Whose hackles other than yours, which seem quite frankly to be preternaturally disposed to getting up, are raised? Yeah, I know, I know, read the thread.
So, rather than point out exactly where all this has been addressed, you take it upon yourself to just repeat your mantra over and over, hoping for what? Enlightenment? If you can’t be bothered to point out exactly what I have missed (a simple link would do nicely) but would rather cast aspersions, ad hominems, and epithets, perhaps you would do well to take your own advice.
You know, most folks would just cite the post in question instead of going off on a rant.
OK then. Granting that simply for the sake of the argument, surely you must agree that Jesus possesses superpowers. Or is there anyone else who can grant everlasting life?
And for any other poster, that’s exactly what I would do. But I’ve been through this shit with your troll ass before. The burden of proof that you’re not dicking around is on you now, as far as I’m concerned. Like I said: if you’re being genuine, respond to what I’ve already posted and we’ll talk. If not, keep being an asshole and acting like you don’t know what I’m talking about I will put you on ignore and you will never have to worry about talking to me again.
Riiiiight. Exactly what I figured. Been through this exact scenario way too many times with you before. Your little ignorant act where you ask questions that have already been answered, and jump through hoops to pretend like they haven’t. Then I point out where they have, and it all becomes a meta argument where we go around in circles and you increasingly feign ignorance and act increasingly rude. I wouldn’t have remembered your name until at least the 3rd or 4th time you did it, and I remember at least 3 or 4 more instances of you doing it. It’s your M.O., and I’m not interested in it. Welcome to ignore.
How 'bout you post weekday evenings-- I’ll take mornings – we’ll split the weekends down the middle (is Saturday or Sunday better for you?), and we agree to make late nights neutral territory. See, I’m usually asleep by 10 or 11, but if I’m suffering insomnia or I wake up really early . . .
Generally, I only have access to a computer weekdays from say 11 AM to 3 PM Eastern time. Sometimes on weekends, but for less time. Saturday is my best weekend shot.
Look, I’ll try to not engage you. I seriously didn’t know that I had pissed you off in the past. My memory isn’t what it used to be, and I confuse user names sometimes. My apologies if it seemed like trolling to you, but, in my mind at least, my questions are legitimate.
Ok, read posts 19 and 46 for my opinions on the matter. From my biblical, religious, and historical studies, I don’t believe that the accounts of Jesus are reliable enough to trust the supernatural elements. In my personal opinion, those were added on later to get more people to sign up. I think he was a Buddha-like figure who saw suffering and hypocrisy all around him, created a moral code that could help alleviate it to the benefit of all, and went around preaching it to whoever would listen. The moral teachings are what I consider the foundations of Christianity, and I can’t imagine telling someone who follows them that they are not a Christian, while agreeing that some of the scumbags I know who have never read the bible and treat everyone like dirt - but have been “saved” for fear of hell - are.
Yeah, I voted for the GOP for years before realizing that despite the fact that my mother’s family were knee-jerk GOP supporters & I grew up in a GOP district, I was not a conservative, my opinions (& some of my mother’s) were anathema to conservatives, & I had practically no utility in staying in the party.
Of course, finding out that balanced budgets were a big fat lie helped too.
I’m not from the US, but in the UK there are plenty of clerics in the Church of England who do not believe in the literal truth of the bible, the virgin birth and the divinity of Jesus, but would still count themselves as christian from a philosophical point of view.
As long as it doesn’t hurt anyone else, I’m all for letting people define themselves as they wish.
And remember the bible was formally put together some time after Jesus died (assuming he even existed at all, but that’s another argument) and there were many gospels that were not included as the powers that be decided they were heretical.
And what, exactly, gives you the “right” to overrule what God has said? Chapter 24, Verse 35 of the Koran:
When God says in the Koran that the Koran should be taken metaphorically, what gives you any right whasoever to suggest that believing the Koran is a metaphor makes one “not a Muslim”?
