(November 9, 2015 at 5:49 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: I think for drich, the really important thing about Christianity is it somehow, perversely, made drich think that an ignoramus like him, without doing anything to rectify his own profound lack of education, could nonetheless pretend to play the teacher. Fake it until you make it seems to be his rationale for keep barking up this tree. Perhaps he really think faking it until you make it is also how Christianity will eventually call its God into actual existence.
i think the teacher should start this study off with a proper introduction and establish first that this 'book of Romans' is inspired by God and that it is worthy of serious study . it seems like that that should be priority no. 1 and after thats established and accepted by at least someone besides himself then start with the study of it

Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today
Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you will join us And the world will be as one - John Lennon
The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also - Mark Twain

The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also - Mark Twain