(September 24, 2012 at 7:39 pm)Stimbo Wrote: I'm disappointed too. Internet xtians seem to be an umimaginative breed. I've been loking forward to the Justin Martyr "diabolical mimicry" defence; the Devil time-travelled and pre-emptively set up 'pagan' religions to confuse everyone but the True Faithful™.
Come on, xtians - put a bit of effort into the game.
Seen it. As I recall, it boils down to "You're taking his words out of context. He really meant..." (obtuse interpretations ensue)
See also their defense of indefensible Biblical passages for other examples of this line of reasoning.
"Ah, well, when Moses told his people to 'take the virgin girls for themselves', he didn't mean as sex slaves. He meant to raise them in their homes along the righteous path or perhaps to employ them as servants and..."
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
