On 2008-02-12 20:50:38 +0000, "Ralph" <mmman_90@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
>
> "Andrew" <thecroft@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:2008021219551475249-thecroft@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> On 2008-02-12 19:27:50 +0000, "Mary" <mary123@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
>>
>>>
>>> "thomas p." <gudloos@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>>>>
>>>> "Andrew" <thecroft@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> skrev i en meddelelse
>>>> news:2008021216203850073-thecroft@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>> On 2008-02-12 16:01:28 +0000, "Mary" <mary123@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Bill M" <wmech@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:6Y_rj.29689$1f.2282@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> He created Adam from dirt and Eve from Adam's rib.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> He apparently was incapable 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?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Why would an all powerful God creator provide his creations with
such
>>>>>>> inaccurate and questionable instructions?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The whole God/Jesus story is about as believable as Aesop's
Fables.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> We have two possiblilities here:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1. Jesus and God are COMPLETE morons,
>>>>>> 2. God does not exist and either Jesus did not exist or was just
some
>>>>>> bloke.
>>>>>
>>>>> Or the other - and more likely option - that Bill's post is simply
>>>>> tendentious rivel.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What sepecifically did he say that was wrong?
>>>>
>>> oh nothing. It's just that the religious nutcases resort to comments
>>> like
>>> that when they haven't got anything intelligent to say to back up
their
>>> silly "invisible sky entity" arguments.
>>
>> His question is tendentious. His use of the word 'supposedly' is
>> tendentious. It is intended to suggest disinterested statement of fact
but
>> actually betrays a belief regarding the truth of those statements.
>
> Gee Andrew, did you learn a new word today? You have used 'tendentious'
> three times within two posts. Are you attempting to impress someone? by
the
> way, why don't you give me a definition of 'rivel' since you used it
after
> you used 'tendentious'. I am not familiar with that word :-).
I like to engage in novalinguistication whenever I can, obviously.
'Rivel' are the collected dried droppings of the cave -dwelling Gazolo
bird, pulped and allowed to ferment by the local tribes for use in
their prognosticatory rituals and ceremonies. Sorry - thought everyone
knew that.
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