Re: God is love.

bob young wrote:
> 
> Pastor Frank wrote:
>> "Bill M" <wmech@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:fNi_j.17219$Xv3.3845@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> "Andrew" <thecroft@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>> news:2008052423164475249-thecroft@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> On 2008-05-24 15:34:47 +0100, "Bill M" <wmech@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
>>>>> Learn to read.
>>>> I have done Bill. Sentence after tedious sentence. Over and over
again.
>>>> And you still don't seem to understand what "objective" and
"verifiable"
>>>> actually mean. Take, for example, those times when you start a point
with
>>>> "Would any real god....". In what sense could that conceivably be
either
>>>> "objective" or "verfiable"?
>>> Rattle on with your nonsense!
>>>
>>     I got lots of real gods, and all are for sale, because they would
not
>> lift one wooden finger for me.  Make me an offer!
> 
> Go away you silly old fool.  This subject is for The Intelligencia
> 
> Frank claims, 'The god that begot Mary and produced Jesus
> was the result of an insemination by a god that is simply
> 'love'.  There is no Father in heaven, that is old
> fa****oned; even though the Bible Frank quotes so readily has
> Jesus raise his eyes to heaven saying "Father Father why
> hast though deserted me"  
> 
> [Frank's dictum rather bears out claims made by some others
> around here that Mary was having a bog standard fling with
> another human]
> 
> Are we supposed to take him seriously ! 
> 
> LOL

It is not beyond the scope of the believers to do with the bible as they 
have with the religion - treat it cafeteria style. They have now over 
1500 sects of the christian religion recognized - and maybe as many as 
5000 not recognized - and one can pick what they choose to believe by 
choosing the sect that we agree with closest - and then ignore what they 
don't agree with.

Same with the bible. They will quote out of context - using only the 
words they want to - and skip around - ignoring the things they don't 
want to admit are there. They call the old testament archaic - but it 
was put there at the same time as everything else in the christian bible 
- and it includes the 20 Commandments (Two different sets of ten that 
are supposed to be identical according to their god) - which they all use.

But to answer your question-
No - nobody with real intelligence will take the bible seriously - a 
propaganda reference book with nothing to REFER to written under the 
orders of a ROMAN emperor to sort out the doctrines of the religion  - 
yeah right! More likely - it was the first attempt to bring all the 
preachers together under one roof - and start the dynasty of terror.

Well - at least nobody can do it with a straight face!