(April 24, 2013 at 6:57 pm)Rhythm Wrote: I don't think he was arguing that its not the word of god because you christian types can't agree...I think he was merely stating a fact (it really doesn't matter what your magic book says),
So he wasn’t even trying to make an argument and failing but rather be was merely making a baseless assertion? That’s even worse.
Quote: and then asking which of the two of you have the accurate particulars of this sad little fairy tale down in any case. The two things are - as you've noticed- not interchangeable or directly related.
He was asking an irrelevant question, as I already pointed out.
Quote: As far as any contradictions in the text might go, one would hope that there wouldn't be any, it's a ruthlessly edited story after all.
Another baseless assertion.
Quote: But, there are usually some errors that creep in with any mass produced fiction.
We’re not talking about mass produced fiction so that point is also irrelevant.
Quote: Not that finding any contradictions would imply anything about your god (or not finding them....)- for precisely the same reasons noticed above.
The irrelevant reason noted above? Ok.