Andrew wrote:
> 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
> >>> news:47b1f16e$0$2088$edfadb0f@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>>
> >>>> "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.
He meant 'drivel' which is all we get from you
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