Well I understand your point of view better now ML ...and I would hope you understand the manipulation of religion and why we ought not to tolerate it. There are very few, if any benign religious groups and this isn't about free speech, its about standing up to something that infiltrates for the sole purpose of control, that eminates abuses most of us would puke over had we or our family been victimized by it.
Stalins religious afffilations are dubious at best Dave and have been posted on another thread... and I would add that there is little difference in the control of politics and the controls of religion... people asserting supremist ideologies are rampant and religion and politics get intertwined.
Your point is a good one though, showing support for Stalin's communist surpemist agenda is no different than the supremist agenda of christianity, Islam, etc ... its all about being better than the other persons god and having the numbers of followers to fight about it.
short story because I dont have the time to teach a science class and evolution.
E=mc2 .. that's energy = mass, times the speed of light squared.
Energy cannot be created or destroyed, hence it has always been, always is, always will be; forever. It has no beginning no end. It can only be transformed. Sounds like god huh.. everywhere, always was, always is, always will be...
since energy is dependant on Mass, (molecules, particles) energy and particles make up the form of life itself, the rest is evolution of organsims.
E==mc2 is the axis of evolution and the creater destroyer of life, as we know it.
this is indeed what I meant, people still not only supporting the furthering of a beleif that has vicitmized millions and plans to do more, but supporting their "rights" to keep those beliefs..
the hell with the victims? they deserved it huh? because they weren't christians?
My own denomination, in the Reformed tradition, has affirmed in "The Essentials": All Scripture is self-attesting and being Truth, requires our unreserved submission in all areas of life. The infallible Word of God, the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments, is a complete and unified witness to God’s redemptive acts culminating in the incarnation of the Living Word, the Lord Jesus Christ. The Bible, uniquely and fully inspired by the Holy Spirit, is the supreme and final authority on all matters on which it speaks. 2.) To understand that Paul is the author of Romans, we must again examine the "internal evidence." Let me preface this by sharing a unique aspect of early writers. When you and I write letters, and now E-mails, we usually start with "Dear David or Sarah," and we will end the letter by signing or typing our name. The reader must look at the end of the letter to find out who it is from. The New Testament writers used a different technique; they identified themselves at the first of the letter. For example: Look at the first chapter and verse of each of the following books: 1 & 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and all through the rest of the New Testament letters. In the case of Romans, chapter 1, verses 1 and 7, "Paul, a bond servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God… to all who are beloved of God in Rome, called as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ." The internal evidence shows Paul as author, his credentials, and to whom the letter is written. With all the New Testament letters, by the internal evidence, we can identify the author and to whom each letter is written. 3.) How do you know that some other book is not the Word of God? Again, let’s look at the internal evidence. Revelation 22:18—"I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God shall add to him the plagues which are written in this book." Pretty straight-forward, isn’t it! That is not to say that God doesn’t still "inspire" writers of quality, Christian books today; He certainly does. Hopefully, sermons and Bible studies are inspired by the Holy Spirit, based on the Word of God. And that’s the key: It must be based on, and not contradict, the Word of God. These books are not, however, a part of the original canon. 4.) Your question dealing with the authenticity of Scripture is answered with question number 1 above. You stated in your question: "Please excuse my ignorance." I just want you to know that there are no dumb questions! Thanks for asking and keep them coming. Have a blessed day![/quote]
Still more anecdotal christian methods of using FAKE characters to prove other fake characters .. Christianity can't prove ANY of their characters so the anecdotal crap is brain washing BS
Seems a god capable of such majesty in the universe would be able to create words so succinct that interpreation would be unnecessary..yes?.
If there is a god and everything else about the universe is succinct, interpretation is not required. We can't change or interpret gravity any different, or the laws of motion, they are constant. Indeed an ordered way, that is not subject to interpretaion, only discovery. Seems a god with power and intelligence like that dropped the ball when it comes to words ...
RoMans wrote the bible, there is no god, especially no god of the bible, read history, you'll find out.
Creationism is as unproveable as god Dave. Just one of the many faults of god. But hey if you have some real proof, I'm sure presenting it would set the world on its head.
Only the bible proves the bible. Made up characters proving more made up charcaters. Show some REAL evidence or knock it off with anecdotal christian methods of proving their own crap.
I like to hang heavy Dominoes from my bomb sack while searching for taco heaven This stuff dominates my mind because of women .... I think Open bomb bay doors!
I'd go on but I have someone tied up atm and I don't quite understand the mumbling..sounds like "you wanna do me now"; but it could be "glue banana be chow" ..or something,,, who knows? dam gags
Its pretty much psychobabble, introducing characters that aren't proven, early in a text, where the mere introduction is used as the "weight" of proof that they exist in the end. The memserized mind "forgets the character was unreal in the first place but weasle factors have established the source as reliable when the reader is distracted"
Using unproven unreliable with disconnects and distractions to prove that BS is real. Fools undulge.
Weasel words and phrases are words or phrases that seemingly support statements without attributing opinions to verifiable sources. Weasel words give the force of authority to a statement without letting the reader decide if the source of the opinion is reliable. If a statement can't stand on its own without weasel words, it lacks neutral point of view; either a reliable source for the statement should be found, or the statement should be removed.
The bible purports stories and begins stories (not only with unreliable sources, because the only the bible proves the bible) that are vague out of context of situations, meant to be proofs or conclusions. The story is usually vague and contains circular logic and or subjective language, verbs that have disconnects with reality, generally connected to unreliable sources. After a paragraph or two the the unthinking brain is engrossed in the obsession since they cannot connect the dots. At this point the bible tosses in weasle phrases to add the final proof, which is not porrof at all, but a phrase using the unreliable character it started with to prove the main unreliable character as real.
So, what do you think Charlos? Remove these gods, does man set himself on fire? I expect there would be psychological aberrations to "normalcy"; but, I often wonder what happens when man (as a whole, in majority) indulges his ego in wisdom, as the primary godness agent.
change the names you can get any feeble minded person to believe in a fake christ and thats what the Romans did ... why do you suppose they would do that and exalt a jew, not a roman savior?
Using christian faerie tale books to prove christian conversions .. thats just feeble minded sick drivle, lapped up by deluded people with control issues easily moved by guilt and shame.
People with a brain can see right through that crap.
The world is in a whole lot of trouble if YOU are the annointed ones. Such self righteous crap is as much devil as there needs to be in this world.
Barry Bonds with a bat could not hit a homerun without KNOWLEDGE!, the bat is a tool, he could hit a homerun with a friggin legbone and KNOWLEDGE... stop creating unrelatable excuses to justify your lack of knowledge... much less your willingness to search it out.
It only proves your head is buried deep in stupidity and foolish mind numbing crap Mike. The questions are simple and PROVE the bible is a made up HandBook for Dummies; people who cant think for themselves much less research the history of what they indulge. The answers also show you the who's WHO of the present ministers of that spectre. (they however practice satanism, sure you've heard of it.)
That is very evident in your contunued pushing of the tripe therein. You spend even a week researching the origins and power brokers of that book you would find yourself very angry with the ministers of that book and what they have done in decieving millions and millions of people and very angru with yourself for having been not only a supporter but another banner carrier dumbing trying to dumb down the masses.
Christ is puke and you've been lapping it up like Pavlov's dog. If you view every challenge to you "faith" as the devil, you are indeed the devil's advocate... I doubt you want to be that ... really.
RE: The Bible, just PARTof why I believe…
The loudest laughter eminates from ignorance