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Thread: The Raglan Scale
Post: RE: The Raglan Scale
| Okay, John, good point. All I have to counter with is that Tsar Nicholas doesn't match any of the supernatural criteria, yet Jesus meets all of them. Maybe this scale is far from definitive, but it ... |
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October 26, 2013 at 7:59 pm |
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Thread: The Raglan Scale
Post: RE: The Raglan Scale
| Hey Cap,
I don't think you're seeing the point. Can fluke coincidences occur? Absolutely, I don't deny that. But we KNOW Heracles and Zeus are myths, yet they score lower (about a 14) than Jesus o... |
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October 26, 2013 at 4:00 pm |
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Thread: The Raglan Scale
Post: The Raglan Scale
| In 1936 a book was published, written by Fitzroy Somerset, the 4th Baron of Raglan. It was called, "The Hero, A Study in Tradition, Myth and Drama." It theorized that hero figures of mythology got t... |
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October 26, 2013 at 3:23 pm |
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Thread: Some more evidence against the Jesus myth
Post: RE: Some more evidence against the Jesus myth
| Yeah, I knew about the farmhouse and Sepphoris, and the Bethlehem idea is a little weak, but I don't think it's ridiculous (not that you used that term).
I think you have to remember that the OT st... |
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Beta Ray Bill |
Christianity
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October 25, 2013 at 3:22 am |
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Thread: Some more evidence against the Jesus myth
Post: Some more evidence against the Jesus myth
| I've been doing some reading (I am constantly strengthening my lack of faith) and some amazing things have come up that I thought I would share here. I won't swear by the book I'm reading, but it has... |
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October 25, 2013 at 12:45 am |
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Thread: Religion is poison, OP ED.
Post: RE: Religion is poison, OP ED.
| (October 23, 2013 at 4:00 pm)Faith No More Wrote: (October 22, 2013 at 4:39 pm)Sword of Christ Wrote: [Image: http://www.desicomments.com/dc/24/61480/614801.jpg]
It's only the atheists who aren't... |
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October 23, 2013 at 10:56 pm |
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Thread: Why God allows suffering
Post: RE: Why God allows suffering
| (October 22, 2013 at 2:25 am)catfish Wrote: Why does it seem that some people need a reason to not believe?
I've had a lot of reasons to believe in my life. Only when I realized that I was wasting ... |
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Christianity
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October 22, 2013 at 2:35 am |
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Thread: Why God allows suffering
Post: RE: Why God allows suffering
| Suffering exists exactly as it would if life had no guide or creator. It is nothing like if there was an omnipotent, omniscient, benevolent creature guiding everything. Suffering is completely uncar... |
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October 22, 2013 at 2:16 am |
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Thread: How can a god, that apparently loves everyone, allow this kind of thing to happen?
Post: RE: How can a god, that apparently loves everyone,...
| As humans, we have tried hard to make a judicial system that is fair to all. Have we succeeded? I would say yes, although there is a long way to go. War criminals stand trial for crimes against hum... |
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October 22, 2013 at 2:07 am |
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Thread: Hell and imperfections in the universe
Post: RE: Hell and imperfections in the universe
| Having someone, something to believe in is endearing. Thinking that there is an afterlife is very appealing. But the problem is there is no fact for these things, no proof. I would rather experienc... |
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October 21, 2013 at 1:29 am |
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Thread: "Son of God" movie due out in 2014
Post: RE: "Son of God" movie due out in 2014
| Damn! If the Catholic church starts making statues of any of them, I'm going back to church!
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October 19, 2013 at 7:03 pm |
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Thread: Hell and imperfections in the universe
Post: RE: Hell and imperfections in the universe
| (October 19, 2013 at 4:17 pm)Sword of Christ Wrote: That would be Islam wouldn't it?You've read the Bible, right?
Quote:If you don't like the idea of hell then you don't like the idea of prisons or ... |
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October 19, 2013 at 4:32 pm |
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Thread: "Son of God" movie due out in 2014
Post: RE: "Son of God" movie due out in 2014
| (October 19, 2013 at 4:00 pm)StuW Wrote: lol.. I read that first sentence as "Joy of joys! There is another movie about Jesus coming out!" oh the irony!
Hahaha! Now THAT is a movie I might see, ju... |
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October 19, 2013 at 4:19 pm |
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Thread: Fundamentalists and Biblical Inerrantists Don't Respect the Bible
Post: RE: Fundamentalists and Biblical Inerrantists Don'...
| Fundamentalists are cherry-pickers, sharing the good of the Bible and coming up with ridiculous re-interpretations to cover the bad. It's like the xtian idea that good things happen because of God, a... |
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October 19, 2013 at 4:16 pm |
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Thread: "Son of God" movie due out in 2014
Post: "Son of God" movie due out in 2014
| http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/je...god-648539
Joy of joys! There is another movie about Jesus is coming out! And best of all? It was already on TV!
Yup, the movie "Son of God" is just a r... |
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October 19, 2013 at 3:58 pm |
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Thread: Clues for the identity of the Antichrist
Post: RE: Clues for the identity of the Antichrist
| Coincidences are nothing new to history, Professor. You're grasping at straws. Ever heard of the Lincoln-Kennedy coincidences?
(This didn't copy very well, so here's the website if you want to see ... |
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October 17, 2013 at 8:43 pm |
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Thread: Clues for the identity of the Antichrist
Post: RE: Clues for the identity of the Antichrist
| (October 17, 2013 at 1:43 am)Godschild Wrote: There's a prophecy in scripture that's over 2000 years old, the destruction of the nation of Israel and it's revival.
The people were scattered and the ... |
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October 17, 2013 at 2:50 am |
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Thread: Clues for the identity of the Antichrist
Post: RE: Clues for the identity of the Antichrist
| Um, Professor, please tell me you've studied ancient languages:
Quote:John wrote that the number "is the number of a man's name; and his number is 666." This tells us that those who received the "mar... |
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October 16, 2013 at 11:18 pm |
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Thread: Why the Bible is true
Post: RE: Why the Bible is true
| People have been "predicting" the return of Jesus for 2000 years. If you go back to the dark ages, you'll hear the same shit we hear today. The predictions have been wrong thousands of times. Why s... |
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October 16, 2013 at 4:17 pm |
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Thread: Restoring Faith After a Challenge to It
Post: RE: Restoring Faith After a Challenge to It
| I have been very fearful of God for a long time. It's hard to just stop fearing God when I can't stop asking myself "What if I'm wrong?" My deconversion wasn't an impulsive thing. I have spent the ... |
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October 15, 2013 at 10:29 pm |
