Can Christian Electronic Designers Design?
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From: krw on 4 Apr 2010 16:48 On Sun, 4 Apr 2010 12:44:21 -0700, D from BC <myrealaddress(a)comic.com> wrote: >In article <00ner55k51lm0hp9jn6n8hv45nr92u8fhq(a)4ax.com>, >krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz says... >> >> On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 17:55:34 -0700, D from BC <myrealaddress(a)comic.com> wrote: >> >> >In article <v0ucr5hd57sb5bdb2kiq7go3giq8hot71a(a)4ax.com>, >> >krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz says... >> >> >> >> On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 11:45:03 -0700, D from BC <myrealaddress(a)comic.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >RogerN prays you hit no trees.. :P >> >> >> >> RogerN is a kind Christian and such would be expected. You're none of the >> >> above so the expectations are equally obvious. >> > >> >I suppose you're praying that Larkin doesn't require a miracle on the >> >mountain. >> >> Your supposition is up to you. Though, only an idiot would lose sleep over >> it. > >Prayer can mess up your reality.. > >For example: > >Say RogerN doesn't pray that Larkin has a safe ski trip. >And then Larkin has an accident. >Then I'd say that RogerN is to blame. >Larkin had an accident cause RogerN didn't pray. No, I don't think RogerN believes he's God. How hard is it to be this stupid?
From: brent on 4 Apr 2010 16:49 On Apr 4, 4:46 pm, D from BC <myrealaddr...(a)comic.com> wrote: > In article <3cbhr5129133lhi5st5pl3o680ql86c...(a)4ax.com>, > jfie...(a)austininstruments.com says... > > > > > > > On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 18:26:35 -0700, D from BC <myrealaddr...(a)comic.com> > > wrote: > > > >I say more atheist engineers are open about being atheist than Christian > > >engineers are open about being Christian (or other religion). > > > --- > > From nearly all of the responses to your posts in this thread, I don't > > think anyone really cares what you have to say since you only ever post > > self-serving flammatory rhetoric and half-baked sophomoric opinions > > bereft of corroborating evidence. > > > In addition, your cheap pretense to authority with that arrogant little > > "I say" prefix is duly noted. > > > JF > > If I were Christian, I'd keep it private. > Do you believe the world is 6000 to 10000 years old? > This will depend on which one of the 38000 Christian denominations > you're in. > If you do believe the world is about 6000 years old, will you be open > about it..in this forum? > > -- > D from BC > British Columbia Sure, I believe it. Its a lot easier for me to believe that than all the "peer reviewed" stuff coming out of the scientific community these days.
From: krw on 4 Apr 2010 16:50 On Sun, 4 Apr 2010 12:44:23 -0700, D from BC <myrealaddress(a)comic.com> wrote: >I think it's weird for Christian engineers to believe in the magical >things in the bible and not to believe in thinking of magic in >engineering. What you *think* is hardly interesting. >'I will now make this dead circuit come alive with the power of prayer!' > >'Let's check what God has chosen for the bandwidth.' > >'It's a miracle the converter works!' > >'It's wasn't me. Jesus channeled through me and I made the ultimate >transistor.' > > >It's like you have to believe and not believe in magic at the same time. No one is asking you to understand, rather to be understanding. Instead, you have putz down pat.
From: krw on 4 Apr 2010 16:52 On Sun, 4 Apr 2010 12:47:55 -0700, D from BC <myrealaddress(a)comic.com> wrote: >7 years of slavery doesn't make slavery nice. I guess you missed the "contract" part. As usual, you demonstrate your illiteracy.
From: D from BC on 4 Apr 2010 16:52
In article <q8dhr55sjr0ksl1q0iap8bg3iegdbuilk4(a)4ax.com>, jfields(a)austininstruments.com says... > > On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 20:41:11 -0700, D from BC <myrealaddress(a)comic.com> > wrote: > > > >I suspect the only way a Christian engineer can keep a religion (belief > >in God) is to keep it unchallenged. > >Now the way to keep it unchallenged is to undermine anyone who > >challenges the religion. > >One way to eliminate challengers is to use insults, call them stupid and > >to pick on anything possible. > >However, this type of response can be seen as a defense to something > >that has no strength in reason. iows...If you got nothing, throw mud. > > > >The other way for a Christian engineer to keep a religion is to never > >ever apply analytical skills to ones religion. Doing so might cause > >foaming at the mouth. > > > >And this is my theory how intelligent electronic engineers can be > >Christian. > > --- > Hmm... > > In the beginning you state: > > "I suspect the only way a Christian engineer can keep a religion (belief > in God) is to keep it unchallenged." > > And then toward the end you state: > > "The other way for a Christian engineer to keep a religion is to never > ever apply analytical skills to ones religion. Doing so might cause > foaming at the mouth." > > Note that there's a logical inconsistency between "the only way" and > "the other way", which implies there are two ways, instead of just one. > > That kind of sloppy thinking, along with unwarranted, amateurish, > conjecture and what seems to be basic intellectual dishonesty, is what > lies at the heart of your entire "presentation", that device being > designed, it seems, to justify your atheistic stance by using the > reluctance of the non-atheists in the group to mud-wrestle with a pig. > --- > > JF Here's a way to test if Christianity is compartmentalized in the mind of an engineer. Put that engineering logic and reason to work on this question: Why are you believing in God? -- D from BC British Columbia |