Sparing a whole city if a few righteous people were found? just show that he does need laser targeting equipment, he's obviously not a good as he's (she?) cracked up to be
Nah, its God retribution for those gays and people enjoying sex outside marriage although its not precision bombing so there is a lot of collateral victims (as usual - maybe God should invest in laser sights)
"many parts of the Bible are history" - does that mean i can find corroboration in history books written by historians of the time? Citations of history book that back up the biblical events would be useful
"good history includes talking about people who did bad things, dumb things, and morally questionable things" - especially when god tells them to do these things
The bible is a recipe for genocide, homophobia, misogyny, discrimination, justification for slavery etc, maybe you should read it more closely and then try to understand it
if there was a god , i'd pray for freedom from religion and religious privileges.
(the religious always whine and bleat about "religious freedom" but what they really mean is keeping religious privileges - they can have the freedom to be religious in their homes and minds but keep it out of schools, law etc)
"Yes punish the people who continued the cover up and lied about it, but this general public over reaction that makes it seem a Catholic Priest is equal to a Rapist is just overall bad and unproductive."
He is if he abuses a child and its not "bad and unproductive", you just made an apologists answer for them. They claim to be the arbiters of "morals" and turn out to be totally hypocritical of that claim on all counts. They are child abusers the first time they tell them there is a god watching them and they will go to hell if they are naughty. Religion is child abuse from day one
Evolution came about through critical thinking. Creationism/religion has Nothing to due with critical thinking. Patience would not accomplish any goal other than more moronic creationists getting into more positions of influence as its their life work to push religion.
"Where evolution falls flat is trying to claim that a dinosaur evolved into a bird, or an ape evolved into a human. There is no solid evidence to show that a species can evolve into a different species. We have seen no plants that evolved into something other than the same plant with some variation. We see no evidence that a dog can evolve into something other than a dog. There is absolutely 0 proof that those things can occur."
That seems very much like a creationists answer, especially the "ape into a human" and "a species into a different species" evolution, it shows a complete lack of understanding. Are you a follower of Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron who expect to see a croco-duck if evolution is true? they produce some of the funniest youtube videos ever especially one the one about the banana.
if they are not literalists then they aren't true religionists, they are cherry picking people too scared to go the final step and admit god has no probability of existing. Fundementalists are the true christians whether you like it or not and they are nutjobs
"To me, there's symbolism all over the place in the Bible, so why isn't much of the Bible itself symbolism?"
that means god must be a symbol then. its either a god telling us what to do or he doesn;t exist and some twat in the desert had a great con to write about.
if you cherry pick what god tells you to do i.e. you eat pork and prawns or you don't stone people to death for working on sundays, that tells me you are just too scared to go the final step and admit there is no probable chance of him existing (i think this is the case for most religionists who arent stupid enough to be creatilonists)
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"Toothbrushes are likely the #1 reason we don't run around with a mouthful of dentures anymore, and that's just going back a generation or two."
Before sugar we didn't need dentures as our teeth did not rot
And also set up a camera on the building opposite so it records everything as teh camera on the violated property will probably get trashed if seen
I want to know how they can say for sure that none of the data was lifted of the computers
Sparing a whole city if a few righteous people were found? just show that he does need laser targeting equipment, he's obviously not a good as he's (she?) cracked up to be
he has already, what do you think that last hurricane was all about????? :o)
Nah, its God retribution for those gays and people enjoying sex outside marriage although its not precision bombing so there is a lot of collateral victims (as usual - maybe God should invest in laser sights)
I would have been the agnostic so i'd be at risk of being burned at the stake. Do you have a clue what you are talking about?
"many parts of the Bible are history" - does that mean i can find corroboration in history books written by historians of the time? Citations of history book that back up the biblical events would be useful
"good history includes talking about people who did bad things, dumb things, and morally questionable things" - especially when god tells them to do these things
The bible is a recipe for genocide, homophobia, misogyny, discrimination, justification for slavery etc, maybe you should read it more closely and then try to understand it
"Christian morality" is an oxymoron
make that a comparative myths class
if there was a god , i'd pray for freedom from religion and religious privileges.
(the religious always whine and bleat about "religious freedom" but what they really mean is keeping religious privileges - they can have the freedom to be religious in their homes and minds but keep it out of schools, law etc)
"The Pope should have been passed over in favor of somebody a little more aware of the consequences of his words."
What are the chances of that whilst they still say No to contraception etc etc . They are outdated by 2000 years
"Yes punish the people who continued the cover up and lied about it, but this general public over reaction that makes it seem a Catholic Priest is equal to a Rapist is just overall bad and unproductive."
He is if he abuses a child and its not "bad and unproductive", you just made an apologists answer for them. They claim to be the arbiters of "morals" and turn out to be totally hypocritical of that claim on all counts.
They are child abusers the first time they tell them there is a god watching them and they will go to hell if they are naughty. Religion is child abuse from day one
he just found and read the complete richarddawkins.net
let me fix that for you...
Only as a vehicle for self-affirmation of religious bigots who cloak themselves in "faith" to promote their bigotry
They are going to make him the Patron Saint of Pedophiles for his unstinting devotion to hiding the issue
Evolution came about through critical thinking. Creationism/religion has Nothing to due with critical thinking. Patience would not accomplish any goal other than more moronic creationists getting into more positions of influence as its their life work to push religion.
"Where evolution falls flat is trying to claim that a dinosaur evolved into a bird, or an ape evolved into a human. There is no solid evidence to show that a species can evolve into a different species. We have seen no plants that evolved into something other than the same plant with some variation. We see no evidence that a dog can evolve into something other than a dog. There is absolutely 0 proof that those things can occur."
That seems very much like a creationists answer, especially the "ape into a human" and "a species into a different species" evolution, it shows a complete lack of understanding. Are you a follower of Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron who expect to see a croco-duck if evolution is true? they produce some of the funniest youtube videos ever especially one the one about the banana.
"The question "Is there a creator?" is the relevant question."
this is never a relevant question. its a waste of everyones time and the biggest cause of verbal diarrhia known to man
"Big bang was the atheist answer to God for nearly a century. "
No. It wasn't any answer to the existence or not of a creator. It is a hypothesis for the origin of the universe
if they are not literalists then they aren't true religionists, they are cherry picking people too scared to go the final step and admit god has no probability of existing. Fundementalists are the true christians whether you like it or not and they are nutjobs
"And the Bible's purpose is moral"
You have to be fucking joking, genocide, child abuse, homophobia, mysogeny to name a few
"but most of the religious people I know do question and critically examine their faith."
and they still believe???? cant have done much soul searching then
"To me, there's symbolism all over the place in the Bible, so why isn't much of the Bible itself symbolism?"
that means god must be a symbol then. its either a god telling us what to do or he doesn;t exist and some twat in the desert had a great con to write about.
if you cherry pick what god tells you to do i.e. you eat pork and prawns or you don't stone people to death for working on sundays, that tells me you are just too scared to go the final step and admit there is no probable chance of him existing (i think this is the case for most religionists who arent stupid enough to be creatilonists)
"It seems it's no small feat for you to understand that pun. We should celebrate with a small fete when it comes to him."
Whats fate got to do with it?