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posted by
A-and-B
on August 7, 2007 at 2:32 PM
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Xeno-x - they conveniently count the other Christian denominations "in"
when it works for them.
Except this reunification of the Abrahamic religions still has the problem that it has always had (I mention it in this post) . . . the non Abrahamic religions are apparently not included in the end times/rapture scenarios. This is typical of medieval thinking.
posted by
gomedome
on August 7, 2007 at 8:15 AM
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Talion - it is remarkable when you think about it
It is a testament to the powers of social conditioning. Tell people all of their lives that these things are possible, re-affirm their doubts as they occur with bobbing heads and insist that those who aren't buying it are detrimental to the common good and look what we end up with: People with college educations that think there is a little red character carrying a pitchfork who makes them do bad things.
posted by
gomedome
on August 7, 2007 at 8:11 AM
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Sunnybeach7 - that's the thing about it, when all is said and done, the
words found within any holy manuscript of ancient origins have two main failings.
Translation issues and ancient man's perception.
For works that are supposedly foretelling the outcome of our existences in what many attempt to advance as prophecies and inevitable scenarios, the focus of these works in themselves should raise suspicions. Primarily, depictions of the times prior to the author's eras are derived solely from fables and make no mention of what we have come to know as integral parts of early earth history such as the dinosaurs or even early forms of man. Similarly there is no mention of the changes we have seen in the modern era, especially in technology. These are not books of prophecy, the prophetic aspect is the wishful thinking of mankind. Subsequently the ridiculous scenarios and depictions of rapture etc. are every bit as ridiculous as they seem to be.
posted by
gomedome
on August 7, 2007 at 8:05 AM
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you are right it is delusion
at least the guy didnt leave out the jews or the moslems
or the catholics or orthodox or lutherans or other such Christian denominations
did he?
posted by
Xeno-x
on August 7, 2007 at 7:55 AM
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gomedome
Tell them the sun is Apollo riding his chariot across the sky or the sound of thunder is Thor pounding his hammer and you'll be met with ridicule. Tell them the dead guy is coming back to save the chosen few and you'll be met with affirmations aplenty. Go figure.
posted by
Talion
on August 7, 2007 at 7:54 AM
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Gome
I don't know "everything" there is to know about it, but I do know that with the history of how the bible was made and translated, it would take a lot to get me to believe everything in there.
posted by
Afzal_Sunny7
on August 7, 2007 at 7:46 AM
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Gome, I ate all mine.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on August 7, 2007 at 7:31 AM
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.Dave. - thank you - it really is rather amazing how people have been
conditioned to accept completely improbable scenarios as being possible.
Their scrutiny would not be so undiscerning regarding any other examination of evidence. For example; if we told them we had forest pixies in a jar in our refrigerator, they would rightfully scoff but then they advance notions such as the rapture scenario which are just as ridiculous.
posted by
gomedome
on August 7, 2007 at 7:30 AM
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Good sense, as usual. Having read Dawkins' "The God Delusion" recently, you do echo my hitherto unvoiced non-beliefs in the same way he captured them.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on August 7, 2007 at 7:12 AM
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And......................................
posted by
Soul_Builder101
on August 6, 2007 at 10:32 PM
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circuit
on August 6, 2007 at 8:40 PM
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