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Recent content by abadsign

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    Studying the Bible: Is it a sin?

    It's not a new idea, and you don't get to blame science for it. Biblical inconsistencies have troubled people for a very long time. The desire to iron out the inconsistencies was strong enough in Tatian to drive him to write the Diatessaron, a "harmony" of the Gospels that is intended to read...
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    Pork and Milk

    Thank you for sharing that! It looks interesting. I checked and it is hard to buy here in the US. It would have to be imported from France, I think. Amazon.fr has it, but I can't read the site :P
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    Anyone else outraged by what Israel has done? Liberals only please...

    Israel invaded Lebanon, not Palestine. You must have missed the news.
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    Help stop an execution (scheduled for July 12)

    I think I am. Tell me, are you getting my point about how a democratic government derives its authority? Okay, could you explain in other words what you mean here, because I don't understand what you're trying to say: I should be complaining about the democratic process? I don't think that's...
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    Christian Homosexuals and Our Supporters – BashFREE Zone

    That gets me thinking, how long has this church been around? How long have any gay churches been around, for that matter? How long have they been relatively common? Anybody?
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    Help stop an execution (scheduled for July 12)

    Pontius Pilate would not have recognized Jesus as having any authority to intervene for those other men, anyway. [/FONT]
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    Help stop an execution (scheduled for July 12)

    Well, it didn't work. Taft executed Barton last week. To anyone who did try to intervene for this man's life, thank you. In a two party system, you inevitably vote for someone who doesn't believe as you do... Honestly I don't see the point in this argument. Show me where you have the authority...
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    frustrations

    Much love to you, Joe. Do you think it would be a good idea to call her and talk to her about how she made you feel? I think it would, not as a way to ask her to "take it back" but to keep your feelings in the open so that your friendship has a hope of continuing. Realize, Joe, that when you...
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    Do we roll the dice with salvation?

    Pascal's wager? Hardly deserves mention, but here it is, taken seriously (and thus thoroughly debunked) http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/richard_carrier/heaven.html "Only nontheists go to Heaven." That ought to make somebody's head pop :D
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    Support For Israel

    A Brief History of the Apocalypse: http://www.abhota.info/
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    Do we roll the dice with salvation?

    Well, considering that even the earliest Christian writings we have, the letters of Paul, are filled with theological discussions of peripheral issues like circumcision... it looks like it was never that simple;)
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    Christian Homosexuals and Our Supporters – BashFREE Zone

    Hi all. Consider me an Ally. I have a couple things I'd like to share. I think if we can get someone to go to church with us, or talk about Christ with us, we also have something of an obligation to help them steer away from "the deep end." Consider what we've seen in this thread. Someone...
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    looking for a book on evolution

    Thank you all for the suggestions :) Can anyone who read Miller's book tell me, am I correct in understanding that he spends some (significant?) time advocating the anthropic principle? Does he address opposing viewpoints such as Everett's many-worlds interpretation? It seems from the reviews...
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    Hi, need advice on denominations and such?

    Innnnteresting survey. I took it and agreed strongly with the first two results. It got a little flaky after that. All in all I'm pleasantly surprised. That must have taken a lot of work to set up. LOL! The very last result, the church least suited to me, is the one I was raised in :D I...
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    What is Hell? Who goes there? (moved from WWMC)

    Pardon me. I didn't realize I was dancing so close to the edge. I think I would have liked to see the debates that got so heated that this topic had to be exiled. takes two steps back Anyway, Pats, the point I was trying to hint at is that some of us don't believe in Hell at all, for various...