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Have you read the good book?

Poll: Have you read the bible
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Yes, completely.
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Have you read the good book?
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RE: Have you read the good book?
March 18, 2017 at 12:43 am
(March 18, 2017 at 12:34 am)ronedee Wrote: One question..... Are you for me?

Am I for you? I don't even know you. At least buy me dinner first.
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RE: Have you read the good book?
March 18, 2017 at 4:57 am
(March 18, 2017 at 12:16 am)ronedee Wrote:
(March 17, 2017 at 11:08 am)Stimbo Wrote: I don't see you or your friends as my adversaries. Is that how you see me and mine?


I did. I got twelve hours solid sleep.

In the true definition of the word? Yes! Unless you are here on this subtopic forum to agree with me/us Christians?

And I've fallen asleep many times reading the bible. According to scripture that's a good time for God to talk to you! Keep sleeping!

And yet no gods ever once tried talking to me.

Dreams now? Is that what you offer?

I think you need to wake up.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Have you read the good book?
March 18, 2017 at 5:01 am
Oh, and as for what you say your magic book says...

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At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Have you read the good book?
March 18, 2017 at 9:45 am
(March 18, 2017 at 12:34 am)ronedee Wrote: [quote pid='1526338' dateline='1489769353']


And pray-tell, what is the "Christian behavior"?

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American Christians seem to be a thing apart.
In the UK they mainly keep to themselves and hold charity events and knitting circles. They are unobtrusive and generally quite nice.
In the US on the other hand they are in your face demagogues that try to force their beliefs on people, "I don't believe in abortion so you cant have one" etc.
They seem to go out of their way to be actively evil in the full knowledge that they are being dicks.

So that is "Christian behaviour"



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#125
RE: Have you read the good book?
March 18, 2017 at 11:54 am
I've read many good books. The bible very definitely was not one of them. I know because I looked into it. Yuck.
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#126
RE: Have you read the good book?
March 19, 2017 at 8:22 pm (This post was last modified: March 19, 2017 at 8:31 pm by Pat Mustard.)
(March 16, 2017 at 12:44 pm)ronedee Wrote:
(February 27, 2017 at 8:40 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: In the other thread on reading common atheist literature, someone mentioned that they'd read the bible twice.  I personally haven't read the bible and I was wondering how many others were like me and hadn't read the bible.

So the question is simple.  Have you read the bible?

If you are an Atheist, it should be required reading! At least if you want to be informed, and know what you are against. 

What person goes into any conflict w/o studying their adversaries first? That would be foolish.

Who knows? You may also get something Good out of reading it!

Unlike you, atheists tend not to think of those with differing beliefs as enemies. It is not necessary for anybody to read the bible, in fact given its contents and message it is not even recommended that anybody read it.
(March 18, 2017 at 9:45 am)downbeatplumb Wrote: American Christians seem to be a thing apart.
In the UK they mainly keep to themselves and hold charity events and knitting circles. They are unobtrusive and generally quite nice.
In the US on the other hand they are in your face demagogues that try to force their beliefs on people, "I don't believe in abortion so you cant have one" etc.
They seem to go out of their way to be actively evil in the full knowledge that they are being dicks.

So that is "Christian behaviour"

Trust me there are plenty of nutjob christians in the UK. It's just that, outside the salvation army, they couldn't organise a pissup in a brewery.

Here, in Ireland it's somewhere in between yourselves and the US. Our nutjobs are better at organising, but because of all the dirty laundry being aired in public (e.g. we were recently reminded of what a sexual predator and embezzler Eamon Casey was when he died [church is still giving him full honous though]) nobody's listening any more.
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#127
RE: Have you read the good book?
March 19, 2017 at 8:39 pm
I've read all the books in the good book.

Including the one where the savior gives his life to save everyone.
And the one where a snake talks
And even the one where Tom Riddle has a diary.
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RE: Have you read the good book?
March 19, 2017 at 10:58 pm
(March 18, 2017 at 4:57 am)Stimbo Wrote:
(March 18, 2017 at 12:16 am)ronedee Wrote: In the true definition of the word? Yes! Unless you are here on this subtopic forum to agree with me/us Christians?

And I've fallen asleep many times reading the bible. According to scripture that's a good time for God to talk to you! Keep sleeping!

And yet no gods ever once tried talking to me.

Dreams now? Is that what you offer?

I think you need to wake up.

I've talked to you many times!

Huh

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"You did WHAT?  With WHO?  WHERE???"
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RE: Have you read the good book?
March 20, 2017 at 2:39 am
I keep telling you, you shouldn't talk with your mouth full...
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Have you read the good book?
March 20, 2017 at 3:45 pm
(March 20, 2017 at 2:39 am)Stimbo Wrote: I keep telling you, you shouldn't talk with your mouth full...

Or sneeze, in the situation you're alluding to.

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