I’m sure that’s true of a lot of people, but as I am a faithful and practicing Roman Catholic, my position is that Jesus lived, died on the cross, and rose from the dead three days later. In light of this, I think it’s safe to say any bias I have cuts against Diogenes’ position.
Well, I like to think I would simply say, “Good, I’m glad we’ve reached the actual point of contention,” but I agree that it should have been said. My bad.
Wow.
I’m really surprised.
I’m surprised that you’re surprised. Bricker has never made a secret of his faith. He doesn’t flaunt it, nor does he spend much time in the religion threads, but in posts where a statement of faith is an appropriate point, he’s made one.
Apropos of that, Bricker would have made a spectacular Jesuit.
I guess if I have seen him post about his faith I never connected that it was the same poster who I recognize from the law threads.
I don’t know, Dio seems to have something lacking in his life. 52,000 posts in eight years, 17 posts a day. Seems this board is a bit of an obsession.
Seems like this time and energy could be focused into real life.
But whatever fires your rocket I guess. Kinda sad actually.
Seriously? 17 posts a day strikes you as an obsession? Hundreds of posts a day, I could maybe see, but 17?
That seems like saying if you’re having a conversation with someone, you can only reply 16 times before you’re “obsessed.”
Nothing sad about it at all. Many people spend their free time in front of TV sets watching probably 30-80 hours or more each week, or some maybe even sitting on a bar stool most days a week. Nothing wrong with that either, if that is what one chooses. To each their own. Live and let live.
Dio, I imagine like many of the high post counters certainly do a better job of keeping their mind sharper going over this stuff on a regular basis. If my memory was better, I would probably put more time in here as well. I find it often way more entertaining than watching TV, but sort of balance out the two along with quite a bit of other things as well. I bet Dio and others do to.
Hey septimus. Try putting it in General Questions instead. It might end up in GD anyway, but at least others will know you were putting it up as a question, and if others want to debate the finer points on it, they can.
I can reply 16 times to a convo in 3 minutes. Composing 17 posts a day in detail (or not) can take a few hours. Or half an hour. As I said, whatever fires your rocket. I don’t give a shit.
But I still feel Dio is lacking something IRL. Maybe nobody he knows likes to BS about what he likes to BS about, I don’t know.
It just seems to me by his tone on the board he is seeking validation for whatever reason.
I have informed Gort to monitor YOUR post count average/per day from now on.
We will be watching. Silly humans.
Klaatu Barada Nikto.
Yeah. I can tell it’s absolutely meaningless to you.
Thank you. It IS absolutely meaningless to me. that’s the point of anon online boards. That’s the fun. Especially the Pit. Meaningless online bullshit.
Entertainment. Talking shit. Zings and burns. Don’t take it too seriously Dear.
(See, I just said Dear to yank your chain, but you can complain and call me a troll)
Ooookay.
I’m a Mr. Mom during the week, so I’m on and off the computer a lot during the day (in between wrangling toddlers). It’s what I do instead of watching soap operas. Plus, my wife doesn’t like to argue about religion and politics, so I have to get it elsewhere.
That’s what I meant by people you know irl aren’t into your bullshit like people are here.
I think you’re kind of a dick online but I respect your shit.
Dio, I forgot you were doing the Mr Mom thing, so I will give you the high daily post count.
Good on you for the kids. But you are still a dick. Have a great new year.
I had not voice an opinion on that particular issue, one way or another. On other issues, I voiced the opinion that Dio’s case was not as solid as he claimed, without declaring that he was necessarily wrong. (I’d say more about that, and about how it’s inappropriate to say “The burden of proof is on you to prove me wrong!” when one’s critics contend “Your conclusion doesn’t necessarily follow.” That would be fuel for a whole 'nuther Diogenes Pit thread, though.)
Just to elucidate on that final point… I do think that some of the claims regarding alleged objections in the infancy narratives are overly hasty, especially in light of our relatively sketchy historical knowledge of New Testament times. (Hence the discussion over Quirinius.) I had not voiced an opinion regarding whether the infancy narratives were irreconcilable or not; rather, my opinion is that critics are overly quick to seize on these apparent inconsistencies as being necessarily fatal (or “slam dunks,” to use ITR Champion’s term). That’s a subtle but vital distinction.
They’re irroconcilable. That’s a bullet proof, lead pipe assertion.
And that’s exactly why you tend to get labelled as a pretentious bombast, Diogenes.
Yeah, even if all our dates concerning Herod’s reign and Quirinius’s governorship etc are wrong, the census of Judea doesn’t take place till after Herod’s death because until Herod dies Judea isn’t subject to direct Roman rule. Matthew’s nativity has to happen before Herod dies. Luke’s has to happen after. Just no way around that.
This is one of my excuses. Another is that faced with a choice of addictions for her husband (illegal drugs, nubile harlots, Internet), Mrs. Septimus opts for Internet. 