Aard, Stu, I'll take those last posts as being a declaration of Uncle on the constitutional issues that began this thread. You are unfettered when it comes to the right to practice your religion. The government is not. You should be thankful that the ACLU would defend that right should the federal government (or any of the states that I quoted 100 or so posts ago) decide to infringe upon it.
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Jim, you don't bother me in the least.
You do act if everything said is at you directly. I never said you pushed your "religious" beliefs, but your protest against it has been obvious. I defend my beliefs against you and others, but not you specifically.
If you have walked from folks like me, you keep stepping back for more. Your choice.
Well, I thought the paragraph I quoted was pretty specific. Here it is again: "
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Jim, you show me that you have a limited knowledge of christian precepts. Yet you want to push your views just as we do. Deal with the consequence .
There are numerous out in this blog site of christian beliefs. Some stand up, others cower like you would prefer. Paul(Saul) from the book of Acts didn't cower. Like Jesus, he nearly lost his life on numerous occasions for speaking up."
Now, if that wasn't directed at me I can only conclude you are several people posting under the same name, and you don't even bother to read each others' shit. This is like conversing with VirginiaDude who I am certain was little more than Pong! game reprogrammed to spew clauses of words pretty much arbitrarily on a subject extracted, often incorrectly, from a previous post.
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The comment that few could read or write in biblical times is not factual, and the writers were quite good.
You also don't know my stand as a christian or what I do aside from blog blather. It is bold of you to critique without full info.
And a BMW is not in my future, unless it's an old 2002 model for resto.
Aard.
I hope you do something better than this.
First, the stories in the Bible are based on old, pagan stories, old enough that they were passed from generation to generation by word of mouth long before they were written down - meaning the time of the "biblical" stories likely precedes the written "record" of those stories by centuries. When they were written down, you are correct, there is no real way to establish literacy of the rest of the population. It seems to me that these stories were recorded before say, a good pig roast recipe might have been written down. Or, in other words, when the written word was not something the average person alive spent much time toiling over. Whatever counts today as the "real" versions of the original stories may well have been written by an elaborate committee of literate, expensive, slaves. In any case we know Jesus Christ didn't read it or write it as there is no real record of Jesus Christ's literacy, is there? Do we have anything he wrote?
And it is you who take things too personally. I have noted, I speak only to your internet persona. I have no idea who the real earth pig is. I address only the internet persona you describe through your posts on this site.
Jim, that definitely was directed at you due to a comment you made at me.
Overall, however you are just one of many.
Secondly your grasp as to how the biblical teachings were brought forward are absolutely wrong and not pagan. Moses was far from pagan. New testament writings are well documented as to writing times. Old test was according to when the authors were alive, and the writings are quite prophetic, which proved themselves out through the fulfillment of said prophecy. Definitely God inspired in origin
I could go on Jim, but you don't buy it anyways, so why waste my time on it.
You also cannot offend me, but you better watch offending God. So no, I don't take it personal, but defend beliefs.
Secondly your grasp as to how the biblical teachings were brought forward are absolutely wrong and not pagan. Moses was far from pagan. New testament writings are well documented as to writing times. Old test was according to when the authors were alive, and the writings are quite prophetic, which proved themselves out through the fulfillment of said prophecy. Definitely God inspired in origin.
You’re aware this makes no sense whatsoever?
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I could go on Jim, but you don't buy it anyways, so why waste my time on it.
Agreed – let’s stop wasting everyone’s time.
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The issue has nothing to do with your faith – I’ve enjoyed many discussions with religious individuals who are able to express their views in an intelligent, thoughtful (and thought-provoking), and articulate manner – you’re not one of them. Your faith is not being impugned, you are.
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