Steven Douglas
9/1/2009 1:16:00 PM
On Aug 31, 10:34 pm, tirebiter <dontspamme...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
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> On Sep 1, 12:52 am, Steven Douglas <steven.doug...@rocketmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > On Aug 31, 9:32 pm, tirebiter <dontspamme...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
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> > > On Sep 1, 12:00 am, Steven Douglas <steven.doug...@rocketmail.com>
> > > wrote:
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> > > > On Aug 29, 1:52 pm, tirebiter <dontspamme...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
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> > > > > On Aug 27, 9:10 am, Steven Douglas <steven.doug...@rocketmail.com>
> > > > > wrote:
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> > > > > > On Aug 26, 9:48 pm, tirebiter <dontspamme...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
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> > > > > > > On Aug 27, 12:34 am, Steven Douglas <steven.doug...@rocketmail.com>
> > > > > > > wrote:
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> > > > > > > > Jesus frequently spoke in parables. I don't take everything he said
> > > > > > > > literally, since it's obvious he often spoke figuratively.
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> > > > > > > It just gets better and better. You cherry-pick what you want to
> > > > > > > believe and turn a blind eye to the rest.
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> > > > > > I've turned a blind eye to nothing. I just interpret it differently
> > > > > > than you do.
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> > > > > And yet you still don't see what you are actually writing here. This
> > > > > is supposed to be the literal and inerrant word of your god, and you
> > > > > have to INTERPRET it before it makes sense to you. And after you've
> > > > > mangled it into what every mush that is palatable to you, you use it
> > > > > as the basis of your whole religious belief system.
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> > > > Just because God is undetectable to you doesn't mean He's undetectable
> > > > to others.
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> > > > > > > Or you just decide that the
> > > > > > > parts you find distasteful are simply intended to be taken
> > > > > > > figuratively so there's nothing there to worry your pretty little head
> > > > > > > about.
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> > > > > > I'm not worried about anything, but what is it precisely that you'd
> > > > > > like me to be worried about?
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> > > > > I'd be worried about why anyone would base their whole belief on a
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> > > > You might be worried about it, but I'm not you.
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> > > No you're not. You're the guy who invents... er... interprets what
> > > his so-called god has supposedly said and done in order to make it the
> > > least bit palatable to believe in.
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> > If you don't believe in God, why do you spend so much time concerned
> > with something you don't believe exists?
>
> It depends on the circumstances. In this case, I enjoy watching
> christians rationalize away the massive defects in their religion via
> "interpretation". It's a double joy when they judge other christians
> as being "true" or not based how they think all other christians
> should behave. You've been quite the source of entertainment in both
> these areas.
All I did was comment on someone's flawed belief that Christians
should believe the world will end on December 21, 2012. There is no
reason for *any* Christian to believe that. So what is your point
again?
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> Otherwise, I have very strong objections to the religious
> fundamentalists trying to return to the dark ages by making false
> claims that the United States is a christian nation, or that the
> evolution theory is some sort of plot against this mythical god, or
> the many other ways christians choose to marginalize anybody who
> disagrees with them. In this regard, it is exactly as Thomas
> Jefferson attributed as saying, "The Price of Liberty is Eternal
> Vigilance".
I'll defend your right to believe as you choose. I'd stand with you
against anyone who tried to impose his belief on you. Is that clear?
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> And on top of it all, this is an open discussion forum. If you are so
> ill equipped to defend the basic foundation for your religious belief,
I think I did pretty well pointing out that Jesus said no man knows
what day the world will end. Anyone who thinks it will end on December
21, 2012, does not believe Jesus.
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> go find some fundamentalist group that will shower you with chants of
> "praise jesus" everytime you judge the godless and untrue christians.
I didn't find your group. It found me. This thread is cross-posted to
several groups.