"monkfish" <monkfish@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Thom Madura wrote:
>
>> santosh wrote:
>>> monkfish wrote:
>>>
>>>> Toon wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 07 May 2008 11:50:25 -0400, monkfish <monkfish@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thom Madura wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> monkfish wrote:
>>>>>>>> You are not reading me carefully enough.
>>>>>>>> Just forget about all the archaic facts and rules
>>>>>>>> and figure out the policies recommended by God.
>>>>>>>> You are recommended to love your neighbor
>>>>>>>> and even love your enemies.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> There is no need to be obsessed
>>>>>>>> with the old misunderstandings of such clear policies.
>>>>>>>> Just try to apply them properly now.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What YOU are saying is that the bible is NOT the perfect inspired
>>>>>>> words of god - I agree - thank you.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Let's just put it this way.
>>>>>> Without God, there would be no Bible.
>>>>>> Without the Bible, we would not know God.
>>>>> Nonsense. Many people knew god before there was a bible. Many
other
>>>>> religions exist without the bible. There'd be a whole lot less
>>>>> people without various books (Bible, Torah, Koran) knowing god, but
>>>>> it'd
>>>>> still happen. Still spread. Slowly.
>>>>
>>>> With 'God' we are talking about the Christian God.
>>>
>>> There can only be one god. Multiple gods are merely man's usual
>>> propensity to be divisive.
>>>
>>
>> Sorry - but there have been THOUSANDS of gods. I can probably name a
>> hundred myself. Even Christianity has recognized its gods' son as a god
>> - plus a dove and a ghost and a spirit as well. Since they are not of
>> the same mind (Numerous quotes in the Christian Bible prove this), they
>> are separate of thought - which means they are not ONE.
>>
>> WE have proof of the existence of lots of gods - through their remains
>> in Egypt and Central and South America-= so even you cannot question
>> their existence.
>
>
> We have many pictures of gods.
> That does not mean there are many gods.
>
Yes, there are more gods than you can shake a stick at.
> You are presuming that God is
> something out there in time forever.
Well; you do say that "god is prior to existence".
> If you understand what it means
> for God to be prior to existence,
See? You said it again.
> you would realize that God does not have to exist
> in any mode fathomable by human beings
> except when He reveals Himself to us at His pleasure.
When would his pleasure be?
> On those occasions, yes, God has to exist in a mode
> comprehensible to that particular human being(s)
> getting the revelation.
>
So god is a shape ****fter?
> Do you believe in the historicity of Jesus Christ?
The only "historical" evidence of jesus is the bible, so no.
>
>
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> monkfish
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