On 2008-02-12 21:19:08 +0000, "Mary" <mary123@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
>
> "Andrew" <thecroft@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:200802122110338930-thecroft@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> On 2008-02-12 20:50:38 +0000, "Ralph" <mmman_90@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
>>
>>>
>>> "Andrew" <thecroft@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> On 2008-02-12 19:27:50 +0000, "Mary" <mary123@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "thomas p." <gudloos@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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.
>>
>
> Can you think of a word for "irrational belief in an invisible sky
entity" ?
Take your pick - "Wisdom", "Truth", "Insight", "Intelligence" (You
walked into that one!)
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