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RE: Why do Christians sound stupid?
September 12, 2012 at 12:15 am
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(September 12, 2012 at 12:11 am)Godschild Wrote: (September 11, 2012 at 4:16 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Out of curiosity, since grene's "mental delusions" have led him to believe he is a xtian, just where have your mental delusions got you, G-C?
I have no delusions.
Really?
A brief recap of the exchange: you call out greneknight, saying he is an atheist with "mental delusions" that make him a xtian, though he denies this. You are also a xtian, the only common denominator between you and grene. Thus clearly you must share grene's mental delusions.
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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RE: Why do Christians sound stupid?
September 12, 2012 at 1:15 am
(September 12, 2012 at 12:15 am)Stimbo Wrote: (September 12, 2012 at 12:11 am)Godschild Wrote: I have no delusions.
Really?
A brief recap of the exchange: you call out greneknight, saying he is an atheist with "mental delusions" that make him a xtian, though he denies this. You are also a xtian, the only common denominator between you and grene. Thus clearly you must share grene's mental delusions.
One thing you can count on there's no common denominator. What I state in one of my replies was that he was not a Christian as would be defined through scriptures.
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 do Christians sound stupid?
September 12, 2012 at 1:18 am
No common denominator? Aren't you a xtian, just as grene says he is? That would be your common denominator; the one factor you both share. No-True-Scotsman notwithstanding.
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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RE: Why do Christians sound stupid?
September 12, 2012 at 1:25 am
(September 12, 2012 at 1:18 am)Stimbo Wrote: No common denominator? Aren't you a xtian, just as grene says he is? That would be your common denominator; the one factor you both share. No-True-Scotsman notwithstanding.
Did you bother to read all of my reply.
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 do Christians sound stupid?
September 12, 2012 at 1:42 am
Of course I did. I enjoy reading. The words you used were reasonably short and individually easy to understand, even for me. It's just their combination I have a problem with.
Incidentally, I'm assuming from your wording and the context that that was meant to be a question. Punctuation is important. It can mean the difference between "I'm hungry; let's eat, Grandpa" and "I'm hungry; let's eat Grandpa".
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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RE: Why do Christians sound stupid?
September 12, 2012 at 2:20 am
(September 12, 2012 at 1:42 am)Stimbo Wrote: Of course I did. I enjoy reading. The words you used were reasonably short and individually easy to understand, even for me. It's just their combination I have a problem with.
Incidentally, I'm assuming from your wording and the context that that was meant to be a question. Punctuation is important. It can mean the difference between "I'm hungry; let's eat, Grandpa" and "I'm hungry; let's eat Grandpa".
Haha, this is hilarious. You must pardon Godschild, Stimbo. He's obviously not at home with the English language. We can't expect everyone else to write like us Englishmen to whom the language really belongs. Those who speak and write a variant of the language will always exhibit some quirkiness and we must strive not to appear pedantic. 
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RE: Why do Christians sound stupid?
September 12, 2012 at 6:42 am
This thread is just so full of win.
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RE: Why do Christians sound stupid?
September 14, 2012 at 7:58 pm
(September 12, 2012 at 2:20 am)greneknight Wrote: You must pardon Godschild, Stimbo.
I try but find I cannot; he is unpardonable.
(September 12, 2012 at 2:20 am)greneknight Wrote: He's obviously not at home with the English language. We can't expect everyone else to write like us Englishmen to whom the language really belongs. Those who speak and write a variant of the language will always exhibit some quirkiness and we must strive not to appear pedantic.
That's going to be frightfully tough for we pedants. I'm fairly tolerant with manglers of English on a general basis. Years of exposure to the internet have inured me to the occasional typo or the odd colourful transatlantic idiom. No, it's the ones who are simply and obviously unable to utilise the written word yet pretend they are communicating some deep, mystical message far beyond our ken that climb straight up my left nostril.
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RE: Why do Christians sound stupid?
September 14, 2012 at 8:03 pm
Without wanting to label christians - I normally find that things that sound stupid usually are stupid.
You are currently experiencing a lucky and very brief window of awareness, sandwiched in between two periods of timeless and utter nothingness. So why not make the most of it, and stop wasting your life away trying to convince other people that there is something else? The reality is obvious.
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