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JessHC wrote:
> stumper wrote:
>> Michael Gray wrote:
>>> On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:44:17 -0500, stumper <stumper@newvessel.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> - Refer: <QJWdnV3GDdT1xG3YnZ2dnUVZ_hOdnZ2d@ptd.net>
>>>> Michael Gray wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:00:35 -0500, stumper <stumper@newvessel.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> - Refer: <75WdnXqXUp7BBXLYnZ2dnUVZ_g6dnZ2d@ptd.net>
>>>>>> Michael Gray wrote:
>>>>>>> On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 18:36:27 -0500, stumper <stumper@newvessel.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> - Refer: <kLSdncz2_8r-0XLYnZ2dnUVZ_riknZ2d@ptd.net>
>>>>>>>> JessHC wrote:
>>>>>>>>> stumper wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> JessHC wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> stumper wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Michael Gray wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> stumper wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Michael Gray wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> stumper wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Michael Gray wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> stumper wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Michael Gray wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> stumper wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Michael Gray wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> stumper wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Shouldn't you obey the Ten Commandments?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Which version?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Which one do you have in mind?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ve ask ze qvestions here!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> There are two versions at least in the Hebrew, many, many more if you
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "rely" on the excresent English or Latin translations.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Are you trying to say that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you can read Hebrew?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I can read the Bible in Hebrew, yes.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Can you speak Aramaic as well?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't "speak" it, but can read it, after a fashion.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I heard Benny Hinn does.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Benny Hinn only speaks the pure bullshit language of a heartless
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> con-artist.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> He is a criminally fraudulent money vampire who is responsible for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> much suffering and premature death in his single-minded pursuit of the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> dollar.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> He makes Dracula look like Albert Schweitzer.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Can God speak Chinese?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Which god?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Do you believe in any?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> No.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Are you familiar with the Christian God?
>>>>>>>>>>> Why do you ask?
>>>>>>>>>> Just wondering how he can be so certain that the Christian God does not exist.
>>>>>>>>> The exact same way you can be so certain Zeus doesn't exist.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Do you know what it means
>>>>>>>> for someone to believe in God?
>>>>>>> Yes.
>>>>>>> It is the same as any belief that is not supported by a scrap of
>>>>>>> evidence.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> What is the evidence for "(-2)(-3) = 6"?
>>>>>> What is the evidence for "Matter is in space and time"?
>>>>> How do those utterly facile questions justify your irrational belief
>>>>> in one god out of an infinite possible selection?
>>>>>
>>>> Who said I believe in any god?
>>> I did.
>>> Are you claiming that you are atheist?
>>> Your question: "Are you familiar with the Christian God?" strongly
>>> implies, (if not outright assumes), the clear existence of an existent
>>> "god".
>>> Were you mistaken?
>>>
>>>> Do you even know what it is?
>>> Yes, I just explained it above.
>>> It is a mental concept retained in spite of all evidence.
>>>
>>> Will you hurry up and get to the point, if you (indeed) have one?
>>>
>> Gods are something you cannot understand with words.
>
> There's a handy cop-out.
>
>> Rather like Nothingness to some.
>
> Or not.
>
>> I have no way of knowing
>> whether such a thing exists or not.
>
> Then why bother?
>
Exactly.
Don't you have better things to do
than telling people what to believe or not?
--
~Stumper
> stumper wrote:
>> Michael Gray wrote:
>>> On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:44:17 -0500, stumper <stumper@newvessel.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> - Refer: <QJWdnV3GDdT1xG3YnZ2dnUVZ_hOdnZ2d@ptd.net>
>>>> Michael Gray wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:00:35 -0500, stumper <stumper@newvessel.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> - Refer: <75WdnXqXUp7BBXLYnZ2dnUVZ_g6dnZ2d@ptd.net>
>>>>>> Michael Gray wrote:
>>>>>>> On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 18:36:27 -0500, stumper <stumper@newvessel.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> - Refer: <kLSdncz2_8r-0XLYnZ2dnUVZ_riknZ2d@ptd.net>
>>>>>>>> JessHC wrote:
>>>>>>>>> stumper wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> JessHC wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> stumper wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Michael Gray wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> stumper wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Michael Gray wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> stumper wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Michael Gray wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> stumper wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Michael Gray wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> stumper wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Michael Gray wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> stumper wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Shouldn't you obey the Ten Commandments?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Which version?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Which one do you have in mind?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ve ask ze qvestions here!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> There are two versions at least in the Hebrew, many, many more if you
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "rely" on the excresent English or Latin translations.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Are you trying to say that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you can read Hebrew?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I can read the Bible in Hebrew, yes.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Can you speak Aramaic as well?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't "speak" it, but can read it, after a fashion.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I heard Benny Hinn does.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Benny Hinn only speaks the pure bullshit language of a heartless
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> con-artist.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> He is a criminally fraudulent money vampire who is responsible for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> much suffering and premature death in his single-minded pursuit of the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> dollar.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> He makes Dracula look like Albert Schweitzer.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Can God speak Chinese?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Which god?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Do you believe in any?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> No.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Are you familiar with the Christian God?
>>>>>>>>>>> Why do you ask?
>>>>>>>>>> Just wondering how he can be so certain that the Christian God does not exist.
>>>>>>>>> The exact same way you can be so certain Zeus doesn't exist.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Do you know what it means
>>>>>>>> for someone to believe in God?
>>>>>>> Yes.
>>>>>>> It is the same as any belief that is not supported by a scrap of
>>>>>>> evidence.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> What is the evidence for "(-2)(-3) = 6"?
>>>>>> What is the evidence for "Matter is in space and time"?
>>>>> How do those utterly facile questions justify your irrational belief
>>>>> in one god out of an infinite possible selection?
>>>>>
>>>> Who said I believe in any god?
>>> I did.
>>> Are you claiming that you are atheist?
>>> Your question: "Are you familiar with the Christian God?" strongly
>>> implies, (if not outright assumes), the clear existence of an existent
>>> "god".
>>> Were you mistaken?
>>>
>>>> Do you even know what it is?
>>> Yes, I just explained it above.
>>> It is a mental concept retained in spite of all evidence.
>>>
>>> Will you hurry up and get to the point, if you (indeed) have one?
>>>
>> Gods are something you cannot understand with words.
>
> There's a handy cop-out.
>
>> Rather like Nothingness to some.
>
> Or not.
>
>> I have no way of knowing
>> whether such a thing exists or not.
>
> Then why bother?
>
Exactly.
Don't you have better things to do
than telling people what to believe or not?
--
~Stumper