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    Thread: What happened to the My Awards Link on my forum browser?
Post: RE: What happened to the My Awards Link on my foru...

(January 1, 2012 at 5:32 pm)Tiberius Wrote: Darwinian is recoding it. I thougt I had a couple of medals. Have I been defrocked?:thinking:
Barre Questions, Problems, Suggestions, and Feedback 25 11444 February 1, 2012 at 11:27 am
    Thread: Historical-critical treatments of Islam
Post: Historical-critical treatments of Islam

I am interested in whatever members may know of any historical-critical treatments of the Qur'an and of Islam in general and what they are saying.
Barre Islam 1 1353 January 31, 2012 at 5:40 am
    Thread: The historical Jesus--dead wrong, literally.
Post: RE: The historical Jesus--dead wrong, literally.

(December 7, 2011 at 1:20 am)Barre Wrote: Two verses in (g)Mark especially reveal the plot line of Jesus' last hours: Mark 14:62-63: Again the high priest questioned him,82 “Are you the Christ,83 ...
Barre Christianity 47 13590 January 24, 2012 at 12:27 am
    Thread: The historical Jesus--dead wrong, literally.
Post: RE: The historical Jesus--dead wrong, literally.

(December 7, 2011 at 7:42 pm)Happy UnBeliever Wrote: Using the gMark to prove jesus ....its the worst thing you could have done...that and using the bible to prove itself another fallacy often attem...
Barre Christianity 47 13590 January 22, 2012 at 8:57 pm
    Thread: Primordial Sex--Eden as Allegory
Post: RE: Primordial Sex--Eden as Allegory

(December 30, 2011 at 11:40 am)chipan Wrote: you look way too hard at this, not everything is symbolic in the bible. here's some things- God said not to eat from the tree at all, not to wait till th...
Barre Christianity 139 56221 January 22, 2012 at 7:37 pm
    Thread: The historical Jesus--dead wrong, literally.
Post: RE: The historical Jesus--dead wrong, literally.

(January 7, 2012 at 6:58 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote: Quote:You should take the Bible seriously because of its tremendous inlfuence it has No thanks ...I'm not a Lemming Please don't misunderstand. I am...
Barre Christianity 47 13590 January 22, 2012 at 7:29 pm
    Thread: The historical Jesus--dead wrong, literally.
Post: RE: The historical Jesus--dead wrong, literally.

(December 7, 2011 at 1:56 am)Stimbo Wrote: Agreed. Barre, you might be better off trying to float this on some xtian forum. Around here the first step would have to be to demonstrate why we should t...
Barre Christianity 47 13590 January 6, 2012 at 12:38 pm
    Thread: Earl Doherty's academic credentials?
Post: RE: Earl Doherty's academic credentials?

(January 1, 2012 at 1:18 pm)Minimalist Wrote: There's a guy named Jim West who runs a blog. He is an interesting guy....a baptist preacher in fucking Tennessee who nonetheless hangs out with and ag...
Barre Christianity 12 3951 January 6, 2012 at 12:22 pm
    Thread: Three examples of Markan expansions of gMark
Post: RE: Three examples of Markan expansions of gMark

(January 2, 2012 at 11:55 am)Minimalist Wrote: In scholarly circles there isn't much question that gMark has been tampered with by later church interests. That's true of all of them, though. The c...
Barre Christianity 5 3115 January 6, 2012 at 12:15 pm
    Thread: Primordial Sex--Eden as Allegory
Post: RE: Primordial Sex--Eden as Allegory

(December 30, 2011 at 11:58 am)Norfolk And Chance Wrote: I don't look at it very hard because it's all made up and irrelevant. And theists like yourself deciding which bits are literal and which ar...
Barre Christianity 139 56221 January 6, 2012 at 11:30 am
    Thread: Three examples of Markan expansions of gMark
Post: Three examples of Markan expansions of gMark

The three clearest indications that an underlying narrative has been expanded by a later hand are: - The insertion of the story of John the Baptizer's death: The Twelve Sent Out 7 And He summoned th...
Barre Christianity 5 3115 January 2, 2012 at 12:12 am
    Thread: Primordial Sex--Eden as Allegory
Post: RE: Primordial Sex--Eden as Allegory

(December 30, 2011 at 2:11 pm)chipan Wrote: well simply put, you're wrong. it's none of those things. An example of theistic triumphalism.
Barre Christianity 139 56221 January 1, 2012 at 6:25 am
    Thread: Primordial Sex--Eden as Allegory
Post: RE: Primordial Sex--Eden as Allegory

(December 30, 2011 at 11:40 am)chipan Wrote: you look way too hard at this, not everything is symbolic in the bible. here's some things- God said not to eat from the tree at all, not to wait till th...
Barre Christianity 139 56221 January 1, 2012 at 6:20 am
    Thread: Earl Doherty's academic credentials?
Post: RE: Earl Doherty's academic credentials?

(December 10, 2011 at 6:54 am)5thHorseman Wrote: so instead of wasting his time doing a phd in a particular area of a subject that(as you only ever do a bit of a subject) he took those 3/4 years and...
Barre Christianity 12 3951 January 1, 2012 at 6:06 am
    Thread: Primordial Sex--Eden as Allegory
Post: RE: Primordial Sex--Eden as Allegory

(December 30, 2011 at 11:58 am)Norfolk And Chance Wrote: I don't look at it very hard because it's all made up and irrelevant. And theists like yourself deciding which bits are literal and which ar...
Barre Christianity 139 56221 January 1, 2012 at 5:55 am
    Thread: Primordial Sex--Eden as Allegory
Post: RE: Primordial Sex--Eden as Allegory

(December 30, 2011 at 11:40 am)chipan Wrote: you look way too hard at this, not everything is symbolic in the bible. here's some things- God said not to eat from the tree at all, not to wait till th...
Barre Christianity 139 56221 January 1, 2012 at 5:50 am
    Thread: Criteria for awards
Post: Criteria for awards

Has the moderators of Atheist Forums posted the criteria they use to give awards? How many are involved with this? To what philosphical tradition are they attached? Are they all atheists? Are any ...
Barre Christianity 5 2233 January 1, 2012 at 5:28 am
    Thread: The historical Jesus--dead wrong, literally.
Post: RE: The historical Jesus--dead wrong, literally.

(December 7, 2011 at 7:57 pm)Stimbo Wrote: (December 7, 2011 at 7:50 pm)aleialoura Wrote: Where's the historical part? The book of old myths that you're quoting? That's the hysterical part. Um Sti...
Barre Christianity 47 13590 January 1, 2012 at 5:19 am
    Thread: Interpreting Mark 15:34--'eloi 'eloi lama sabachthani
Post: RE: Interpreting Mark 15:34--'eloi 'eloi lama saba...

(December 28, 2011 at 8:15 am)5thHorseman Wrote: Troll. What is a "troll?"
Barre Christianity 64 26694 January 1, 2012 at 4:11 am
    Thread: Interpreting Mark 15:34--'eloi 'eloi lama sabachthani
Post: RE: Interpreting Mark 15:34--'eloi 'eloi lama saba...

(December 28, 2011 at 7:53 am)Welsh cake Wrote: (December 28, 2011 at 6:01 am)Barre Wrote: The question of debate: Does Mark 15:34 probably contain the words of a historical Jesus?There is no hist...
Barre Christianity 64 26694 December 30, 2011 at 11:22 am