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Yet Another Conversion Story~

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Yet Another Conversion Story~
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#21
RE: Yet Another Conversion Story~
November 29, 2009 at 12:01 pm
(November 29, 2009 at 11:40 am)theVOID Wrote:
(November 29, 2009 at 9:40 am)fr0d0 Wrote: Do you deny that Christianity in part explicitly requires belief to understand it?

Quite the contrary Mr. Frodo, delusion is best observed from the outside.
Nicely captured the idea in one sentence theVOID!
"I'm like a rabbit suddenly trapped, in the blinding headlights of vacuous crap" - Tim Minchin in "Storm"
Christianity is perfect bullshit, christians are not - Purple Rabbit, honouring CS Lewis
Faith is illogical - fr0d0
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#22
RE: Yet Another Conversion Story~
November 29, 2009 at 12:42 pm
(November 29, 2009 at 11:26 am)Purple Rabbit Wrote: You said that christianity explicitly requires belief to understand it.

Ah the king of misquotes returns! Smile

Clearly you grossly misunderstand Christianity. Reason is central. You're making the classic faux pa of requiring scientific understanding using what is possibly the extreme opposite as your tool for doing so... faith. You further compound your appearance of ignorance by dismissing faith so easily.

I agree that Christianity can be studied as a cultural phenomenon.
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#23
RE: Yet Another Conversion Story~
November 29, 2009 at 12:55 pm
The full quote:
(November 29, 2009 at 9:40 am)fr0d0 Wrote: Do you deny that Christianity in part explicitly requires belief to understand it?
"I'm like a rabbit suddenly trapped, in the blinding headlights of vacuous crap" - Tim Minchin in "Storm"
Christianity is perfect bullshit, christians are not - Purple Rabbit, honouring CS Lewis
Faith is illogical - fr0d0
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Edwardo Piet Away
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#24
RE: Yet Another Conversion Story~
November 29, 2009 at 1:01 pm
So if, fr0d0, that's a misquote - then I presume you deny it yourself?? And you somehow were not - in that quote - implying that you believe Christianity does require belief in order to be understand?

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#25
RE: Yet Another Conversion Story~
November 29, 2009 at 1:08 pm
Gah! Big Grin You got it wrong Evie LOL Wink
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#26
RE: Yet Another Conversion Story~
November 29, 2009 at 1:17 pm
Really? How so? I was asking a question, right?

(I said "if").

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#27
RE: Yet Another Conversion Story~
November 29, 2009 at 2:18 pm
That was my answer Big Grin
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Edwardo Piet Away
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#28
RE: Yet Another Conversion Story~
November 29, 2009 at 4:41 pm
And my reply was... how can I 'get it wrong', if I am asking a question and not making a statement? Lol.

I do not understand what you mean by 'got it wrong', if I was merely inquiring.

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#29
RE: Yet Another Conversion Story~
November 29, 2009 at 5:20 pm
Your premise was wrong, so the answer to your question is clear.
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Edwardo Piet Away
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#30
RE: Yet Another Conversion Story~
November 29, 2009 at 5:21 pm
My premise was a question. I was inquiring, so I don't know what you mean when you say I was 'wrong'. What's wrong with asking questions?

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