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Question: "What does it mean to be 'fishers of men'?"

Answer: The phrase “fishers of men” was spoken by Jesus when He was calling two of His disciples, Simon Peter and Andrew, to follow Him. “As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. ‘Come, follow me,’ Jesus said, ‘and I will make you fishers of men.’ At once they left their nets and followed him” (Mark 1:16–18; see also Matthew 4:19).

Things have changed a lot in the last 2000 years, what would you say is the best way to get a man to follow you in 2017?

Harbal wrote:

Question: "What does it mean to be 'fishers of men'?"

Answer: The phrase “fishers of men” was spoken by Jesus when He was calling two of His disciples, Simon Peter and Andrew, to follow Him. “As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. ‘Come, follow me,’ Jesus said, ‘and I will make you fishers of men.’ At once they left their nets and followed him” (Mark 1:16–18; see also Matthew 4:19).

Things have changed a lot in the last 2000 years, what would you say is the best way to get a man to follow you in 2017?

Convince him that he can get a lot of money if he does so.

thedoc wrote:
Convince him that he can get a lot of money if he does so.

But what if you're on a limited budget?

Harbal wrote:

Question: "What does it mean to be 'fishers of men'?"

Answer: The phrase “fishers of men” was spoken by Jesus when He was calling two of His disciples, Simon Peter and Andrew, to follow Him. “As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. ‘Come, follow me,’ Jesus said, ‘and I will make you fishers of men.’ At once they left their nets and followed him” (Mark 1:16–18; see also Matthew 4:19).

Things have changed a lot in the last 2000 years, what would you say is the best way to get a man to follow you in 2017?

Things haven't changed that much. The prophet John wrote the book of Revelation on the isle of Patmos in 96AD, and it took 2,000 years for anybody to even understand it, much less follow it. Revelation was written in 96AD, plus 888 (Iesous in classical Greek gematria), plus the 1,000 years that Christ will reign after Armageddon, equals 1984, the year "The Ouzo Prophecy" was written.

bobevenson wrote: plus 888

What a refreshing change from "666".

Harbal wrote:

thedoc wrote:
Convince him that he can get a lot of money if he does so.

But what if you're on a limited budget?

Then forget it, besides you're not supposed to provide the money, that is to come from suckers, and other gullible people.

Harbal wrote:

bobevenson wrote: plus 888

What a refreshing change from "666".

I notice that he had to juggle the numbers to make it come out right.

Harbal wrote:

bobevenson wrote: plus 888

What a refreshing change from "666".

What do you mean, they're both Ouzo combinations, the first one more than the mystical perfection of 777 and the second one less.

thedoc wrote:

Harbal wrote: But what if you're on a limited budget?

besides you're not supposed to provide the money,

I think it's too late to get it all back now.

thedoc wrote:

Harbal wrote:

bobevenson wrote: plus 888

What a refreshing change from "666".

I notice that he had to juggle the numbers to make it come out right.

You can juggle the numbers any way you want, my friend, but they still add up to 1984.

bobevenson wrote: What do you mean, they're both Ouzo combinations, the first one more than the mystical perfection of 777 and the second one less.

999 is probably the most popular in the UK.

Harbal wrote:

thedoc wrote:

Harbal wrote: But what if you're on a limited budget?

besides you're not supposed to provide the money,

I think it's too late to get it all back now.

You know what that makes you out to be.

Harbal wrote:

bobevenson wrote: What do you mean, they're both Ouzo combinations, the first one more than the mystical perfection of 777 and the second one less.

999 is probably the most popular in the UK.

An Ouzo combination is a repetition of the same digit, as in an Ouzo bid of three sixes.

thedoc wrote: You know what that makes you out to be.

Yes, out of pocket.

It seems to me that it's almost impossible to get people NOT to follow you if you have a personality that attracts them. I was watching an excellent Louis Theroux film about Scientology and honestly, just how whacko and openly corrupt and insane does an organisation have to be before people WON'T want to join it? I'm afraid I have no sympathy for cult zombies. As for a 'magnetic personality' L Ron Hubbard is the biggest mystery of all. One encounter with him and I would be running for the hills. Could any scientologists on here please translate Tom Cruise's endearing little tirade?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O2_rZIgrQI