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and Yadda Yadda Yadda... To be "religious" is to practice religion, which is to participate and speak its vocabulary. "religious" is an adjective describing an activity while the "bible" is a book, just a collection of writings some people take seriously. You can be "religious" and use the...

Toss me a hanging curveball, i'll knock it out of the park! I always speak the language of my audience! :mrgreen:

eek eek eek! As usual, irrelevant statements belong to the irresolute. There's no reason to get all testy when you're being taken seriously. Besides having removed all doubt that you're just another monkey, when you feel like actually backing up your glib statements, please let me know. :)

eek eek eek! As usual, irrelevant statements belong to the irresolute. There's no reason to get all testy when you're being taken seriously. Besides having removed all doubt that you're just another monkey, when you feel like actually backing up your glib statements, please let me know. :)

According to a monkey... Funny! However, your analogy fails because it implies there is an "anthropologist" for Christians where none is found. :smash: My critique is an immanent one that does not import foreign criteria and distort the subject. Unless you are saying you're the...

Debating Etiquette I have a small favor to ask, Crazy. Please address the Opening Post directly, or the concepts therein, instead of going off preaching in a patronizing manner, or quote-mining the bible without your personal explanation. It is because i am familiar with Christianity, having...

A blast from the past Yes. Masochists are not nihilists. Why, thanks, Liza. :ily:

I would like to hear why you are "opposed" to my essay. :whistle: Plus i think there is a huge difference between mere "opinion" and true "knowledge." I don't think what i've presented is just my opinion. :cool:

Way ahead of ya! Aye, last november i observed those very security issues on a different board when they came under the attack of hackers, who erased the PHP code and left their signature or calling card "Owned by ____" That sent me into a paranoid overdrive and i updated my PHP software...

Hello, i have updated my boards with a brand new software and skin. Please, i insist, feel free to peek and savagely critique to your heart's content!

Aye, Crazy, understood. I did not say that all Christians are poor people. My critique is much more subtle than that. ;) The reason i have issues with organized religion is that, basically, Jesus knocked down the Great Dragon of superstition, only to have Paul put it back on its feet in...

If we are by nature sinful, degenerate, then no amount of suffering can ever relieve us of our debt. Therefore, according to Christianity, God loves us, He sent someone to die in our place, someone who is worthy. Yet, this is a trick. Our debt of sin has been paid by someone else, but now we...

Ya sure? Its gonna be a humdinger of a whopper of a pettifoggery full of mind-numbing hyperbole! Will post a new thread soon. oh I don't go to Church cuz I have serious issues with organized religion. Some times I think religion is the only reason poor people don't kill off the rich. :lol:

third time's the charm TTT, this may come as a shock to you, but I am not an atheist. Do you want to take a stab at addressing my OP, instead of indulging in your own soapbox rhetoric? Your first post is crippled by the false presumption that Christianity is the source of morality...

Kicking up a storm of dust and complain nobody can see... :roll: Puh-leeeze! I am not "baiting" anyone. I wanted to know why you believed that I did not "seriously study the subject." You chose to run away and stick your head in the sand instead of engaging me in good faith. A...

Postscript If anyone is interested, I will be more than happy to post my thoughts about sin as an infinite debt.

How do you disagree without insulting? Can you explain how you arrived at this personal opinion? Why do you think i have not seriously studied the subject? Is this because if a person has a different opinion than yours regarding Christianity, they must not have seriously studied the...

The apologist rears his head I am well aware of the Christian explanation of sin. However, this completely fails to answer the problem of foreknowledge. God knew exactly what would happen with his creation, what decisions and actions Adam and Eve would make, long before he created them due to...

Only the pop brings true enlightenment... ...when one hears it when they finally pull their head out of their ass. There's no curse. You can always choose to change your mind and be something else! :) But i'm afraid your proposal will not turn up anything. Research will only produce...