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The problem with the bible ...
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August 24, 2012 at 3:29 pm
(This post was last modified: August 24, 2012 at 3:34 pm by Cato.)
(August 24, 2012 at 3:23 pm)ThomM Wrote: Please give us the source of your statement that most Americans think Australia is a part of Europe. OK, you got him. Most of us don't just think Europe... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJuNgBkloFE 
Even allowing for editing that is pathetic.
Problems with the bible...let me elaborate:
1) When science completely falsified the bible, the so called "creation scientists" made their appearance to put forward pseudoscientific explanations to undermine the integrity of actual science. 2) Verses can freely toggle between "factual" and "allegorical" as seen fit for the occasion. 3) Knowledge gaps in the bible? No problemo! Holy spirit to the rescue. 4) Internal contradictions. Well documented and too many to list here. etc...etc.  RE: The problem with the bible ...
August 24, 2012 at 3:54 pm
(This post was last modified: August 24, 2012 at 3:56 pm by Cyberman.)
Just to clarify your point 1, if I may: I don't think it was that science falsified the bible so much that science enabled humanity to grow up and learn about the reality of the Universe, its sheer scale and what makes it tick. It's the bible that got left behind, unable to evolve and thus survive in the face of our expanding knowledge. It's the main failure of the bible to correspond to reality. Just a subtle distinction, perhaps, but creationists and other literalists just love to play up the so-called conflict between science and the bible.
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.'
There is no conflict, the bible is fantasy fiction.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
We know that and I think when push comes to shove they know that, but they really get off on playing the martyr card.
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.'
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August 24, 2012 at 7:56 pm
(This post was last modified: August 24, 2012 at 7:58 pm by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
Quote:ThomM Wrote: Please give us the source of your statement that most Americans think Australia is a part of Europe. Oh for fuck sake,it was a joke Joyce,using hyperbole. (exaggeration) OF course most Americans don't think Australia is part of Europe. However,from personal experience,some seem to think so*. Here,Americans DO have a reputation for appalling Geographic ignorance,but OF COURSE I'm not claiming that is true of most Americans. *I have been complimented on my English in the US in New York. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmEp97yQcRQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaB3AeFS7i4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVBsMVB9n98 Hint: NEVER ask for evidence unless you actually want some. RE: The problem with the bible ...
August 24, 2012 at 11:39 pm
(This post was last modified: August 24, 2012 at 11:39 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
New York? I wasn't aware that english was spoken in New York.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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