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  • I Ilion

    Oakman wrote:

    Wow! I did not know that! :omg: So how much underestimating is going on? Got any citations to back up both of those claims?

    If you were willing to think for a moment or two, you'd understand that it's true. But you're not, so you won't -- you're not interested in "any citations to back up both of those claims" and we both know this.

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    Ilíon wrote:

    If you were willing to think for a moment or two, you'd understand that it's true.

    Had you used the word 'inaccurate', rather than the more emotive 'bogus', a moment or two's thought about the difficulty of collecting, verifying, and collating figures in third world countries, contrasted with the same task in the USA, would probably led us to agree with you. But 'bogus' implies deliberate falsification, and a claim like that has to be substantiated.

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    • I Ilion

      Bob Emmett wrote:

      And that's how to get away with unsubstantiated statements. "Put up or shut up", would be an uncouth response.

      Silly man, the world didn't start yesterday.

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      Ilíon wrote:

      Silly man, the world didn't start yesterday.

      I have no idea what that statement means in the current context. You have made a claim that the AIDS statistics in Africa and the USA are 'bogus'. You are asked to provide evidence, and you merely resort to insult. That is intellectual dishonesty.

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        scottgp wrote:

        It does look like something was lost in translation.

        Yes, like maybe the essential part of the argument.

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        Rob Graham wrote:

        Yes, like maybe the essential part of the argument.

        :-D :thumbsup::thumbsup:

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          Ilíon wrote:

          Silly man, the world didn't start yesterday.

          I have no idea what that statement means in the current context. You have made a claim that the AIDS statistics in Africa and the USA are 'bogus'. You are asked to provide evidence, and you merely resort to insult. That is intellectual dishonesty.

          Bob Emmett

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          Bob Emmett wrote:

          and you merely resort to insult.

          You're sad.

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            Ilíon wrote:

            Genuine religion rejects and battles injustice. Genuine religion rejects ... and battles ... unjust violence.

            Please let me know which is the 'genuine religion', so that I may ascertain the veracity of this statement.

            Bob Emmett

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            Bob Emmett wrote:

            Please let me know which is the 'genuine religion',

            We will pray to Aphrodite She's beautiful but flighty In her silken see-thru nightie She's good enough for me. We will pray to Zarathrustra, Pray just like we used-to, I'm a Zarathrustra booster, He's good enough for me. We will pray just like the Druids, Drinking strange fermented fluids, Go dancing naked through the woods, They're good enough for me. We will pray to the god Buddha, Of gods there is none cuter, Come in silver, brass or pewter, He's good enough for me. We will pray with those Egyptians, Who built pyramids to put our crypts in Covered up with strange inscriptions, They're good enough for me. We will pray to Ra and Ahmen Just like Tutankhamen, And teach our friends embalming, They're good enough for me. Hare Krishna he must be laughed on, To see me dressed in saffron, With my hair only half-on He's good enough for me. I will rise up at early morning, When my Lord gives me the warning, That the solar age is dawning, He's good enough for me. We won't worship like the Persians, We'll sacrifice no virgins, Please control your carnal urgin's, It's good enough for me. We will all worship the Mother Not the womb of any other Virgin, crone and mother She's good enough for me We will pray for New Age Aquarians, And hang out in Planetariums, Lotta um are Unitarians, They're good enough for me. We will pray to a god named Odin, In their wooden boats go floatin' Filled Europe with forbodin' He's good enough for me. We will pray to the Quakers Oft confused with the Shakers, Of war they are not makers, They're good enough for me. We will pray to the god Shiva, the one with many sleeva's Who destroys all disbelivas He's good enough for me. We will pray to rev Moon All our friends will think we're loony As we sing this crazy tune-y, He's good enough for me. Recorded by Pete Seeger on Precious Friend JY

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              Ilíon wrote:

              Genuine religion rejects and battles injustice. Genuine religion rejects ... and battles ... unjust violence.

              Please let me know which is the 'genuine religion', so that I may ascertain the veracity of this statement.

              Bob Emmett

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              Bob Emmett wrote:

              Please let me know which is the 'genuine religion', so that I may ascertain the veracity of this statement.

              Why, Islam is the only 'genuine religion' (*) -- as current trends indicate you'll be compelled to state in the not too distant future. (*) Sheesh! Everyone knows that.

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                Ilíon wrote:

                Silly man, the world didn't start yesterday.

                I have no idea what that statement means in the current context. You have made a claim that the AIDS statistics in Africa and the USA are 'bogus'. You are asked to provide evidence, and you merely resort to insult. That is intellectual dishonesty.

                Bob Emmett

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                Bob Emmett wrote:

                That is intellectual dishonesty.

                I see nothing intellectual about it.:)

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                • I Ilion

                  Bob Emmett wrote:

                  and you merely resort to insult.

                  You're sad.

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                  Ilíon wrote:

                  You're sad.

                  And you merely resort to insult. How sad is that?

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                  • I Ilion

                    Bob Emmett wrote:

                    Please let me know which is the 'genuine religion', so that I may ascertain the veracity of this statement.

                    Why, Islam is the only 'genuine religion' (*) -- as current trends indicate you'll be compelled to state in the not too distant future. (*) Sheesh! Everyone knows that.

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                    Please let me know which you consider to be the 'genuine religion'.

                    Ilíon wrote:

                    as current trends indicate you'll be compelled to state in the not too distant future.

                    :rolleyes:

                    Bob Emmett

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                    • I Ilion

                      Christian Graus wrote:

                      How would you know. Can you prove it ? Or is it just something you tell yourself for fun ?

                      If you were willing to think for a moment or two, you'd understand that it's true. But you're not, so you won't -- you're not interested in "proof" and we both know this.

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                      Brilliant. You have no proof, because I'm not interested in it. It's just OBVIOUS that people in the third world can't have aids, because they can't afford any heroin. Right ? Thanks for proving that you're an ignoramus who is spouting crap with no evidence to back it up.

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                        Ilíon wrote:

                        You're sad.

                        And you merely resort to insult. How sad is that?

                        Bob Emmett

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                        He's not sad, he's plain pathetic. And probably delusional. I bet he thinks that he's devastated us with the logic of the case he put forward.

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                          Ilíon wrote:

                          Genuine religion rejects ... and battles ... unjust violence.

                          Looking at history one quickly comes to the conclusion that genuine religion kills over the most minor points of theology, and/or who gets to count the cash after the collection.

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                          Oakman wrote:

                          genuine religion kills over the most minor points of theology

                          I thought you could figure out the difference between the product and the people who misuse it. Contextually, Christ (true religion) rejects unjust violence (But not all violence). That does not mean millions of people have not killed millions of others over stupid things in His name. But that makes THEM f'd up, not the religion they do not correctly follow. Getting back to the OPs question, having been brought up Catholic, I can categorically say that while being Pope does not make you infallible, in this case he is correct. But we are fallen people in a fallen world and screw it up constantly.

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                            Oakman wrote:

                            Wow! I did not know that! :omg: So how much underestimating is going on? Got any citations to back up both of those claims?

                            If you were willing to think for a moment or two, you'd understand that it's true. But you're not, so you won't -- you're not interested in "any citations to back up both of those claims" and we both know this.

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                            Fine, maybe he is not interested. But there are other people reading your comments. You should provide sources, that way everyone other than Oakman has a chance of seeing if you are presenting useful information.

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                              Oakman wrote:

                              genuine religion kills over the most minor points of theology

                              I thought you could figure out the difference between the product and the people who misuse it. Contextually, Christ (true religion) rejects unjust violence (But not all violence). That does not mean millions of people have not killed millions of others over stupid things in His name. But that makes THEM f'd up, not the religion they do not correctly follow. Getting back to the OPs question, having been brought up Catholic, I can categorically say that while being Pope does not make you infallible, in this case he is correct. But we are fallen people in a fallen world and screw it up constantly.

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                              RichardM1 wrote:

                              I thought you could figure out the difference between the product and the people who misuse it.

                              The last time I looked, God ( by most definitions) is not considered a product by anyone who believes he/she/it exists. Indeed, the way I learned it, people are the product, and God is the producer. YMMV. Religion on the other hand, is the product of men who say they are divinely inspired to explain what God expects of us. It is created by, administered by, and explained by fallible humans who can offer no independent proof that their pipeline to God is any more direct than anyone else's. Religious faith, it seems, boils down to believing in them, not God.

                              RichardM1 wrote:

                              Contextually, Christ (true religion) rejects unjust violence (But not all violence).

                              Presumably this is a way of your saying that one or more branches of Christianity has the (best||only) pipeline, and that said branch has assured you that God likes some killing but not all killing. There also seems to be some semantic confusion between the act of veneration and the object of veneration. A belief in God can exist quite apart from the acceptance of any form of organized religion. Saying that religion may indeed kill over the most minor points of theology, and/or who gets to count the cash after the collection, does not necessarily give any indication of whether the speaker believes in God or not.

                              RichardM1 wrote:

                              I can categorically say that while being Pope does not make you infallible

                              Actually I agree with George Bernard Shaw who pointed out that the claim of a Pope to be infallible in a very small area of human thought, after considering the subject at some length is really far less offensive than most of the claims made by men who assure the general populace that they are an absolute expert in something or everything. Implicit in the Pope's claim is the admission that in most cases, he is just as fallible as anyone else. A humbleness I wouldn't mind seeing many politicans - or Ilion - emulate.

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                                RichardM1 wrote:

                                I thought you could figure out the difference between the product and the people who misuse it.

                                The last time I looked, God ( by most definitions) is not considered a product by anyone who believes he/she/it exists. Indeed, the way I learned it, people are the product, and God is the producer. YMMV. Religion on the other hand, is the product of men who say they are divinely inspired to explain what God expects of us. It is created by, administered by, and explained by fallible humans who can offer no independent proof that their pipeline to God is any more direct than anyone else's. Religious faith, it seems, boils down to believing in them, not God.

                                RichardM1 wrote:

                                Contextually, Christ (true religion) rejects unjust violence (But not all violence).

                                Presumably this is a way of your saying that one or more branches of Christianity has the (best||only) pipeline, and that said branch has assured you that God likes some killing but not all killing. There also seems to be some semantic confusion between the act of veneration and the object of veneration. A belief in God can exist quite apart from the acceptance of any form of organized religion. Saying that religion may indeed kill over the most minor points of theology, and/or who gets to count the cash after the collection, does not necessarily give any indication of whether the speaker believes in God or not.

                                RichardM1 wrote:

                                I can categorically say that while being Pope does not make you infallible

                                Actually I agree with George Bernard Shaw who pointed out that the claim of a Pope to be infallible in a very small area of human thought, after considering the subject at some length is really far less offensive than most of the claims made by men who assure the general populace that they are an absolute expert in something or everything. Implicit in the Pope's claim is the admission that in most cases, he is just as fallible as anyone else. A humbleness I wouldn't mind seeing many politicans - or Ilion - emulate.

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                                Oakman wrote:

                                The last time I looked, God ( by most definitions) is not considered a product by anyone who believes he/she/it exists. Indeed, the way I learned it, people are the product, and God is the producer. YMMV.

                                Admittedly bad choice of words on my part, but again, I would trust you to look past that to the real argument. By sidestepping it, you are looking like Troy.

                                Oakman wrote:

                                Presumably this is a way of your saying that one or more branches of Christianity has the (best||only) pipeline

                                How can you read the word "true religion" and not think that is what the Pope meant?

                                Oakman wrote:

                                , and that said branch has assured you that God likes some killing but not all killing.

                                It is simple - there is one available source of information on Christ, and you either have to treat it as authoritative, or believe in Christ only because - what? Where does information on Him come from? It's like saying you believe in Quantum Mechanics, but than saying that you don't believe in uncertainty, and not accepting the experimental evidence shows it. The Bible IS the experimental data available on Christ. If you come up with some other source, feel free to share it. Oh wait, that would be religion. So yes, single source. According to it, Christ whipped people. Used violence. On those who did not show respect for the Lord, and the Temple as the Lord's house, as opposed to those who were oppressing/subjugating others.

                                Oakman wrote:

                                Religion on the other hand, is the product of men who say they are divinely inspired to explain what God expects of us.

                                Yes, yes, the whole religion vs faith argument. Yes. religion sucks, since it is people imposing their ideas on others, and it is unfortunate that the word used by the Pope was not 'belief'. But like I said about the Pope. Unfortunately, this is the area he in which he is supposed to be infallible. In the BSG thread, you said Rob Graham wrote: there is no right or wrong, just shades of victimization I think you pretty much hit the nail on the head with that phrase. Not even Starbuck is interesting any more. (end qoute) It looks like you believe there is good and evil (either that, or you like where BSG has gone :) ). Where do you think it comes from? Do you think there is absolute truth?

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                                  Oakman wrote:

                                  The last time I looked, God ( by most definitions) is not considered a product by anyone who believes he/she/it exists. Indeed, the way I learned it, people are the product, and God is the producer. YMMV.

                                  Admittedly bad choice of words on my part, but again, I would trust you to look past that to the real argument. By sidestepping it, you are looking like Troy.

                                  Oakman wrote:

                                  Presumably this is a way of your saying that one or more branches of Christianity has the (best||only) pipeline

                                  How can you read the word "true religion" and not think that is what the Pope meant?

                                  Oakman wrote:

                                  , and that said branch has assured you that God likes some killing but not all killing.

                                  It is simple - there is one available source of information on Christ, and you either have to treat it as authoritative, or believe in Christ only because - what? Where does information on Him come from? It's like saying you believe in Quantum Mechanics, but than saying that you don't believe in uncertainty, and not accepting the experimental evidence shows it. The Bible IS the experimental data available on Christ. If you come up with some other source, feel free to share it. Oh wait, that would be religion. So yes, single source. According to it, Christ whipped people. Used violence. On those who did not show respect for the Lord, and the Temple as the Lord's house, as opposed to those who were oppressing/subjugating others.

                                  Oakman wrote:

                                  Religion on the other hand, is the product of men who say they are divinely inspired to explain what God expects of us.

                                  Yes, yes, the whole religion vs faith argument. Yes. religion sucks, since it is people imposing their ideas on others, and it is unfortunate that the word used by the Pope was not 'belief'. But like I said about the Pope. Unfortunately, this is the area he in which he is supposed to be infallible. In the BSG thread, you said Rob Graham wrote: there is no right or wrong, just shades of victimization I think you pretty much hit the nail on the head with that phrase. Not even Starbuck is interesting any more. (end qoute) It looks like you believe there is good and evil (either that, or you like where BSG has gone :) ). Where do you think it comes from? Do you think there is absolute truth?

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                                  RichardM1 wrote:

                                  you are looking like Troy.

                                  Don't be silly. I have hair on my balls.

                                  RichardM1 wrote:

                                  How can you read the word "true religion" and not think that is what the Pope meant?

                                  Actually I read something quite different into what he said - it appeared to me that his thesis was that "true" religions were peace-loving - including Episcopalians, Buddhists, and Muslims.

                                  RichardM1 wrote:

                                  So yes, single source

                                  Actually there are (a few) historical records of more or less verified writings. More importantly, we need to remember that a large portion of the New Testament was written years after the crucifixion of Yeshua, mostly by men who were pretending they were someone else with a better claim to knowing what they were talking about. And which books would be considered canonical was the result of a very political process about three hundred years later. While we are at it, we might also consider that "the Bible" is the translation of a translation of a translation - unless you, of course, are one of the folks who has read the earliest copies written in Aramaic and Greek. I know enough to know that the Hebrews inhabiting Judea a couple of millenia ago did not talk like Elizabethans, but not enough to comment on the accuracy of any particular passage. Though I have had fun debating the meaning of some of them.

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                                  Unfortunately, this is the area he in which he is supposed to be infallible

                                  Only when he specifically states that he is speaking ex cathedra

                                  RichardM1 wrote:

                                  whole religion vs faith argument

                                  I guess I am not familiar with that one, at least not by that name.

                                  RichardM1 wrote:

                                  Do you think there is absolute truth?

                                  If there is, I don't imagine I am equipped to know it. Nor, as near as I can tell, is anyone else.

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                                    RichardM1 wrote:

                                    you are looking like Troy.

                                    Don't be silly. I have hair on my balls.

                                    RichardM1 wrote:

                                    How can you read the word "true religion" and not think that is what the Pope meant?

                                    Actually I read something quite different into what he said - it appeared to me that his thesis was that "true" religions were peace-loving - including Episcopalians, Buddhists, and Muslims.

                                    RichardM1 wrote:

                                    So yes, single source

                                    Actually there are (a few) historical records of more or less verified writings. More importantly, we need to remember that a large portion of the New Testament was written years after the crucifixion of Yeshua, mostly by men who were pretending they were someone else with a better claim to knowing what they were talking about. And which books would be considered canonical was the result of a very political process about three hundred years later. While we are at it, we might also consider that "the Bible" is the translation of a translation of a translation - unless you, of course, are one of the folks who has read the earliest copies written in Aramaic and Greek. I know enough to know that the Hebrews inhabiting Judea a couple of millenia ago did not talk like Elizabethans, but not enough to comment on the accuracy of any particular passage. Though I have had fun debating the meaning of some of them.

                                    RichardM1 wrote:

                                    Unfortunately, this is the area he in which he is supposed to be infallible

                                    Only when he specifically states that he is speaking ex cathedra

                                    RichardM1 wrote:

                                    whole religion vs faith argument

                                    I guess I am not familiar with that one, at least not by that name.

                                    RichardM1 wrote:

                                    Do you think there is absolute truth?

                                    If there is, I don't imagine I am equipped to know it. Nor, as near as I can tell, is anyone else.

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                                    Oakman wrote:

                                    Don't be silly. I have hair on my balls.

                                    I will take your word on both sides of that statement.

                                    Oakman wrote:

                                    his thesis was that "true" religions were peace-loving - including Episcopalians, Buddhists, and Muslims

                                    I took it from a catholic viewpoint. Only one way to salvation. Only one true religion.

                                    Oakman wrote:

                                    RichardM1 wrote: whole religion vs faith argument I guess I am not familiar with that one, at least not by that name.

                                    Faith is the belief in a deity, an internal thing that may have external manifestations. Religion is a set of things you have to do, an algorithm that only requires action, drawn up by people, often as the result of a professed faith. In the worst case, religion is what everyone complains about - the requirement to profess a doctrine and conduct a set of rites or face the consequences now rather than in the after life. In the Christian spectrum, it goes from "salvation by grace alone through faith alone" Evangelical Protestant (various) "I got baptized and went to Communion, so I'll got to heaven" Catholic, some others "Everyone gets to heaven" Universalism "If I don't follow everything exactly right, I'm going to hell" Evangelical Protestant (various) "Do what I tell you or you are going to hell and soon" Most of them at one point, few now (cont)

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                                      RichardM1 wrote:

                                      you are looking like Troy.

                                      Don't be silly. I have hair on my balls.

                                      RichardM1 wrote:

                                      How can you read the word "true religion" and not think that is what the Pope meant?

                                      Actually I read something quite different into what he said - it appeared to me that his thesis was that "true" religions were peace-loving - including Episcopalians, Buddhists, and Muslims.

                                      RichardM1 wrote:

                                      So yes, single source

                                      Actually there are (a few) historical records of more or less verified writings. More importantly, we need to remember that a large portion of the New Testament was written years after the crucifixion of Yeshua, mostly by men who were pretending they were someone else with a better claim to knowing what they were talking about. And which books would be considered canonical was the result of a very political process about three hundred years later. While we are at it, we might also consider that "the Bible" is the translation of a translation of a translation - unless you, of course, are one of the folks who has read the earliest copies written in Aramaic and Greek. I know enough to know that the Hebrews inhabiting Judea a couple of millenia ago did not talk like Elizabethans, but not enough to comment on the accuracy of any particular passage. Though I have had fun debating the meaning of some of them.

                                      RichardM1 wrote:

                                      Unfortunately, this is the area he in which he is supposed to be infallible

                                      Only when he specifically states that he is speaking ex cathedra

                                      RichardM1 wrote:

                                      whole religion vs faith argument

                                      I guess I am not familiar with that one, at least not by that name.

                                      RichardM1 wrote:

                                      Do you think there is absolute truth?

                                      If there is, I don't imagine I am equipped to know it. Nor, as near as I can tell, is anyone else.

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                                      Oakman wrote:

                                      we need to remember that a large portion of the New Testament was written years after the crucifixion of Yeshua, mostly by men who were pretending they were someone else with a better claim to knowing what they were talking about.

                                      I've heard people say that, but not seen documentation. Mark is a good example - it is traditionally attributed to 'Mark', and people say it wasn't, therefore the Bible is flawed. The attribution is not in the document itself. Mathew probably related what Peter told him. There are a couple of letters that people say the same kind of thing about, but it comes down to dueling PhD theses.

                                      Oakman wrote:

                                      we might also consider that "the Bible" is the translation of a translation of a translation - unless you, of course, are one of the folks who has read the earliest

                                      Guilty. I have Hebrew for the OT, and Greek for the NT. I don't know the languages, but I have translation tools. I use them when there is conflict in the translations, or if it is a particular sticking point. I can not learn the languages in the ancient forms or colloquialisms, but I can at least see if there are inconsistencies. I don't have a particle accelerator, but sometimes I experiment with billiard balls :) (I have proved the uncertainty principle - the location or momentum of the que, I can have one, but not the other, sometimes I have neither.) I know people who KNOW the KJ (as originally dictated by God translated) is what God meant, and that everything before or since has been the work of the Devil.

                                      Oakman wrote:

                                      RichardM1 wrote: Do you think there is absolute truth? If there is, I don't imagine I am equipped to know it. Nor, as near as I can tell, is anyone else.

                                      (scratching head) IIRC, you seem to believe in QM, experimental evidence and all. I believe that is a description of an absolute truth in our universe. Not the final detailed description, but a piece along the way. I agree we can't comprehend the totality of truth, all at once, but I believe we can understand parts, like QM and GR, and I believe that is also the case at the moral level.

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                                        Oakman wrote:

                                        Don't be silly. I have hair on my balls.

                                        I will take your word on both sides of that statement.

                                        Oakman wrote:

                                        his thesis was that "true" religions were peace-loving - including Episcopalians, Buddhists, and Muslims

                                        I took it from a catholic viewpoint. Only one way to salvation. Only one true religion.

                                        Oakman wrote:

                                        RichardM1 wrote: whole religion vs faith argument I guess I am not familiar with that one, at least not by that name.

                                        Faith is the belief in a deity, an internal thing that may have external manifestations. Religion is a set of things you have to do, an algorithm that only requires action, drawn up by people, often as the result of a professed faith. In the worst case, religion is what everyone complains about - the requirement to profess a doctrine and conduct a set of rites or face the consequences now rather than in the after life. In the Christian spectrum, it goes from "salvation by grace alone through faith alone" Evangelical Protestant (various) "I got baptized and went to Communion, so I'll got to heaven" Catholic, some others "Everyone gets to heaven" Universalism "If I don't follow everything exactly right, I'm going to hell" Evangelical Protestant (various) "Do what I tell you or you are going to hell and soon" Most of them at one point, few now (cont)

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                                        RichardM1 wrote:

                                        I will take your word on both sides of that statement

                                        Don't get your panties bunched, I'm just pointing out that I have passed puberty (with flying colors) and he seems to have gone directly from being a preteen to menopause without passing anything but gallstones.

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                                        Faith is the belief in a deity, an internal thing that may have external manifestations.

                                        Okay, I got you: deism vs theism. I realise you were brought up in the One True Church, but it's my impression that modern Catholic Theology accepts the possibility that there are other paths to Heaven and other foods to eat on Friday, as well.

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                                          Oakman wrote:

                                          we need to remember that a large portion of the New Testament was written years after the crucifixion of Yeshua, mostly by men who were pretending they were someone else with a better claim to knowing what they were talking about.

                                          I've heard people say that, but not seen documentation. Mark is a good example - it is traditionally attributed to 'Mark', and people say it wasn't, therefore the Bible is flawed. The attribution is not in the document itself. Mathew probably related what Peter told him. There are a couple of letters that people say the same kind of thing about, but it comes down to dueling PhD theses.

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                                          we might also consider that "the Bible" is the translation of a translation of a translation - unless you, of course, are one of the folks who has read the earliest

                                          Guilty. I have Hebrew for the OT, and Greek for the NT. I don't know the languages, but I have translation tools. I use them when there is conflict in the translations, or if it is a particular sticking point. I can not learn the languages in the ancient forms or colloquialisms, but I can at least see if there are inconsistencies. I don't have a particle accelerator, but sometimes I experiment with billiard balls :) (I have proved the uncertainty principle - the location or momentum of the que, I can have one, but not the other, sometimes I have neither.) I know people who KNOW the KJ (as originally dictated by God translated) is what God meant, and that everything before or since has been the work of the Devil.

                                          Oakman wrote:

                                          RichardM1 wrote: Do you think there is absolute truth? If there is, I don't imagine I am equipped to know it. Nor, as near as I can tell, is anyone else.

                                          (scratching head) IIRC, you seem to believe in QM, experimental evidence and all. I believe that is a description of an absolute truth in our universe. Not the final detailed description, but a piece along the way. I agree we can't comprehend the totality of truth, all at once, but I believe we can understand parts, like QM and GR, and I believe that is also the case at the moral level.

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                                          RichardM1 wrote:

                                          therefore the Bible is flawed

                                          Don't put words in my mouth. I said it was ghostwritten and I think there's more evidence - some of it internal - than your dealing with, but even if Mark wrote it, he was a man, he had an agenda, he had a memory that wasn't perfect and he put his shoes on, one foot at a time. In otherwords it's flawed because it is manmade. Do you mean Aramaic and Attic Greek? You are a true scholar.

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                                          I know people who KNOW the KJ (as originally dictated by God translated) is what God meant

                                          Well given that there's textual evidence to suggest that Shakespeare wrote the words for the final adaptation - which is what it really is - I'm will to grant the chance of divine inspiration, if not guidance. His words will outlast every authentic translation written since.

                                          RichardM1 wrote:

                                          I believe that is a description of an absolute truth in our universe.

                                          Absolute truth would be, I believe, as deadly as absolute zero.

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