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    Thread: Unconventional Religion
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Well, this is interesting. To wish your belief system was conventional would imply that you want it to be just like all other belief systems. Which is what I've been trying to tell you it already is....
Consilius Christianity 159 42302 September 5, 2013 at 3:36 am
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(September 3, 2013 at 10:32 am)genkaus Wrote: So, we can establish that your religion - at no point in its existence - was unconventional. Like every other religion, it peddled bullshit, crazy ideas...
Consilius Christianity 159 42302 September 4, 2013 at 3:00 am
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Awww…now that I HAVE told you who those quotes came from, you want to go on a little polemic. Watch out, it's atheist rage. You forgot what we were talking about, didn't you? Apparently you can't att...
Consilius Christianity 159 42302 September 3, 2013 at 8:35 am
    Thread: Unconventional Religion
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(September 2, 2013 at 10:44 pm)genkaus Wrote: Is there evidence in your bible that this event did not happen and your Jesus knew it did not happen? In which case, I'll happily scream at you that it ...
Consilius Christianity 159 42302 September 3, 2013 at 4:33 am
    Thread: Unconventional Religion
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19 “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. 20 At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores 21 and longing to eat what fell from...
Consilius Christianity 159 42302 September 2, 2013 at 7:43 pm
    Thread: Unconventional Religion
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Waving around the word 'lying' isn't going to hold me back. "Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the...
Consilius Christianity 159 42302 September 2, 2013 at 1:17 am
    Thread: Unconventional Religion
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(August 25, 2013 at 10:50 pm)genkaus Wrote: Why would the populace revoke this law? Nobody wants their wives and daughters to be raped.Why should the men care what the women think? And why is rape p...
Consilius Christianity 159 42302 August 26, 2013 at 1:13 am
    Thread: Unconventional Religion
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(August 25, 2013 at 12:24 am)genkaus Wrote: [quote='Consilius' pid='497770' dateline='1377397758'] Why would we send someone to jail for simply trying to perpetuate his genetic code?Quote:Because th...
Consilius Christianity 159 42302 August 25, 2013 at 3:41 pm
    Thread: Unconventional Religion
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(August 19, 2013 at 11:31 am)whateverist Wrote: Well thanks for trying. I'm afraid most of what you say went over my head. I'm not sure if you're saying: Interpretation #1: "We, by way of religi...
Consilius Christianity 159 42302 August 24, 2013 at 10:29 pm
    Thread: Unconventional Religion
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(August 18, 2013 at 3:32 pm)whateverist Wrote: I'm not sure I follow what you have in mind by the part I've bolded. What do you think is the proper place of the bible for a Christian? Do you think...
Consilius Christianity 159 42302 August 18, 2013 at 5:32 pm
    Thread: Unconventional Religion
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(August 18, 2013 at 7:01 am)genkaus Wrote: And why should I choose to follow evolutionary altruism over evolutionary predatism, evolutionary territorialism or evolutionary rapism. Especially since t...
Consilius Christianity 159 42302 August 18, 2013 at 3:04 pm
    Thread: Unconventional Religion
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(August 15, 2013 at 3:14 am)whateverist Wrote: I think a formal understanding of morals is no more necessary to moral activity than a formal understanding of grammar is to being an expert speaker of...
Consilius Christianity 159 42302 August 17, 2013 at 8:40 pm
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(August 12, 2013 at 1:23 am)whateverist Wrote: But as a theist aren't you pushing the superiority of an objective basis for morality? (Sorry, I haven't been following this discussion or I would pro...
Consilius Christianity 159 42302 August 12, 2013 at 1:13 pm
    Thread: Unconventional Religion
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(August 11, 2013 at 6:52 pm)Consilius Wrote: Nowhere are we instructed to become poor.Quote:Didn't I give examples of this instructions already? Give me whatever you consider a Biblical instruction ...
Consilius Christianity 159 42302 August 11, 2013 at 11:33 pm
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(August 11, 2013 at 3:45 pm)genkaus Wrote: Notice "part" does not mean "verse". All the verses advocating poverty would be categorized as ONE part.I consider a part to be a series of verses in succe...
Consilius Christianity 159 42302 August 11, 2013 at 6:52 pm
    Thread: Unconventional Religion
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I think most Christians behave like everyone else does. More passionate believers just tend to use the word "Jesus" a lot, irrespective of the beliefs of those around them. Many of us can enjoy video...
Consilius Christianity 159 42302 August 11, 2013 at 6:32 pm
    Thread: Unconventional Religion
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The thing here, Chas, is that genkaus deals on very physical terms. From what I've gathered here, genkaus' bank account remains the same size and he continues to breathe even after all of his loved on...
Consilius Christianity 159 42302 August 11, 2013 at 3:17 pm
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(August 11, 2013 at 11:30 am)genkaus Wrote: Except for the part where he tells you to seek out poverty.Notice the singular: PART. You have one verse as evidence for your view. I have a hundred. Quo...
Consilius Christianity 159 42302 August 11, 2013 at 2:25 pm
    Thread: Unconventional Religion
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(August 10, 2013 at 8:42 am)genkaus Wrote: (August 10, 2013 at 8:17 am)Consilius Wrote: The Bible verses you used as evidence are poor quality support for your view.Only according to your subjecti...
Consilius Christianity 159 42302 August 11, 2013 at 10:55 am
    Thread: Unconventional Religion
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(August 10, 2013 at 7:27 am)genkaus Wrote: If you think your biblical instructions are of poor quality, why do you follow them?The Bible verses you used as evidence are poor quality support for your...
Consilius Christianity 159 42302 August 10, 2013 at 8:17 am