(September 15, 2017 at 10:11 am)Mathilda Wrote:

(September 15, 2017 at 9:49 am)Huggy74 Wrote: Technically, By their own admission they are worshiping a god.

They literally state that the purpose of the Sunday assembly is to celebrate 'life'

https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/celebrate

god - a being or object believed to have more than natural attributes and powers and to require human worship; specifically :one controlling a particular aspect or part of reality

This kinda makes 'life' their god by definition.

Like I said, welcome to club buddy.

Utter pish. You're just trolling now.

I didn't define the words luv.

(September 14, 2017 at 4:00 pm)LastPoet Wrote:

(September 14, 2017 at 3:13 pm)Astreja Wrote: What is clear here -- and what the Pigeon Chess Academy fails to acknowledge -- is that the so-called evidence is not up to our evidentiary standards.

If anything, I think we should raise those standards even more rather than lowering them to assuage the fee-fees of the flock.  When dealing with an actual god, as opposed to a pretend one, said god should have no difficulty meeting the most stringent criteria that mortals can devise.

Not looking good for the theists.

Funny how their standards for evidence change, to other stuff that contradicts their bible, they have higher standards than anyone on earth. Stuff born from real research work, nor cummunal

The term you're looking for is "phony bastards."

(September 15, 2017 at 10:08 am)Khemikal Wrote: You kind of left out the necessary personification that differentiates animism from deism (and it's derivative theism).  

So no, they don't worship god, technically or otherwise.  They worship life.  21st century retconning animists (if we wanted to be cruel about it).  Not deists, or theists.

You're conflating God with god. The capitalization differentiates the deity from an object.

god (lowercase) simply means object of worship, which means ANYTHING that's an object of worship.

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/object

Quote:object

noun
1. anything that is visible or tangible and is relatively stable in form.

2. a thing, person, or matter to which thought or action is directed;

3. the end toward which effort or action is directed; goal; purpose:

(September 15, 2017 at 9:22 am)SteveII Wrote:

(September 15, 2017 at 7:19 am)Khemikal Wrote: You claimed that pauls stories were different than joes, in attempting to make an excuse for your special pleading.

God spoke to him privately, as he did to Joe Smith.

Are you now having trouble remembering the lies you've told about the stories you don't know?

No I did not. I have always discussed the entire body of information that we have is different than Joe's entire body of information. If you can't see that in post after post after post, you have real comprehension problems. 

BUT...let's suppose we don't have the 50 or so posts where I was clear. Are the circumstances of just Paul the same as Joe's? Not at all:

1. Paul had been persecuting Christians and knew very well what they claimed for years. 
2. Paul's vision led to a change of heart on whether these existing claims were true--not proposing/discovering a new set. 
3. He spent years with the apostles and other early Christians--implying a training period to develop his knowledge/reasoning/etc. because
4. Paul's letters were on Christian living and were applications of the claims he did not make up and that his recipients already believed.

And this is just part of the claim.  You're TOLD this.  By the BIBLE.  Which is the CLAIM.

Quote:You're conflating God with god. The capitalization differentiates the deity from an object.

There is no God.  Sadly, there are gods. 

Time to grow up, Huggy.  You are on your own in this vast universe.

(September 15, 2017 at 9:49 am)Huggy74 Wrote:

(September 15, 2017 at 8:02 am)Tizheruk Wrote: A social activity . And the fact your dumbass can't tell the different between a lunatic cult the worships a magic undead man .And spends every sunday praising a imaginary friend  so they can get into magic la la land and be a psychopath deities bottom bitch  for eternity . To a bunch of people most likely from   religious backgrounds who gather for companionship and don't  do any nor believe any of the bullshit above is mind blowing.

Technically, By their own admission they are worshiping a god.

They literally state that the purpose of the Sunday assembly is to celebrate 'life'

https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/celebrate

Quote:celebrate


Synonyms and Antonyms of celebrate

   1. to proclaim the glory of a personal essay that celebrates the single life Synonyms bless, carol, praise, emblazon, exalt, extol (also extoll), glorify, hymn, laud, magnify, resound

Related Words adore, belaud, deify, idolize, worship; acclaim, applaud, commend, compliment, hail, renown, salute; chant, cheer, eulogize, rhapsodize; cite; flatter; crack up, recommend, tout

god - a being or object believed to have more than natural attributes and powers and to require human worship; specifically :one controlling a particular aspect or part of reality

This kinda makes 'life' their god by definition.

Like I said, welcome to club buddy.

And you're a fucking ignoramus by definition.  Since you worship a god, and Thor is a god, then you must worship Thor. 

You're really becoming a bothersome troll.

(September 15, 2017 at 11:13 am)Harry Nevis Wrote:

(September 15, 2017 at 9:49 am)Huggy74 Wrote: Technically, By their own admission they are worshiping a god.

They literally state that the purpose of the Sunday assembly is to celebrate 'life'

https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/celebrate

god - a being or object believed to have more than natural attributes and powers and to require human worship; specifically :one controlling a particular aspect or part of reality

This kinda makes 'life' their god by definition.

Like I said, welcome to club buddy.

And you're a fucking ignoramus by definition.  Since you worship a god, and Thor is a god, then you must worship Thor. 

You're really becoming a bothersome troll.

No, I worship God, not a god.
Thor is a 'god' not 'God', understand?

(September 15, 2017 at 11:03 am)Huggy74 Wrote: You're conflating God with god. The capitalization differentiates the deity from an object.

I see your god as just one mental construct among thousands.  In my worldview, your pretend friend is no more real and no more important than any other deity, including deities that appear only in works of modern fiction.  (waves to Lunitari, Offler and Frith)

(September 15, 2017 at 11:12 am)Minimalist Wrote:

Quote:You're conflating God with god. The capitalization differentiates the deity from an object.

There is no God.  Sadly, there are gods. 

Time to grow up, Huggy.  You are on your own in this vast universe.

You care to provide evidence to back up that claim?

(September 15, 2017 at 11:21 am)Huggy74 Wrote:

(September 15, 2017 at 11:13 am)Harry Nevis Wrote: And you're a fucking ignoramus by definition.  Since you worship a god, and Thor is a god, then you must worship Thor. 

You're really becoming a bothersome troll.

No, I worship God, not a god.
Thor is a 'god' not 'God', understand?

No, because there is no difference.  Whatever god is being worshipped, the followers capitalize theirs and lower-case everyone elses.

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(September 15, 2017 at 11:23 am)Huggy74 Wrote:

(September 15, 2017 at 11:12 am)Minimalist Wrote: There is no God.  Sadly, there are gods. 

Time to grow up, Huggy.  You are on your own in this vast universe.

You care to provide evidence to back up that claim?

Why?  You have never offered any evidence that backs up your claims.