From: John Fields on 14 Apr 2010 06:52 On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:32:47 -0700, D from BC <myrealaddress(a)comic.com> wrote: >In article <0lp8s51al8chv1t8g9o9dgp52rrar5l4me(a)4ax.com>, >jfields(a)austininstruments.com says... >> >> On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:23:41 -0700, D from BC <myrealaddress(a)comic.com> >> wrote: >> >> >In article <N8mdnd5liriUY1_WnZ2dnUVZ_hKdnZ2d(a)earthlink.com>, >> >regor(a)midwest.net says... >> >> The Bible straight out tells you that a day with God is as 1000 years, >> >> that's not making it mean something that isn't already in the Bible. >> >Toward >> >> the end there is supposed to be 1000 years of peace, this could represent >> >> the day of rest, the 7th day. So in the Biblical timeline for man there >> >> could be 6 ea 1000 year "days" and the last 1000 years of peace. >> >> >> > >> >The numbers are not big enough.. >> >Earth/universe age is in terms of millions/billions of years.. >> > >> >A God that pre-ages is con artist. >> > >> >Genesis is just a story to shut kids up when they ask too many >> >questions. >> >Daddy doesn't look dumb by saying 'I dunno'. >> >Even a dumb primitive goat herder gets to feel like a know-it-all >> >without getting into quantum physics. >> >> --- >> Do you know the difference between 'literal' and 'figurative'? >> >> JF > >There is no complete literal or figurative consensus amount 38000 >Christian denominations. The bible has become a Rorschach blot. --- Why not just answer the question instead of doing your little dance? --- >TEst it.. >Jehovah witnesses refuse blood transfusions due to blood being sacred. >Are the Jehovah witnesses making an improper evaluation of what's >literal and what's figurative? --- Why not just answer the question instead of doing your little dance? JF
From: RogerN on 14 Apr 2010 06:53 "John Fields" <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote in message news:la6bs5dnqimr5i58ipnsfasq1mb463998k(a)4ax.com... > 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 Right, D from BC: Show me and I'll believe. God: Believe and I'll show you. RogerN
From: John Fields on 14 Apr 2010 07:01 On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:32:47 -0700, D from BC <myrealaddress(a)comic.com> wrote: >In article <7dq8s5t72pl0otsppf1mkuuu4iqmvb8g2i(a)4ax.com>, >jfields(a)austininstruments.com says... >> -- >> That isn't evidence, it's just you spouting off at the mouth trying to >> justify your position by condemning others' >> >> If you really want to kill God, why don't you prove that miracles don't >> exist? >> >> JF >> > >Amputees don't get their legs back. --- And that's supposed to prove that miracles don't exist? You need to read up on logical fallacies. JF
From: John Fields on 14 Apr 2010 08:29 On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:35:48 -0700, D from BC <myrealaddress(a)comic.com> wrote: >In article <MPG.262e70a221714ef39897c2(a)209.197.12.12>, >myrealaddress(a)comic.com says... >> >> In article <0lp8s51al8chv1t8g9o9dgp52rrar5l4me(a)4ax.com>, >> jfields(a)austininstruments.com says... >> > >> > On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:23:41 -0700, D from BC <myrealaddress(a)comic.com> >> > wrote: >> > >> > >In article <N8mdnd5liriUY1_WnZ2dnUVZ_hKdnZ2d(a)earthlink.com>, >> > >regor(a)midwest.net says... >> > >> The Bible straight out tells you that a day with God is as 1000 years, >> > >> that's not making it mean something that isn't already in the Bible. >> > >Toward >> > >> the end there is supposed to be 1000 years of peace, this could represent >> > >> the day of rest, the 7th day. So in the Biblical timeline for man there >> > >> could be 6 ea 1000 year "days" and the last 1000 years of peace. >> > >> >> > > >> > >The numbers are not big enough.. >> > >Earth/universe age is in terms of millions/billions of years.. >> > > >> > >A God that pre-ages is con artist. >> > > >> > >Genesis is just a story to shut kids up when they ask too many >> > >questions. >> > >Daddy doesn't look dumb by saying 'I dunno'. >> > >Even a dumb primitive goat herder gets to feel like a know-it-all >> > >without getting into quantum physics. >> > >> > --- >> > Do you know the difference between 'literal' and 'figurative'? >> > >> > JF >> >> There is no complete literal or figurative consensus amount 38000 >> Christian denominations. The bible has become a Rorschach blot. > >There is no complete literal or figurative consensus from 38000 >Christian denominations. The bible has become a Rorschach blot. --- Which has _what_ to do with whether you know the difference between 'literal' and 'figurative'??? JF
From: D from BC on 14 Apr 2010 23:32
In article <la6bs5dnqimr5i58ipnsfasq1mb463998k(a)4ax.com>, jfields(a)austininstruments.com says... > > 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 Christians have a base for racism if they regard nonchristians as afterlifeless. A nicer religion would wish all the best in whatever happens after one's molecules return to the earth regardless of faith or lack of.. As opposed to 'Join our Christian religion or your no afterlife for you.' Christian engineers are ridiculous to regard nonChristians as the afterlifeless. -- D from BC British Columbia |