What to Serve with Atheists for Dinner
“You prepare a feast for me in the presence of my enemies. You honor me by anointing my head with oil. My cup overflows with blessings.” Psalms 23:5
Mister Beecham invited a young Atheist couple and two other Christian couples to dinner. The Atheist husband, Borden, had just begun work in Mister’s office and was new to the area. The dinner was to welcome him not only to the firm and our home, but the couple to the community as well.
As a Christian wife and mother, preparing meals is approached as a joyful offering to the family and others with praise and thanks to God. I cannot help but say the Lord’s Prayer as I knead bread, consider the Seder supper when properly setting the table, or remember the feeding of 5,000 when preparing fish. I did not want to offend our guests, so I thought it prudent to consult the scriptures and ponder the menu for any hidden Christian agendas that might lurk within the food or preparation and cause undue resentment for our guests. I didn’t get very far before I became ensnared with potential controversy.
Salt in the Bible is used in various ways to symbolize permanence, loyalty, durability, fidelity, usefulness, value, and purification. It enhances food and is necessary for life, which is probably why Atheists prefer using the chemical term sodium chloride. I guess if we name it something else, the religious significance is dimmed.
I like to use sea salt rather than table salt for everyday meals, because it has a lighter slightly briny flavor. I figure we get enough iodine from the fish we eat, so the iodized table salt really isn’t needed. Kosher salt is great for a provincial stew or roast and even a good grease cutting abrasive for cleaning after a meal, but I didn’t think we needed to get too particular.
For this meal, I decided on the pink Himalayan salt. While I’m pretty sure Jesus didn’t show up in Tibet, I wondered if our guests would think this was in reference to the great flood or get the impression I was supporting the oppression of Tibetan peoples working in salt mines. I was starting to get a headache from all this pondering. All I had on the menu thus far was salt. Being an Atheist must be difficult with all this consideration and rejection.
I decided on herbed Cornish game hens, rice pilaf, sautéed spinach with balsamic vinegar and fresh bread rolls. I found the game hens priced incorrectly at $1.77 each instead of per pound, so I felt the dinner would be frugal as well as delicious.
For dessert, a simple gooseberry cobbler with some homemade ice cream always seems to be a good final course. Mother has a secret feral copse of these on the old home estate. We fight the birds for the biggest berries and get enough berries to freeze or home can several pints each year.
When our guests arrived, I felt a relief. I had spent the day polishing, scrubbing and refreshing the house, the kids and pets. I added leaves to extend the dining room table and used a tablecloth I had sewn for the larger size. I had my dinner schedule nailed down so I could be an attentive hostess and still serve what I hoped would be a nourishing and pleasing meal of fellowship.
Borden’s wife was not what I expected. She seemed dour. Her expression was one that hinted of a nearby foul odor. Her eyes scanned me in such a way I felt like I was preparing for an international flight. I was glad I had showered and had on clean underwear. In her mid 30’s, she had a small nose ring that immediately made me want to rub my own nose. I fought off the urge by offering pre-dinner cocktails and freshly brewed peach tea with mint simple syrup.
Mister Beecham and I had discussed the meal prayer before hand and decided we could forgo our usual thanks and praise because I covered that in the preparations. Instead, he wrote a very light hearted toast of welcome. Mister Beecham does very well with these sorts of things.
Everything went well until dessert. The toast was greeted with laughter and everyone seemed to enjoy the hens and spinach. Borden’s wife made a small remark about vinegar being offered to Christ twice as he was crucified, but it was largely ignored. I noticed her plate was rather clean at the end of the meal.
Sarah, one of the wives I knew from an agape group, asked about the game hens. I told her about the mis-pricing. Borden’s wife seemed to spark to life. “If you knew it was mis-priced, isn’t it hypocritical of you as a Christian to steal?” she said in a mocking tone.
Sarah and I sat with our mouths a little agape, but not with Christian love. Borden sensed his wife’s agitation. He touched her arm which was quickly jerked away. Since everyone seemed to be finished, Mister Beecham intervened and started herding guests to the porch so I could prepare desserts in the kitchen. Sarah asked to help, but I really needed the time to myself. Sarah and I alone in the kitchen could tempt fate with idle gossip. I really didn’t want to indulge in such things.
I busied myself with plates and cobbler, stopping for a few moments to rub the itch on my nose where a nose ring might be if I did not believe in God. I quickly cleared the table and put the china in a sink of soapy water to soak while the coffee brewed in the French press.
I was sure to serve Borden’s wife dessert first. She seemed complimentary of the cobbler. Everyone finished their desserts and left in good spirits and of good cheer a couple of hours later.
Mister Beecham kissed and hugged me after the last guest was sent home, patted me on the backside and asked if I needed help cleaning up. I told him no and patted him back.
While I finished cleaning up the kitchen, I thought about the evening. How difficult it must be to let go of what is so ingrained in our cultural folkways and standards. The Bible is an enduring plan of life wisdom that touches nearly every part of western civilized life as well as being a basis for faith, forgiveness and judgment. I thought about Borden’s wife and how difficult it must be looking for hidden God meaning in everyday life so it can be examined, judged as wanting and swiftly rejected.
As I dried the last of the dessert plates I prayed for the wisdom to be more mindful of the wants and needs of others, the understanding that leads to kindness and the strength to reject turning from faith. We all question the existence of God and struggle to live in this world. No one’s faith is perfect, certainly not mine. I rubbed the phantom nose ring itch again.
When I turned off the lights I considered once last prayer. “Lord, I know you aren’t done with me yet. I need your guidance. Forgive me for licking that woman’s dessert plate and serving it to her.”
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“Subtle is the Lord, but malicious He is not.” – A. Einstein
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8:50 pm
Question for atheists: Why are you always so rude and aggressive? Would it be too much to just go one afternoon without verbally assaulting your Christian hosts?
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10:50 am
J: You show you’re ignorance for painting Atheists with such a large brush. Most Atheists I know are just regular people who treat others with respect and kindness. I don’t know why the young lady in question decided to make such a remark about the chicken, perhaps it related to something that was said earlier in the conversation and Blanche is therefore presenting it out of context. Regardless, Blanche confessed to liking the dessert plate, which doesn’t sound Christian to me…except for the confession part that is.
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2:18 am
Well some people are nasty. They don’t belong to one group. They can be found in all races and creeds. Atheists are mostly nice, as are most people.
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8:51 pm
Sister Blanche,
You are an example of Christian charity at its finest.
My wife would simply never consider allowing anyone with facial piercings or tattoos to dine in our home.
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9:24 pm
I love to entertain and we have many different guest in our home. I really try to provide a welcoming table and atmosphere.
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9:29 pm
The trouble with atheists is that they don’t believe in God. If it were me, I would not have changed my dinner routines for guests and expect them to joint or leave. God will judge them soon enough. I doubt you need gods forgiveness for licking her plate. With that nose ring, I am sure her month has had much worse things in it. The ring is a sure sign of sexual deviancy.
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9:38 pm
Piercings do not mean sexual deviancy, it just a choice people make, I have several myself.
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9:44 pm
Sharonnon,
This really isn’t about you and your troubles or even Twilight. Please run along while the grown ups have a conversation.
Thanks for stopping by!
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9:50 pm
Why do you hate me so much? Just cus you and your 500 yr old friends don’t like us 20 something’s don’t mean anything!
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9:56 pm
Two negatives are a positive.
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9:59 pm
You are just an evil person that’s all.
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10:04 pm
I don’t make my body look like I fell in a tackle box, so that makes me evil?
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10:07 pm
Let me ask you this Blanche, do you have your ears pierced? Do you wear earrings?
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10:18 pm
No, I rarely wear earrings. When I do, they are clip ons and only for special occasions. It is ridiculous to leave the house looking like a Christmas tree.
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10:21 pm
Well even wearing clip ons is misleading people, they thing you have your ears pierced, me I have 3 in one ear 5 in the other.
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10:55 pm
Shannon, why don’t you leave Blanche alone for once? If you’re so jealous of her ability to host a dinner party, why don’t you just put down your god damn Twilight book of Wizard and Witches and start behaving like a proper woman?
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10:59 pm
Excuse me? First off twilight is not about witches and wizards, second that’s not what I am reading at the moment, last Blanche started with me first, Ive been nice to her you being the jerk
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12:28 pm
seriously. Timmay, if you make one i would add you. I’ve grown fond of you. I like your sense of humor!
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12:35 pm
Well, I’ll ask my neighbor about it. But I may still have to use him as an intermediary for a couple of years as the Interwebz is very complicated and frightens me with all its non-Bible material.
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12:39 pm
Well, Timmay. Facebook isn’t that hard to use.
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12:50 pm
Well, like I said, I will talk to my neighbor about it. He generally helps me with these types of things. But I don’t know, it was complicated enough for me to get my Timmay.Crackmonger@advanced-mode.org emails address working. It took my neighbor days to show how to use it.
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12:52 pm
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9:50 pm
Young man,
You continue to spread falsehoods, while asking us to “trust you.”
Piercings have been repeatedly proven to denote sexual deviancy. Stigmatophilia.
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9:51 pm
The only person lying here is you Harold.
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10:14 pm
Young man, I’m inclined to believe that you, in fact, are the liar.
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10:19 pm
I’m not a man, therefore you just lied.
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10:23 pm
You fail to make a distinction between lying and saying something that isn’t true. However, young man, I’m not sure what I said that was inaccurate.
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10:27 pm
Yea is, I am a WOMAN, so therefore calling me a man is a lie.
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10:36 pm
Did you know that somebody can be mistaken? That means they believe that what they say is true, but it isn’t. If they’re lying, they deliberately say something they know not to be true.
Food for thought, young man.
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10:41 pm
Well the face that you keep calling me a man when I told you I’m a woman, pretty much proved my point you lie. If you admitted you were wrong and corrected your mistake than that would make it mistaken
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10:44 pm
Or perhaps, YOU are a liar. And now we have come full circle.
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10:46 pm
You want me to prove I’m not the liar here? Cus I can
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10:48 pm
I’m still confused about who’s lying about what anyway. As far as I can tell, young man, we’ve been discussing nothing and somehow I lied about it.
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10:52 pm
You refuse to admit you were wrong about calling me a man when I’ve corrected you a dozen times, besides Shannon is a woman’s name so clearly your just trying to piss me off
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11:31 am
What about Shannon Sharpe or Del Shannon or Shannon Brown?
What gender are they?
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11:43 am
What about Shannon Doherty, Shannon Elizabeth, Shannon Tweed? Were all women, I’ve only ever met 1 guy named Shannon but several several woman.
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11:48 am
So you admit Shannon is a guys name?
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11:49 am
So, then, you confess. Based on name alone, you could be a man or a woman. Or both.
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11:55 am
No, statistically there are more woman with the name than men, all those names I named are very famous woman with my name, and I am most deffinately a woman. Ask August he’s seen my Facebook page, if you need other proof I can provide that also.
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12:01 pm
You denied my Facebooks outreach fellowship request, so I can’t verify anything.
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12:06 pm
Haven’t denied, just hat yet to accept. And don’t pretend you have not looked through my profile, I know you have
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12:14 pm
I don’t have the Facebook, but I did ask my neighbor Yog (an unfortunate name, I know. I think he might be a Jew) to otreach to her using his Facebook, but she rejected that as well.
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12:18 pm
then make a facebook, timmay
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12:21 pm
If I don’t know someone, or feel I don’t trust them with info I put on my page, I dont accept
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12:23 pm
I don’t think I could figure it out. Christwire is difficult enough for me. I’m not very technologicical or Interwebz savvy.
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12:31 pm
That’s obvious
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12:15 am
Young man,
Shannon Doherty, Shannon Elizabeth and Shannon Tweed are all transgenic strip sluts who disrobe for money. Hardly examples of Christian womanhood.
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12:18 am
We’re still woman if we are Christian or not!
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9:41 pm
I find it odd that the Atheist want Albert Einstein at the “Atheist Last Supper” clearly he believed in God and a higher power, being quite intelligent enough to know that not all things are understood through science.
As a Pantheist, Einstein was NOT AN ATHEIST, yet the Atheists usurp the Wiki and have him listed as agnostic and have him seated at this mockery of Christ’s last supper. Really makes one wonder who is making up stories.
I’d bet he was a lively dinner companion. Sure he would not have questioned every action as an affront to his beliefs.
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9:44 pm
Actually, he converted on his death bed. He should be listed as a Christian.
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10:21 pm
mother Theresa became atheist on her death bed should we call her an atheist ?? I don’t think so
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10:23 pm
Please don’t lie on a Christian website.
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10:19 pm
albert einstein was an agnostic not an atheist these 2 are different
agnostic believe in a Higher power yet doenst care much about it he searched answer to his Interrogation
also einstein initially was a jews therefore was not a christian yet he respected Jesus as an amazing figure
so yeah it’s true he was an agnostic
http://www.godandscience.org/apologetics/einstein.html
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10:24 pm
Wrong wrong wrong.
You 20 somethings believe the lies of the Atheists running the interwebs. Your parents weren’t even born then.
Do you just think these things or do you know them?
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10:23 pm
Tell me if an atheist respect all of the Ten commandment specified by Moses (and God ) will he Goes in hell or heaven ???
and if a christian started to Kill In god’s name will he Goes in hell or heaven
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10:27 pm
I believe you’re speaking Chinese again, young man. Please google translate that so we can understand it here.
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11:12 am
What Mellinium said, Hank, was “Tell me if an Atheist who follows all of the commandments specified by Moses will go to Hell or Heaven. If a Christian began to kill in god’s name, will he go to Hell or heaven.”
Mellinium was speaking English, although a bit confusing, but you have to remember that his first language was french.
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11:17 am
You were able to translate that Chinese? Methinks your eyes are just a bit too squinty…
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11:21 am
1) Mellinium is French, so that is not Chinese.
2) I am American. I have french in me. I speak English as my first language, and, get this, that was english!
3) This is what Chinese looks like,
你種族主義混蛋。
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4:44 pm
If he’s on an American forum, he should speak God’s Proper English (GPE). And Lawrence, I thought Chinese had symbols, thanks for clearing that up. I figured he was probably speaking Chinese spelled phonetically with the GPE alphabet.
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4:48 pm
My name is Lauren. Not Lawrence. Jesus did not speak English, sorry to burst your bubble, luv. And no, Mellinium is not speaking Chinese, he is speaking english.
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4:51 pm
Well, clearly Lawrence. Jesus wasn’t American, nor did he ever visit America. If he did, I’m sure he’d be considerate enough to learn GPE.
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4:57 pm
Hank. I have been respecting you, now you please respect me. My name is not Lawrence. It never has been and never will be. Please stop calling me Lawrence. Thank you, and Blessed be.
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4:59 pm
I don’t like putting people in a “box of gender” I think it really disrespects yourself Tokio. You need to be more open-minded like we are.
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5:13 pm
August, that made no sense. So you are telling me it is okay to be pansexual? How am I disrespecting myself by calling myself a female when I am one?
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11:05 pm
August, how are you people open minded when all but 2 articles i have read on this site are about hating Gays, Jews, Blacks, Asians, Mexicans, Muslims, Atheists, and non-English speakers. And Businessman Hank, which “proper english” are you talking about? there are several forms of english. I assume the English you are talking about is the English we speak now, which is Late Modern English, which I believe started around 1755, which was when the 13 Colonies were ruled by Brittan. The Language we speak now comes from England. Ergo “Gods Proper English” is from England, not from America. Everyone, stop calling TokioHotel.BOTDF.Lauren the name Lawrence. Thats not her name. Her name is Lauren.
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10:57 am
Ofreo: God will judge them? Or will you? It’s clear that your faith has more to do with the need to control others than about self enlightenment.
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10:07 pm
Blanche,
That dinner sounded lovely. Save for the rude interruptions by your unfortunate Atheist guests. I’ve often wondered why they feel the constant need to shove their vile beliefs down everybody’s throats. Are they that insecure? But truly, I’m envious. I would jump at the opportunity to dine at your domicile.
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10:22 pm
Why thank you Hank. This evening I made a carrot cake with dried pomegranate seeds and butter cream frosting for dessert. The only ones licking plates were my family!
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11:09 pm
How are Atheists shoving their beliefs down everyones throats? We Atheists never started a website based on our beliefs *cough cough christwire.org cough cough*
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11:09 pm
I just happened to run across this website. I read the story and smirked, thought it was fine. But then I read the comments underneath. I am appaled. Seriously. Though there may be a “20-something” person on here who beliefs do not mimic those that you believe, it is a shame that people who call theirselves “Christian” do not surround her in love and patience. No wonder some Christians get a bad name. I hope I never become that type. You really should reflect on the replies you gave this young girl! What a bad example you are giving to a person who does not believe of the types of things that can come out of a “Christians” mouth. Shaking my head.
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11:30 pm
Guys, what the hell is wrong with atheists? They are as every normal person i´ve ever know, they eat, they feel, they are, in sometimes even better that christians, 2º Albert Einstein was Agnostic!!! get your facts right! 3rd i always wanted to ask this, whats the point with mexican people? why are they so called “evil” by you guys? sorry, i´m a 16 year old boy, with mexican friends, i love rock, to dress in a manner i can express myself, i own an iPhone, da fuck! you say they have homogay fast dial sex line!!! wtf!!! we use mac, we ain´t gay, yet i have more power and influence than all of you on this website, get your facts straight!!!
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11:39 pm
Wonderful article as usual!
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1:50 am
Blanche, your skills as a hostess are certainly second to none. Would that I could be an unbeliever invited into your home–I would assuredly emerge a convert!
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3:43 am
“It enhances food and is necessary for life, which is probably why Atheists prefer using the chemical term sodium chloride.”
Atheists use the word ‘salt’, the chemical term is only used when, well, you’re talking about chemicals.
As for the rest of this, it’s total bullshit. Being a Christian does not mean you have a different food palette than an Atheist or vice versa. You’re literally assuming that Christians and Atheists are two entirely different kinds of humans, even on a genetic scale. Hell, next you’ll try and say that Christians have something in their DNA that makes them Christian.
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11:04 am
That sounds dangerously close to some sort of fantasy evolution talk. All humans have the choice to be Christian, accept the lord Jesus as savior, and enter the glorious kingdom of Heaven.
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4:18 am
Game hen, rice pilaf, veggies and dessert– that all just makes me so terribly hungry. It sounds like a fabulous dinner Blanche, I hope your young guests appreciated all the time you put into it. And that baby in the pot is adorable!!!
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5:54 am
Exactly, Mister Billings. Being a Cheney man myself, I enjoy freshly buckshot grouse.
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7:49 am
Fantastic article, Blanche. You are a person of near infinite virtue and patience. I for one would have been tempted to do much worse to that horrid woman’s plate than just lick it before serving.
Her clear sexual deviancy displayed so wantonly via a vile nose ring made me shudder.
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4:50 pm
Timmay, I am getting a nose-ring. How does that signify sexual deviancy?
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9:44 am
Dear Blanche,
I was surprised to read that you felt it was appropriate to knowingly purchace mispriced poultry, forego a pre-meal prayer, and salivate on your guest’s dinner plate.
I will pray for you.
God Bless,
didi
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10:25 am
Why thank you Didi. I’ve prayed for guidance and forgiveness, but I can always use an extra prayer or three.
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10:39 am
First of all you have some strange ideas about Atheists. I’m a 49 year old Atheist myself. I have never called salt anything but “salt”. Most Atheists I know do not have piercings, that’s more of an age thing. I have met a young christian or two that have had piercings. While I appreciate the fact that you were trying to be sensitive toward your guests, you don’t need to treat them like they’re aliens from another planet. Forgoing saying grace is a good idea but I wouldn’t worry too much about what food you serve as long as desert isn’t a cake decorated with the words “Praise Jesus” across the top I think you’ll be fine. Also, what’s up with calling your husband “Mister”? That’s pretty creepy.
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11:25 am
Salt, we use this term EVERYWHERE, the other term is only used in chemistry, since when a piercing makes you sexually diverted? that is nonsense, as a christian myself, I can tell you guys, are out of your mind…
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11:25 am
I’ve always wondered whether any atheists were genuine. I always imagine that they are just lonely, lost and confused and pretending to put a strong face forward to others.
This was a fantastic read; I never knew there were so many salts and so much atheistic distain and jealousy about them.
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12:04 pm
Salt is salt, it has no other terms, distain? jealousy? about what? your closed way of living? You thinks atheists are from another world or what??? they are humans! just like you and me. stop the bullshit already.
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12:19 pm
Salt is referenced in the Bible as analogous to faith. In many ways it is. If broken down an analyzed, both pure sodium and chlorine can be dangerous.
A lot of skeptics of faith search for the paradox inherent in the salt analogy to try and dissuade others. Paradox is evident for all analogy, so its not really all that brilliant. There are books on salt and this very subject.
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12:35 pm
Even so, very few skeptics actually do that. And, what impulse made you lick that plate? what where you feeling on that moment? I´ll pray for you.
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4:36 pm
I would agree you that most skeptics are mindless zombie followers that rely on others to think for them.
As far as your inquiry, I’ve witnessed, performed acts of contrition and feel redeemed for my actions. My question back to you is what benefit or gratification will you derive from a response? Is it something you wish to judge a second time? Are moral trespasses something you need to intervene on because God may not get it right? Just checking to see if prayers might be required for you.
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11:03 pm
No no, I was just curious about it. Sorry for replying on this late hours. family reunion
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11:56 am
I think this community of God-fearing Christians would welcome your ideas on a dinner party menu for Muslims, Jews or Buddhists – or any of the major ‘faiths’.
After all, it is claimed that you are what you eat.
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5:49 pm
I say atheists should be served bloody and swift justice, with a side of cleansing fire.
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7:03 pm
Sister Blanche (if I may be so bold) the act of hospitality is an act like unto spreading the word: one makes the offer and one can expect revilement and rejection, as well as joyous gratitude.
We invite people to sit with us and break bread and take salt to try and connect with them in a way that will lead them to the true happiness. We must be gracious regardless with people invited into our homes (unless they are so gross that even the most sainted would reject them) and show them the way to behave – in the spiritual as well as the mundane.
I congratulate your courage, and hope at least the fruit of community will grow in the hearts of these lost two
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7:05 pm
brevity is the essence of wit, my dear
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