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FriedBabelBroccoli
I am saying if you don't understand why the math or results are a proof of something then you are taking it on faith.
www.merriam-webster.com...
Full Definition of FAITH
1
a : allegiance to duty or a person : loyalty
b (1) : fidelity to one's promises (2) : sincerity of intentions
2
a (1) : belief and trust in and loyalty to God (2) : belief in the traditional doctrines of a religion
b (1) : firm belief in something for which there is no proof (2) : complete trust
3
: something that is believed especially with strong conviction; especially : a system of religious beliefs
— on faith
: without question took everything he said on faith
Do you realize how manic you and your sidekick here are?
They accused me of practicing a certain religion and when asked what religion they think I practice they went on a rant about how religion is for dumb dumbs.
Followed by you crying me a river about how you taking things on faith is not the same people having another faith.
How about you get on topic? Do you think the character of Satan in the Bible is the hero of humanity?
-FBBedit on 17-3-2014 by FriedBabelBroccoli because: 101
How about you get on topic? Do you think the character of Satan in the Bible is the hero of humanity?
-FBBedit on 17-3-2014 by FriedBabelBroccoli because: 101
ReturnofTheSonOfNothing
yuppa
As for the disparate morality. Is it fair to expect the same level of respect from people to people? No because they might have diifrent circumstances.
Not sure that really addresses the point.
God in the OT is all for committing and encouraging genocide, rape, slavery etc. If you believe the flood story he murders every living thing on the planet save for Noah and the animals on his dimensionaly transcendental boat. He tells the Israelites to murder women, men, male children and animals, and to take the young girls as their own. He tells slaves to obey and love their masters, even the cruel ones. I mean there are just loads of totally abhorrent stuff there.
Do you believe this is the same God that you worship and that features in the NT. And if so, how do you reconcile this behaviour in the NT with your belief?edit on RAmerica/Chicago31uMon, 17 Mar 2014 00:24:27 -05003-0500fCDT12 by ReturnofTheSonOfNothing because: Because MOAR!
Procreation is chapter 1 of Genesis, which is a later addition to correct certain misconceptions that the other parts did not do a good enough job to dispel.
we either were supposed to be procreators, or we were not.
jmdewey60
reply to post by undo
Procreation is chapter 1 of Genesis, which is a later addition to correct certain misconceptions that the other parts did not do a good enough job to dispel.
we either were supposed to be procreators, or we were not.
The forbidden tree I think is an allusion to pagan practices under trees that were a draw away from the official practice of making offerings at the state sanctioned temple.
Who exactly do you think wrote the Bible?
it's a bunch of intergalactic scientists, repopulating the earth from a previous cataclsym
jmdewey60
reply to post by undo
Who exactly do you think wrote the Bible?
it's a bunch of intergalactic scientists, repopulating the earth from a previous cataclsym
Let me inform you on this.
It was a bunch of people connected to a temple in Jerusalem.
Why on earth they would be talking about anything else is beyond me.
What was in it for them to write about some totally unrelated subject?
yuppa
OK. I am not explaining anything else to you because there is no point in trying to tell someone something if they do not really want to know. Or they will not do their own research or always look for th eliteral meaning to stuff that might be metaphore or allegory.
I follow Jesus's way. ANd that was is only by Grace that modern christians are forgiven for their sins who are not Hebrews. the OT does not apply to modern christianity. i t specifically says so in the OT who it is for. The only reason its in the Bible is so we know the past of what came before us. So stop trying to prosecute US for something that does not apply to us.
ReturnofTheSonOfNothing
yuppa
OK. I am not explaining anything else to you because there is no point in trying to tell someone something if they do not really want to know. Or they will not do their own research or always look for th eliteral meaning to stuff that might be metaphore or allegory.
I follow Jesus's way. ANd that was is only by Grace that modern christians are forgiven for their sins who are not Hebrews. the OT does not apply to modern christianity. i t specifically says so in the OT who it is for. The only reason its in the Bible is so we know the past of what came before us. So stop trying to prosecute US for something that does not apply to us.
Don't be silly, I'm no prosecuting anything.
I just don't understand how anyone can reconcile the god of the Old and New Testaments (regardless of what 'rules' or 'laws' you follow, it's the same god, no?). Most people seem to hand wave it away in some way, and I really am not trying to be rude but to me that seems to be just what you are doing..
Peace.