated him from the tournament.
Dealer: flopblogger wins Main Pot ($18,740) with One pair, queens
Me: Do think it over, friend.
We encourage you to do the same thing. If God's promise of eternal life is "superstition" or somehow not good enough for you, what's your alternative? Is it really better?
Rembones left the table with no further comment. But another player observing all this brought the discussion to a close:
petebiz: I guess we will never know
Me: Maybe not in this life. :-/
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