Religion

[Two Gun Bob]

Without Paul Simpson though, would we be at 216 pages by now?
I don’t think so.

Well played Paul. Keep it up.

And Arthur. Anyway it's someones birthday tommorow so let those presents of Gold Frankenstein and Grr be bountiful.

 

[tonea2003]

Well you’d have to ask someone who does, why they do.

But it isn’t “full” or nasty shit, parts of the Old Testament have nasty shit in them but the Bible is many books, not one and has many different authors with different contexts and stories. And Christians are instructed to stick to the Gospels in Paul’s Letters, that’s why they “cherry pick”, it’s part of Christian doctrine to follow one part.

course it is there is hardly anything good in it

sticking to the gospels is hard work when they hardly agree, i mean johns is nothing like the other 3 it might as well be a different person
not that any of them are eyewitnesses nor by the people they are purported to be by

 

[lust overlord]

In defence of Paul Simpson, first he is a Blue, second, this is a thread about what he believes. He is not demanding you believe it as well. The only religious people I object to are the ones that try and convert me and/or demand I do exactly what they say. He hasn't.

Agree with all of this.

I'm an infrequent poster on this sort of thread because it often becomes a pile on the poster with religious beliefs.

As the cross he has chosen to be nailed to is his insistence that the Noahs ark myth is credible,I've made a rare exception.

 

[Kippaxpete]

Yeah, my post wasn’t as complex as that, just a way of saying that his posts look like they’ve been written by monkeys with typewriters with too much time on their hairy hands.
Thanks :-)

Sorry to get all pedantic on your arse Phil. I can't disagree with you.

 

[Octavian]

course it is there is hardly anything good in it

sticking to the gospels is hard work when they hardly agree, i mean johns is nothing like the other 3 it might as well be a different person
not that any of them are eyewitnesses nor by the people they are purported to be by

There’s plenty of good and bad in it, mainly because there’s so much of it!

The 2nd part of your post is proper scholarly debate and I’d love to get into a chat about that but I’m business being grandad Christmas today :-)

 

[tonea2003]

There’s plenty of good and bad in it, mainly because there’s so much of it!

The 2nd part of your post is proper scholarly debate and I’d love to get into a chat about that but I’m business being grandad Christmas today :-)

i'd like hear the good whenever you are ready

anytime for the second part, enjoy being grandad far more important than this tosh

 

[Magicpole]

Depends if you're a ging' or not

No I am not. Its purple.

 

[arfurclue]

And Arthur. Anyway it's someones birthday tommorow so let those presents of Gold Frankenstein and Grr be bountiful.

I’d also suggest that there has been a rather large contribution that stems from a vanity of the ‘cleverness’ of ego, that cannot bear the thought of there being an intelligence greater than itself, and so writes in such a way as to try and shut down debate. Hasn‘t worked so well.

 

[Blue Mist]

No I am not. Its purple.

He was talking about your hair

 

[tonea2003]

I’d also suggest that there has been a rather large contribution that stems from a vanity of the ‘cleverness’ of ego, that cannot bear the thought of there being an intelligence greater than itself, and so writes in such a way as to try and shut down debate. Hasn‘t worked so well.

but you never give a semblance of evidence of a intelligence greater than itself
just rather long rambles

 

[arfurclue]

but you never give a semblance of evidence of a intelligence greater than itself
just rather long rambles

Or your ego just chooses to ignore anything that would be a threat to its vanity - whatever may be written? Not my problem. Enjoy.

 

[Two Gun Bob]

I’d also suggest that there has been a rather large contribution that stems from a vanity of the ‘cleverness’ of ego, that cannot bear the thought of there being an intelligence greater than itself, and so writes in such a way as to try and shut down debate. Hasn‘t worked so well.

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

No I am not. Its purple.

Blue rinse?

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

I’ll see you and raise you;

 

[tonea2003]

Or your ego just chooses to ignore anything that would be a threat to its vanity - whatever may be written? Not my problem. Enjoy.

you talk some crap mate, you keep posting it and i'll keep challenging

not once have you posted, you know what art might be onto something here

never mind it must be my ego

 

[Grassland Blue]

If that's all that makes you happy eergh OK

(No beer, blow jobs or anything else beginning with b ?)

Bernardooo..?

 

[arfurclue]

you talk some crap mate, you keep posting it and i'll keep challenging

not once have you posted, you know what art might be onto something here

never mind it must be my ego

The ego will basically decide whether something will feed its vanity or not. It will accept what feeds it and reject what doesn’t. This egotism may then be dressed up in the clothes of ‘science’ and claim that all true scientists support what it says - even if shown quotes of heralded scientists who are open to the idea of Divinity. So, stay closed to even the possibility of a greater intelligence if you want but here’s a thing- in choosing egoic vanity one also gets to be unaware of a deeper beauty that can inspire and enrich life in many ways. That’s a choice for each being (or not) but trying to prove that to a closed ego is a waste of time. You can enjoy being right though and live life in a way that never goes beyond skin deep. Merry Xmas.

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

The ego will basically decide whether something will feed its vanity or not. It will accept what feeds it and reject what doesn’t. This egotism may then be dressed up in the clothes of ‘science’ and claim that all true scientists support what it says - even if shown quotes of heralded scientists who are open to the idea of Divinity. So, stay closed to even the possibility of a greater intelligence if you want but here’s a thing- in choosing egoic vanity one also gets to be unaware of a deeper beauty that can inspire and enrich life in many ways. That’s a choice for each being (or not) but trying to prove that to a closed ego is a waste of time. You can enjoy being right though and live life in a way that never goes beyond skin deep. Merry Xmas.

You seem like you have a closed ego.

Do you accept the possibility that the balance/equilibrium that you see in the natural world could become a discredited concept?

 

[arfurclue]

You seem like you have a closed ego.

Do you accept the possibility that the balance/equilibrium that you see in the natural world could become a discredited concept?

Or you are reading what was written through a closed ego? But yes, there are times when I choose vanity over beauty - it can be a process of sorting the wheat from the chaff. And it can be a humbling yet pleasant surprise to realize that you’ve eating food made from chaff, whilst rejecting the wheat.
As for the second part, could you rephrase that, as am not sure where you are coming from?

 

[Two Gun Bob]

Whilst on the subject of loving thine enemy and praying for those that may persecute us I would just like to say that I openly forgive the forum oddities that have placed me on ignore lists and I embrace you as my brother.

Come to me