I think you've misread me. I am not arguing that the Bible is a book of lies and misconceptions. I have merely argued that it is subject to the...
Also he's Jesus, he can say three things at once if he wants to? :D
And yet you believe Barthes is hogwash! :D I think, again, you should avoid labels that are ambiguous, if you aren't happy with that ambiguity....
Well, you can't prove it, but you might persuade him that it was reasonable to assume. Maybe not of the monster, but negative reinforcement...
Well no, if everyone did it, we'd all be giving of ourselves to each other; just as, in Smith's model, everyone is out to get whatever they can...
Perhaps you should rise above it. Turn the other cheek, anall'at, anall'at.
Unattainable is fine until people start declaring that they have attained it, or otherwise setting their own, attainable goals for perfection,...
Well yes, but my point was that persuasion has nothing inherently to do with whether something is true or not. Something being true doesn't...
Funny, because you said: "As I pointed out, I merely wanted to know what he meant by “Christian” if he was asking if I believe what the majority...
If I'm calling you names then shouldn't it be you rising above that? Not that I concede that I've "fallen into" name calling. I may have...
Why does it not surprise me that you consider yourself a special type of Christian?
I made post 362. And you made post 361 after ducking ODB's question two or three times.
See, that fact that you don't consider these to be "right" motives suggests a specific notion of "rightness" based primarily on self-sacrifice. I...
Did you like how evasive he was when you asked if he was a Christian? I thought that was pretty funny.
Is that why you said the same thing twice in two different threads in response to two contentiously different things? You want me to rise...
I don't know. Either you changed, or there were just bigger fish to fry up until now. I've never been above petty recrimination, srsly; you...
Do people ever do anything without "good intentions"? I mean, no-one does anything without a reason. Isn't the whole notion of "good" intentions...
Why are you getting so bunchy, OWB? This is a public forum. If you want a private conversation, use a private medium. If you want a public...
Wow, what a clever thing to say.
Do you have any idea how arrogant you come off as when you express these ideas? I mean, even if by some miracle you turn out to be 100% right,...
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