RE: Ask a Traditional Catholic
July 1, 2015 at 12:21 am
(This post was last modified: July 1, 2015 at 12:24 am by Randy Carson.)
(July 1, 2015 at 12:07 am)SteelCurtain Wrote:(June 30, 2015 at 11:52 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: Intellectually dishonest?Yep.
(June 30, 2015 at 11:52 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: You love to twist everything to bring it back around to how Christianity is evil, don't you?
How have I twisted anything? You are the one that posted the direct quote from the Bible that people who lead others from God should have a millstone tied around their neck and drowned. If that isn't evil, I don't know what is.
(June 30, 2015 at 11:52 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: Of course you could, Mike. Of course you could. And that's what the Bible is all about, right? That's the ENTIRE point of the whole Bible...the whole 3,000+ years of Judeo-Christian history is to show how God is an evil being.
No where did I say that this is what the Bible is all about. My point is that I'll take it all into account. I won't excuse or ignore the terrible shit attributed to your God, and the whole of the Bible colors my conclusion that yes, your god is described as an evil being.
But it doesn't exist, so I really, really don't care past responding to your intellectual dishonesty, and making sure to illuminate it so the rest of the forum and the lurkers here can see it in it's full glory.
(June 30, 2015 at 11:52 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: Oh, and I just feel the warmth and empathy oozing from your posts since the day I joined the forum. Being God-free has been so liberating for you!
You exhausted the warmth really quick. I still have empathy for you, Randy. Your posts actually make me really sad. Your worldview is limited to this tiny book. You have memorized all these catechisms and made these long Word documents so you can be the world's best apologist. You corner yourself with these indefensible positions and you sidestep and hope everyone forgets. But you have been abhorrent from step one here, refused to play by our rules, and blamed it on everyone else. So, I'll reserve my warmth for someone who has earned it.
And I have never believed in a god. I am free, so I guess I am technically liberated.
(June 30, 2015 at 11:52 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: It's a two-edged sword, Mike. You can stare at the judgment of God and shake your fist at Him for His just punishments (good luck with that) or you can stare at His cross and thank Him for dying so you don't have to.
I stare at no such thing, Randy. There is no god for judgement, and this is the last time I'll ask you to stop preaching instead of responding to the actual post.
Why don't you try that last one again? The irony was apparently lost on you, because you did it again. While simultaneously sticking to this idea that your religion is not predicated on fear and threats, you continue to bely that point with every post, threatening me with God's judgement.
Mike-
I understand why you think its ironic. I really do.
God will judge every one of us...me and you and rexbeccarox and minimalist and stimbo...the whole lot of us.
Who knows? Some of you may get in for reasons known only to God while I find myself standing outside in the darkness where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth.
But what I do know is that leading someone else away from God seems to be something that Jesus had an issue with.
And now you know, too.
So, you do what you think is best to free people up, and I'll do exactly the same thing.
We'll just be working at odds with one another.
