The Devil's greatest trick

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dquan97

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The devil's goal is to get our focus away from walking with God by introducing cults, greed, etc.
 

GasX

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Originally posted by: J0hnny
Don't flame me, but I once heard that:

Satan's greatest trick is getting people to believe in other things and religions and not accepting the real truth, Jesus Christ is our savior and the Son of God.
Wow - that's a convincing argument there... I am going to take off my foil cap and subscribe to your newsletter!
 

Mo0o

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Originally posted by: ThePresence
Originally posted by: Fausto
Originally posted by: ThePresence
Man's greatest trick is to get people to believe that they evolved from apes. :laugh:
You = guilty of throwing gas on the fire. :p
/me hands Fausto marshmellows to roast on the flames of hell. :D

pfff marshmallows? I got 5 steaks and some burger patties in my hell cooler already.
 

DnetMHZ

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Originally posted by: ThePresence
Man's greatest trick is to get people to believe that they evolved from apes. :laugh:

yeah, the invisible man idea is much more believable... :roll:
 

Fausto

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Originally posted by: ThePresence
Originally posted by: Fausto
Originally posted by: ThePresence
Man's greatest trick is to get people to believe that they evolved from apes. :laugh:
You = guilty of throwing gas on the fire. :p
/me hands Fausto marshmellows to roast on the flames of hell. :D
Mmm.....S'Mores!
 

eigen

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Satans greates trick is : the sweet sweet poon. I would sell my soul for some right now. Hey devil I am calling you I will sell my soul to you if you produce lindsay lohan or a reasonably similar facsimile thereof naked and oiled here in my office. Or I will sell it to you If you let me play really good blues guitar.
 

Mo0o

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Originally posted by: dquan97
The devil's goal is to get our focus away from walking with God by introducing cults, greed, etc.

Maybe Christinanity is just a really big and successful cult.
 

J0hnny

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Originally posted by: eigen
Satans greates trick is : the sweet sweet poon. I would sell my soul for some right now. Hey devil I am calling you I will sell my soul to you if you produce lindsay lohan or a reasonably similar facsimile thereof naked and oiled here in my office. Or I will sell it to you If you let me play really good blues guitar.

Becareful what you wish for. Sometimes poontang isn't worth it. Would you rather spend an eternity in heaven or 2 minutes of lust?
 

Dacalo

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Originally posted by: djheater
Originally posted by: J0hnny
Don't flame me, but I once heard that:

Satan's greatest trick is getting people to believe in other things and religions and not accepting the real truth, Jesus Christ is our savior and the Son of God.

Consider yourself flamed.

I thought the devil's greatest trick was convincin the world he didn't exist.
 

3chordcharlie

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Originally posted by: eigen
Satans greates trick is : the sweet sweet poon. I would sell my soul for some right now. Hey devil I am calling you I will sell my soul to you if you produce lindsay lohan or a reasonably similar facsimile thereof naked and oiled here in my office. Or I will sell it to you If you let me play really good blues guitar.

well thta would be worth it eh Rob?
 

GasX

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Originally posted by: J0hnny
Originally posted by: eigen
Satans greates trick is : the sweet sweet poon. I would sell my soul for some right now. Hey devil I am calling you I will sell my soul to you if you produce lindsay lohan or a reasonably similar facsimile thereof naked and oiled here in my office. Or I will sell it to you If you let me play really good blues guitar.

Becareful what you wish for. Sometimes poontang isn't worth it. Would you rather spend an eternity in heaven or 2 minutes of lust?
third option: 2 hours of tantric lust followed by not going to either heaven or hell as they don't exist...?
 

styrafoam

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Originally posted by: J0hnny
Originally posted by: styrafoam
One time I heard that Jesus's greatest trick was to make a quarter vanish from his palm and then pull it from behind your ear.

Hey, I resent that. That's blasphemous!

Hello? You started the thread about dietys doing magic shows. BTW i heard that the devil's greatst trick was a 900° to backside crooks down a double set kinked handrail.
 

DaveSimmons

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Originally posted by: J0hnny
Don't flame me, but I once heard that:

Satan's greatest trick is getting people to believe in other things and religions and not accepting the real truth, Jesus Christ is our savior and the Son of God.
Perhaps you don't realize that many "other religions" predate Christianity, and the bible's authors "borrowed" from many of them.

0r perhaps y0u're a b0red tr0ll l00king for some flames to warm up y0ur underbridge lair?
 

yukichigai

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Originally posted by: styrafoam
Hello? You started the thread about dietys doing magic shows. BTW i heard that the devil's greatst trick was a 900° to backside crooks down a double set kinked handrail.
Eh, I heard he has a mean Darkslide.
 

djheater

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Originally posted by: Descartes
Originally posted by: edro13
God's greatest trick is getting people to go to church their whole lives, give to the church their whole lives, pray to a false God their whole lives, only to die and rot in the ground like very other living thing.

You're confusing that with man's greatest trick in exploiting the credulous. Those who suspend reason and amplify belief are bound to cerebral serfdom.

heh.. cerebral serfdom...


puh-reach it brutha

Can I get an AAAAA MEN.
 

MonkeyK

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I have a friend who explained it to me like this:

God and the Devil are the same.

Heaven is like church, Hell is also like church. If you like going to church you'll be in heaven, if you don't like it, you'll be in hell. Only difference is that God is the preacher.


<---a deist
 

ThePresence

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Satan's greatest trick:
Who are you carrying all those bricks for anyways? God? Is that it...God? Well I tell ya, let me give you a liitle inside information about God. God like to watch... He's a prankster. Think about it. He gives man... INSTINCTS!! He give you this incredible gift and then what does he do, I swear for his own amusement, his own private, cosmic, GAGREEL! He sets the rules in opposition. It's the goof of all time. LOOK, but don't touch... TOUCH, but don't taste... TASTE, don't swallow. HAHA! And while you're jumping from one foot to the next, what is he doing??? He's laughing his sick FCKING ASS OFF! HE'S A TIGHT ASS, HE'S A SADIST!!! HE'S AN ABSENTEE LANDLORD! WORSHIP THAT? ... NEVER. Better to reign in hell than serve in Heaven? Why not? I'm here on the ground with my nose in it since the whole thing began. I've nurtured every sensation man's been inspired to have. I cared about what he wanted and I never judged him. Why? Because I never rejected him, in spite of all his imperfections. I'm a fan of man. I'm a humanist. Maybe the last humanist.
 

Mo0o

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Originally posted by: ThePresence
Satan's greatest trick:
Who are you carrying all those bricks for anyways? God? Is that it...God? Well I tell ya, let me give you a liitle inside information about God. God like to watch... He's a prankster. Think about it. He gives man... INSTINCTS!! He give you this incredible gift and then what does he do, I swear for his own amusement, his own private, cosmic, GAGREEL! He sets the rules in opposition. It's the goof of all time. LOOK, but don't touch... TOUCH, but don't taste... TASTE, don't swallow. HAHA! And while you're jumping from one foot to the next, what is he doing??? He's laughing his sick FCKING ASS OFF! HE'S A TIGHT ASS, HE'S A SADIST!!! HE'S AN ABSANTEE LANDLORD! WORSHIP THAT... NEVER. Beeter to reign in hell than serve in Heaven? Why not? I'm here on the ground with my nose in it since the whole thing began. I've nurtured every sensation man's been inspired to have. I cared about what he wanted and I never judged him. Why? Because I never rejected him, in spite of all his imperfections. I'm a fan of man. I'm a humanist. Maybe the last humanist.

I actually liked that movie. Al Pacino is THE MAN
 

yukichigai

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Originally posted by: ThePresence
Satan's greatest trick:
Who are you carrying all those bricks for anyways? God? Is that it...God? Well I tell ya, let me give you a liitle inside information about God. God like to watch... He's a prankster. Think about it. He gives man... INSTINCTS!! He give you this incredible gift and then what does he do, I swear for his own amusement, his own private, cosmic, GAGREEL! He sets the rules in opposition. It's the goof of all time. LOOK, but don't touch... TOUCH, but don't taste... TASTE, don't swallow. HAHA! And while you're jumping from one foot to the next, what is he doing??? He's laughing his sick FCKING ASS OFF! HE'S A TIGHT ASS, HE'S A SADIST!!! HE'S AN ABSENTEE LANDLORD! WORSHIP THAT? ... NEVER. Better to reign in hell than serve in Heaven? Why not? I'm here on the ground with my nose in it since the whole thing began. I've nurtured every sensation man's been inspired to have. I cared about what he wanted and I never judged him. Why? Because I never rejected him, in spite of all his imperfections. I'm a fan of man. I'm a humanist. Maybe the last humanist.
I liked the part after that where he turned back time. ;)
 

Tinkerhell

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Originally posted by: J0hnny
Don't flame me, but I once heard that:

Satan's greatest trick is getting people to believe in other things and religions and not accepting the real truth, Jesus Christ is our savior and the Son of God.


If there is a God, then EVERYONE is the children of God, not just one man.
 

imported_KirbsAw

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Apr 23, 2004
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Originally posted by: J0hnny
Originally posted by: eigen
Satans greates trick is : the sweet sweet poon. I would sell my soul for some right now. Hey devil I am calling you I will sell my soul to you if you produce lindsay lohan or a reasonably similar facsimile thereof naked and oiled here in my office. Or I will sell it to you If you let me play really good blues guitar.

Becareful what you wish for. Sometimes poontang isn't worth it. Would you rather spend an eternity in heaven or 2 minutes of lust?

Dude, just go away now, everyone is tired of this crap.