by Bluth Corporation » Mon Oct 24, 2011 12:18 pm
by Meryuma » Mon Oct 24, 2011 12:24 pm
Niur wrote: my soul has no soul.
Saint Clair Island wrote:The English language sucks. From now on, I will refer to the second definition of sexual as "fucktacular."
Trotskylvania wrote:Alternatively, we could go on an epic quest to Plato's Cave to find the legendary artifact, Ockham's Razor.
Norstal wrote:Gunpowder Plot: America.
Meryuma: "Well, I just hope these hyperboles don't...
*puts on sunglasses*
blow out of proportions."
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
by Farnhamia » Mon Oct 24, 2011 12:25 pm
by Dakini » Mon Oct 24, 2011 12:26 pm
by Weed » Mon Oct 24, 2011 12:29 pm
by Aesthetica » Mon Oct 24, 2011 12:31 pm
by Farnhamia » Mon Oct 24, 2011 12:31 pm
by Aesthetica » Mon Oct 24, 2011 12:34 pm
by Bluth Corporation » Mon Oct 24, 2011 12:35 pm
Aesthetica wrote:More importantly what 'teachings' do you have left once you remove the Theist specific stuff, is there anything left that any rational Atheist would want to follow, hate gays, sell your cloak and buy a sword, Judea for the Judeans, Romans go home, etc...
the Old Testament is not relevant to Christianity because it is simply the national mythology of the Hebrew people. It provides cultural context for understanding Jesus's specific actions, but it has no universal significance in and of itself.
by Meryuma » Mon Oct 24, 2011 12:36 pm
Aesthetica wrote:More importantly what 'teachings' do you have left once you remove the Theist specific stuff, is there anything left that any rational Atheist would want to follow, hate gays
Niur wrote: my soul has no soul.
Saint Clair Island wrote:The English language sucks. From now on, I will refer to the second definition of sexual as "fucktacular."
Trotskylvania wrote:Alternatively, we could go on an epic quest to Plato's Cave to find the legendary artifact, Ockham's Razor.
Norstal wrote:Gunpowder Plot: America.
Meryuma: "Well, I just hope these hyperboles don't...
*puts on sunglasses*
blow out of proportions."
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
by Aesthetica » Mon Oct 24, 2011 12:43 pm
Bluth Corporation wrote:Aesthetica wrote:More importantly what 'teachings' do you have left once you remove the Theist specific stuff, is there anything left that any rational Atheist would want to follow, hate gays, sell your cloak and buy a sword, Judea for the Judeans, Romans go home, etc...
How does any of that remain, though? After all, as I said:the Old Testament is not relevant to Christianity because it is simply the national mythology of the Hebrew people. It provides cultural context for understanding Jesus's specific actions, but it has no universal significance in and of itself.
Furthermore, not everything in what's left in the Gospels is necessarily something that's actually being promoted. Sometimes things are mentioned to condemn them, other times they're mentioned simply to set the scene.
EDIT: Also, it bears mentioning that Life of Brian is not a Bible lesson.
by Conserative Morality » Mon Oct 24, 2011 12:48 pm
Dakini wrote:So basically, you're making a thread on the basis of "No true Scotsman"?
by Aesthetica » Mon Oct 24, 2011 12:53 pm
by New New York » Mon Oct 24, 2011 12:54 pm
by The Alma Mater » Mon Oct 24, 2011 12:54 pm
by Farnhamia » Mon Oct 24, 2011 12:55 pm
by Christian Democrats » Mon Oct 24, 2011 12:59 pm
Bluth Corporation wrote:Since there is in fact no god, supplication to a deity can do nothing towards building a better world--and it is a distraction from work that will actually have an effect. Thus, belief in a god is incompatible with being Christ-like; so atheism is not a part of Christianity. Of course, individual Christians may still fall short in this are as they do (myself included) in other areas. But ultimately, atheism is something a Christian should strive to embrace just like he should strive (whether or not he necessarily actually succeeds) to embrace the other attributes of Christness.
Leo Tolstoy wrote:Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.
by Aesthetica » Mon Oct 24, 2011 1:00 pm
The Alma Mater wrote:Can you define what you mean by "christ", since the literal meaning of "annointed" or "messias" can be used by anyone who has once used deoderant ?
by Meryuma » Mon Oct 24, 2011 1:01 pm
Aesthetica wrote:Meryuma wrote:
Actually, Jesus never mentioned that.
Matthew:
5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
So Jesus says Ot laws including the anti-gay, the dietary restrictions etc, are part of his message...
Unless of course Bluth says this was one of Jesus' non-christ moments...
Niur wrote: my soul has no soul.
Saint Clair Island wrote:The English language sucks. From now on, I will refer to the second definition of sexual as "fucktacular."
Trotskylvania wrote:Alternatively, we could go on an epic quest to Plato's Cave to find the legendary artifact, Ockham's Razor.
Norstal wrote:Gunpowder Plot: America.
Meryuma: "Well, I just hope these hyperboles don't...
*puts on sunglasses*
blow out of proportions."
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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