Who's inspired you more?

Who's more relevant to your life?

Throughout my entire fandom, I've been aetheist then Buddhist.

So definately Prince.

The life and words of Jesus, totally.

Prince mos def.
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Jesus

I'm wiccan. So most definatly Prince

Agnostic, so Prince

LMAO! What a blood-curdling thread.

From my experience of reading the Bible, and reading about it, Jesus is a fictional character, a character who's attributes existed several millenia before Christs purported birth in a plethora of identical tales from all around the globe.

Jesus certainly does not inspire me! And comparing Prince to a character that is hailed as the son of God is just bad taste!

medina said:

Yeah ... the whole stigmata thing makes picking up the 6 string too painful these days (I'm told)

L

It looks like we have a winner in the "most stupid thread of the month" award

Prince.

medina said:

Honestly, Prince, but I yearn for Jesus.....

Do you not have any respect for other people's beliefs? Of all the Thread's I have read on this site this is the most insulting, the statement insults Christ and Christians, you may think that it is quite 'witty' to mock the Lord God but come Judgement Day when you have to face the Holy One I wonder how 'inspired' you will be by the experience?

As Prince has said on many occasions his inspiration comes from God, I do not think that he would feel very happy about being in competition with our Lord's only begotten Son. If Jesus dying on the cross for your redemption is not inspirational then the Dark Angel has your soul and only through his deeds are you inspired.

Do your self a favour and ask for forgiveness.

SPOOKYGAS said:

You're talking out of your big fat hairy ass.

As usual Christians think their beliefs are the truth, and everyone else is in denial.

You started off your little diatribe by scorning those who don't respect other people's beliefs, then go on to tell all us heathens were going to Hell and should repent our sins!

I don't believe in your God, and I don't believe in your devil - both are man-made ideas used for social control. That is my opinion, and it's based on reading, reading more evidence than some translated, edited, hatchet-job of a Bible.
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sro100 said:

Prince.

SPOOKYGAS said:

Thanks for Judging, which is a trait more common in Christians than love itself, which is supposed to be the most defining characteristic of Christians.

So how do you show you represent the Lord, by judging others that answers questions like this honestly?

If I'm going to hell, I'll make sure to speak to you since you'll be down there with all us "sinners" also.

SPOOKYGAS said:

I AGREE

MetroArea said:

I think this is a legit question.

I don't believe in Jesus as being The Messiah. I do believe there could have been a mystic from Nazareth, who taught that we should transcend "scripture" as it was known then, but as far as being divine, I think we all have the same divinity within us.

With all that said, this character of Jesus is still inspiring. Myths are great places to look for inspiration, and I think we could all do with a little more of the mythic in our daily lives.

I would have to say though, that my answer would have to be Prince, simply due to his transcendence of gender, as well as societal/scriptural values of the day, and his use of music to create a new reality and avenue of said transcendence. I use to look to Prince when I would start hesitating about wearing that too funky outfit to school back in the day, or started to stifle my more far-out creative tendencies. He would remind me not to compromise for anyone. Also, the whole mixing of sexuality and spirituality was definitely right up my alley. And I loved where he was going in the 90s, with all that cosmic/universal all-inclusiveness, before the bad times started and he seemed to retreat into a spiritual shell from which he has yet to escape.

But I'm hoping this last bit's just a temporary setback


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Phantastique said:

SPOOKYGAS said:

My two cents:I agree with you on some points. Instead of condemning non-Christians by telling them they're going to hell, simply ask them not to mock our beliefs.This is how alot of Christians get a bad rep by instantly condemning those who choose not to believe. Whether you believe in Christ or not, you should at least respect other beliefs' by not mocking them. I'm a Christian and never would i think to judge others who aren't or talk ill of their god(s) or lack thereof. I think to a certain extent we all have our own guidelines that we live by and shouldn't be judged based on that. Keep your insulting comments to yourselves.
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Snap said:

I can imagine this thread getting locked, but I'll add this before it does.

Let's say there was someone called Jesus who existed at this time.

The attributes of his life bare a striking similarity, too close for just coincidence, to a plethora of other myths, legends, tales, religions and beliefs - all of which predate the Jesus story, many by millenia.

So, either:

a) the story of Jesus is not to be taken literarly, it's an allegory with inner spiritual teachings, and the universal story of his life has been told countless times before and since, and the story in the Bible is but one of these re-tellings, interpreted and set in a specific time that the audience could identify with.

b) As above, but a man called Jesus did actually exist at the time, and the Universal myth of this character was grafted onto this real person's life after his death in order to carry on the Universal myth in this newly founded religion.

c) You ignore all the evidence and believe the devil created all those other characters with identical lives to Jesus, he created them BEFORE Jesus was born, in order to discredit the Son of God (this is what Christians believe, apparently).

A and B are highly plausable, C is laughable.

MetroArea said:

That's been my take on it. There have been many parallels of these biblical stories from other cultures. Moving away from man-made literature I use my own experiences to guide me. There's obviously a creator/spirit/intelligence beyond our own if you will. Never has this creator felt the need to break the laws of physics and nature to get a point across. All that we need and need to know is here at our fingertips. It's man who decided that something more was necessary to keep people in line and as a result these stories have been passed down for thousands of years.

I wouldn't doubt that there are facts in the Bible such as the floods (other cultures attest to that story) and also a man named Jesus for that matter. Even if the events recorded truly happened is it possible that his miracles were just things people in that region hadn't seen before? He had been gone for 18 years or so hadn't he? I personally look to the Bible for its wisdom from time to time. Just because a story isn't 100% non-fiction doesn't mean it isn't of value.

I was raised Catholic and my family remains so and I have learned to atleast respect the various religions-- atheism is another matter. Questioning one's beliefs from time to time is a good thing so let's not get defensive.

I guess this is the wrong forum for all of this but back to the question. The funny thing is that Jesus is still more influential to me than Prince. Besides, Prince isn't any more real to me than Jesus. I don't know either of them personally.

whodknee said:

Definately - From what I can see, the Old Testament is a factual, extremely truncated and skewed version of the Earth's, and man's history - only the names, time-frames and such have been altered/forgotten, and Adam & Eve are mearly representatives rather than actual people.

whodknee said:

Most definately. Questioning is essential to finding the truth, and isn't that what we are all looking for spiritually - The truth of it all? I was raised Methodist myself, so I come from a Christian background, but I questioned it, and the answers I found didn't give me confidence in Christianity.

freakyfeet said:

Is this another Prince V MJ thread?

it's a tie. i'm getting a Jesus tatoo and a P tatoo, hehe.

del
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