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A small thanks to the resident Theists..
RE: A small thanks to the resident Theists..
(September 10, 2013 at 10:04 am)Doubting Thomas Wrote:
(September 9, 2013 at 9:11 pm)Godschild Wrote: Please show me I'm wrong

You were shown you are wrong. You claimed that nowhere in the bible does it say to kill disobedient children, and someone posted the verse from Deuteronomy showing that exact thing. Admit it and move on.

You're as dense as lead, I've explain those verses several times over the last three years, go look them up.

Quote: I've offered to explain those verses even though I know most will reject what I say.

Quote:Because you always come up with some extremely lame bullshit claim as to why a particular bible passage doesn't mean what it means.

I've explained Bible verses by what they say, just because you're to dense to understand them is not my fault.

Quote:But I'm interested, please lay on your bullshit interpretation of that passage and explain why it doesn't mean that unruly children should be killed. I'll start making popcorn.

Go look up what I've said in the past Mr. Leadhead, it will be the same as I would say now and I do not have the time to waste on people who do not care.

Smile GC
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
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RE: A small thanks to the resident Theists..
Because he's taking the text in the Bible at face value he's dense? Do we need to explain special pleading to you yet again, GC?
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RE: A small thanks to the resident Theists..
(September 9, 2013 at 5:35 pm)Godschild Wrote:
(September 8, 2013 at 9:45 pm)missluckie26 Wrote: Hey GC, thanks for stopping by!


THEBIBLE Wrote:Deuteronomy 21:18-21
“If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them, then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives, and they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’ Then all the men of the city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

Tell me something, why do you keep bring up these above ^ verses I've already explained and no one has argued the explanation. Again, I say if you were in church you could not have been listening to teachings and why do I say this, because you do not listen here, all you know how to do is go to atheist sights and copy verses, or say I've not read the scriptures, sad, really sad.

Quote:Leviticus 20:9
For anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood is upon him.

You apparently have no idea what God was trying to accomplish with His chosen people, until you can come to this understanding you will never understand the OT. Nevertheless I'm going to explain this to you this time only, so if you want to throw out this verses again I'll just ignore you because of your ignorance.
The word curse in Lev. 20:9 is expounded upon in Deut. 21:18-21. The full meaning of the Lev. 20:9 is found in the verses in Deut. So now all you need to do is find the explanation I've given in the past and you'll have it.

Yeah uh, Godschild, I'm not doing that. State your explanation here, as I think you are confused about me even being there when you said it.

As far as I can tell based on common translations reached in a consensus by almost all Christian denominations, the word curse isn't even in Deuteronomy 21:18-21.

Wikipedia Wrote:While traditionally accepted as the genuine words of Moses delivered on the eve of the occupation of Canaan, a broad consensus of modern scholars now see its origins in traditions from Israel (the northern kingdom) brought south to the Kingdom of Judah in the wake of the Assyrian destruction of Samaria (8th century BCE) and then adapted to a program of nationalist reform in the time of King Josiah (late 7th century), with the final form of the modern book emerging in the milieu of the return from the Babylonian exile during the late 6th century

...At the end of the Exile, when the Persians agreed that the Jews could return and rebuild the Temple, chapters 1–4 and 29–30 were added and Deuteronomy was made the introductory book to this history, so that a story about a people about to enter the Promised Land, became a story about a people about to return to the land. The legal sections of chapters 19–25 were expanded to meet new situations that had arisen, and chapters 31–34 were added as a new conclusion.

I just found that interesting.

Godschild Wrote:
Quote:2 Kings 2:23-24
He went up from there to Bethel, and while he was going up on the way, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him, saying, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!” And he turned around, and when he saw them, he cursed them in the name of the Lord. And two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys.

Oh boy, how ridiculous. Just to show you I'll give the effort, I went and looked up the Hebrew for tore and it does not indicate death, nor does any of the other translations of those verses I reviewed. Now that we have that out of the way let's examine the verses, those boys were not only mocking Elisha but, God as well. We know these boys came from Bethel which at the time was the center of pagan idol worship in Israel the Northern Kingdom. These boys were telling Elisha not to come to Bethel and bring God's word because no one there wanted to hear it. So God punished those boys for their mockery and rejection of His prophet and His word.

I too looked up the Hebrew for tore and it indicates to be made into morsels, to be plucked up and torn to pieces.

In any case if you're actually saying what I think you're saying: those boys weren't killed, just mauled so that makes it okay. I'd like to know from where in the text it indicates to you that those children weren't ripped to shreds by two bears

You're okay with this happening to kids in the name of your god then, huh? You don't think any sort of injury to a child in those times wasn't fatal?


godschild Wrote:
Quote:Oh, and then there's these.. But I'm sure you just read right over those or who knows.. Maybe you liked it.

Angel Cloud

THEBIBLE Wrote:




4 Horsemen

You pick them out two at a time and I'll try and explain each one, if you do not then that's fine. I'm not sitting here and going through all of them and making a ridiculously long post. Besides I do not have that kind of time, it will be much easier to do two at a time.

Smile GC

I don't think you can explain moralistic murder to me but you're sure free to try.

Psalm 137

8 Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is the one who repays you according to what you have done to us.
9 Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.

58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

58:8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

(September 9, 2013 at 5:35 pm)Godschild Wrote:
(September 8, 2013 at 9:45 pm)missluckie26 Wrote: Hey GC, thanks for stopping by!


THEBIBLE Wrote:Deuteronomy 21:18-21
“If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them, then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives, and they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’ Then all the men of the city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

Tell me something, why do you keep bring up these above ^ verses I've already explained and no one has argued the explanation. Again, I say if you were in church you could not have been listening to teachings and why do I say this, because you do not listen here, all you know how to do is go to atheist sights and copy verses, or say I've not read the scriptures, sad, really sad.

Quote:Leviticus 20:9
For anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood is upon him.

You apparently have no idea what God was trying to accomplish with His chosen people, until you can come to this understanding you will never understand the OT. Nevertheless I'm going to explain this to you this time only, so if you want to throw out this verses again I'll just ignore you because of your ignorance.
The word curse in Lev. 20:9 is expounded upon in Deut. 21:18-21. The full meaning of the Lev. 20:9 is found in the verses in Deut. So now all you need to do is find the explanation I've given in the past and you'll have it.

Yeah uh, Godschild, [u]I'm not doing that.
State your explanation here, as I think you are confused about me even being there when you said it.

As far as I can tell based on common translations reached in a consensus by almost all Christian denominations, the word curse isn't even in Deuteronomy 21:18-21.

Wikipedia Wrote:While traditionally accepted as the genuine words of Moses delivered on the eve of the occupation of Canaan, a broad consensus of modern scholars now see its origins in traditions from Israel (the northern kingdom) brought south to the Kingdom of Judah in the wake of the Assyrian destruction of Samaria (8th century BCE) and then adapted to a program of nationalist reform in the time of King Josiah (late 7th century), with the final form of the modern book emerging in the milieu of the return from the Babylonian exile during the late 6th century

...At the end of the Exile, when the Persians agreed that the Jews could return and rebuild the Temple, chapters 1–4 and 29–30 were added and Deuteronomy was made the introductory book to this history, so that a story about a people about to enter the Promised Land, became a story about a people about to return to the land. The legal sections of chapters 19–25 were expanded to meet new situations that had arisen, and chapters 31–34 were added as a new conclusion.

I just found that interesting.

Godschild Wrote:
Quote:2 Kings 2:23-24
He went up from there to Bethel, and while he was going up on the way, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him, saying, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!” And he turned around, and when he saw them, he cursed them in the name of the Lord. And two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys.

Oh boy, how ridiculous. Just to show you I'll give the effort, I went and looked up the Hebrew for tore and it does not indicate death, nor does any of the other translations of those verses I reviewed. Now that we have that out of the way let's examine the verses, those boys were not only mocking Elisha but, God as well. We know these boys came from Bethel which at the time was the center of pagan idol worship in Israel the Northern Kingdom. These boys were telling Elisha not to come to Bethel and bring God's word because no one there wanted to hear it. So God punished those boys for their mockery and rejection of His prophet and His word.

I too looked up the Hebrew for tore and it indicates to be made into morsels, to be plucked up and torn to pieces.

In any case if you're actually saying what I think you're saying: those boys weren't killed, just mauled so that makes it okay. I'd like to know from where in the text it indicates to you that those children weren't ripped to shreds by two bears

1:05
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/vide...zzly-bear/

You're okay with this happening to kids in the name of your god then, huh? You don't think any sort of injury to a child in those times wasn't fatal?


godschild Wrote:
Quote:Oh, and then there's these.. But I'm sure you just read right over those or who knows.. Maybe you liked it.

Angel Cloud

THEBIBLE Wrote:




4 Horsemen

You pick them out two at a time and I'll try and explain each one, if you do not then that's fine. I'm not sitting here and going through all of them and making a ridiculously long post. Besides I do not have that kind of time, it will be much easier to do two at a time.

Smile GC

I don't think you can explain moralistic murder to me but you're sure free to try.

Psalm 137

8 Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is the one who repays you according to what you have done to us.
9 Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.

58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

58:8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away:[u] like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
If I were to create self aware beings knowing fully what they would do in their lifetimes, I sure wouldn't create a HELL for the majority of them to live in infinitely! That's not Love, that's sadistic. Therefore a truly loving god does not exist!

Quote:The sin is against an infinite being (God) unforgiven infinitely, therefore the punishment is infinite.

Dead wrong.  The actions of a finite being measured against an infinite one are infinitesimal and therefore merit infinitesimal punishment.

Quote:Some people deserve hell.

I say again:  No exceptions.  Punishment should be equal to the crime, not in excess of it.  As soon as the punishment is greater than the crime, the punisher is in the wrong.

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RE: A small thanks to the resident Theists..
(September 10, 2013 at 10:12 pm)missluckie26 Wrote:
(September 10, 2013 at 5:46 pm)catfish Wrote: You said: "I'm aware you don't believe Aeon to be an indefinite amount of time"
You have the same lack of reading comprehension as the others it may seem.

I meant infinite fishy. I corrected it later. http://atheistforums.org/thread-20756-po...#pid504393
See what I mean about giberish? This is one reason I don't bother responding to you most of the time. You didn't correct it, you defended it by saying that's what you said (were you lying?), not that's what you meant. But that doesn't even matter, it was all just a deflection tactic used by yourself to avoid supporting your bare assertion.

(September 10, 2013 at 10:12 pm)missluckie26 Wrote: You seem to be the one with a lack of reading comprehension (or justifiable point) because you can't seem to even address directly the evidence I brought to you.
LOL, I told you I'd laugh at this. It's been addressed. Your whole premise of " Any amount of time in torment is uncalled for by a benevolent creator--who, by the way, was described by the very same word therefore he's either not eternal or everything else is eternal" is incorrect as the word used to describe God in your quoted verse is aidios. Will you deny this one more time for my amusememnt please?
Again though, it doesn't matter as this is yet another deflection ploy to avoid your burden of proof.

(September 10, 2013 at 10:12 pm)missluckie26 Wrote: In any case, I retract my request and officially ask you to fuck off, troll. My half passed out dog curled up next to me has more to say than you do.
Right, still refusing to admit that you can't provide proof of this bare assertion:
(September 9, 2013 at 6:00 pm)catfish Wrote:
(September 9, 2013 at 1:16 pm)missluckie26 Wrote: Aractus why exactly don't you believe the Bible is the unerring word of god? It says it is, after all. And it says to follow it or you will go to hell. ...
<snip>

Proof of claim?
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RE: A small thanks to the resident Theists..
Catty, you seriously need to do something better with your time. Go find a soup kitchen and volunteer. Go work at an animal rescue shelter. Go to a meet and greet and interact with real people. Your life will be better for you and all around you.
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RE: A small thanks to the resident Theists..
(September 10, 2013 at 9:17 pm)catfish Wrote:
(September 10, 2013 at 8:34 pm)Captain Colostomy Wrote: ...and an expected deflection in 5...4...3...2...

LOL, that question is his deflection.

The wheels on the bus go round and round,

round and round, round and round.

The wheels on the bus go round and round,

all through the town.


Your continued refusal to acknowledge from whence you stand speaks volumes to your character and credibility. I assume it's because you're unsure of what you yourself believe, and you take satisfaction in taking pot shots at those who do. It's your perogative, but it smacks of dishonesty.

I may be wrong, but I don't expect you to be forthright in correcting me. Hell, even if you try, no one else whose noticed your MO will blame me for doubting anything you say.

(I also suspect you have a baby penis, but that's a topic for another day.)
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RE: A small thanks to the resident Theists..
(September 11, 2013 at 2:22 am)Captain Colostomy Wrote: The wheels on the bus go round and round,

round and round, round and round.

The wheels on the bus go round and round,

all through the town.


Your continued refusal to acknowledge from whence you stand speaks volumes to your character and credibility. I assume it's because you're unsure of what you yourself believe, and you take satisfaction in taking pot shots at those who do. It's your perogative, but it smacks of dishonesty.

I may be wrong, but I don't expect you to be forthright in correcting me. Hell, even if you try, no one else whose noticed your MO will blame me for doubting anything you say.

(I also suspect you have a baby penis, but that's a topic for another day.)

ROFLOL
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If I were to create self aware beings knowing fully what they would do in their lifetimes, I sure wouldn't create a HELL for the majority of them to live in infinitely! That's not Love, that's sadistic. Therefore a truly loving god does not exist!

Quote:The sin is against an infinite being (God) unforgiven infinitely, therefore the punishment is infinite.

Dead wrong.  The actions of a finite being measured against an infinite one are infinitesimal and therefore merit infinitesimal punishment.

Quote:Some people deserve hell.

I say again:  No exceptions.  Punishment should be equal to the crime, not in excess of it.  As soon as the punishment is greater than the crime, the punisher is in the wrong.

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RE: A small thanks to the resident Theists..
So much for a productive dialogue.
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RE: A small thanks to the resident Theists..
(September 10, 2013 at 10:04 pm)Godschild Wrote:
(September 10, 2013 at 4:20 am)Heir Apparent Wrote: Surely that's already been done by 3-4 people already, probably more. I don't need to parrot what they've said already.

And I don't see my beliefs being challenged. Would you like to?

No one has been able to discredit my beliefs, want to have a go at it or are you going to let an opportunity flit by. You have no idea what others have said.

Smile GC

On second thought, I've changed my mind. You say you've been here three years? That's all the reason I need right there to suspect that you're one of those believers. The ones who are so deeply dug into their little worlds that they won't even consider what anyone tells them. Therefore, there is no point in repeating what I already said, or bringing up any further counter arguments.

That or your an extremely dedicated (and sad) Poe/troll.

I just have to ask though, what IS your purpose here? In three years you must have realized that no one here will be converted.
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