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Still a Christian - ask me questions/tell me about yourselves
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RE: Still a Christian - ask me questions/tell me about yourselves
October 18, 2017 at 9:01 pm (This post was last modified: October 18, 2017 at 9:01 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
(October 18, 2017 at 2:54 pm)JackRussell Wrote: How do you know what Jesus actually said?

Duh. He's a time traveller.

Best thing about this Speedy J guy?

I assume he wrote this album:

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#102
RE: Still a Christian - ask me questions/tell me about yourselves
October 23, 2017 at 4:27 pm (This post was last modified: October 23, 2017 at 4:33 pm by speedyj1992.)
(October 18, 2017 at 8:46 pm)Succubus Wrote:
(October 18, 2017 at 2:55 pm)speedyj1992 Wrote: ...And Revelation was written somewhere between the year 70-85 whereas Christianity was officially adopted past the year 300 (I looked it up, honestly was surprised it took so long)...

Do you have any idea what this tells the world about you?
Are you telling us that for all your piety, your utter conviction that Christianity is the one true faith, you are unaware of its history? How very revealing.

First, what have I said that came off as pious? I'm genuinely asking, there are so many pious Christians I can't stand, and I don't want to be like that, so I appreciate honest, specific feedback. 

Second, there are aspects of it's history I'm aware of, and things I don't know because I haven't looked up every single detail of its extrabiblical history, so I'm not sure what part you're saying I'm unaware of. Can you please be more specific?
(October 18, 2017 at 8:57 pm)Cyberman Wrote:
(October 18, 2017 at 2:55 pm)speedyj1992 Wrote: And actually Josephus does mention Jesus, so ... 

Do you think that Jesus was a great calamity that befell the Jews?

I do not - why do you ask?
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#103
RE: Still a Christian - ask me questions/tell me about yourselves
October 23, 2017 at 5:02 pm
(October 23, 2017 at 4:27 pm)speedyj1992 Wrote:
(October 18, 2017 at 8:57 pm)Cyberman Wrote: Do you think that Jesus was a great calamity that befell the Jews?

I do not - why do you ask?

Josephus did.
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: Still a Christian - ask me questions/tell me about yourselves
October 23, 2017 at 5:29 pm
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RE: Still a Christian - ask me questions/tell me about yourselves
October 23, 2017 at 6:30 pm
Welcome, speedyj. I hope you like it here.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
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#106
RE: Still a Christian - ask me questions/tell me about yourselves
October 23, 2017 at 6:48 pm
(October 23, 2017 at 5:29 pm)speedyj1992 Wrote: 1. [edit] But my experience with God (and what I've heard from others who have also come to faith) is that it's a process. [edit]

2. [edit] how the apostles proclaimed Jesus to their deaths,[edit]

1. If god actually exists why would it take a process? All it would take is an appearance, showing up, proof that it exists in reality. The fact that it does not and requires a "process" only indicates that god is a man made fantasy. Maybe a useful fantasy for some, but still a fantasy. 

2. So did the believers in Heavens Gate. So have thousands of other martyrs (not just christian). Not much of a point. People die for delusional beliefs all of the time.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental. 
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RE: Still a Christian - ask me questions/tell me about yourselves
October 24, 2017 at 7:31 am
God/s/deites/super natural are mere comic book reflections of our evolutionary drive to continue, a comic book reflection of our fear of death.
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RE: Still a Christian - ask me questions/tell me about yourselves
October 24, 2017 at 8:37 am (This post was last modified: October 24, 2017 at 8:37 am by Amarok.)
Quote: To an extent, you are that way with more atheistic points you can't prove.
Atheism requires no faith. Nor does not claim to prove anything .And their are no atheistic points  . So this statement is false. And your story is now suspect .
Seek strength, not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy -- myself.

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RE: Still a Christian - ask me questions/tell me about yourselves
October 24, 2017 at 8:50 am
(October 24, 2017 at 7:31 am)Brian37 Wrote: God/s/deites/super natural are mere comic book reflections of our evolutionary drive to continue, a comic book reflection of our fear of death.

Beautifully put.
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: Still a Christian - ask me questions/tell me about yourselves
October 24, 2017 at 3:25 pm
Never got an answer to my question.

How do you know, and I mean really know, what my gardener said?
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