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No True Scotsman
RE: No True Scotsman
(June 24, 2014 at 6:02 am)fr0d0 Wrote: I got it and ignored it min Wink

Pickup.. Of course that's what it teaches. Why would anyone do it otherwise? Christianity teaches that it's in our nature...what's your alternate explanation? Other solutions are:

Accept your imperfections (humanism etc)
Punish yourself/make sacrifices (other religions)

Christianity's answer:

Grant direct access to perfection

Sure people fail all of the time. Critics cite that as reason not to try. Throwing the baby out with the bath water.


How and why the hell wouldn't you want to accept this best solution?

While setting a high standard is good, standards that are impossible to reach are worthless. I don't feel the need to beg forgiveness for not being able to do something that's impossible to do.

I find no evidence that your god is perfectly good. While you may call him sinless, that doesn't mean much when sin is basically things he doesn't like. If no one can force him to do things he doesn't like, it's easy to be sinless. That doesn't mean he's good in the eyes of everyone else.
Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."

10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/

Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50

A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html

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No True Scotsman - by Lek - June 19, 2014 at 12:15 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by LostLocke - June 19, 2014 at 12:26 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Lek - June 19, 2014 at 12:34 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Losty - June 20, 2014 at 6:46 am
RE: No True Scotsman - by Minimalist - June 19, 2014 at 12:32 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Lek - June 19, 2014 at 12:37 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by downbeatplumb - June 19, 2014 at 12:42 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Fidel_Castronaut - June 19, 2014 at 1:46 pm
No True Scotsman - by Bibliofagus - June 19, 2014 at 12:35 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Lek - June 19, 2014 at 12:43 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Esquilax - June 19, 2014 at 2:09 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Lek - June 19, 2014 at 4:02 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by ShaMan - June 19, 2014 at 4:10 pm
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RE: No True Scotsman - by Lek - June 19, 2014 at 5:00 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Cato - June 19, 2014 at 5:03 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Esquilax - June 20, 2014 at 6:34 am
RE: No True Scotsman - by Lek - June 19, 2014 at 5:03 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Cato - June 19, 2014 at 5:14 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Fidel_Castronaut - June 19, 2014 at 12:36 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Chad32 - June 19, 2014 at 12:41 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Lek - June 19, 2014 at 12:51 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Cato - June 19, 2014 at 12:59 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Lek - June 19, 2014 at 1:10 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Cato - June 19, 2014 at 1:21 pm
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RE: No True Scotsman - by Bad Wolf - June 19, 2014 at 12:42 pm
No True Scotsman - by Bibliofagus - June 19, 2014 at 12:46 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Lek - June 19, 2014 at 12:54 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Chad32 - June 19, 2014 at 12:53 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Lek - June 19, 2014 at 12:57 pm
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RE: No True Scotsman - by Bad Wolf - June 19, 2014 at 1:17 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Lek - June 19, 2014 at 1:02 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Bad Wolf - June 19, 2014 at 12:54 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by LastPoet - June 19, 2014 at 12:55 pm
No True Scotsman - by Bibliofagus - June 19, 2014 at 1:03 pm
No True Scotsman - by Bibliofagus - June 19, 2014 at 1:21 pm
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RE: No True Scotsman - by Lek - June 19, 2014 at 1:33 pm
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RE: No True Scotsman - by Lek - June 19, 2014 at 1:39 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Lek - June 19, 2014 at 1:36 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Bad Wolf - June 19, 2014 at 1:39 pm
No True Scotsman - by Bibliofagus - June 19, 2014 at 1:39 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Lek - June 19, 2014 at 1:44 pm
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RE: No True Scotsman - by Strongbad - June 19, 2014 at 1:43 pm
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RE: No True Scotsman - by Lek - June 19, 2014 at 1:52 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Chad32 - June 19, 2014 at 2:11 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by DeistPaladin - June 19, 2014 at 3:03 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Lek - June 19, 2014 at 3:38 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Cato - June 19, 2014 at 3:50 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by DeistPaladin - June 19, 2014 at 4:18 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Minimalist - June 19, 2014 at 1:49 pm
No True Scotsman - by Bibliofagus - June 19, 2014 at 1:51 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Bad Wolf - June 19, 2014 at 2:03 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Tonus - June 19, 2014 at 2:50 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Lek - June 19, 2014 at 3:26 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Cato - June 19, 2014 at 3:32 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Tonus - June 19, 2014 at 3:51 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Lek - June 19, 2014 at 4:10 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Chad32 - June 19, 2014 at 4:11 pm
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RE: No True Scotsman - by Cato - June 19, 2014 at 4:16 pm
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RE: No True Scotsman - by Minimalist - June 19, 2014 at 3:52 pm
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RE: No True Scotsman - by Lek - June 19, 2014 at 4:15 pm
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No True Scotsman - by Bibliofagus - June 19, 2014 at 4:21 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Lek - June 19, 2014 at 4:36 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Chad32 - June 19, 2014 at 4:32 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Bad Wolf - June 19, 2014 at 5:21 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Lek - June 19, 2014 at 5:40 pm
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RE: No True Scotsman - by Lek - June 20, 2014 at 8:17 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Bad Wolf - June 20, 2014 at 8:33 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Esquilax - June 21, 2014 at 1:49 am
RE: No True Scotsman - by Cato - June 20, 2014 at 6:03 am
RE: No True Scotsman - by Minimalist - June 19, 2014 at 5:58 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by jesus_wept - June 20, 2014 at 4:50 am
RE: No True Scotsman - by fr0d0 - June 20, 2014 at 5:52 am
RE: No True Scotsman - by jesus_wept - June 20, 2014 at 7:41 am
RE: No True Scotsman - by fr0d0 - June 20, 2014 at 9:11 am
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RE: No True Scotsman - by Minimalist - June 20, 2014 at 12:12 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Mudhammam - June 20, 2014 at 12:34 pm
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RE: No True Scotsman - by Chad32 - June 20, 2014 at 8:26 pm
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RE: No True Scotsman - by DeistPaladin - June 21, 2014 at 1:15 am
RE: No True Scotsman - by Minimalist - June 22, 2014 at 3:57 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by fr0d0 - June 22, 2014 at 5:04 pm
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RE: No True Scotsman - by Lek - June 22, 2014 at 12:22 pm
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RE: No True Scotsman - by Bad Wolf - June 22, 2014 at 12:58 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Lek - June 22, 2014 at 1:16 pm
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RE: No True Scotsman - by Lek - June 22, 2014 at 4:23 pm
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RE: No True Scotsman - by Chad32 - June 22, 2014 at 2:42 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by DeistPaladin - June 22, 2014 at 3:07 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Wyrd of Gawd - June 22, 2014 at 8:21 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Tonus - June 23, 2014 at 6:09 am
RE: No True Scotsman - by Foxaèr - June 22, 2014 at 1:13 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by max-greece - June 22, 2014 at 4:03 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by ThomM - June 22, 2014 at 7:27 pm
No True Scotsman - by Bibliofagus - June 23, 2014 at 10:03 am
RE: No True Scotsman - by fr0d0 - June 23, 2014 at 6:54 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Mudhammam - June 23, 2014 at 7:03 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by fr0d0 - June 24, 2014 at 6:02 am
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RE: No True Scotsman - by fr0d0 - June 24, 2014 at 7:00 am
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RE: No True Scotsman - by fr0d0 - June 24, 2014 at 7:15 am
RE: No True Scotsman - by Hoopington - June 24, 2014 at 8:50 am
RE: No True Scotsman - by Bad Writer - June 24, 2014 at 9:07 am
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RE: No True Scotsman - by Tonus - June 24, 2014 at 6:43 am
RE: No True Scotsman - by Chad32 - June 24, 2014 at 9:36 am
RE: No True Scotsman - by max-greece - June 24, 2014 at 6:55 am
RE: No True Scotsman - by Bad Writer - June 24, 2014 at 7:17 am
RE: No True Scotsman - by fr0d0 - June 24, 2014 at 7:30 am
RE: No True Scotsman - by Bad Writer - June 24, 2014 at 7:59 am
RE: No True Scotsman - by fr0d0 - June 24, 2014 at 8:22 am
RE: No True Scotsman - by Bad Writer - June 24, 2014 at 8:41 am
RE: No True Scotsman - by fr0d0 - June 24, 2014 at 8:42 am
RE: No True Scotsman - by Tonus - June 24, 2014 at 11:48 am
RE: No True Scotsman - by fr0d0 - June 24, 2014 at 8:58 am
RE: No True Scotsman - by Hoopington - June 24, 2014 at 9:00 am
RE: No True Scotsman - by fr0d0 - June 24, 2014 at 9:25 am
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RE: No True Scotsman - by fr0d0 - June 24, 2014 at 10:02 am
RE: No True Scotsman - by Grandizer - June 24, 2014 at 12:39 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by DeistPaladin - June 24, 2014 at 1:17 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Lek - June 24, 2014 at 3:23 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Chad32 - June 24, 2014 at 10:09 am
RE: No True Scotsman - by fr0d0 - June 24, 2014 at 12:30 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by Chad32 - June 24, 2014 at 12:35 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by The Grand Nudger - June 24, 2014 at 11:59 am
RE: No True Scotsman - by The Grand Nudger - June 24, 2014 at 12:50 pm
RE: No True Scotsman - by The Grand Nudger - June 24, 2014 at 1:21 pm
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