From: Jon Kirwan on 14 Apr 2010 01:12 On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:41:02 -0700, D from BC <myrealaddress(a)comic.com> wrote: >In article <a12as5hmre2opv1eg2s3ml96feev49kdgg(a)4ax.com>, >jonk(a)infinitefactors.org says... >> >> Who can say that Job lost faith? His friends wanted to know >> what in the heck he must have done that was so bad, of >> course. Naturally. Job looked like God's own personal >> stomp-puppet to them. They wanted to know what to avoid! Job >> argued with them and said he didn't know of anything. Is >> that the definition of losing faith? >> >> Jon > >No...That's not Job losing faith. It's Job gaining confusion. > >I've heard from Christians(Christian denomination #22348?) say that the >story of Job is a test of faith.. Some would say the same thing about any part of the bible you picked. Jon
From: D from BC on 14 Apr 2010 02:20 In article <scjas5dss0aph15664glde4klef2faub1v(a)4ax.com>, jonk(a)infinitefactors.org says... > > On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:41:02 -0700, D from BC > <myrealaddress(a)comic.com> wrote: > > >In article <a12as5hmre2opv1eg2s3ml96feev49kdgg(a)4ax.com>, > >jonk(a)infinitefactors.org says... > >> > >> Who can say that Job lost faith? His friends wanted to know > >> what in the heck he must have done that was so bad, of > >> course. Naturally. Job looked like God's own personal > >> stomp-puppet to them. They wanted to know what to avoid! Job > >> argued with them and said he didn't know of anything. Is > >> that the definition of losing faith? > >> > >> Jon > > > >No...That's not Job losing faith. It's Job gaining confusion. > > > >I've heard from Christians(Christian denomination #22348?) say that the > >story of Job is a test of faith.. > > Some would say the same thing about any part of the bible you > picked. > > Jon Exodus 22:18 English Standard Version (�2001) ?You shall not permit a sorceress to live. New American Standard Bible (�1995) "You shall not allow a sorceress to live. GOD'S WORD� Translation (�1995) "Never let a witch live. King James Bible Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. American King James Version You shall not suffer a witch to live. Christian engineers have to believe in witches too?? I do suspect any woman who had great skill in engineering in medieval times probably got killed as a witch.. Maybe that's why there so few female engineers. Christianity burned them all at the stake a long time ago. :P 'She's knows force vectors!.. WITCH! Get her!' -- D from BC British Columbia
From: John Fields on 14 Apr 2010 06:32 On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:32:46 -0700, D from BC <myrealaddress(a)comic.com> wrote: >In article <0le7s5l2qar0dhudv03gl5qoph09cfno7d(a)4ax.com>, >jfields(a)austininstruments.com says... >> >Believe or BANG!. (Or perhaps they go to Rogers 'Hell Lite' for slightly >> >evil people.) >> >What happens if you don't believe in Christ/God? >> >> --- >> Nothing. >> --- >> > >Then there's no reason to believe in Christ/God. >All you got is a story book useful in mollifying slaves. --- You missed it, as usual. If you don't believe in God, nothing happens. It's when you _do_ believe that things start happening. JF
From: RogerN on 14 Apr 2010 06:45 "D from BC" <myrealaddress(a)comic.com> wrote in message news:MPG.262efe7eb0653dd69897ca(a)209.197.12.12... > In article <scjas5dss0aph15664glde4klef2faub1v(a)4ax.com>, > jonk(a)infinitefactors.org says... <snip> > > Christian engineers have to believe in witches too?? > You should meet my ex! RogerN
From: John Fields on 14 Apr 2010 06:46
On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:32:46 -0700, D from BC <myrealaddress(a)comic.com> wrote: >In article <0le7s5l2qar0dhudv03gl5qoph09cfno7d(a)4ax.com>, >jfields(a)austininstruments.com says... >> There's ample evidence for the existence of miracles which, as far as we >> know, are the work of supernatural/divine beings. >> > >No amputees have had their legs grown back. --- You cherry-pick, cheater. The dead have been raised, the blind given sight, the deaf hearing, and the barren, children. --- >It's a miracle god hasn't given you cancer! --- More a miracle, perhaps, that He has kept it from me. JF |