@FtheIneffable First, I was only making the point that this video pulls Biblical quotes out-of-context. I was not defending the statement pin-head. 2nd - If you believe...You are not a slave to him, it is a choice to heed his words and CHOOSE to follow him.Those who don't will suffer the Wrath of Lucifer. My comments were more of FACT CHECKING than defending Luke interpretation of the Passage. Believing crap like this is exactly why you voted for Obama. No research on your for the TRUTH
This pull-quote from Luke 12, 47-48 is taken out of context, just like the games all politicians play. The master is the Lord, and the Servants are Mankind, serving the Lord by his will. Whether u believe or not, just get it F*ng right.
Luke 12- 38 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the middle of the night or toward daybreak.
and Luke 12, 40 You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”
@Virusacid no, its not out of context. 'Slaves, serve your masters as you would serve your father in heavan.' i heard no comment in the bible that said, 'Slaves, demand freedom, for you are equal to your brothers and sisters.' get it right, jesus' morality was as good as lukewarm bath water. not quite good enuf.
@MrImmoli No it's not for Betty Bowers. She's awesome. It for the kooky weirdos who like to claim that the Bible is the truth and historical documents are fake. King James can suck it.
Some people need to lighten up and learn to laugh. Betty is using satire and humor to show how ignorant, ridiculous, and hypocritical some people are in America. For those who are so deeply offended by Betty words: they need to ask themselves how strong their faith is. It shouldn't bother you in the least if your faith is strong. It's no different than someone saying that the sky is green. And no, the sky is not falling!
@glorytoyahweh1 In the following parable, Jesus clearly approves of beating slaves even if they didn't know they were doing anything wrong. The servant will be severely punished, for though he knew his duty, he refused to do it. "But people who are not aware that they are doing wrong will be punished only lightly. Much is required from those to whom much is given, and much more is required from those to whom much more is given." (Luke 12:47-48 NLT)
@glorytoyahweh1 You know for someone who its putting on the facade of a Christian you are very judgmental and demand proof. Its rather scientific of you to demand proof when "proof" is the exact opposite of what religion is. Religion is faith based not proof based. Its very unchristian like to demand truth and then judge poor mrs. Betty for providing you with the truths of your God. Maybe someone needs to sit and examine oneself and realize how unchristian like you are being. Ill pray for you.
@glorytoyahweh1 Show you where Jesus condones slavery? Better yet: Show me where He condemns it! Please, take your time . . . it was only the most immoral undertaking in the time He lived . . . waiting . . . still . . waiting. . . that's OK . . . take your time . . . let me know where that book of "timeless moral truths" condemns the most egregious immorality in history . . . still waiting . . . what? . . . the Lord gives tips on beating slaves in Exodus . . . goodness!
your god gives rules on how to deal with slaves,,,Jesus never condemns the practice....if you do not know this,,,you do not know your own Bible very well
@MrsBettyBowers Slavery in those times ran the range from chattel bondage to the stewards to houses. It was the lowest social class of the time. Jesus would not have condoned slavery anymore than he would condone poor people scraping a minimum wage at WalMart. Moreover, the verses you chose were him using slavery as a metaphorical device in a parable, which doesn't indicate if he condoned slavery or not. I normally don't nitpick but you did tell me to look it up. I like your videos, though.
@katey1dog "The Founding Fathers envisioned a robustly Christian yet religiously tolerant America, with churches serving as vital institutions that would eclipse the state in importance." Ron Paul.
I would say Ron ERNEST Paul is a religious nut job. He even attend the so called "Value Voters Summit"
You have every right to say that. Being an atheist, I acknowledge that he is a creationist. On the other hand, I agree that EVERY Republican (except for Gary Johnson) on the current ticket is a Corporatist NEOCON nutjob with absolutely no intention of ending these wars.
So, in essence, religion in this discussion is irrelevant. Even my acknowledgement and acceptance of Evolution is irrelevant. What is relevant is that this nation is bankrupt.
@katey1dog “The greatest hoax I think that has been around for many, many years if not hundreds of years has been this hoax global warming.” – Ron Paul on Fox Business, Nov. 4, 2009
“I have accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Savior, and I endeavor every day to follow Him in all I do and in every position I advocate.”-Ron Paul
Especially knowing that Obama is as much a criminal as Bush and Cheney. As Noam Chomsky recently commented, "Bush and Cheney tortures people. Obama just kills them."
As for the Global Warming/Climate Change debate... That is irrelevant also. Right now, the issues that we have as a nation are corporatism, big government, loss of liberty, perpetual wars, bailouts, and the Federal Reserve.
@katey1dog Nice, pull that one out of your ass! And yet Ron Paul owns words make him a fucking loon and you shift the topic just like Ron fucking Ernest Paul!
@katey1dog looks like you need a friend in this thread... haha Betty Bowers, so liberally deluded. How many of the great Fascists and genocialists of the past century were atheists? All of them.
If these guys would lower their hate-filled fleece they would see that Obama has continued Bush's mission creep corporatism. The two parties are controlled by the 1% for corporate-fascism and these guys would rather talk about the failings of others belief systems.
@ParapaDrifter It is disingenuous and irresponsible to say that just because SOME of the evil men in history are atheist, that it implies anything else to anyone.
When you look at Mussolini, for instance, it appears that his foundations of belief was confused - Science did not then or now prove/disprove existance of god(s). He was also very confrontatinal to Christians - attempting to incite God's wrath on himself. However, his views are not a directable cause for his evil actions
@ParapaDrifter When looking at Hitler, it is difficult to say what his beliefs were. In public speeches, he tended to side with Christianity (probably for support of the people). He was officially a memeber of the Church, but he never attended. In Mein Kampf he talks of some obscure form of god which is not Christian.
Then again, there are many pagan influences that can be derived from Hitler's (disgusting) legacy. Whatever the case, he believed in something.
So? Jesus was a pacifist who condemned all acts of violence, even in self-defense (allowed himself to be crucified and forbid Peter to defend him with force). Moreover, he encouraged his followers, not only to abstain from resisting with force, but to actively return good for evil. "Turn and offer the other cheek". Are we assuming he must reiterate this central point of his doctrine whenever force is indirectly referred to (not condoned)? Love your enemies but beat your servants/slaves? Hardly.
@Silenus6 The *only acceptable* thing that Jesus or his mouthpieces could have said regarding the relationships between slaves/servants and masters and still be considered as someone of moral superiority is something along the lines of "masters, free your servants, for my father was wrong, it is always wrong for one person to own another". He didn't say that. He didn't even come close. Thus he fails to live up to the moral pedestal Christians insist we all put him on.
@Arkalius80 Really? Were you there? How do you know what he said or didn't say? At best, we have eye-witness reports, and no firm basis for supposing they have not been heavily edited by religious authorities. What we do have are words telling people to love their enemies and to sell all their possessions and distribute to the poor. I suppose a slave would have been considered a possession. Do you have a better argument than this? Nope. You just have insults for a man far greater than yourself.
@Silenus6 So when it comes to the stuff you claim Jesus did and said, the Bible is a good enough source, but when I want to talk about what he did or said, I have to have been there to have any say. Ok, good just keeping track of the double standards. And suggesting one sell all possessions is not an admonishment of the idea that owning a person is wrong, it just suggests you sell them, which is in fact an implicit endorsement that people as possessions is a-ok.
@Arkalius80 I don't claim to know for certain. I base my understanding on probabilities, and it makes more sense to trust what he allegedly said than to suppose he said ONLY what was attributed to him, or to put words in his mouth. Also, he has more use to me as an archetypal figure than a historical one -- for all I know he is fictional, but that doesn't matter because he has value to me as a psychological, not a historical, reality. To me he is a symbol of love and sacrifice.
@Arkalius80 Also, If it's not okay to have possessions, it wouldn't be okay to have people as possessions. You can argue he condoned selling them, but if everyone followed his teaching nobody would buy or own them. He is alleged to have said and done things with more compassion than anyone I've met, so I find it hard to believe he'd advocate or condone treating people as property, which is something nobody I've met would do. In every provided instance, he sacrificed popular prejudices for love.
@Silenus6 I'll grant that Jesus really didn't have much to say about slavery specifically, but this works against him. He did say that the law (which includes commands to keep slaves and how to treat them) should continue to be followed and that he isn't going to change any of it. If slavery is wrong by God's moral standard, then why did his law condone and in fact command the practice in the first place?
@Arkalius80 Jesus contradicted the law in many ways and replaced it with grace, but he had to be clever and subversive in how he presented his message, otherwise he'd have been killed before he got a chance to deliver it. "Give to God what is God's and to Caesar what is Caesar's" means give all to God. When he says he came not to overthrow the law but to fulfill it, he means he is correcting & perfecting it. "for the law having a shadow of good things to come but not the substance of them..."
@Silenus6 The line about giving to god has nothing to do with Jewish law. And why does Jesus need to correct and perfect the already perfect and correct law of God? Are you saying the perfect God created an imperfect law that needed to be corrected?
@Arkalius80 I never said it did, but it illustrates his subversiveness with respect to law (in that case, the laws of the Romans). You are asking a question which would have been asked by Jesus' persecutors, in an attempt to corner him into saying what would have spelled the early demise of his ministry. To Christ, the law was not a dead but a living thing, which grows as our understanding grows. The Father in Heaven is not the merciless Jehovah of the Old Testament, but Christ was careful here.
@Silenus6 You seem to have evaded the question. The law was given by God, a being supposedly perfect and omniscient. An omniscient being's understanding cannot "grow" because it is already all-encompassing and perfect. We can easily condemn this god for supporting slavery (among many other things). The question is whether Jesus supported it. If he did, he's just as morally depraved. If he didn't, then you have to admit that God was mistaken in his initial iteration of the law.
@Silenus6 You seem to have evaded the question. The law was given by God, a being supposedly perfect and omniscient. An omniscient being's understanding cannot "grow" because it is already all-encompassing and perfect. We can easily condemn this god for supporting slavery (among many other things). The question is whether Jesus supported it. If he did, he's just as morally depraved. If he didn't, then you have to admit that God was mistaken in his initial iteration of the law.
@Silenus6 Ah, the "were you there?" argument. Wouldn't that be the best, most logical argument against the worship of a man 2,000 years dead? Not that I'm an Atheist, mind you, far from it- I'm an ordained minister. However, I would point out that all religions, at all times, make frequent references to special people who talk to & hear from their gods; if your priest talks at a god, then doesn't hear a god's answer what good does that do his community? Need god to talk to you? Ask god & listen.
@solarsoul2012 ever think YOU know NOTHING about the bible or that YOU'VE been MISINTERPRETING it on purpose? could that be a possibility in the realm of existence, huh? could it just be, huh?
@solarsoul2012 when did Christ tell YOU that you were a Christian?
please you just gotta stop your god damned bullshitting. you're not in any way a Christian. you're a god damned judgmental "christian", that's in quotes and with a small "c". and i'll bet as a "christian" you've no clue what that means.
Jesus was an asshole. The guys who killed him were assholes. The guys who followed him were assholes. Why the fuck should we allow ourselves to be hostages of the demented beliefs of these illiterate, ignorant, visious assholes who lived thousands of years ago? Have we not made any progress since then? They can take their beliefs and morality and shove it up their ass, just as I expect humans of the future to say about us.
The internet has many reputable sites of people who have shunned all forms of religion to accept the liberating rationality of atheism. Your profile page suggests that you have psychological problems reflecting religious supremacist delusions and self aggrandisement so you may find it a bit of a struggle to accept anything outside your distorted bubble.
Well, i've had a look at your profile too, and from identifying various tell-tale symptoms, i conclude that you are now helplessly gripped by the particularly nasty Psychological disorder we Professors call 'Imanassoium Anatzafact'(Latin) or more commonly known as CCFS(Chronic Control-Freakery Syndrome), probably as a result of your spoilt brat upbringing.
But worry not, an experimental treatment called 'The Fall Of Western Civilisation' is about to hit the shelves just shortly.
I just love love love your videos. Your production value is amazing, your writing is amazing, your timing is amazing.. and hey you even MIX your audio! Imagine that. Cheers for the great work!
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The passage from Luke you quote is not an endorsement of slavery, so I can only guess that you are stating this satirically as part of your character - you are way too intelligent to have missed the actual meaning.
@klunky You can argue interpretation of one passage all you want, dear. But the truth remains: That slavery is moral and OK is one of the few things upon which both Testaments agree. The Lord even provides handy tips on beating slaves in Exodus. And Jesus tells them to be obedient to their masters. Such timeless, moral truths! Alas, we have strayed from God's Perfect Will in this regard. I'm sure He will come up with some inventive way to kill or otherwise inconvenience us for this lapse.
@MrsBettyBowers Your theology is in line with right wing fundamentalists, including the idea that everything in the Bible is literally endorsed by God.
@MrsBettyBowers The word slave doesn't appear in the NT and "slaves" appears only once, in the Book of Revelations. The Epistles (Ephesians and Titus) exhort SERVANTS to be obedient to their masters. I don't know what word is translated here as servants, but its clearly a different word than is translated as slaves. I can find no verse where Jesus says anything about servants being obedient to their masters.
@Silenus6 You are correct; it was Paul, Christianity's favorite ventriloquist for Jesus, who told slaves to be obedient to their masters. Ephesians 6:5 But do you really think because the King James used the euphemism “servants” these people were like chambermaids at Downton Abbey? They were OWNED, many captured prisoners of war and, as Jesus noted without condemnation, routinely beaten.
@Silenus6 You can say all you want that the word slave isn't used, but the word servant is used plenty. Servant applies to slave. The servants were not paid, there was no monetary gain or trade given. One person owned another person as property and saw fit to treat that person as their property. That is the definition of slavery. The bible was used to condone and condemn slavery. It can be spun any way you like, if you were born 200 years ago, you would be spinning it FOR slavery.
@hcalkin2 So? Jesus was a pacifist who condemned all acts of violence -- even in self-defense (allowed himself to be crucified, and forbid Peter to defend him with force). Moreover, he encouraged his followers, not only to abstain from resisting with force, but to actively return good for evil. "Turn and offer the other cheek". Are we assuming he must reiterate this central point of his doctrine whenever force is indirectly referred to? Love your enemies but beat your servants/slaves?
@PFWoody488 hehe, that's clever. :) I'll let you in on a little secret: I read the spirit, not the letter, of the law. In fact (and this is really gonna blow your mind), I don't even need a bible! I can just look in my heart. But the archetype of Christ, and the wisest words and actions attributed to him, have always been a great help to me in cultivating tender and reverent states of mind. Even if the bible said "slave" I'd know it was a corruption and not Christ. Eat the fruit, leave the rind.
@PFWoody488 Yeah, see, I have a mind of my own, and my own spirit to guide me. I actually pick out my own clothes, too, rather than wearing everything in the store. I'm picky like that. The problem with folks like you is you don't know what mythology means. Yes, it IS mythology. But that's no small thing. It's a representation of forces and dynamics in the life of the soul. The figurative is just as real as the literal, on another level. But enjoy your meaningless mechanistic universe. :D
@PFWoody488 The Christian religion and tradition did not spring up overnight, you know. Nor did it spring fully formed from a single mind. Down thru the centuries, it has been added to and subtracted from. It is a living thing, and all of us who are engaged with it are free to find in it what we will. Each person emphasizes certain things and dismisses others, according to what is needed for them on their unique and individual path. Like Whitman says, "Filter all things thru yourself." Get it?
@alphaenemy Not at all. I'm just aware of the unreliability of so-called "historical documents" when related to religious tradition, and the politics involved in deciding what is canonical or apocryphal. I'm aware that additions have been made, words distorted, things left out, etc., and rely on my own intelligence and intuition to discern the essential character of Christ. The Spirit of Love is constant, but the lens (scripture) is often distorted. That doesn't discount the Spirit.
@alphaenemy Moreover, my views aren't final or dogmatic. Like scientists, I form workable theories based on my present knowledge and consciousness. I interpret Christ, not only in the light of scripture, but in the light of the many documents of spiritually awakened individuals throughout history and around the world. Most importantly, I rely on my heart, and the self-same spirit (in my heart, and in all hearts) which inspired Christ. But don't sweat it. Religion is not for everyone.
Luke 12:47-48 provides an analogy which the people of that time would understand. It does not condone whipping servants but refers to what is commonly done. It illustrates the point that one's level of responsible is relative to their knowledge; that it is not so much the neglect of good works which is a transgression, but the conscious neglect of good works. I'm pretty sure this is something we can all agree on. Someone who "knows better" is more to blame than someone who doesn't.
@Silenus6 Darling, that's such lame sophism, I'm embarrassed for you. Slavery is one of the most immoral things in human history, and Jesus uses the beating of slaves as a benign example of something else? And it doesn't occur to Him to condemn the institution of Slavery either there or anywhere? Clearly, Jesus needed to take a moment and re-prioritize!
@MrsBettyBowers Jesus was a pacifist who condemned all acts of violence -- even in self-defense (allowed himself to be crucified, and forbid Peter to defend him with force). Moreover, he encouraged his followers, not only to abstain from resisting with force, but to actively return good for evil. "Turn and offer the other cheek". Sophistry is to assume he must reiterate this central point of his doctrine whenever force is indirectly discussed. Love your enemies but beat your servants? No, dear.
@MrsBettyBowers Wrong, slavery is not one of the most immoral things in human history, since we live in a world of moral absolutes given to us by the Bible - so since the Bible doesn't say slavery is immoral, it isn't!
@Silenus6 were the servants payed extra to be whipped? Do you know if it was the employment contracts in those days, clean house, feed cattle, let self be whipped by master, somthing like that?
Slavery is illegal now, but lets face it, the Lady completely owned you.
WRONG ALL OF YOU...its gaping holes in vital organs that kill people...as for everything else...eh. I'd rather have an armed person guarding their house. When seconds count, the police are minutes away.
@AntiCitizenX: I don't think it was a statement about which should be regulated more. It was more a comment that the thought process behind "guns are okay" is that same thought process behind "drugs are bad". Meaning that people don't really think these campaigns through. It doesn't matter what side she's taking, she's just pointing out the conflict. At least, that's how I saw it.
@AntiCitizenX The remark was in response to the NRA's famous "Guns Don't Kill People; People Do!" propaganda campaign: You may not agree with the NRA or me, but my comment was hardly a straw man. (And I'm never cheap, unless called upon by Jesus to give money to the poor.)
In that case, is it fair to equate religious right-wing baloney with a high regard for the 2nd Amendment? The way it is presented gives the ironic implication that guns are the thing we should really be regulating more and not drugs. Or maybe that is just my gun-loving paranoia skewing my interpretation of the video message?
@MrsBettyBowers well, truth is when England banned Guns for the Citizens Crime did go up. also look at Switzerland, everyone in that country BY law, must have a Gun in their home.
they also have a very low crime rate.
also during the days of the Wild west, less gun crime happened in the West then in the East, main reason.. is because everyone was packing a gun.
side note. Cowboys feared Farmers more. :) farmers tend to shoot at them for crossing there cattle through their area.
'Thunderfoot Themed Merchandise'- Yo Betty, there is no needier cause than this one...without YT donations, he'd surely be forced to close down his 'Absolutely free - No strings attatched' account.
I mean, it's a wonder the rest of us manage to keep ours going at all, what with the global financial crisis, and 'scamming ignorance' being the only game in town these days, man, it's tough to survive.
My latest production costs were crippling, 2 blank DVD's & a new mouse mat almost ruined me.
@AntiCitizenX That's right. 'Cos just in case the government ever unleases the US Army on its own citizens, it's reassuring to know that there are a handful of overweight, sexually frustrated, middle-aged rednecks clutching 'BIG GUNS' lovingly to their beer guts to protect us.
Don't you think that is a bit of a stereotype? I possess a substantial capacity for violence in my own closet. I train with my weapons regularly, I do not have a beer gut, I'm only 30 years old, I have a girlfriend, and I frequently study the law in my spare time. Plus many gun nuts are former US military servicemen.
Don't you think that is a bit of a stereotype? I possess a substantial capacity for violence in my own closet. I train with my weapons regularly, I do not have a beer gut, I'm only 30 years old, I have a girlfriend, and I frequently study the law in my spare time. Plus many gun nuts are former US military servicemen.
@AntiCitizenX The stereotype is you saying that the American public need guns in case the state turns against them, that is just an excuse for the fact that you love guns. It is childish. American gun deaths are an insult to humanity. Thank heavens a live in a country with no guns.
And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. : jesus.
And yes, that includes the right to keep and bear arms and the right to ingest ANY substance you wish into your own body. Sorry liberals, sorry conservatives.
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@FtheIneffable First, I was only making the point that this video pulls Biblical quotes out-of-context. I was not defending the statement pin-head. 2nd - If you believe...You are not a slave to him, it is a choice to heed his words and CHOOSE to follow him.Those who don't will suffer the Wrath of Lucifer. My comments were more of FACT CHECKING than defending Luke interpretation of the Passage. Believing crap like this is exactly why you voted for Obama. No research on your for the TRUTH
Virusacid 1 week ago
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Virusacid 1 week ago
i disliked american but not anymore thanks to betty for she is a true christian... i love her
bugilator 3 weeks ago
Stephen Colbert's sister
mikkwik 3 weeks ago
I think I'm in love/lust!
Bhurzum 1 month ago
LOVE THIS WOMAN!! :D
djstrano1 1 month ago 2
Deven u rock! :)
cruelbusiness1984 1 month ago
This pull-quote from Luke 12, 47-48 is taken out of context, just like the games all politicians play. The master is the Lord, and the Servants are Mankind, serving the Lord by his will. Whether u believe or not, just get it F*ng right.
Luke 12- 38 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the middle of the night or toward daybreak.
and Luke 12, 40 You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”
Virusacid 1 month ago
@Virusacid no, its not out of context. 'Slaves, serve your masters as you would serve your father in heavan.' i heard no comment in the bible that said, 'Slaves, demand freedom, for you are equal to your brothers and sisters.' get it right, jesus' morality was as good as lukewarm bath water. not quite good enuf.
cruelbusiness1984 1 month ago
I want to make love to this woman.
george77772moons 1 month ago 3
Rofl I love this woman she reminds me a lot of Serial mom lmfao
DespairsAi 1 month ago
Brilliant and ACCURATE!
coolspindrift 1 month ago
I bet it is getting really hard to make a parody that tops the stupid reality of the Jesus Adherents that are running for elected office.
petphotog 1 month ago 3
i like the way you work it work it
wideosvatcher 2 months ago
Is there any way that you'd run for President? You know your shit better than any candidate running.
stroudcb 2 months ago 4
Ephesians 6 (written by the rock on which Jesus built his Church): Slaves, obey your masters. Arbeit macht frei.
gamerunknown 2 months ago 5
I love you!
scottygeiler 2 months ago
I wanna bang Betty.
g0dh4x 2 months ago in playlist Uploaded videos 4
BettyBower you're wonderfully intelligent & insightful :^) great video's.
hanson666999 2 months ago
"......blessed are the starving---no one at Whole Foods would even blink!" hahahahah
MarkinArabia 2 months ago
This god guy doesn't exist. He's a figment of your imagination and your desire to be accepted. Want a book to read?: The God Delusion
ripredblack 2 months ago
@ripredblack
If you are telling the maker of this video to read that, this video is a joke.
MrImmoli 2 months ago
@MrImmoli No it's not for Betty Bowers. She's awesome. It for the kooky weirdos who like to claim that the Bible is the truth and historical documents are fake. King James can suck it.
ripredblack 2 months ago
'The Gospel Of America' by Mrs Betty Bogus!
DastardlyDawkins 2 months ago
Betty you are brilliant!
Keep it up!!
michaelraymcd 3 months ago
Some people need to lighten up and learn to laugh. Betty is using satire and humor to show how ignorant, ridiculous, and hypocritical some people are in America. For those who are so deeply offended by Betty words: they need to ask themselves how strong their faith is. It shouldn't bother you in the least if your faith is strong. It's no different than someone saying that the sky is green. And no, the sky is not falling!
yootoob1958 3 months ago 14
@glorytoyahweh1 In the following parable, Jesus clearly approves of beating slaves even if they didn't know they were doing anything wrong. The servant will be severely punished, for though he knew his duty, he refused to do it. "But people who are not aware that they are doing wrong will be punished only lightly. Much is required from those to whom much is given, and much more is required from those to whom much more is given." (Luke 12:47-48 NLT)
alphaenemy 4 months ago
@glorytoyahweh1 You know for someone who its putting on the facade of a Christian you are very judgmental and demand proof. Its rather scientific of you to demand proof when "proof" is the exact opposite of what religion is. Religion is faith based not proof based. Its very unchristian like to demand truth and then judge poor mrs. Betty for providing you with the truths of your God. Maybe someone needs to sit and examine oneself and realize how unchristian like you are being. Ill pray for you.
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@glorytoyahweh1 Show you where Jesus condones slavery? Better yet: Show me where He condemns it! Please, take your time . . . it was only the most immoral undertaking in the time He lived . . . waiting . . . still . . waiting. . . that's OK . . . take your time . . . let me know where that book of "timeless moral truths" condemns the most egregious immorality in history . . . still waiting . . . what? . . . the Lord gives tips on beating slaves in Exodus . . . goodness!
MrsBettyBowers 4 months ago 30
@MrsBettyBowers
your god gives rules on how to deal with slaves,,,Jesus never condemns the practice....if you do not know this,,,you do not know your own Bible very well
GaryPearl 4 months ago
@MrsBettyBowers
Slavery never went away, they just changed the terms, that's all.
Welcome to the Panopticon, Betty. :)
DastardlyDawkins 2 months ago
@MrsBettyBowers Will you bash Scientology too?
worldends08 2 months ago
@MrsBettyBowers Slavery in those times ran the range from chattel bondage to the stewards to houses. It was the lowest social class of the time. Jesus would not have condoned slavery anymore than he would condone poor people scraping a minimum wage at WalMart. Moreover, the verses you chose were him using slavery as a metaphorical device in a parable, which doesn't indicate if he condoned slavery or not. I normally don't nitpick but you did tell me to look it up. I like your videos, though.
khatholic 1 month ago
@khatholic So... Jesus never directly spoke-out against slavery? Hmmm...
FtheIneffable 1 week ago
@the drugs and guns thing.
Don't ban guns because they don't kill people, people kill people. Just ban people instead.
luccaskunk 4 months ago
I'M SO GLAD BETTY IS BACK ON YOUTUBE.
JejunumJake 4 months ago 2
Lol! I got an ad for Liberty University!!
Jahaison 4 months ago
The Seven Last Words of Christ:
"I can see my house from here."
wllm4785 4 months ago
AWESOME :-)
ObviouslyMatRyan 5 months ago 3
yeay! Betty is back
rebbyra 5 months ago 4
Ron Paul 2012
Saw the money bomb advertisement and had to say it. Besides, she's basically talking about his platform. Liberty.
katey1dog 5 months ago
@katey1dog Go crawl into a hole and take a long nap.
zyxek 5 months ago
@zyxek
Negative.
katey1dog 5 months ago
@katey1dog "The Founding Fathers envisioned a robustly Christian yet religiously tolerant America, with churches serving as vital institutions that would eclipse the state in importance." Ron Paul.
I would say Ron ERNEST Paul is a religious nut job. He even attend the so called "Value Voters Summit"
jesushatesyoutoo 4 months ago
@jesushatesyoutoo
You have every right to say that. Being an atheist, I acknowledge that he is a creationist. On the other hand, I agree that EVERY Republican (except for Gary Johnson) on the current ticket is a Corporatist NEOCON nutjob with absolutely no intention of ending these wars.
So, in essence, religion in this discussion is irrelevant. Even my acknowledgement and acceptance of Evolution is irrelevant. What is relevant is that this nation is bankrupt.
violet2048 4 months ago
@jesushatesyoutoo
katey1dog made last remark. Not Violet.
katey1dog 4 months ago
@katey1dog “The greatest hoax I think that has been around for many, many years if not hundreds of years has been this hoax global warming.” – Ron Paul on Fox Business, Nov. 4, 2009
“I have accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Savior, and I endeavor every day to follow Him in all I do and in every position I advocate.”-Ron Paul
jesushatesyoutoo 4 months ago
@jesushatesyoutoo
So he's Christian? So what? It is irrelevant.
Especially knowing that Obama is as much a criminal as Bush and Cheney. As Noam Chomsky recently commented, "Bush and Cheney tortures people. Obama just kills them."
As for the Global Warming/Climate Change debate... That is irrelevant also. Right now, the issues that we have as a nation are corporatism, big government, loss of liberty, perpetual wars, bailouts, and the Federal Reserve.
violet2048 4 months ago
@jesushatesyoutoo
Again, katey1dog, not violet
katey1dog 4 months ago
@katey1dog Sorry, Ronpaulbots fucking piss me off!
jesushatesyoutoo 4 months ago
@jesushatesyoutoo
Believe me, Obamazombies REALLY piss me off. :-)
But if that's the best you can do, there's no wonder why Dr. Paul is gaining in the polls.
katey1dog 4 months ago
@katey1dog No mistake! Ron Paul is a religious NUTJOB!!!
jesushatesyoutoo 4 months ago
@jesushatesyoutoo
Nutjob? Sorry, he's nowhere NEAR the nutjob that ANY of these contenders are, even Obama.
Oh, remember this, Obama is a murderer.
katey1dog 4 months ago
@katey1dog Nice, pull that one out of your ass! And yet Ron Paul owns words make him a fucking loon and you shift the topic just like Ron fucking Ernest Paul!
jesushatesyoutoo 4 months ago
@jesushatesyoutoo
Ending the wars makes him a loon? Closing down overseas bases makes him a loon?
:-/ You're not making any sense.
katey1dog 4 months ago
@katey1dog looks like you need a friend in this thread... haha Betty Bowers, so liberally deluded. How many of the great Fascists and genocialists of the past century were atheists? All of them.
If these guys would lower their hate-filled fleece they would see that Obama has continued Bush's mission creep corporatism. The two parties are controlled by the 1% for corporate-fascism and these guys would rather talk about the failings of others belief systems.
NATIONALIZE THE FED & Vote Ron Paul.
ParapaDrifter 4 months ago
@ParapaDrifter It is disingenuous and irresponsible to say that just because SOME of the evil men in history are atheist, that it implies anything else to anyone.
When you look at Mussolini, for instance, it appears that his foundations of belief was confused - Science did not then or now prove/disprove existance of god(s). He was also very confrontatinal to Christians - attempting to incite God's wrath on himself. However, his views are not a directable cause for his evil actions
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@ParapaDrifter When looking at Hitler, it is difficult to say what his beliefs were. In public speeches, he tended to side with Christianity (probably for support of the people). He was officially a memeber of the Church, but he never attended. In Mein Kampf he talks of some obscure form of god which is not Christian.
Then again, there are many pagan influences that can be derived from Hitler's (disgusting) legacy. Whatever the case, he believed in something.
TheScottKirk 4 months ago in playlist More videos from MrsBettyBowers
darling, you're as churlish as the day you were born... you just keep getting it altered! sigh.
mralexgray 5 months ago
Yup americans are cowards this much is true
699backstab 5 months ago
Lol! I love your work Betty. Well done!
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electrovox1212 5 months ago
So? Jesus was a pacifist who condemned all acts of violence, even in self-defense (allowed himself to be crucified and forbid Peter to defend him with force). Moreover, he encouraged his followers, not only to abstain from resisting with force, but to actively return good for evil. "Turn and offer the other cheek". Are we assuming he must reiterate this central point of his doctrine whenever force is indirectly referred to (not condoned)? Love your enemies but beat your servants/slaves? Hardly.
Silenus6 5 months ago
@Silenus6 The *only acceptable* thing that Jesus or his mouthpieces could have said regarding the relationships between slaves/servants and masters and still be considered as someone of moral superiority is something along the lines of "masters, free your servants, for my father was wrong, it is always wrong for one person to own another". He didn't say that. He didn't even come close. Thus he fails to live up to the moral pedestal Christians insist we all put him on.
Arkalius80 5 months ago
@Arkalius80 Really? Were you there? How do you know what he said or didn't say? At best, we have eye-witness reports, and no firm basis for supposing they have not been heavily edited by religious authorities. What we do have are words telling people to love their enemies and to sell all their possessions and distribute to the poor. I suppose a slave would have been considered a possession. Do you have a better argument than this? Nope. You just have insults for a man far greater than yourself.
Silenus6 5 months ago
@Silenus6 So when it comes to the stuff you claim Jesus did and said, the Bible is a good enough source, but when I want to talk about what he did or said, I have to have been there to have any say. Ok, good just keeping track of the double standards. And suggesting one sell all possessions is not an admonishment of the idea that owning a person is wrong, it just suggests you sell them, which is in fact an implicit endorsement that people as possessions is a-ok.
Arkalius80 5 months ago
@Arkalius80 I don't claim to know for certain. I base my understanding on probabilities, and it makes more sense to trust what he allegedly said than to suppose he said ONLY what was attributed to him, or to put words in his mouth. Also, he has more use to me as an archetypal figure than a historical one -- for all I know he is fictional, but that doesn't matter because he has value to me as a psychological, not a historical, reality. To me he is a symbol of love and sacrifice.
Silenus6 5 months ago
@Arkalius80 Also, If it's not okay to have possessions, it wouldn't be okay to have people as possessions. You can argue he condoned selling them, but if everyone followed his teaching nobody would buy or own them. He is alleged to have said and done things with more compassion than anyone I've met, so I find it hard to believe he'd advocate or condone treating people as property, which is something nobody I've met would do. In every provided instance, he sacrificed popular prejudices for love.
Silenus6 5 months ago
@Silenus6 I'll grant that Jesus really didn't have much to say about slavery specifically, but this works against him. He did say that the law (which includes commands to keep slaves and how to treat them) should continue to be followed and that he isn't going to change any of it. If slavery is wrong by God's moral standard, then why did his law condone and in fact command the practice in the first place?
Arkalius80 5 months ago
@Arkalius80 Jesus contradicted the law in many ways and replaced it with grace, but he had to be clever and subversive in how he presented his message, otherwise he'd have been killed before he got a chance to deliver it. "Give to God what is God's and to Caesar what is Caesar's" means give all to God. When he says he came not to overthrow the law but to fulfill it, he means he is correcting & perfecting it. "for the law having a shadow of good things to come but not the substance of them..."
Silenus6 5 months ago
@Silenus6 The line about giving to god has nothing to do with Jewish law. And why does Jesus need to correct and perfect the already perfect and correct law of God? Are you saying the perfect God created an imperfect law that needed to be corrected?
Arkalius80 5 months ago
@Arkalius80 I never said it did, but it illustrates his subversiveness with respect to law (in that case, the laws of the Romans). You are asking a question which would have been asked by Jesus' persecutors, in an attempt to corner him into saying what would have spelled the early demise of his ministry. To Christ, the law was not a dead but a living thing, which grows as our understanding grows. The Father in Heaven is not the merciless Jehovah of the Old Testament, but Christ was careful here.
Silenus6 5 months ago
@Silenus6 You seem to have evaded the question. The law was given by God, a being supposedly perfect and omniscient. An omniscient being's understanding cannot "grow" because it is already all-encompassing and perfect. We can easily condemn this god for supporting slavery (among many other things). The question is whether Jesus supported it. If he did, he's just as morally depraved. If he didn't, then you have to admit that God was mistaken in his initial iteration of the law.
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@Silenus6 You seem to have evaded the question. The law was given by God, a being supposedly perfect and omniscient. An omniscient being's understanding cannot "grow" because it is already all-encompassing and perfect. We can easily condemn this god for supporting slavery (among many other things). The question is whether Jesus supported it. If he did, he's just as morally depraved. If he didn't, then you have to admit that God was mistaken in his initial iteration of the law.
Arkalius80 5 months ago
@Silenus6 Ah, the "were you there?" argument. Wouldn't that be the best, most logical argument against the worship of a man 2,000 years dead? Not that I'm an Atheist, mind you, far from it- I'm an ordained minister. However, I would point out that all religions, at all times, make frequent references to special people who talk to & hear from their gods; if your priest talks at a god, then doesn't hear a god's answer what good does that do his community? Need god to talk to you? Ask god & listen.
dumbelton 5 months ago
MrsBettyBowers, you are my new hero for the week!
xretrovertigox 5 months ago
I love your pear necklace for al the wrong reasons. ;-)
ShawnsterVideos 5 months ago
@BlackMetalPoser Yes. Myself, I can't stand a gun bigot and a hoplophobe. Good post.
FaganRoberts 5 months ago
I just hope that children don't watch your videos, you are a disgrace to humanity.
solarsoul2012 5 months ago
@solarsoul2012
? why a disgrace? Since when is the truth a disgrace? Doesn't your god promote truth?
rflooker 5 months ago
@rflooker She either knows nothing about the bible, or she is misinterpreting it on purpose. watch?v=Dc8mlfMJOpc&feature=channel_video_title
solarsoul2012 5 months ago
@solarsoul2012 ever think YOU know NOTHING about the bible or that YOU'VE been MISINTERPRETING it on purpose? could that be a possibility in the realm of existence, huh? could it just be, huh?
wntoply6 4 months ago
You are not a christian at all.
solarsoul2012 5 months ago
@solarsoul2012 when did Christ tell YOU that you were a Christian?
please you just gotta stop your god damned bullshitting. you're not in any way a Christian. you're a god damned judgmental "christian", that's in quotes and with a small "c". and i'll bet as a "christian" you've no clue what that means.
wntoply6 4 months ago
@wntoply6 I'm not christian. Besides, who are you to judge? Quit trolling like an immature brat and get yourself a life.
solarsoul2012 4 months ago
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@solarsoul2012 obviously you're not Christian!
and who am i to judge, well, if you can judge, who the fuck are you to say i can't?
additionally, you don't like comments that expose you for the ignorant ass you are, then don't make stupid judgmental proclamations!
remember, you post stupidity, expect to be corrected, and if deserved, in spades!
wntoply6 4 months ago
The Big Bang occurred when God exploded.
brokenscimitar 5 months ago
Jesus was an asshole. The guys who killed him were assholes. The guys who followed him were assholes. Why the fuck should we allow ourselves to be hostages of the demented beliefs of these illiterate, ignorant, visious assholes who lived thousands of years ago? Have we not made any progress since then? They can take their beliefs and morality and shove it up their ass, just as I expect humans of the future to say about us.
topperheartramada 5 months ago 2
I found Jesus. He was dead on a cross.
brokenscimitar 5 months ago
@brokenscimitar
In your overtly limited opinion, just how many Atheist converts have turned their back on religion, as a result of being mocked and ridiculed?
Child's play, huh?
:)
DastardlyDawkins 5 months ago
@DastardlyDawkins
The internet has many reputable sites of people who have shunned all forms of religion to accept the liberating rationality of atheism. Your profile page suggests that you have psychological problems reflecting religious supremacist delusions and self aggrandisement so you may find it a bit of a struggle to accept anything outside your distorted bubble.
brokenscimitar 5 months ago
@bs
Thnx Doc :)
Well, i've had a look at your profile too, and from identifying various tell-tale symptoms, i conclude that you are now helplessly gripped by the particularly nasty Psychological disorder we Professors call 'Imanassoium Anatzafact'(Latin) or more commonly known as CCFS(Chronic Control-Freakery Syndrome), probably as a result of your spoilt brat upbringing.
But worry not, an experimental treatment called 'The Fall Of Western Civilisation' is about to hit the shelves just shortly.
DastardlyDawkins 5 months ago
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@5random1 "Jesus is coming." all over your face... seriously, fuck religion
Typhoonbladefist 5 months ago
I just love love love your videos. Your production value is amazing, your writing is amazing, your timing is amazing.. and hey you even MIX your audio! Imagine that. Cheers for the great work!
smpaudio 5 months ago 3
AMERICA!!!!
666head 5 months ago
@666head FUCK YEAH
GuacamoleKun 5 months ago 2
I love Betty more than Jesus
Yakovich 5 months ago
Praise be to you and the Landover Baptist Church.
hybriddefect 5 months ago
I <3 BB
PaulClark85 5 months ago
Blessed is Mrs Betty Bowers! She has such perfect hair!
tybrady64 5 months ago 4
:D
petercomet1 5 months ago
god bless america
lukallajovic 5 months ago
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The passage from Luke you quote is not an endorsement of slavery, so I can only guess that you are stating this satirically as part of your character - you are way too intelligent to have missed the actual meaning.
klunky 5 months ago
@klunky You can argue interpretation of one passage all you want, dear. But the truth remains: That slavery is moral and OK is one of the few things upon which both Testaments agree. The Lord even provides handy tips on beating slaves in Exodus. And Jesus tells them to be obedient to their masters. Such timeless, moral truths! Alas, we have strayed from God's Perfect Will in this regard. I'm sure He will come up with some inventive way to kill or otherwise inconvenience us for this lapse.
MrsBettyBowers 5 months ago 86
@MrsBettyBowers Your theology is in line with right wing fundamentalists, including the idea that everything in the Bible is literally endorsed by God.
klunky 5 months ago
@MrsBettyBowers The word slave doesn't appear in the NT and "slaves" appears only once, in the Book of Revelations. The Epistles (Ephesians and Titus) exhort SERVANTS to be obedient to their masters. I don't know what word is translated here as servants, but its clearly a different word than is translated as slaves. I can find no verse where Jesus says anything about servants being obedient to their masters.
Silenus6 5 months ago
@Silenus6 You are correct; it was Paul, Christianity's favorite ventriloquist for Jesus, who told slaves to be obedient to their masters. Ephesians 6:5 But do you really think because the King James used the euphemism “servants” these people were like chambermaids at Downton Abbey? They were OWNED, many captured prisoners of war and, as Jesus noted without condemnation, routinely beaten.
MrsBettyBowers 5 months ago 43
@Silenus6 You can say all you want that the word slave isn't used, but the word servant is used plenty. Servant applies to slave. The servants were not paid, there was no monetary gain or trade given. One person owned another person as property and saw fit to treat that person as their property. That is the definition of slavery. The bible was used to condone and condemn slavery. It can be spun any way you like, if you were born 200 years ago, you would be spinning it FOR slavery.
braedencowbrough 5 months ago
@Silenus6 The word doulos appears all over the Bible; it means slave in Greek but is often wrongly translated as servant
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@hcalkin2 So? Jesus was a pacifist who condemned all acts of violence -- even in self-defense (allowed himself to be crucified, and forbid Peter to defend him with force). Moreover, he encouraged his followers, not only to abstain from resisting with force, but to actively return good for evil. "Turn and offer the other cheek". Are we assuming he must reiterate this central point of his doctrine whenever force is indirectly referred to? Love your enemies but beat your servants/slaves?
Silenus6 5 months ago
@Silenus6 Wow.
Must be cool to be able to read the Galilean dialect of Aramaic.
Just what is the Aramaic word for slave anyway?
PFWoody488 4 months ago
@PFWoody488 hehe, that's clever. :) I'll let you in on a little secret: I read the spirit, not the letter, of the law. In fact (and this is really gonna blow your mind), I don't even need a bible! I can just look in my heart. But the archetype of Christ, and the wisest words and actions attributed to him, have always been a great help to me in cultivating tender and reverent states of mind. Even if the bible said "slave" I'd know it was a corruption and not Christ. Eat the fruit, leave the rind.
Silenus6 4 months ago
@Silenus6
So you take the parts of the Bible that suit you, and disregard the whatever you find to be unacceptable or inconvenient.
How convenient for you.
Since you feel free to interpret your 'holy' book however it suits your mood, so will I... as mythology.
Have fun in the cafeteria picking and choosing.
PFWoody488 4 months ago
@PFWoody488 Yeah, see, I have a mind of my own, and my own spirit to guide me. I actually pick out my own clothes, too, rather than wearing everything in the store. I'm picky like that. The problem with folks like you is you don't know what mythology means. Yes, it IS mythology. But that's no small thing. It's a representation of forces and dynamics in the life of the soul. The figurative is just as real as the literal, on another level. But enjoy your meaningless mechanistic universe. :D
Silenus6 4 months ago
@PFWoody488 The Christian religion and tradition did not spring up overnight, you know. Nor did it spring fully formed from a single mind. Down thru the centuries, it has been added to and subtracted from. It is a living thing, and all of us who are engaged with it are free to find in it what we will. Each person emphasizes certain things and dismisses others, according to what is needed for them on their unique and individual path. Like Whitman says, "Filter all things thru yourself." Get it?
Silenus6 4 months ago
@Silenus6 Oh, cool. So you just make up the shit that you think Jesus said and ignore what's supposedly historically documented?
alphaenemy 4 months ago
@alphaenemy Not at all. I'm just aware of the unreliability of so-called "historical documents" when related to religious tradition, and the politics involved in deciding what is canonical or apocryphal. I'm aware that additions have been made, words distorted, things left out, etc., and rely on my own intelligence and intuition to discern the essential character of Christ. The Spirit of Love is constant, but the lens (scripture) is often distorted. That doesn't discount the Spirit.
Silenus6 4 months ago
@alphaenemy Moreover, my views aren't final or dogmatic. Like scientists, I form workable theories based on my present knowledge and consciousness. I interpret Christ, not only in the light of scripture, but in the light of the many documents of spiritually awakened individuals throughout history and around the world. Most importantly, I rely on my heart, and the self-same spirit (in my heart, and in all hearts) which inspired Christ. But don't sweat it. Religion is not for everyone.
Silenus6 4 months ago
Luke 12:47-48 provides an analogy which the people of that time would understand. It does not condone whipping servants but refers to what is commonly done. It illustrates the point that one's level of responsible is relative to their knowledge; that it is not so much the neglect of good works which is a transgression, but the conscious neglect of good works. I'm pretty sure this is something we can all agree on. Someone who "knows better" is more to blame than someone who doesn't.
Silenus6 5 months ago
@Silenus6 Darling, that's such lame sophism, I'm embarrassed for you. Slavery is one of the most immoral things in human history, and Jesus uses the beating of slaves as a benign example of something else? And it doesn't occur to Him to condemn the institution of Slavery either there or anywhere? Clearly, Jesus needed to take a moment and re-prioritize!
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@MrsBettyBowers Jesus was a pacifist who condemned all acts of violence -- even in self-defense (allowed himself to be crucified, and forbid Peter to defend him with force). Moreover, he encouraged his followers, not only to abstain from resisting with force, but to actively return good for evil. "Turn and offer the other cheek". Sophistry is to assume he must reiterate this central point of his doctrine whenever force is indirectly discussed. Love your enemies but beat your servants? No, dear.
Silenus6 5 months ago
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@MrsBettyBowers Wrong, slavery is not one of the most immoral things in human history, since we live in a world of moral absolutes given to us by the Bible - so since the Bible doesn't say slavery is immoral, it isn't!
neverfearchrisishere 5 months ago
@Silenus6 were the servants payed extra to be whipped? Do you know if it was the employment contracts in those days, clean house, feed cattle, let self be whipped by master, somthing like that?
Slavery is illegal now, but lets face it, the Lady completely owned you.
Shofoxy 5 months ago 2
@MrsBettyBowers :
Slavery also mentioned in Jeremiah 2:14 Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled? Jeremiah 2:13-15
Love your work!
sgeagle1963 4 months ago
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@MrsBettyBowers
Slavery is also mentioned in Jeremiah 2:14 Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled? Jeremiah 2:13-15
Love your work!
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@MrsBettyBowers
Slavery is also mentioned in Jeremiah 2:14 Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled? Jeremiah 2:13-15
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sgeagle1963 4 months ago
Well said...thank goodness I am Canadian!
HugeJohn51 5 months ago 2
Agree with it all. Im a christian, so i took some of it with a pinch of salt. But even on the christian things I partly agreed on.
JoshD667 5 months ago
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SuperOxideDimutase 5 months ago
WRONG ALL OF YOU...its gaping holes in vital organs that kill people...as for everything else...eh. I'd rather have an armed person guarding their house. When seconds count, the police are minutes away.
scootkh 5 months ago
@AntiCitizenX: I don't think it was a statement about which should be regulated more. It was more a comment that the thought process behind "guns are okay" is that same thought process behind "drugs are bad". Meaning that people don't really think these campaigns through. It doesn't matter what side she's taking, she's just pointing out the conflict. At least, that's how I saw it.
enchantedphoenix13 5 months ago 2
@enchantedphoenix13
You're probably right. I think my gun-toting paranoia just kicked in a little too much on that one.
AntiCitizenX 5 months ago
"If you're not offending someone..." the you're dead.
satanisthetruegod666 5 months ago
I like guns and I am not ashamed of that. =^_^=
If someone uses a weapon, they are responsible for where the bullet hits.
Guns are tools, it is the application of these tools that makes the difference between safe fun, terrible accidents, and tragedies.
BlankPicketSign 5 months ago
Blessed are guns. Because guns DO kill people. That's whole damn point of owning them. Or do you think a state monopoly on violence is a good thing?
I liked the video, but the bit about firearms was a cheap straw man.
AntiCitizenX 5 months ago
@AntiCitizenX The remark was in response to the NRA's famous "Guns Don't Kill People; People Do!" propaganda campaign: You may not agree with the NRA or me, but my comment was hardly a straw man. (And I'm never cheap, unless called upon by Jesus to give money to the poor.)
MrsBettyBowers 5 months ago 52
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In that case, is it fair to equate religious right-wing baloney with a high regard for the 2nd Amendment? The way it is presented gives the ironic implication that guns are the thing we should really be regulating more and not drugs. Or maybe that is just my gun-loving paranoia skewing my interpretation of the video message?
AntiCitizenX 5 months ago
@MrsBettyBowers well, truth is when England banned Guns for the Citizens Crime did go up. also look at Switzerland, everyone in that country BY law, must have a Gun in their home.
they also have a very low crime rate.
also during the days of the Wild west, less gun crime happened in the West then in the East, main reason.. is because everyone was packing a gun.
side note. Cowboys feared Farmers more. :) farmers tend to shoot at them for crossing there cattle through their area.
Dogmeat1950 5 months ago
@MrsBB
'Thunderfoot Themed Merchandise'- Yo Betty, there is no needier cause than this one...without YT donations, he'd surely be forced to close down his 'Absolutely free - No strings attatched' account.
I mean, it's a wonder the rest of us manage to keep ours going at all, what with the global financial crisis, and 'scamming ignorance' being the only game in town these days, man, it's tough to survive.
My latest production costs were crippling, 2 blank DVD's & a new mouse mat almost ruined me.
DastardlyDawkins 5 months ago
@AntiCitizenX That's right. 'Cos just in case the government ever unleases the US Army on its own citizens, it's reassuring to know that there are a handful of overweight, sexually frustrated, middle-aged rednecks clutching 'BIG GUNS' lovingly to their beer guts to protect us.
USERNAMEfieldempty 5 months ago 2
@USERNAMEfieldempty
Don't you think that is a bit of a stereotype? I possess a substantial capacity for violence in my own closet. I train with my weapons regularly, I do not have a beer gut, I'm only 30 years old, I have a girlfriend, and I frequently study the law in my spare time. Plus many gun nuts are former US military servicemen.
AntiCitizenX 5 months ago
Don't you think that is a bit of a stereotype? I possess a substantial capacity for violence in my own closet. I train with my weapons regularly, I do not have a beer gut, I'm only 30 years old, I have a girlfriend, and I frequently study the law in my spare time. Plus many gun nuts are former US military servicemen.
AntiCitizenX 5 months ago
@AntiCitizenX The stereotype is you saying that the American public need guns in case the state turns against them, that is just an excuse for the fact that you love guns. It is childish. American gun deaths are an insult to humanity. Thank heavens a live in a country with no guns.
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@USERNAMEfieldempty
"The stereotype is you saying that the American public need guns in case the state turns against them"
It's not a stereotype. It's an argument.
"the fact that you love guns."
Actually, I hate them. I just hate the prospect of others having them over me more.
"American gun deaths are an insult to humanity."
True.
"Thank heavens a live in a country with no guns."
Actually, your country has lots of guns. They are just owned by the state.
AntiCitizenX 5 months ago 2
@AntiCitizenX Ya good vid but the bit about Guns was just a cheap shot. and a hint of liberal...nothing to due with Religion.
and guns don't kill people might as well say knifes kill people lol.
Dogmeat1950 5 months ago
@G0Tim0thy Godwin arrives!
TheNeverborn 5 months ago
Awesome, so true!
tazdeville55 5 months ago
Logic Boner....
Debbie321lopez 5 months ago 4
haha that was great
FamilyGuyRS 5 months ago
And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. : jesus.
ITSNOSHER 5 months ago
I thought the sock in the airport scanner image was pretty hilarious.
pocoapoco2 5 months ago
There is an alarming number of people who can't recognize satire... it's sad really.
dingo2306 5 months ago 6
Lol it's all the things we know are true
MrBjrellul 5 months ago
make more videos !!!
Jonica1991 5 months ago
Legalize freedom.
And yes, that includes the right to keep and bear arms and the right to ingest ANY substance you wish into your own body. Sorry liberals, sorry conservatives.
FaganRoberts 5 months ago
@FaganRoberts Does that include dehydrated fetus?
LuniaVideo 5 months ago
@LuniaVideo
It's my right as an American to smoke a baby!
CzarAdam2009 5 months ago
@LuniaVideo Yes. I like my baked baby chickens.
FaganRoberts 5 months ago
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What an incredibly stupid video.
M00nGlitz 5 months ago
@M00nGlitz I'm sure you're more into the WWE videos. Go there. You stupid fucking Christian.
JRCrowley 5 months ago
Perfect
jrnemanich 5 months ago 2
I wanna see Betty Bowers in porn.
LostManSays 5 months ago
bullets always get a bad rap -- they need a better publicist!!!!!!
SkaterLA 5 months ago 2