From: DanielSan on 20 Jul 2008 17:56 Ben Dolan wrote: > DanielSan <danielsan(a)speakeasy.net> wrote: > >>> rbwinn wrote: >>> The Flying Spaghetti Monster definitely does exist in the minds of >>> atheists, just as Harry Potter does. It is part of their religion, >>> just as idols and graven images were part of the religions of >>> heathens. >> No, you aren't getting it, are you? The FSM and Harry Potter do NOT >> exist in our minds. > > Actually, the child is (partially) right for a change. The only place > the FSM and Harry Potter do exist is in people's minds--just like God... Well, that's true. -- ****************************************************** * DanielSan -- alt.atheism #2226 * *----------------------------------------------------* * "I distrust those people who know so well what God * * wants them to do because I notice it always * * coincides with their own desires." * * --Susan B. Anthony * ******************************************************
From: rbwinn on 20 Jul 2008 18:05 On Jul 20, 10:28�am, "Steve O" <nospamh...(a)thanks.com> wrote: > "rbwinn" <rbwi...(a)juno.com> wrote in message > > news:01aea64e-2210-4cfe-ae19-244a91576b3e(a)a70g2000hsh.googlegroups.com... > > > > >> Where did Jesus say it was immoral?- Hide quoted text - > > > Matthew 5:19 �Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least > > commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in > > the kingdom of heaven; but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same > > shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. > > Robert B. Winn > > Okay. > So here Jesus is saying that all believers should follow ALL Old Testament > Laws. > Even the least of them. > To the letter. > Is that what YOU do? > If your answer is yes, this could get interesting... > You forgot the part about teaching others to do so. Was that because atheists do nothing else? Robert B. Winn
From: rbwinn on 20 Jul 2008 18:06 On Jul 20, 10:41�am, Free Lunch <lu...(a)nofreelunch.us> wrote: > On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:14:58 -0700 (PDT), rbwinn <rbwi...(a)juno.com> > wrote in alt.atheism: > > ... > > >Paul was an apostle, and whatever he said comes under the instruction > >by Christ, Whether by my voice or the voice of my servants, it is the > >same. > > But there is no evidence that Paul was a servant of God. That claim is > completely unsubstantiated. Paul was an apostle. He was called to that calling when James was killed by Herod. Robert B. Winn
From: rbwinn on 20 Jul 2008 18:10 On Jul 20, 11:26�am, Stan-O <bndsna...(a)aol.com> wrote: > On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:56:03 -0700 (PDT), rbwinn <rbwi...(a)juno.com> > wrote: > > >> >> >> Why would an "atheistic court system" reward someone who claimed to believe > >> >> >> in gods, skippy? > > >> >> > Lawyers reward anyone who adds to their power and financial security. > > >> >> You've got a whole "reward" thing going on at the moment, why is that?- Hide quoted text - > > >> >I do not have anything going at the present time. ?Lawyers were the > >> >people who started "plea bargaining" and did away with the right to > >> >trial by jury. > > >> That's odd, because my boss was just on a jury trial last month. I > >> guess that makes you a liar again, doesn't it?- Hide quoted text - > > >No, it does not. �The right to trial by jury no longer exists. � > > <snip> > > The rest of your psychobabble wasn't even worth reading, particularly > when you start with such an idiotic comment. > > I guess that old saying is right - A person who acts as their own > lawyer has an idiot for a client.. Well, you Europeans love lawyers. I would never hire one under any circumstances. Robert B. Winn
From: Ben Dolan on 20 Jul 2008 18:44
rbwinn <rbwinn3(a)juno.com> wrote: > > I may be reading too much between the lines here, but why did the police > > "decide to harass you?" > > > I complained about some of their pet drug dealers. Pet drug dealers? (Pssst... Fido... Here boy, here boy... You wanna buy some "magic Milk Bones"? Preemo stuff...) |