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Is Jesus the son of God?

Poll: Was Jesus the Son of God, or What?
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Yes. There was a man born of a flesh and blood woman named Mary who was impregnated by God himself. That makes him the son of God, by gawd.
12.82%
 5 12.82%
No. Jesus was or was probably a real, historical person from the time period depicted in the bible but he was not the spawn of God.
10.26%
 4 10.26%
No. The Jesus of the bible was not or was probably not a historical person. More the stuff of legend and myth or possibly just fiction.
28.21%
 11 28.21%
Oh hell no. It's all bullshit. No gods. No offspring of gods. No woo woo shit at all.
33.33%
 13 33.33%
Don't know. Without an adequate definition of "god" it is impossible to know who may be the son of one, or if a 'god' is even capable of having a child.
5.13%
 2 5.13%
Don't care. Not really sure what I'm doing on the Christian sub forum, but as long as I'm here I'd just like to register my extreme disinterest.
5.13%
 2 5.13%
None of the above but I'll be letting you know in a comment.
0%
 0 0%
None of the above and I can't be bothered to comment.
5.13%
 2 5.13%
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Is Jesus the son of God?
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#81
RE: Is Jesus the son of God?
December 20, 2014 at 5:00 pm
Sorry Min, Bruce can have the podium.
I'll just stick with what is written.
Maybe Drich or GC or HM will want to play debate with him.
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RE: Is Jesus the son of God?
December 20, 2014 at 5:01 pm
(December 20, 2014 at 4:35 pm)professor Wrote: OK Brucer, once you get done removing all your considered non-real items, you may as well join Whaterverist and Min or the Muslims for that matter, because what you have left is useless.
You're... admonishing him for sticking to what is real?
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."

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RE: Is Jesus the son of God?
December 20, 2014 at 5:04 pm
(December 20, 2014 at 4:35 pm)professor Wrote: OK Brucer, once you get done removing all your considered non-real items, you may as well join Whaterverist and Min or the Muslims for that matter, because what you have left is useless.

Thank you prof. I'd just like to say how proud I am to be lumped with Min as the archetypal non-Christian stance.

Not sure how the Muslims fit in here but I don't take that part as a compliment.
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RE: Is Jesus the son of God?
December 20, 2014 at 5:06 pm
None of it is "real." He's admonishing him for trying to edit the story so he feels better about it.

I'm still with the prof on this one. The fundies are crazy but at least they stick by their story.
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RE: Is Jesus the son of God?
December 20, 2014 at 5:07 pm (This post was last modified: December 20, 2014 at 5:07 pm by Free.)
(December 20, 2014 at 5:06 pm)Minimalist Wrote: None of it is "real." He's admonishing him for trying to edit the story so he feels better about it.

I'm still with the prof on this one. The fundies are crazy but at least they stick by their story.

But don't you see? They are crazy because they stick by their story.
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RE: Is Jesus the son of God?
December 20, 2014 at 5:13 pm
I think Min likes theists who save him the trouble of making them look foolish. I just want to live in the best world possible .. without taking over as king and declaring how things have to go.
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RE: Is Jesus the son of God?
December 20, 2014 at 5:15 pm
(December 20, 2014 at 5:07 pm)Brucer Wrote:
(December 20, 2014 at 5:06 pm)Minimalist Wrote: None of it is "real." He's admonishing him for trying to edit the story so he feels better about it.

I'm still with the prof on this one. The fundies are crazy but at least they stick by their story.

But don't you see? They are crazy because they stick by their story.

Right. But I can appreciate the consistency. Sort of like a puppy who always goes on the paper.
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RE: Is Jesus the son of God?
December 20, 2014 at 5:24 pm
I do have to hand it to you Min, you and Whateverist do come up with amusing goodies,
yeah, Stimbo is in there too somewhere.
But you guys are at the top.
My condolence to Chuck, Chad, Beccs and anyone I might have missed.
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RE: Is Jesus the son of God?
December 20, 2014 at 5:27 pm
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"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."

-Stephen Jay Gould
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RE: Is Jesus the son of God?
December 20, 2014 at 5:28 pm
It's good to see that Jesus has brought the theists and atheists together in appreciation of what they offer one another.
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