RE: Yes I pick on all religions.
September 9, 2014 at 9:13 am
(This post was last modified: September 9, 2014 at 9:27 am by Bad Wolf.)
(September 8, 2014 at 3:01 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: You're reading the bible like it is supposed to be a science paper. Don't join that crowd. Those guys are crazy.
And those crazy guys would call you a cherry picker, a hypocrite and 'not a true christian'
So who is right here? You or them?
(September 8, 2014 at 6:38 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: I am dedicated to questioning what I think and what I believe. I constantly test it. You on the other hand, state openly above that your mind is closed on the subject.
I don't know if you will be able to find a quote saying that.
(September 8, 2014 at 6:38 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: I don't see how that can be clearer. I go out of my way to uncover any bias I might have. Furthermore, the bible emplores me to do this.
OK so what is your stance on the flood? Science says it didn't happen, science says it's impossible. Do you believe science? Do you believe that the flood wasn't global? Do you believe that the flood was purely metaphorical?
I can't see a position other than accepting the flood didn't happen, that shows you as bias.
(September 8, 2014 at 6:38 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: There is nothing about "I believe in god" that leads to any action at all besides believing in god.
Well you know, apart from all those commandments. Burn witches, kill atheists and their entire village, stone gays, kill people who work on the Sabbath, kill people who grow different crops together, kill people who wear clothes of two different fabrics. But of course, you're far more clever than any of the xians in the past and so have realised that god didn't want you to do any of these things. Its a strange coincidence that you live in a society where these things are against the law and your god doesn't want you to do those things.
(September 8, 2014 at 6:38 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: ie you can't claim that point about atheists without equally applying it to theists.
Yes we can since we don't have a big old book telling us who we like and don't like, what we should eat, who we should have sex with, what clothes we should wear, how we should deal with people we disagree with. We don't have a book that specifically tells us to do things.
'The more I learn about people the more I like my dog'- Mark Twain
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
