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Rokusha
United States207 Posts
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VeNoM HaZ Skill
United States1528 Posts
On January 15 2011 05:31 FrostOtter wrote: The above statement was written by someone who is unfamiliar with the concept of allegory. I am actually a Christian. I think it's within my right to poke fun at my own religion occasionally. Edit: And even then I was referring to the fact that most atheists love to take the bible word for word as a lot of it can be misconstrued, and bended to fit their point... | ||
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Ferrose
United States11378 Posts
*looks at my high school teachers* | ||
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FrostOtter
United States537 Posts
On January 15 2011 05:33 VeNoM HaZ Skill wrote: I am actually a Christian. I think it's within my right to poke fun at my own religion occasionally. As do I. Unfortunately it is sometimes difficult to interpret tone on the internet  | ||
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VeNoM HaZ Skill
United States1528 Posts
On January 15 2011 05:34 FrostOtter wrote: As do I. Unfortunately it is sometimes difficult to interpret tone on the internet Point taken. | ||
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Sinnq
Denmark75 Posts
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LazyMacro
976 Posts
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Attiicus
United States84 Posts
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danl9rm
United States3111 Posts
On January 15 2011 05:53 Attiicus wrote: When you get a pain in your stomach from not eating its not a hunger "pain" but a hunger "pang". I went 23 years of my life not knowing that till last week lol! actually, it's both, so you can't correct someone that uses "pain" instead of "pang" or you'll be the one that's wrong. | ||
dinki0825
United States238 Posts
On January 15 2011 05:32 Rokusha wrote: I love the Korean one where you die if you fall asleep with the fan blowing in your face. My aunt and uncle refused to let me fall asleep like that in Korea when it was humid and hot as tits even though I knew it was untrue haha I remember watching a news report when I was little in korea about a guy dying from the fan blowing in his face all night. I swear most koreans believe anything they see on the news  | ||
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Attiicus
United States84 Posts
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Shiragaku
Hong Kong4308 Posts
On January 15 2011 05:22 VonLego wrote: Common misconception: Christians believe Genesis is literal. What is interesting was hearing Jewish Rabbi's talk about the Torah. The ones I talked to said that The Torah is not history. While much of it appears to be based on real events such as the wars between Israel and the other bordering tribes, it is still scripture in the end and the point is to teach you a lesson. But I really do not know what to say about Deuteronomy and all the massacres, rapes, and extreme sexism. Also, the Israelite were not monotheistic. They were pagan. There are two versions of how the earth was created. In the first version, God appears to know what he is doing and creates man without problem. The second version is God creates everything, then he creates Adam. He gives him a lovely garden but Adam really is not satisfied. Then he gives him animals to name and he is still not satisfied. Then Yahweh creates Eve and Adam is finally satisfied. In that particular story, God seems somewhat clueless about man and decides to experiment. | ||
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Sevryn
698 Posts
the real trick for juicy steak is to let your steak rest for a few minutes after your done cooking but before you serve | ||
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Igakusei
United States610 Posts
On January 15 2011 06:07 Shiragaku wrote: What is interesting was hearing Jewish Rabbi's talk about the Torah. The ones I talked to said that The Torah is not history. While much of it appears to be based on real events such as the wars between Israel and the other bordering tribes, it is still scripture in the end and the point is to teach you a lesson. But I really do not know what to say about Deuteronomy and all the massacres, rapes, and extreme sexism. Also, the Israelite were not monotheistic. They were pagan. There are two versions of how the earth was created. In the first version, God appears to know what he is doing and creates man without problem. The second version is God creates everything, then he creates Adam. He gives him a lovely garden but Adam really is not satisfied. Then he gives him animals to name and he is still not satisfied. Then Yahweh creates Eve and Adam is finally satisfied. In that particular story, God seems somewhat clueless about man and decides to experiment. I think you would really enjoy: ![[image loading]](http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/6865/9780345384560.jpg) | ||
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Jswizzy
United States791 Posts
On January 15 2011 06:07 Shiragaku wrote: What is interesting was hearing Jewish Rabbi's talk about the Torah. The ones I talked to said that The Torah is not history. While much of it appears to be based on real events such as the wars between Israel and the other bordering tribes, it is still scripture in the end and the point is to teach you a lesson. But I really do not know what to say about Deuteronomy and all the massacres, rapes, and extreme sexism. Also, the Israelite were not monotheistic. They were pagan. There are two versions of how the earth was created. In the first version, God appears to know what he is doing and creates man without problem. The second version is God creates everything, then he creates Adam. He gives him a lovely garden but Adam really is not satisfied. Then he gives him animals to name and he is still not satisfied. Then Yahweh creates Eve and Adam is finally satisfied. In that particular story, God seems somewhat clueless about man and decides to experiment. Well the Torah has plenty of mis-conceptions about it. I can name four things off the top of head that people probably didn't know about it 1.Moses did not write all the books in it 2.Slaves did not built the Pyramids, the builders were actually well paid workers and most likely farmers working in the off season 3. Deuteronomy was not "discovered" until the reign of King Josiah. It was most likely written as a power play to establish Yahweh, the family god of Josiah, as the national god. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah 4. Monotheism is not expressed the in Torah. That came latter with second Isaiah. The early Jews worshiped Cananite gods. Yawhew, Dagon, Baal, Asherah, El Elyon, are all Cannite gods that are all mentioned in the Bible. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaanite_religion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahweh | ||
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FrostOtter
United States537 Posts
On January 15 2011 06:07 Shiragaku wrote: Also, the Israelite were not monotheistic. They were pagan. . That doesn't make them "pagan." They were monolators (worshiped one god but believed in others, but believed others gods to be inferior), and then over time ruled out the other gods as even being real. | ||
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TymerA
Netherlands759 Posts
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danl9rm
United States3111 Posts
On January 15 2011 06:23 Jswizzy wrote: Well the Torah has plenty of mis-conceptions about it. I can name four off the top of head 1.Moses did not write all the books in it 2.Slaves did not built the Pyramids, the builders were actually well paid workers and most likely farmers working in the off season 3. Deuteronomy was not "discovered" until the reign of King Josiah. It was mostly written as a power play to establish Yahweh, the family god of Josiah, as the national god. 4. Monotheism is not expressed the in Torah. That came latter with second Isaiah. 1. Moses did not write 100% of the Pentateuch, ok. 2. wat? 3. double wat? 4. lol? dude.. i'm only responding to this post in case someone believes what you typed. | ||
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danl9rm
United States3111 Posts
On January 15 2011 06:30 TymerA wrote: Its a common misconception that the word theory means ''guess'' in science. I find the opposite to be true. Most people believe a theory is fact. | ||
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Jswizzy
United States791 Posts
On January 15 2011 06:42 danl9rm wrote: I find the opposite to be true. Most people believe a theory is fact. Thats more of a hypothesis that would be a guess | ||
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