RE: Horrible things in the bible
October 11, 2014 at 1:47 pm
(This post was last modified: October 11, 2014 at 1:49 pm by Cyberman.)
(October 11, 2014 at 12:37 pm)Retrolord Wrote: Okay so I was silently observing this thread for about a week now. The sacrifice of Jesus goes far beyond what you guys call scapegoating.
Of course it does. If it didn't, you'd have nothing to feign superior knowledge about.
(October 11, 2014 at 12:37 pm)Retrolord Wrote: My honest opinion- you don't want to immerse yourselves and find out more about it.
My honest opinion - you don't have anything to bring to the table that we haven't seen a million times before, so you're having to resort to transparent excuses.
(October 11, 2014 at 12:37 pm)Retrolord Wrote: You don't really want a priest ( yeah now some will make paedophilia jokes) or devout christian to explain it to you.
You don't really get it that the word of a priest is no more authoritative than that of anyone else. Either you can substantiate your position or you can't; don't put the blame on us.
(October 11, 2014 at 12:37 pm)Retrolord Wrote: Anyway I returned because I wanted to suggest reading about biblical archaeology and how many places and people they have found. Again, not stating its true. Just sharing
I suggest reading about actual archaeology and history and how many places and people they have found that are written about in The da Vinci Code. Not stating it as true; just sharing.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'