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RE: Why did God create the universe?
June 27, 2012 at 6:15 pm
(June 27, 2012 at 6:02 pm)Godschild Wrote: By this time the Greeks established that the world was spherical,
And the dopes who wrote the Babble apparently still thought the Earth was flat.
Go figure...
Quote: being well versed in Greek he would have known this.
Who are you referring to here? Jesus? What difference would it make what Jesus supposedly knew? He didn't write any of the books of the Babble.
Quote:I thought you were smart, guess you like causing controversy, instead of being rational.
You asked for a scriptural reference to a flat Earth. I provided one and you still haven't adequately explained it away.
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RE: Why did God create the universe?
June 27, 2012 at 8:17 pm
Quote:By this time the Greeks established that the world was spherical, being well versed in Greek he would have known this.
Evidence that your alleged godboy was "well versed" in Greek? Evidence that your alleged godboy even existed would be nice. Make up your fucking mind. Either he was a marginally literate Galilean tradesman or an illiterate Galilean peasant.
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RE: Why did God create the universe?
June 27, 2012 at 10:07 pm
(June 27, 2012 at 8:39 am)Rhythm Wrote: Lonely creator gods, requiring love and praise aren't really egotistic, they're just sad.
Yahweh-Allah needs a mom and dad to reign him in and teach him not to be so abusive.
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RE: Why did God create the universe?
June 27, 2012 at 10:19 pm
(June 27, 2012 at 6:02 pm)Godschild Wrote: By this time the Greeks established that the world was spherical, being well versed in Greek he would have known this.
I thought you were smart, guess you like causing controversy, instead of being rational.
There are a couple of problems with your argument.
First: I agree that by the time Jesus is reported to have trapsed around, the idea that the Earth was spherical was well known. This is more damning for your case since you have yet to refute why the Bible repeatedly indicates it was flat. If you want to drag out the arguement that the Devil and Jesus are/were so powerful for us to comprehend, then what need was the mountain to see the kingdoms? As powerful as you describe couldn't they have had this excersize without scaling a peak?
Second: What evidence do you have that the Jesus character spoke Greek? Even if he existsted and spoke Greek, what evidence do you have that Jesus was familiar with the philosophy and science of the Greeks at the time?
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RE: Why did God create the universe?
June 28, 2012 at 12:53 am
(June 27, 2012 at 10:19 pm)cato123 Wrote: (June 27, 2012 at 6:02 pm)Godschild Wrote: By this time the Greeks established that the world was spherical, being well versed in Greek he would have known this.
I thought you were smart, guess you like causing controversy, instead of being rational.
There are a couple of problems with your argument.
First: I agree that by the time Jesus is reported to have trapsed around, the idea that the Earth was spherical was well known. This is more damning for your case since you have yet to refute why the Bible repeatedly indicates it was flat. If you want to drag out the arguement that the Devil and Jesus are/were so powerful for us to comprehend, then what need was the mountain to see the kingdoms? As powerful as you describe couldn't they have had this excersize without scaling a peak?
Second: What evidence do you have that the Jesus character spoke Greek? Even if he existsted and spoke Greek, what evidence do you have that Jesus was familiar with the philosophy and science of the Greeks at the time?
Mark, this is the book where the verse came from. Jesus did not need Satan to take Him anywhere Jesus knew all about the world. Satan had to play his role as tempter, Satan wanted Jesus to take the world before the proper time. This was a spiritual battle, being on a mountain had little to do with this.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
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RE: Why did God create the universe?
June 28, 2012 at 2:10 am
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Then why is the mountain such an emphasized aspect?
LOL:
http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/mt/4.html
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RE: Why did God create the universe?
June 28, 2012 at 11:59 am
Wow! Jesus meeting Satan! Do you have any stories where the Easter Bunny meets Santa Claus?
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RE: Why did God create the universe?
June 28, 2012 at 1:02 pm
(June 28, 2012 at 11:59 am)Thor Wrote: Wow! Jesus meeting Satan! Do you have any stories where the Easter Bunny meets Santa Claus?
There's a new Pixar movie coming out about that!
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RE: Why did God create the universe?
June 28, 2012 at 3:58 pm
(June 28, 2012 at 1:02 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: (June 28, 2012 at 11:59 am)Thor Wrote: Wow! Jesus meeting Satan! Do you have any stories where the Easter Bunny meets Santa Claus?
There's a new Pixar movie coming out about that!
Can't wait to see it! Although, I doubt it will be as good as "Up"!
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RE: Why did God create the universe?
June 28, 2012 at 8:58 pm
I think the working title is "Down."
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