"Andrew" <thecroft@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> skrev i en meddelelse
news:2008021222055116807-thecroft@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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]
> 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.
>>>
>>
>> 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!)
>
Because you answered with nonsense?
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