(May 20, 2015 at 6:23 pm)Randy Carson Wrote:(May 20, 2015 at 6:15 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: Oh please...
Your arguments are nothing we haven't heard before, nor are they any more supported by evidence or reasoned argument than any other theist that posts here.
Perhaps YOU have heard them (as I have heard many of yours, btw), but have you ever considered the post/views ratio of my threads, Simon? The views are running more than 10:1 meaning that there are potentially MANY more people following than commenting.
What does that mean? It means that I'm reaching a bigger audience than just you and the few who have decided to respond.
Hearts are being touched by the truth right here in this forum.
How do you feel about that?
Quote:If only you had demonstrable evidence and reasoned argument to support that claim.
And no, the Bible is not evidence, it is the claim.
It would make things easier for me, but then how would you get your jollies mocking Christians if we did?
(May 20, 2015 at 6:23 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: The problem, Randy, is that you've taken to copy-pasting material from external sources *in place of making arguments in your own words*.
This is a discussion forum, not a place where we have copy-pasta wars with material from elsewhere.
You can certainly post scripture in *support* of a post, but not as the content *of* your post.
It's obvious you're doing a lot of copy-paste from somewhere. That's not in the spirit of what we do here.
Let me ask this for clarification: Suppose that five years ago, someone in another forum asked me a question about...oh, I dunno...the pope kissing the Koran or the problems at the Children's orphanages in Ireland. You know...the kind of stuff that anti-Catholics love to ask about (see the pedophilia posts in this thread ).
Now, if I wrote a detailed answer back then and saved it in Word on my computer for future use, is it a problem if I post it again here?
And please keep in mind that a simple one line question from a non-believer such as, "Can you explain the Trinity?" can REQUIRE a massive amount of effort to answer adequately.
Thanks.
(May 20, 2015 at 6:19 pm)francismjenkins Wrote: Francis Scott Keys' first name was also Francis (he was an Episcopalian), as was Francis Bacon (who urged for the execution of Mary, the Catholic Queen of the Scots)
So, how did you come by the name?
How does anyone come by a name, usually parents right? In my case, a stork found me abandoned in a dumpster and left me in a basket in front of a church that was named St. Francis of Assisi church, so the pastor named me Francis.
My last name was originally Doe, but I loved the movie Roscoe Jenkins so much, I took the surname Jenkins