From: Enkidu on
Free Lunch <lunch(a)nofreelunch.us> wrote in
news:09p274di91fe9iga0fioemm19lsnegpums(a)4ax.com:

>>He's dumber than Dook! How can that be?
>
> There is LDS equivalent to the Jesuits.

What's the conversion factor?

--
Enkidu AA#2165
EAC Chaplain and ordained minister,
ULC, Modesto, CA

Along with Islam and Christianity, Judaism does insist that some turgid
and contradictory and sometimes evil and mad texts, obviously written by
fairly unexceptional humans, are in fact the word of god. I think that
the indispensible condition of any intellectual liberty is the
realisation that there is no such thing.
-Christopher Hitchens, Letters to a Young Contrarian (2001)
From: Free Lunch on
On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:06:59 +1200, BuddyThunder
<nospam(a)paradise.net.nz> wrote in alt.atheism:

>rbwinn wrote:
>> On Jul 6, 11:02?am, The Natural Philosopher <a...(a)b.c> wrote:
>>> rbwinn wrote:
>>>
>>>> My definition of sin was willful disobedience of God. ?Bearing false
>>>> witness about me would fall under the category of willful disobedience
>>>> of God.
>>> In that case you are totally guilty of that exact sin.
>>>
>>> We have already established by your own definitions that you are a
>>> sinful person (onkl Jesus is free of sin you said) , and your lack of
>>> charity excommnunicates you as a Christian. (you wont talk to God on
>>> anyones behalf..)
>>>
>>> I think you are in deep trouble, dude.
>>>
>>>
>> No, I am fine. I say a little prayer every once in a while about
>> atheists.
>
>That one ever get answered? ;-)

He didn't say what he was praying for. If you pray to God that He affect
nothing at all, He relibly answers.
From: Free Lunch on
On 7 Jul 2008 00:45:54 GMT, Enkidu <fox_rgfszx(a)trashmail.net> wrote in
alt.atheism:

>Free Lunch <lunch(a)nofreelunch.us> wrote in
>news:09p274di91fe9iga0fioemm19lsnegpums(a)4ax.com:
>
>>>He's dumber than Dook! How can that be?
>>
>> There is LDS equivalent to the Jesuits.
>
>What's the conversion factor?

A 'not' escaped from that sentence.

Jesuits may not be able to make all Catholics think clearly (and that
isn't exactly their goal), but they make intellectual pursuits
honorable. LDS have BYU, not a horrible college, but still nothing to be
confused with Georgetown or even Notre Dame.
From: hhyapster on
On Jul 5, 6:53 pm, "Alex W." <ing...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> "rbwinn" <rbwi...(a)juno.com> wrote in message
>
> news:62956527-c824-415d-93ab-cdbf47127a02(a)k30g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> On Jul 4, 9:37 am, "Steve O" <nospamh...(a)thanks.com> wrote:
>
> > For the umpteenth time, we cannot tell Jesus anything.
> > If he existed at all, he died nearly 2,000 years ago.
> > Apart from an alleged brief visit shortly afterward, he hasn't been seen
> > since.
> > How can we tell him anything, huh?
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> Well, it is called prayer. Christians are commanded to pray.
>
> ====================
>
> And you're sure your prayer gets through ... even though no-one in the
> history of Christian prayer has ever answered. You know, if I dial a number
> and get no connection, I may try a few more times, but sooner or later I
> realise that there's no phone at the other end ....

The real trouble is, Alex, the loon never even try to dial.
Worse, a lot of them dialed but no tone or connection and still think
the number is right.
They tried and tried and tried.....until the last breath, still no
connection.....sad.
From: BuddyThunder on
Free Lunch wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:06:59 +1200, BuddyThunder
> <nospam(a)paradise.net.nz> wrote in alt.atheism:
>
>> rbwinn wrote:
>>> On Jul 6, 11:02?am, The Natural Philosopher <a...(a)b.c> wrote:
>>>> rbwinn wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> My definition of sin was willful disobedience of God. ?Bearing false
>>>>> witness about me would fall under the category of willful disobedience
>>>>> of God.
>>>> In that case you are totally guilty of that exact sin.
>>>>
>>>> We have already established by your own definitions that you are a
>>>> sinful person (onkl Jesus is free of sin you said) , and your lack of
>>>> charity excommnunicates you as a Christian. (you wont talk to God on
>>>> anyones behalf..)
>>>>
>>>> I think you are in deep trouble, dude.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> No, I am fine. I say a little prayer every once in a while about
>>> atheists.
>> That one ever get answered? ;-)
>
> He didn't say what he was praying for. If you pray to God that He affect
> nothing at all, He relibly answers.

Like Homer S. praying to God, "if you agree, please give absolutely no
sign!" Sure enough...