From: Archimedes' Lever on 28 Apr 2010 02:12 On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:55:21 -0500, "krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" <krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote: >On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 05:00:47 -0700, StickThatInYourPipeAndSmokeIt ><Zarathustra(a)thusspoke.org> wrote: > >>On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 06:32:45 -0500, John Fields >><jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote: >> >>>On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:04:30 -0700, D from BC <myrealaddress(a)comic.com> >>>wrote: >>> >>>>In article <rag9t5h3isj0qsqqs9j2sfsvavj8t8io4g(a)4ax.com>, >>>>jfields(a)austininstruments.com says... >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 21:13:14 -0700, D from BC <myrealaddress(a)comic.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >In article <mtOdnYAbK4_GdE_WnZ2dnUVZ_hWdnZ2d(a)earthlink.com>, >>>>> >regor(a)midwest.net says... >>>>> >> But from your perspective death is the end, from God's perspective death is >>>>> >> no more serious than a runny nose. What is the ratio of someone >>>>> >living 5 >>>>> >> days compared to infinity versus 100 years compared to infinity? >>>>> >> >>>>> >> RogerN >>>>> >> >>>>> > >>>>> >That idea devalues earth life and increases the value of the afterlife. >>>>> >That might encourage Christians to just wait/long or look forward to >>>>> >dying due to be being momentarily inconvenienced on earth by God. >>>>> >>>>> --- >>>>> And once you've done _your_ time here, what do you have to look forward >>>>> to? >>>>> >>>>> JF >>>> >>>>To being on earth. >>>>The molecules in my cells look forward to be free to go their separate >>>>ways. >>>>60% of the water vapor from my body looks forward to blowing in the >>>>wind. Some of it may become rain, some of it may become drinking water >>>>and some of it may feed plants. >>>>The ammonia,carbon,salt,phosphorus and calcium in my body/brain look >>>>forward to taking part again in the ecology. >>>>I am of the earth and for the earth. >>> >>>--- >>>That's how God has set things up; read Genesis 3:19 >>> >>>But what about your fire? >>> >>>JF >> >>fdkdt599unf5ur5ki19rq5k99p1d2jukno(a)4ax.com >> >> We are sooooooo insignificant. > >Yes, you are insignificant, DimBulb. You are so stupid that you were unable to look at the news article referred to.
From: StickThatInYourPipeAndSmokeIt on 28 Apr 2010 02:14 On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:18:02 -0700, D from BC <myrealaddress(a)comic.com> wrote: >When some of the molecules I once used become part of a tree used for >firewood. > Our Universe is inside of a very big tree. Far bigger than we are.
From: John Fields on 28 Apr 2010 09:47 On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:18:02 -0700, D from BC <myrealaddress(a)comic.com> wrote: >In article <omidt5tdtas4e25ci423nuocjbkj9d5ine(a)4ax.com>, >jfields(a)austininstruments.com says... >> >> On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:04:30 -0700, D from BC <myrealaddress(a)comic.com> >> wrote: >> >> >In article <rag9t5h3isj0qsqqs9j2sfsvavj8t8io4g(a)4ax.com>, >> >jfields(a)austininstruments.com says... >> >> >> >> On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 21:13:14 -0700, D from BC <myrealaddress(a)comic.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> >In article <mtOdnYAbK4_GdE_WnZ2dnUVZ_hWdnZ2d(a)earthlink.com>, >> >> >regor(a)midwest.net says... >> >> >> But from your perspective death is the end, from God's perspective death is >> >> >> no more serious than a runny nose. What is the ratio of someone >> >> >living 5 >> >> >> days compared to infinity versus 100 years compared to infinity? >> >> >> >> >> >> RogerN >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> >That idea devalues earth life and increases the value of the afterlife. >> >> >That might encourage Christians to just wait/long or look forward to >> >> >dying due to be being momentarily inconvenienced on earth by God. >> >> >> >> --- >> >> And once you've done _your_ time here, what do you have to look forward >> >> to? >> >> >> >> JF >> > >> >To being on earth. >> >The molecules in my cells look forward to be free to go their separate >> >ways. >> >60% of the water vapor from my body looks forward to blowing in the >> >wind. Some of it may become rain, some of it may become drinking water >> >and some of it may feed plants. >> >The ammonia,carbon,salt,phosphorus and calcium in my body/brain look >> >forward to taking part again in the ecology. >> >I am of the earth and for the earth. >> >> --- >> That's how God has set things up; read Genesis 3:19 > >But that's not all. >A not scientifically supported soul magically goes to a not >scientifically supported dimension occupied by a not scientifically >supported alien with super powers. --- Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke --- >> But what about your fire? >> >> JF > >When some of the molecules I once used become part of a tree used for >firewood. --- Cheater. JF
From: John Fields on 28 Apr 2010 11:02 On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:28:03 -0700, D from BC <myrealaddress(a)comic.com> wrote: >In article <eae9t59i67b133qpkahm3envu31bo8to17(a)4ax.com>, >jfields(a)austininstruments.com says... >> Subject: Re: Can Christian Electronic Designers Design? >> From: John Fields <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> >> Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design >> >> On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 20:35:57 -0700, D from BC <myrealaddress(a)comic.com> >> wrote: >> >> >In article <svq5t5d3sfde5oltdng81rnks2cv44258s(a)4ax.com>, >> >jfields(a)austininstruments.com says... >> >> Classic 'straw man' fallacy: >> >> >> >> You anthropomorphize God and then vilify the image you create for not >> >> acting in ways of which you approve. >> > >> >It doesn't matter if God is quasi-human or totally alien. >> > >> >People have reasons to be ethical. >> >God has no reasons for anything. >> >Without reasons there is no ethics. >> >A God free from providing reasons is free of ethics. >> >A God free of ethics is evil. >> >> --- >> It really pisses you off that God's rules apply to you but your rules >> don't apply to God, huh? >> --- >> > >God has no rules. --- What's being talked about is rules that apply to you, not rules that apply to God. Rules that apply to God we know very little about. --- >God is capable of 1st born baby killing at any time and will still get >praised. --- By those who benefited from His act, of course. Wouldn't you be happy if you were imprisoned unfairly and somebody did something drastic to free you? --- >Try to list rules that God follows. http://ldolphin.org/Maincov.html JF
From: krw on 28 Apr 2010 18:05
On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:11:31 -0700, D from BC <myrealaddress(a)comic.com> wrote: >In article <k5WdnQ8FpaCQF0rWnZ2dnUVZ_tKdnZ2d(a)earthlink.com>, >regor(a)midwest.net says... >> >> It seems you go out of your way to misrepresent the Bible and what >> Christians believe. Do you do this on purpose or are you really that >> blinded? Perhaps you consider yourself wise? > >Genesis is a cook book with a recipe to punish people. We can tell how much agony you're in. <snip more of the Dimwit from BC's garbage> |