I've just discovered this site via an earlier posting . http://www.jesusneverexisted.com/
I've only had a small read but the section on Mithras is enlightening, he had 12 disciples, a last supper, died to redeem and came back to life 3 days later. I think he was also born 25 December.
If its in an office environment they could probably save a lot of space/bandwidth by using a by junking DOC/XLS formats and go to ODF files. they are massively smaller
Does anyone know if they are selling more now than when they were the Only game in town? If they are what does it matter if they have lost market share?
"You did know that the story of Abraham and Isaac was intended to explain why the Hebrew deity doesn't require child sacrifice"
Sounds like the usual spin to try and explain a terrible act. Religious apologists, artists and politicians seem to be cut from the same cloth when trying to explain something thats hard to defend.
the excuse of allegories and symbolic stories is only a recent explanation as science and rational thinking keeps on destroying the myths.
so, from your post, you agree there is no such thing as a God etc etc then.
ps: humans are not the only animal to know right from wrong
"Genesis was never meant to be taken literally - it is similar to many other creation accounts of its era, written in language that the people of the time would understand. "
Cherry picking what you believe from the bible??? thats seems like you are on the first step to being rational and realising the whole bible is a myth.
what the fuck is a "soul" apart from another mythical thingy???? This "soul" thing is a load of bollox created by religionists to make them sound better than everyone else.
" the awesome stuff (Love God with all your heart, mind, and spirit, and love your neighbor as you love yourself.).... You're missing out." loving something that has no probability of existing??? you do blindly follow bible/religion if you think that.
" you've just laid out things that are in the Bible regarding the history of Israel" - The old testament is supposed to be the "word of god" so why dismiss it as "historical narratives, morality concepts, and life lessons" - you are cherry picking as all followers of religion. Its "God" if its a good thing and a story if its a bad thing - just think about it.
"What you miss, or seem to, central figure of the New Testament is pretty spot on as to how you should treat others" - I'm missing nothing, I know how to treat people etc without the new testament - cant you? If you can't, then you need some love. You appear to think that you can't be good without religion and that's a lot of old crap
"It's not a science book.."... correct
"it's a morality book with some history and societal concepts for Hebrews in it"... you must be kidding. The bible promotes genocide, homophobia, mysoginy etc
"Blindly following either is short-changing your innate ability to reason and question things"... you are fooling yourself. If you didn't short change your ability to reason then you'd realise you meant to write "Blindly following religion is short-changing your innate ability to reason and question things"
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I've just discovered this site via an earlier posting . http://www.jesusneverexisted.com/ I've only had a small read but the section on Mithras is enlightening, he had 12 disciples, a last supper, died to redeem and came back to life 3 days later. I think he was also born 25 December.
I think you need to take some time out and read http://www.jesusneverexisted.com/
Does he (she?) also speak in CAPITALS like DEATH?
If its in an office environment they could probably save a lot of space/bandwidth by using a by junking DOC/XLS formats and go to ODF files. they are massively smaller
"then ultimate dies a horrible death while being scored by many... Because he loves us" -- nah.. he broke the law and got punished
http://www.change.org/petitions/gaines-center-for-the-arts-john-haught-and-robert-rabel-release-the-october-12th-debate-video-featuring-jerry-coyne-and-john-haught#
down there???
yeah, hopefully they'll find Fred Flintstone (or one of his neighbours) close by...
There were rumours years ago that the US only agreed to allow Galileo if they also had a "override and switch off" button.
Does anyone know if they are selling more now than when they were the Only game in town? If they are what does it matter if they have lost market share?
I went there with Opera 11.51 and it couldn't give me a score - is that good? :o)
"It is entirely possible to download and run a malicious file on Linux too"
Without any user action??
"You did know that the story of Abraham and Isaac was intended to explain why the Hebrew deity doesn't require child sacrifice"
Sounds like the usual spin to try and explain a terrible act.
Religious apologists, artists and politicians seem to be cut from the same cloth when trying to explain something thats hard to defend.
"After recent (last three years) conversion to atheism"
You're not "converted" to atheism - its not a religion, you've dropped "faith" and just got rational.
yawn.. are you a creationist scientist who believes humans and dinosaurs lived side by side?
" that monkey 50 million years ago is a human today." comment marks you are a creationist or someone who doesn't understand evolution.
then again you could just be a troll
" It tastes like ass." - it tastes like a donkey??
yep, a bit like when they got motorola to build phones for them. They let motorola take the risk while they learnt the about risks involved.
the excuse of allegories and symbolic stories is only a recent explanation as science and rational thinking keeps on destroying the myths.
so, from your post, you agree there is no such thing as a God etc etc then.
ps: humans are not the only animal to know right from wrong
"Genesis was never meant to be taken literally - it is similar to many other creation accounts of its era, written in language that the people of the time would understand. "
Cherry picking what you believe from the bible??? thats seems like you are on the first step to being rational and realising the whole bible is a myth.
"whom did cain marry"?
his sister seems to be the best answer, godamn incestuous bastard
what the fuck is a "soul" apart from another mythical thingy????
This "soul" thing is a load of bollox created by religionists to make them sound better than everyone else.
he's gullible by default as demonstrated by his religious stance.
and another:
Rational thought
" the awesome stuff (Love God with all your heart, mind, and spirit, and love your neighbor as you love yourself.).... You're missing out."
loving something that has no probability of existing??? you do blindly follow bible/religion if you think that.
" you've just laid out things that are in the Bible regarding the history of Israel" - The old testament is supposed to be the "word of god" so why dismiss it as "historical narratives, morality concepts, and life lessons" - you are cherry picking as all followers of religion. Its "God" if its a good thing and a story if its a bad thing - just think about it.
"What you miss, or seem to, central figure of the New Testament is pretty spot on as to how you should treat others" - I'm missing nothing, I know how to treat people etc without the new testament - cant you? If you can't, then you need some love. You appear to think that you can't be good without religion and that's a lot of old crap
"It's not a science book.." ... correct ... you must be kidding. The bible promotes genocide, homophobia, mysoginy etc
"Blindly following either is short-changing your innate ability to reason and question things"... you are fooling yourself. If you didn't short change your ability to reason then you'd realise you meant to write "Blindly following religion is short-changing your innate ability to reason and question things"
"it's a morality book with some history and societal concepts for Hebrews in it"