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RE: Theists, what do you mean when you say 'holy'?
May 24, 2012 at 5:38 pm
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(May 24, 2012 at 5:26 pm)Godschild Wrote: (May 24, 2012 at 3:28 pm)Annik Wrote: I know I'm not a theist, but I do have an opinion on things being holy or sacred. Nothing should be. Absolutely nothing. When something because unquestionable, you become manipulable. I'm not saying trust no one or anything like that, but questioning is a good practice. Never stop asking why, ect.
I've never seen being holy a reason to stop asking, God's holiness is so great we have to ask questions.
I think you should question even god's holiness. Although given the flimsiness of evidence for God's existence, I'd say god is indeed supremely full of holes.
BTW, credos on the increased crudity of your sophistries, and more blantant resort to argument by assertion. You are definitely getting closer to the roots of christianity.
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RE: Theists, what do you mean when you say 'holy'?
May 24, 2012 at 8:56 pm
Holy just means that which comes from God's grace, love, and mercy.
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin.
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RE: Theists, what do you mean when you say 'holy'?
May 24, 2012 at 9:05 pm
(May 24, 2012 at 8:56 pm)Polaris Wrote: Holy just means that which comes from God's grace, love, and mercy.
Rather, God's grace, love, and mercy is holy because it is all holes and no substance.
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RE: Theists, what do you mean when you say 'holy'?
May 24, 2012 at 9:42 pm
(May 24, 2012 at 9:05 pm)Chuck Wrote: (May 24, 2012 at 8:56 pm)Polaris Wrote: Holy just means that which comes from God's grace, love, and mercy.
Rather, God's grace, love, and mercy is holy because it is all holes and no substance.
You're fixating again...
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin.
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RE: Theists, what do you mean when you say 'holy'?
May 24, 2012 at 9:52 pm
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(May 24, 2012 at 9:05 pm)Chuck Wrote: Rather, God's grace, love, and mercy is holy because it is all holes and no substance. Not even original. Too lazy to come up with your own material I guess. It must be so much easier, moving along with the rest of the militant herd.
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RE: Theists, what do you mean when you say 'holy'?
May 24, 2012 at 11:17 pm
(May 24, 2012 at 9:42 pm)Polaris Wrote: (May 24, 2012 at 9:05 pm)Chuck Wrote: Rather, God's grace, love, and mercy is holy because it is all holes and no substance.
You're fixating again...
If you can fixate on the holy, I can't fixate on the holes that makes up the holy?
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RE: Theists, what do you mean when you say 'holy'?
May 25, 2012 at 12:00 am
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Quote:Is this anything to do with that spicky plant that thrives in the middle of winter?
Well yes,I think it is actually.
I understand the Druids considered holly holy. 
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RE: Theists, what do you mean when you say 'holy'?
May 25, 2012 at 12:40 am
(May 24, 2012 at 3:28 pm)Annik Wrote: I know I'm not a theist, but I do have an opinion on things being holy or sacred. Nothing should be. Absolutely nothing. When something because unquestionable, you become manipulable. I'm not saying trust no one or anything like that, but questioning is a good practice. Never stop asking why, ect.
Absolutely nothing, you say?
Nothing?
I don't think that you can really bear the burden of such a statement, so I won't push it any further.
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RE: Theists, what do you mean when you say 'holy'?
May 25, 2012 at 1:18 am
Quote:but I do have an opinion on things being holy or sacred. Nothing should be. Absolutely nothing.
Gee, if you ever come to Australia,I'd keep that to myself if I were you. Aussies have a healthy contempt for clergy, politicians,lawyers,and other members of the bourgeois criminal classes. However, most are quite dotty about sports,especially football,cricket and tennis. So be very careful what you say about those sacred activities and the neanderthals involved. 
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RE: Theists, what do you mean when you say 'holy'?
May 25, 2012 at 3:39 am
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(May 25, 2012 at 12:40 am)kılıç_mehmet Wrote: (May 24, 2012 at 3:28 pm)Annik Wrote: I know I'm not a theist, but I do have an opinion on things being holy or sacred. Nothing should be. Absolutely nothing. When something because unquestionable, you become manipulable. I'm not saying trust no one or anything like that, but questioning is a good practice. Never stop asking why, ect.
Absolutely nothing, you say?
Nothing?
I don't think that you can really bear the burden of such a statement, so I won't push it any further.
Yes, everything should be questioned, put to review, thought about. There should be nothing safe from this. That's why you should fact-check, that's why you should contemplate your relationships, that's why you should question authority.
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