RE: Writings during the lifetime of Jesus?
August 4, 2012 at 2:34 pm
(This post was last modified: August 4, 2012 at 2:48 pm by spockrates.)
(August 4, 2012 at 2:19 pm)LastPoet Wrote:(August 4, 2012 at 2:15 pm)spockrates Wrote: What makes a stupid question ignorant and an intelligent question knowledgable?
A question when made just for the sake of asking is stupid and ignorant.
I see. So what makes a question stupid is not that the one asking is ignorant and wants to know what he does not know. What makes a question stupid is that one is ignorant, but does not want to know what he does not know. That is, a stupid question is an insincere one. True? Or am I misunderstanding you?
(August 4, 2012 at 1:56 pm)LastPoet Wrote:(August 4, 2012 at 1:41 pm)spockrates Wrote: So are you saying, LP that if the writers of the New Testament never claimed Jesus did things you and I find impossible to do, you really wouldn't have a problem believing in him?
Sure, If Jesus was a thinker, that somehow talked about morals & ethics, even philosophy, I wouldn't have any problem believing in him. But if that were the case, your godboy wouldn't grow up to such a legend, perhaps would even be lost in the mists of time. To me is as Carl Sagan said:
"Extraordinary claims, require extraordinary evidence"
Why do you think the fame of Jesus is an indication that he was not a thinker? Don't the revolutionary ideas of some cause people to take notice of them? Or are you saying that the false ideas others have about someone are a good reason to disregard everything the misunderstood one said?
(August 4, 2012 at 2:32 pm)Napoleon Wrote:(August 4, 2012 at 2:28 pm)spockrates Wrote: The response I've often heard many people say (especially teachers of mine) was, "There are no stupid questions."
Your teachers obviously haven't spent any time on Yahoo answers.
http://www.11points.com/web-tech/11_stup...ed_my_life
"If you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains (no matter how improbable) must be the truth."
--Spock
--Spock
