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Coragyps
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Message 56 of 722 (681841)
11-28-2012 8:54 AM 		Reply to: Message 54 by Faith
11-28-2012 8:06 AM

Re: Character
I was thinking about the fact that we used to have sodomy laws in this country, skimmed through the Wikipedia article on the subject and realize I've been overlooking how seriously it used to be regarded as a crime...
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We used to have slavery laws in this country, too. With death penalties for runaways. With a fine for wilful killing of a slave, just like in the Bible. I think doing away with those laws is what has pissed your God off, not gay sex.
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Message 127 of 722 (682649)
12-04-2012 10:28 AM 		Reply to: Message 125 by jaywill
12-04-2012 9:46 AM

Re: Character
Quotation is sufficient to realize that the society had gotten so rotten that it would have been unrighteous for God not to intervene.
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So an omnipotent creator of all things was forced by his own creation to "intervene" where "intervening" is strictly defined as "slaughtering by rainfall."
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Really, Jaywill, can you not see what Larni is saying? Can you not even read your own Holy Book for the words that are written there?!
"The Christian church, in its attitude toward science, shows the mind of a more or less enlightened man of the Thirteenth Century. It no longer believes that the earth is flat, but it is still convinced that prayer can cure after medicine fails." H L Mencken
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Coragyps
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Message 226 of 722 (683120)
12-07-2012 4:31 PM 		Reply to: Message 224 by jaywill
12-07-2012 3:15 PM

"Evolution deems that it is to my survival that I exploit and oppress you."
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And you've been around this board for seven years now, jaywill? How is it possible that you have learned so little about evolution, even if only by osmosis from nearby topics?
"The Christian church, in its attitude toward science, shows the mind of a more or less enlightened man of the Thirteenth Century. It no longer believes that the earth is flat, but it is still convinced that prayer can cure after medicine fails." H L Mencken
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Message 401 of 722 (683554)
12-11-2012 3:50 PM 		Reply to: Message 396 by Faith
12-11-2012 3:17 PM

Re: King James Bible
THE church.
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ROFL.
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That's hilarious, Faith.
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"The Christian church, in its attitude toward science, shows the mind of a more or less enlightened man of the Thirteenth Century. It no longer believes that the earth is flat, but it is still convinced that prayer can cure after medicine fails." H L Mencken
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Coragyps
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Message 601 of 722 (685046)
12-20-2012 9:40 AM 		Reply to: Message 595 by kofh2u
12-19-2012 10:09 PM

Re: rule of war??? or not?
Or better yet, what rules would you come up with that make better instructions to these armies if you believe in rules of war?
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Well, obviously, you go by the rules elsewhere in the Bible which call on you to exterminate the men, women, boy children, girl children, babies, cows, goats, sheep, and goldfish! Now that's some real rules of war! Deuteronomy 13:15, for one of many examples.
"The Christian church, in its attitude toward science, shows the mind of a more or less enlightened man of the Thirteenth Century. It no longer believes that the earth is flat, but it is still convinced that prayer can cure after medicine fails." H L Mencken
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Coragyps
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Message 607 of 722 (685071)
12-20-2012 11:18 AM 		Reply to: Message 604 by jaywill
12-20-2012 11:03 AM

Re: rule of war??? or not?
Years ago I was told that babies were brought by storks. Being told something does not make it true - hell, even reading something on the internet doesn't do that!
"The Christian church, in its attitude toward science, shows the mind of a more or less enlightened man of the Thirteenth Century. It no longer believes that the earth is flat, but it is still convinced that prayer can cure after medicine fails." H L Mencken
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Coragyps
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Message 721 of 722 (687557)
01-12-2013 3:12 PM 		Reply to: Message 720 by jaywill
01-12-2013 2:25 PM

Re: All powerful but can't lie ?
I guess God being all powerful does not mean He will do what is against His nature to do just to prove that He is powerful enough to do so.
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Proving that there is no twisting of logic to which True Believers (TM) will not resort in their apologetics. And I once thought that Irina Kazakova was an expert........
"The Christian church, in its attitude toward science, shows the mind of a more or less enlightened man of the Thirteenth Century. It no longer believes that the earth is flat, but it is still convinced that prayer can cure after medicine fails." H L Mencken
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