Text 1454, 132 rader
Skriven 2009-01-17 23:30:12 av Ed Hulett (1:123/789.0)
   Kommentar till text 1450 av Ross Sauer (1:123/789.0)
Ärende: Muslim lawyer brands Christmas
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Ross Sauer -> Ed Hulett wrote:
 RS> "Ed Hulett -> Ross Sauer" <1:123/789.0> wrote in
 RS> news:5504$HOLYSMOKE@JamNNTPd:

 J>>>>>> Hey, I'm one myself.I've heard it said that the only NON-phony
 J>>>>>> Christian died
 J>>>>>> two thousand years ago.

 RS>>>>> Quite true.

 EH>>>> I thought you were an atheist.

 RS>>> Yes, so?
 RS>>> Jeshua was the first Christian.

 EH>> Atheists don't think so.

 RS> Wrong, dummy.

You obviously don't know what you are talking about.

 RS> Jeshua started the Christian faith.

No, he did not. His followers did. Jeshua was a Jew.

 RS>>>>> To me, a phony Christian is someone who uses his pulpit to
 EH>>>>   enrich RS> themselves, gain political power or sexual favors.

 EH>>>> Neither I nor Stan fit that definition.

 RS>>> So you say.

 EH>> Prove that we do.

 RS> Only booze comes in "proof."

Thanks for admitting you don't know what you are talking about.

 RS> I can't even "prove" you exist, since we live so far apart.
 RS> And you could easily get phony ID's.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!

 RS>>>>> Or uses their pulpit to spout their pet hatreds of anyone gay
 EH>>   or EH>>   lesbian, RS> or "the wrong color skin."

 EH>>>> Again, no one here fits that definition.

 RS>>> Tim fits it, as does Mimi being a fake Jew.

 EH>> Prove it.

 RS> Both of them cherry-pick verses from their holy books.

No they don't.

 RS> Does Tim and/or Mimi eat shellfish? Wear clothes that are made with more
 RS> than one fiber?

First, Tim hasn't claimed to be either Christian or Jew. Second, I don't know,
nor do I care what they eat or wear.

 RS> Their holy books call those a sin.

Is that so? Do tell.

 RS>>> They just don't have a pulpit.

 EH>> Then they don't fit your definition.

 RS> Practically anyone can set up a pulpit, Mimi spoke of how Scientology
 RS> began.

What are you going on about now?

 RS> A Sci-Fi writer set up his own pulpit and presto! Instant religion!

You have got to be smoking something.

 RS> Some guy in Missouri claimed an angel (Moroni) gave him gold tablets,.
 RS> he set up a pulpit, presto! Instant religion!

Who was that? I don't know of anyone in Missouri claiming any such thing.

 J>>>>>> Do you believe in science? I've got a lot of faith in quantum

 RS>>>>> I don't "believe in" science,

 EH>>>> Then you don't know what science is.

 RS>>>>> I do know science under most circumstances,
 RS>>>>> when the rules are follower can be depended on.

 EH>>>> Huh?

 RS>>> The scientific method, dummy.

 EH>> Your sentence above is gibberish... "dummy."

 RS>>>>> It's those who cheat in science that don't deserve the time of
 EH>>>>   day.

 EH>>>> What on earth are you babbling about?

 RS>>> Those who cheat.

 EH>> In what way?

 RS>>> Make fake evidence, lie about results, or pretend religious
 EH>>   dogma is RS> science.

 EH>> Here we go with your standard attack on religion.

 RS> "Intelligent design" is religious dogma pretending to be science.

Blah blah blah... ho hum...

Ed

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