142 replies to this topic

[Kral]

I will help you, before you embarrass yourself.

Thanks I am exceptionally skilled at that.

I agree with you that we don't know what he looked like. Probably because there has never been such a person.

[pstall]

i always laugh at people who will spend a good amount on time on stuff/people that didn't exist. why it reminds me of that santa clause thread just the other day. ya see it all started when a fat guy who loved snow was scorned by a chimpanzee named Horatio...

[Kral]

i always laugh at people who will spend a good amount on time on stuff/people that didn't exist. why it reminds me of that santa clause thread just the other day. ya see it all started when a fat guy who loved snow was scorned by a chimpanzee named Horatio...

I completely relate to what you are getting at but at the same time I can never resist a good fantasy novel. You get me?

[pstall]

well kral. im kinda busting your chops. if you don't believe, why bother?

[Kral]

well kral. im kinda busting your chops. if you don't believe, why bother?

Simple. I like to see why other people do. I want to see their reasoning behind it. Much of the time it is repetitive. Sometimes not and those times are rewarding.

[pstall]

i can live with that.

[gospodin shuttlesworth]

well kral. im kinda busting your chops. if you don't believe, why bother?

this line of thinking falls apart if you're at all engaged in the political process. when people use their religion to codify discriminatory practices into law, it is silly to just shrug your shoulders and say "eh why bother"

[pstall]

for the political fulcrum, sure, I get that. i'm talking in terms of the tinderbox.

[gospodin shuttlesworth]

^one in the same

[PhillyB]

I contend that it is done out of taste. Or rather sympathy for the believers. Find evidence of Jesus having existed. It is challenging.

i don't think sympathy for christians is a consideration of very many scholars (and nor should it be.) i'm not sure i buy that explanation

[PhillyB]

When the flames are heating you up, remember tonight, big man.

yay god and jesus and love and stuff

[longtriad]

i don't think sympathy for christians is a consideration of very many scholars (and nor should it be.) i'm not sure i buy that explanation

The best are one and the same.

[longtriad]

This is a violent threat. Believe my spurious and illogical claims or have violence inflicted on you for eternity.

Are you a democrat? That is twisted as if by a democrat.

[PhillyB]

The best are one and the same.

there are plenty of outstanding scholars who identify as theists or christians, but i'm guessing you're referring to the ones who invoke massive god-of-the-gaps fallacies

[longtriad]

there are plenty of outstanding scholars who identify as theists or christians, but i'm guessing you're referring to the ones who invoke massive god-of-the-gaps fallacies

Many of your "scientific" theories are a much bigger stretch than religeous ones. Hey check this out.

http://www.theroot.com/views/did-black-people-own-slaves?wpisrc=root_lightbox

I guess that'd let the white folk off of making good on the 40 acres and a mule.