On 2008-02-12 01:59:02 +0000, bob young <alaspectrum@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
>
>
> Andrew wrote:
>
>> On 2008-02-11 16:02:11 +0000, "Bill M" <wmech@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> He created Adam from dirt and Eve from Adam's rib.
>>
>> Myth Bill. Do TRY to understand.
>>
>>>
>>> Then he 'supposedly' created Jesus, a god on earth, by impregnating
Mary and
>>> having Jesus live a relatively normal childhood. He was a carpenter in
his
>>> adulthood until he was 30.
>>
>> Actually the Bible nowhere says that Jesus ever followed Joseph's
trade.
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Then for one, two or three years (depending on which Bible you wish to
>>> believe)
>>>
>>> he lectured to a very small ****tion of the world population about his
wishes
>>> and commands.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Why did he place himself on earth in such an irrational fa****on? Why
didn't
>>> he just follow Adam's simple direct process of coming to earth?
>>
>> I hadn't realised that being born was all that irrational. Come on Bill
>> - you must have done it too.;
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> He apparently was incapable
>>
>> or perhaps didn't
>>
>>> of reproducing his teaching in any permanent
>>> form as
>>>
>>> there are no original records of his existence or teaching. All that
exists
>>> are copies of copies by other men of totally unknown veracity and
accuracy.
>>> There are NO originals - just copies of unknown origin. How can we
know
>>> what the originals said?
>>
>> We can't. But what we have works for us.
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Why would an all powerful God creator provide his creations with such
>>> inaccurate
>>
>> err... Bill. If we don't know what the originals said, how do we know
>> that what we have is inaccurate?
>>
>>> and questionable instructions?
>>
>> Because God likes open-minded questioning folks.
>
> There it is again - the dead giveaway.
>
> Here's a puny little human telling other humans what his god likes, a
god the
> idiots think created the entire universe and needs puny little men to
speak for
> it. If you god existed birdbrain it would speak for itself.
I hadn't realised that atheism encourages human beings to have such a
poor view of themselves. That's right - we're "puny", we're "little".
Why not go for "insignificant" while you're at it? Now what was that
you were saying recently about Bertrand Russell, religion and
self-respect? And more to the point, Bill asked a question - why should
I not answer it as best I can
> [I suppose now we will get another childish response like 'it does']
>
> go away and get an education
>
>> And whatever the cae,
>> those instructions have worked for billions of people for thousands of
>> years, so they can't be doing all that badly.
>
> Just a few years ago billions in China thought Mau Tse Tung was a god,
Did they??? I was under the impression that Communist China was atheist
- and what a fine body of work your co-religionists did over there.
> but they
> were wrong. Try buying one of his Little Red Books today. And your
bible will
> go the same way eventually, as common sense and logic takes over from
mythology
>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The whole God/Jesus story is about as believable as Aesop's Fables.
>>
>> So you say Bill. Is this a good time for me to type "opinion" in
>> capital letters?
>
> Of course you could try to prove he is wrong. but you know you can't so
you
> won't
You can't prove an opinion that does not have facts to back it up right
or wrong. It's an OPINION. Look the word up
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