Any followers of Jesus here???????

[wayneL]

I've always wondered why people use this "Jesus" word when referring to this man.

We insist on pronouncing foreign leaders name in precisely their native accent... I was always amused how "Gorbachev" was pronounced by newsreaders and statesmen of the day. Yet people refuse to even use the real name of the person referred to in the OP.

...which of course was something that sounded like "Yeshua".

The question should be "Any followers of Yeshua Ben Yosef here?".

</pedantic>

 

[Ruby]

Hi weatherbill, yes I am a follower of Christ and am currently trading. I can't believe the garbage that gets posted in a thread that is just asking a simple question.

What was the reason for your thread? Just curious??

Cheers,
Matt.

Matt, it's easy to see the reason for the thread. Weatherbill is just trying to promote his crazy website, which asks for donations. His "earthquake" thread last year was shut down, so he's now giving it another go.

Must say I found the thread last year extremely entertaining though.

 

[explod]

Looks like there is great potential in this Kraft Cheezes stuff so have been thinkin of consulten a few of the experts on here, Ageo and GG for example and seeing if I could get into the Gold Blessing business.

Of course the physical donations in my view have the potential to skyrocket as the US Godbotherin paper stuff is looking decidedly week the last few years and cause Benanke was forced to open his mouth at Congress the other day should get weaker in the next few trading days.

In Aus., the mighty dollar up over 10% in the last month so if we can get a branch of Gold blessing going off shore could be pretty good.

Just a thought

 

[explod]

Maybe it could house the homeless. Maybe it could help kids get off drugs. Maybe it could be spent on youth apprenticeships and training aussie kids to work in industries that are involved in the the future commodity demand (whether that be mining or agriculture). Maybe it could help empower people dependent on handouts to gain back their dignity through training and an eventual self-sufficient means of income?

What are your suggestions drsmith?

Or we could set up a large military missionary (all senior officer to be women) to lock up all the males in the Congo where the raping of women from 6 months old is just normal stuff. Anyone else see 4 corners last night. And we think weve got problems.

Where's the Pope when you really need him. And surely this has as big a case as Saddam Hussain.

 

[nunthewiser]

was wondering does it make a difference being a christian stock trader ?

sincere question

does it make you only trade/invest in certain stocks.

what are your feelings on trading other stocks like MST and say MSB etc where there products etc may not fit in with christian values.

or it dont matter and you happy to take all monies from whatever source on the market?

Bumps question as its been lost in all this other stuff and i sincerely want an answer from a jesus follower

 

[Buckfont]

Bumps question as its been lost in all this other stuff and i sincerely want an answer from a jesus follower

Agreed nun, its deafening in the silence. What do they think of CWN, ALL, FGL, LNN and the like.

 

[nunthewiser]

And also i am intrested in Donations .

What happens if the church is offered a large sum donation from a dubious source ..i.e they know the money comes from evil doings etc etc . do the church accept the donation and turn a blind eye or do they refuse the donation because of the source .

The reason i ask is because i want to know if money is classed as beyond Godly morals and the morals do not enter the equation when it comes to cold hard cash?

 

[skcots]

I am a follower of Jesus (upon him be peace) but am not a Christian nor believe he is God.

 

[awg]

And also i am intrested in Donations .

What happens if the church is offered a large sum donation from a dubious source ..i.e they know the money comes from evil doings etc etc . do the church accept the donation and turn a blind eye or do they refuse the donation because of the source .

The reason i ask is because i want to know if money is classed as beyond Godly morals and the morals do not enter the equation when it comes to cold hard cash?

Well the Catholic chuch is pretty strong round Italy, and so is the mafia, and one suspects the latter occassionaly atone for their sins and attain some redemption from the former

 

[nunthewiser]

Well the Catholic chuch is pretty strong round Italy, and so is the mafia, and one suspects the latter occassionaly atone for their sins and attain some redemption from the former

Exactly..... Not just in Italy, Heard of quite a few "donations" from other sources being gladly recieved by more local churches.

Just wondering on how this fits with the "Godly" ethos of it all .

The moneys fine no matter where it comes from ?

If the church has no problem with it why is there such an uproar over " blood diamonds" and the such ... seems a highly hypocritical situation to me , but hey what would i know im just a bogan that pretends to be a nun on the internet.

 

[malachii]

Not sure what I'm opening myself up too yet but here goes....

Yes - I am a Christian (God botherer, follower of Christ or whatever term you wish to use) and yes I am a trader.

Yes - my faith does influence my trading in some aspects (I try not to trade gambling companies (ie wow) and alcohol companies (having said that I used to own Peter Lehmann Wines??) but I do occaisionally trade a share that does something that I dont agree with without realising. No - I dont then go into apoplexy over it - I accept my mistake and move on and try not to repeat.

I do tithe (give 10%) of my trading profits to my church. No - it is not tax deductable because it is an anonymous gift into the plate on a sunday. Yes I do sometimes donate to other charities and things that do make a donation tax deductible.

I think in most ways I am just a normal average everyday person that trades for a career. I have been doing it for nearly 20 years now (full time most of that time but until recently I was also a flight instructor). Yes - I make incredible mistakes - I ignored my stop loss the other day and paid the penalty - so NO - being a Christian does not give me Super Trading Powers!

I'm not sure if I have answered the questions that were originally asked. I don't want to get caught up in the "emotional hysteria" that a question like this quite often causes but I'm happy to discuss openly (in the annonymous environment of the internet!) my faith and trading if anyone wants to do it in a mature non abusive manner.

malachii

 

[Matty]

Good response malachii I agree with you, also put myself in the same boat apart from the 20 years experience! Well done!

Ruby, I remember this guy now! It was pretty funny, I looked into his site back then, apparently God confirmed all of this to him through a deck of cards?? hahaha!!

So we're all waiting for September yes?

 

[Julia]

Matt, it's easy to see the reason for the thread. Weatherbill is just trying to promote his crazy website, which asks for donations. His "earthquake" thread last year was shut down, so he's now giving it another go.

Must say I found the thread last year extremely entertaining though.

Yep, it was funny. We're overdue for a bit of humour imo.
It's a bit of a shame, though, to suck in the genuine sounding people like Malachi.

 

[trainspotter]

I really enjoyed the incorrectly spelt "Vistigial Organs evolution myth" thread. Some seriously funny stuff there. Then the "Bird to Dinosaur Evolution myth" (I think it was called) was a corker !

Amen

 

[Southern X]

Yea, verily!

Especially when my screens are covered in tomato sauce,
Mine eyes gaze heavenwards searching out the Boss.
Humbly I beseech Him to show me the trade,
Wherewithal lucre my margin is closed paid!

SX

 

[Mofra]

I've always wondered why people use this "Jesus" word when referring to this man.

We insist on pronouncing foreign leaders name in precisely their native accent... I was always amused how "Gorbachev" was pronounced by newsreaders and statesmen of the day. Yet people refuse to even use the real name of the person referred to in the OP.

...which of course was something that sounded like "Yeshua".

The question should be "Any followers of Yeshua Ben Yosef here?".

</pedantic>

I could be even more pedantic and insist on calling him "Yuz Asaf" or "Saint Issa" but I wouldn't want the villagers to light the torches and grab the pitchforks

 

[Ruby]

Where are you Weatherbill? You haven't reappeared since starting this thread, and we are up to nearly 40 posts! But then you are not really interested in any fellow travellers on this forum, are you? You are just trying to get more hits on your website - and perhaps a few donations.

Come back Weatherbill and entertain us!! I need some humour to lighten an otherwise very grey day.

 

[nunthewiser]

Yes - my faith does influence my trading in some aspects (I try not to trade gambling companies (ie wow) and alcohol companies (having said that I used to own Peter Lehmann Wines??) but I do occaisionally trade a share that does something that I dont agree with without realising. No - I dont then go into apoplexy over it - I accept my mistake and move on and try not to repeat.



being a Christian does not give me Super Trading Powers!

malachii

Thanks for a reply.

does your faith effect the way you look at ST trade ops or is it mainly if you were looking at a longer term investment vehicle .... i.e WOW may have imminent breakout and going for a trot ..... would you trade this and take the cash or bypass it alltogether based on a moral desicion?

Bummer about the super powers

Cheers

 

[Calliope]

Well the Catholic chuch is pretty strong round Italy, and so is the mafia, and one suspects the latter occassionaly atone for their sins and attain some redemption from the former

Actually, awg, the Catholic church is not too strong round Italy, hence the very low birth rate. Even the believers are not too keen on Jesus. They prefer his mother, for her trick of virgin birth, which surpasses any of Jesus's miracles. They call her the Madonna.

The Mafia certainly use her to their advantage, and they have deep pockets to pay for absolution.

 

[wayneL]

I could be even more pedantic and insist on calling him "Yuz Asaf" or "Saint Issa" but I wouldn't want the villagers to light the torches and grab the pitchforks

But that's the fun part. :