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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 04:16 AM Original message |
Christianity is not ethical |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 04:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. Nonsense ... |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 04:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I fail to see |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 05:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
17. You are saying it has to be based on a Christian standard of ethics |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:16 PM Response to Reply #17 |
39. Yes ... |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 02:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
46. I'm a little confused (maybe not a surprise)... |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 03:42 AM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Nope ... |
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McKenzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 04:54 AM Response to Original message |
2. this'll generate yet another pointless exchange of opinions |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 04:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Is pointing out... |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 02:58 AM Response to Reply #2 |
47. I think the parts about bribery and being threatened are well-considered. |
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heidler1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 01:26 AM Response to Reply #47 |
80. IMO ethics is not the problem with Christianity, but claiming that if you |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 01:32 AM Response to Reply #80 |
81. I was born "pre-cursed". |
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heidler1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 01:52 PM Response to Reply #81 |
110. So was I. However, I prefere that to being oblivious. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 06:21 PM Response to Reply #110 |
120. Personally, I prefer to use spell check before attempting to be snide. |
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heidler1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-08-06 01:26 AM Response to Reply #120 |
134. I'm on your side, but my response could have been taken the way that |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-08-06 01:37 AM Response to Reply #134 |
135. Oops. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 04:56 AM Response to Original message |
5. What was in it for Jesus? |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 05:03 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. nothing new : he idea is the same than the Abraham story |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 04:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
117. Except that he sacrifices himself, for people who don't deserve it. |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 01:36 AM Response to Reply #5 |
82. That was essentially assisted suicide, right? |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 05:04 AM Response to Original message |
7. I don't know about Christianity |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 05:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I hate to say it... |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 05:44 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. you are so stoned! |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 03:00 AM Response to Reply #12 |
48. HAHAHAHAHA! |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 05:57 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Not really. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 07:35 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. But all the golden rule says... |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:47 PM Response to Reply #20 |
54. To give the New Testament its due, Jesus' 2nd commandment is |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 02:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. Do unto onions? |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 03:01 AM Response to Reply #16 |
49. But how do you feel about chocolate-covered onions? |
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Joyce (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 05:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. The Golden Rule relates to |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 05:46 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. There are various ways in which the Golden Rule |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 05:53 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. According to the CI.... |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 06:01 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. That's why I could never get into Kant |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
55. The Golden Rule is hardly a Christian invention |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 01:10 AM Response to Reply #7 |
79. The Golden Rule |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 05:09 AM Response to Original message |
8. more interesting is the Uzi aspect |
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FM Arouet666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 05:40 AM Response to Original message |
11. Damn atheists..... |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 08:21 AM Response to Reply #11 |
21. :-)the main atheist "problem" is seeing correlation and claiming causation |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 01:32 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. A response |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 01:57 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. A response to a response - and thanks for the response! :-) |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 10:30 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. A response to the response to the...ok |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 10:36 AM Response to Reply #34 |
88. All valid points - it is just the emphasis/importance that we disagree on |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 09:23 AM Response to Reply #21 |
52. Whoa. |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 10:37 AM Response to Reply #52 |
89. Enjoy - it is fun to be rational! |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 11:39 AM Response to Reply #89 |
91. If that's what you think being rational is, |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 11:54 AM Response to Reply #91 |
92. making up your own reality wasn't rational?? - like one where there is |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 12:21 PM Response to Reply #92 |
98. Do your arguments ever advance beyond the equivalent of |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 01:14 PM Response to Reply #98 |
103. When the level of intellectual argument by the atheist side rises |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 01:26 PM Response to Reply #103 |
105. It's a strange, strange world you live in, papau. |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 01:47 PM Response to Reply #105 |
109. The Jesus Seminar is a Delphi approach to something that does not |
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catbert836 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 06:40 PM Response to Reply #109 |
123. "The Athiest Self Love Forum" |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 05:50 AM Response to Original message |
14. I think the heaven and stuff |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
19. I can't see any religion |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
22. i would say that the ethics presented in the bible are situtational. |
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Burning Water (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
23. What philosophy is ethical, |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
24. Questions about "bribery" and about fear of "negative consequences" |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Answers. |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 02:03 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. ultimately all do the right thing to avoid negative consequences - your. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 02:20 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I think |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 10:24 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Don't bother trying to explain, |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 11:57 AM Response to Reply #33 |
93. Hi scottie - uppity atheists who are certain they are correct are always |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 06:27 PM Response to Reply #93 |
122. Ah, papau. Incoherent as usual. |
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renter (106 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
29. varkam, please read... |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 10:33 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. What do you tell all the atheists who have read and rejected your books? |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 10:59 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Yes. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:10 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. It didn't work for you either, |
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salvorhardin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:21 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. That might be a while |
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renter (106 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 04:02 AM Response to Reply #36 |
83. Hi Scottie, |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 06:45 PM Response to Reply #83 |
124. By "their choice" you mean that we choose to do what? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
32. Actually, and I can't remember the exact place, now |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
35. The whole Sermon on the Mount |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
41. "Can't claim the moral high ground." I would be more impressed |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:42 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Such issues! |
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Zebedeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:01 PM Response to Reply #41 |
67. Awesome post |
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Feenicks (79 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
43. The reason is quite simple-- God commands it. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 09:32 PM Response to Reply #43 |
63. Simple. |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
44. self-delete |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
45. Aren't you basically claiming that all Christians work off Descartes wager |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 08:49 AM Response to Reply #45 |
51. SEEEMS like its defining christian acts such. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 02:09 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. Clarification. |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 02:56 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. So christianity is fine. The thesis is that *christians* are unethical. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 09:15 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. I think you're got me completely backwards. |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 10:11 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Then state it plainly. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 10:29 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. I can see I've upset you. |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 07:52 AM Response to Reply #65 |
86. You've proposed a worthless construct of "ethical". |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 12:00 PM Response to Reply #86 |
94. What about the converse of that |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 10:59 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. FWIW ... |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 02:13 PM Response to Reply #45 |
57. Pascal's wager? |
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M155Y_A1CH (921 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
53. Forgiveness equates with apathy |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
59. I think you're trying to hard to make Christianity look bad. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 09:25 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Yes it's possible... |
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Zebedeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:09 PM Response to Reply #62 |
69. You are thinking of Catholicism |
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Zebedeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:05 PM Response to Reply #59 |
68. Excellent, excellent points |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:21 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. If you had read my response... |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:28 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Give it up. The Persecution Pity Party is here. |
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Zebedeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:39 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Slug away |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:43 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. So snarky comments constitute "bashing" ? |
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Zebedeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:53 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Polite and respectful |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 12:02 AM Response to Reply #75 |
76. I wouldn't be too lazy to read the op. But hey, that's just me. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 12:14 AM Response to Reply #75 |
77. Funny thing is, other christians disagree about the works/heaven thing. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 08:03 AM Response to Reply #75 |
87. Wow, I never knew that... |
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Zebedeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 11:27 AM Response to Reply #87 |
90. Matthew 19:14 |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 12:10 PM Response to Reply #90 |
96. "Blessed are the poor in spirit |
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Zebedeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 01:27 PM Response to Reply #96 |
106. I guess you are joking |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 01:44 PM Response to Reply #106 |
108. Joking? No |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 02:35 PM Response to Reply #108 |
112. It is not that hard to understand -spiritual poverty is the |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 02:42 PM Response to Reply #112 |
113. Funny |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 02:54 PM Response to Reply #113 |
114. Not doing good and you are tossed - doing good guarantees nothing |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 03:11 PM Response to Reply #114 |
115. Seriously, dude, you need some sleep. |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 05:33 PM Response to Reply #115 |
119. There are books of explanations - just doesn't fit cut and paste posting |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 04:25 PM Response to Reply #113 |
118. You've missed the point, I think. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 07:13 PM Response to Reply #118 |
126. I think you are putting words into the mouths of Christians |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 07:50 PM Response to Reply #126 |
128. Catholics believe good works are necessary for salvation? |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 09:25 PM Response to Reply #128 |
132. Here is a bit from the Catholic Encyclopedia |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 07:59 PM Response to Reply #106 |
129. But the op is not arguing that christians are unethical. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 12:45 PM Response to Reply #90 |
101. What did Jesus sound like? |
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Zebedeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 01:19 PM Response to Reply #101 |
104. Authoritative |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 01:31 PM Response to Reply #104 |
107. My purpose is not... |
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FM Arouet666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-08-06 03:42 AM Response to Reply #104 |
137. Don't claim to be a victim and cast the opposition as shameless 'bashers' |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 02:06 PM Response to Reply #87 |
111. You must have known, surely, |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 03:55 PM Response to Reply #111 |
116. First off... |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 07:28 AM Response to Reply #73 |
85. "Buyer's Remorse"? |
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FM Arouet666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-08-06 03:08 AM Response to Reply #73 |
136. Really now, lets look at few things. |
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Zebedeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-08-06 01:44 PM Response to Reply #136 |
143. Well, I did not have you in mind when I made that comment |
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FM Arouet666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-11-06 01:19 AM Response to Reply #143 |
149. Well, I do have a comment, albeit delayed |
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Zebedeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-08-06 03:50 PM Response to Reply #136 |
144. Global warming? |
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FM Arouet666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-11-06 01:32 AM Response to Reply #144 |
150. Thanks, I was looking for this to reply to your last post |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:22 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. Who's "bashing" christians ? |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 06:32 AM Response to Reply #71 |
84. If by "buddy" you mean me |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 07:05 PM Response to Reply #84 |
125. Um...you should have waited for my answer before launching that diatribe. |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 08:15 PM Response to Reply #125 |
131. Response: |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
60. Um...being good does not get you into heaven, and morals are based on love |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
78. I wouldn't say that. |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 12:02 PM Response to Reply #78 |
95. You make that value judgement based on what? I look forward to your book |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 12:16 PM Response to Reply #95 |
97. They weren't exactly value judgements. |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 12:26 PM Response to Reply #97 |
99. "do little more than skim it" and see if I agree - of course - if it was |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 12:42 PM Response to Reply #99 |
100. You make that value judgement based on what? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 01:01 PM Response to Reply #100 |
102. Deleted message |
Exiled in America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
121. Not all Chrisitans believe in the afterlife...so...there goes that theory. |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 07:42 PM Response to Reply #121 |
127. He could have spoke of people seeking a reward instead of "christians' |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 08:10 PM Response to Reply #127 |
130. Actually you seem to be on your own here, Inland. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 10:53 PM Response to Reply #127 |
133. If I've said it once... |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-08-06 07:57 AM Response to Reply #133 |
138. The proof of the pudding is in the postings. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-08-06 10:32 AM Response to Reply #138 |
139. If you would be so kind... |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-08-06 10:45 AM Response to Reply #139 |
140. Where did I say those things? More disingenuous bullshit. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-08-06 11:54 AM Response to Reply #140 |
141. I can see you're still not reading my posts. |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-08-06 12:36 PM Response to Reply #141 |
142. "Here, you are saying that....." No, I'm not. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-09-06 06:30 AM Response to Reply #141 |
145. Oooooooooooo, you're almost there... |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-09-06 08:32 AM Response to Reply #140 |
146. You're fighting the losing battle once again, Inland. |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-09-06 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
147. "The only way to be moral is to do the right thing... |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-10-06 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
148. A seldom discussed reason for avoiding sin |
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