That's what I tried to explain, but it doesn't matter. It's been declared preaching and that is what counts.

(September 28, 2011 at 3:20 am)fr0d0 Wrote: He was quoting Min in responding to a point Min made!!! How is that supposed to be breaking the rules FFS!!!

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(September 28, 2011 at 12:29 am)Epimethean Wrote: Ban the daft fucker. He has zero argument, no evidence, and simply wants to spread his mindless disease. Since that ain't gonna happen here, just flush the jackass.

I was unaware you tried to explain anything. I simply gave you a link to the rules. Hopefully, you read them.

(September 28, 2011 at 3:22 am)Shell B Wrote: You do realize that only part of that post is a quote, right?

He was quoting the verse that Min challenged him on!!!

Minimalist Wrote:Why did not you continue on with Eccl 3 to verse 21, Luce? Inconvenient?

Lucents' Response: Eccl 3 continuing to v21 - with responses !!!!



Please post an apology

Lucent, it would also help if you put the verses in quotes and what is your response as regular text. I think what happened here is that it all got interpreted as a sermon instead of an actual response. If you go to the full editor for response, you can mark the text that is the verse, and click on the quote button.

(September 28, 2011 at 4:55 am)leo-rcc Wrote: Lucent, it would also help if you put the verses in quotes and what is your response as regular text. I think what happened here is that it all got interpreted as a sermon instead of an actual response. If you go to the full editor for response, you can mark the text that is the verse, and click on the quote button.

It does take a bit of nous AND reading the RULES area to post here on this site.... it isn't set up as sloppily as say the other xtian sites are. People (read theists) are just so eager to 'Save souls for jeebus" that they haven't got a clue and ergo end up looking stupid.

What you wrote is good Lucent and I can see the point you're making.

But the answers aren't in a book written thousands of years ago by a bunch of unwashed goatherders.

If they are anywhere it is within yourself.

(September 27, 2011 at 11:12 pm)lucent Wrote: So we should be content with what we have, that we should enjoy the blessings that are given to us now. Be happy within even if we lack without, to enjoy the portion God assigned us.

How very "Greek" of you. Maybe it will slowly start to sink in where your horseshit came from!

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/stoic

Quote:sto·ic (stk)
n.
1. One who is seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain.
2. Stoic A member of an originally Greek school of philosophy, founded by Zeno about 308 b.c., believing that God determined everything for the best and that virtue is sufficient for happiness. Its later Roman form advocated the calm acceptance of all occurrences as the unavoidable result of divine will or of the natural order.

Why on earth the faithful would not want to educate themselves on the pedigree of their faith and claim that heritage is beyond me. They stick to the idiotic shit and ignore the fact that their faith is part of the larger and much more interesting business of our changing views of our origins, purpose, and morality. We've all moved beyond the ideas put forth in the bible, even fundy christians can't claim to hold the same beliefs as early christians, and that much should be obvious. The best explanation I've ever heard for faith came from a catholic priest, who as far as I could tell, didn't actually believe in god. These myths do not have to be factually accurate for there to be value stowed away within Lucent. In all honesty, holding so tightly onto a literal and factual interpretation is probably the single-most destructive thing you can do to any wisdom that might otherwise be gleaned from the narrative.

(September 28, 2011 at 4:43 am)fr0d0 Wrote: Please post an apology

No. Min asked him why he didn't post it. He didn't answer the question. He just went right on with his bible mastur *ahem* interpretation. Furthermore, I already told him that his first round of it was preaching. Instead of reading the rules and replying to Min's question, he just continued with it where Min told him he had left off. He seems to be doing fine now and I encourage him to hang around and wish him the best of luck. However, I am not apologizing for mentioning the rules. Sorry, Frods. I like you, but I'm not your puppet.

Quote:Why on earth the faithful would not want to educate themselves on the pedigree of their faith and claim that heritage is beyond me.

That's terribly scary to them.

Want to have some fun? Point out that a Greek by the name of Pittacus is the earliest known proponent of The Golden Rule. Some 600 years before the alleged jesus.

That always works them up into a fucking lather.