My Bad Seed Challenge

[PsychoSarah]

I never got away with anything. Christians pay for their sins here, now in this life.

Demonstrably wrong: plenty of Christians are terrible people, but have great lives, while others are generally benign, and their lives suck. Or do you sincerely think that the majority of Christians living in a 3rd world countries are somehow lesser in their moral standing than those living in 1st world countries?

You quote a sentence or two, now I quote only a sentence or two.

 

[AV1611VET]

Rhoda's kinda messed up ... wouldn't you say?

 

[[serious]]

In fact the Army tested me and awarded me the distinction of being a sharpshooter.

There are 4 results you can get shooting in the Army:
No-Go (Failure)
Marksman (minimal pass)
Sharpshooter (average)
Expert (good)

In the 16 years since I first enlisted, this is the first time I've ever heard anyone try and brag about getting sharpshooter.

 

[TLK Valentine]

There are 4 results you can get shooting in the Army:
No-Go (Failure)
Marksman (minimal pass)
Sharpshooter (average)
Expert (good)

In the 16 years since I first enlisted, this is the first time I've ever heard anyone try and brag about getting sharpshooter.

For some people, mediocrity is an accomplishment.

 

[Ophiolite]

In the 16 years since I first enlisted, this is the first time I've ever heard anyone try and brag about getting sharpshooter.

Some people have delusions of adequacy.

 

[AV1611VET]

In the 16 years since I first enlisted, this is the first time I've ever heard anyone try and brag about getting sharpshooter.

Big deal.

Myopic science can't even see (or hear) the target ten feet in front of them,* yet they brag so much about what they see, they expect Bible literalists to drop their faith.

* Bumper stickers, Christmas decorations, hymns, churches, etc., that attest to the existence of God.

 

[AV1611VET]

For some people, mediocrity is an accomplishment.

Yup.

They're called "scientists."

 

[TLK Valentine]

Big deal.

Myopic science can't even see (or hear) the target ten feet in front of them,* yet they brag so much about what they see, they expect Bible literalists to drop their faith.

* Bumper stickers, Christmas decorations, hymns, churches, etc., that attest to the existence of God.

Do you ever get tired of trying to convince everyone that they're inferior?

 

[AV1611VET]

Do you ever get tired of trying to convince everyone that they're inferior?

No.

Until they get tired themselves, I can't help them.

But that doesn't mean I have to give up.

( )

 

[TLK Valentine]

No.

Until they get tired themselves, I can't help them.

But that doesn't mean I have to give up.

( )

You can't "help" people unless you convince them they're inferior?

 

[AV1611VET]

You can't "help" people unless you convince them they're inferior?

As I doh'ed, I can't convince them they're inferior, until they convince themselves they're inferior first.

You know ...

It's like you guys can't convince us the Jews were 'ignorant, Bronze-age, goat-herding, desert nomads,' until we think that ourselves.

Or better yet, you guys can't convince us we're "wise men" at birth (not conception, by the way), until we accept evolution.

And that ain't gonna happen.

Not with me, anyway.

 

[TLK Valentine]

As I doh'ed, I can't convince them they're inferior, until they convince themselves they're inferior first.

And you try to help them along in that, as we see.

You know ...

It's like you guys can't convince us the Jews were 'ignorant, Bronze-age, goat-herding, desert nomads,' until we think that ourselves.

You're not talking to "you guys," now -- AV -- you're talking to me.

Or better yet, you guys can't convince us we're "wise men" at birth (not conception, by the way), until we accept evolution.

"Accept" what you wish -- or not. I don't begrudge anyone their delusions until they try to enforce them.

 

[AV1611VET]

"Accept" what you wish -- or not. I don't begrudge anyone their delusions until they try to enforce them.

Like Roe v. Wade?

 

[TLK Valentine]

Like Roe v. Wade?

I said "delusions," not decisions.

 

[florida2]

Big deal.

Myopic science can't even see (or hear) the target ten feet in front of them,* yet they brag so much about what they see, they expect Bible literalists to drop their faith.

* Bumper stickers, Christmas decorations, hymns, churches, etc., that attest to the existence of God.

As there are religious buildings, songs, literature and artifacts from thousands of different religions does that mean they are all true?

 

[AV1611VET]

As there are religious buildings, songs, literature and artifacts from thousands of different religions does that mean they are all true?

You've obviously never played monkey-see-monkey-do, have you?

 

[joshua 1 9]

Or do you sincerely think that the majority of Christians living in a 3rd world countries are somehow lesser in their moral standing than those living in 1st world countries?

I only know about the third world nation that my wife comes from. In general poor people are happy and rich people are miserable. But it does not always work out that way. There are people that want three things in life: a roof over their head, food on the table and shoes for their feet. There are women that would marry any man that is able to provide that for them and their future children.

 

[AV1611VET]

In general though poor people are happy people and rich people are miserable people.

The Clampetts and the Ewings?

 

[joshua 1 9]

As there are religious buildings, songs, literature and artifacts from thousands of different religions does that mean they are all true?

Religion does not save you. The Church does not save you. Only the Precious Blood of Jesus can save you. He paid the price for our salvation at carvery. God had a plan from the very beginning, from the foundation of the world.

 

[TLK Valentine]

You've obviously never played monkey-see-monkey-do, have you?

Well, it explains why Jesus seems to have copied a lot of his ideas from Buddha.