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#143717
Geek
Yeah, pretty much. :p
1/22/2007 5:15:48 AM
#143730
Adrian
Because you can't think for yourself and believe in God at the same time.
1/22/2007 5:23:58 AM
#143746
Nicole
No, not really. Only unless you have no concept of a metaphor, or an analogy, etc. They're not mutually exclusive, the two theories. The Bible doesn't say it's absolutely concrete in terms of interpretation.
1/22/2007 5:30:52 AM
#143763
Thursday
Well, yes. That's where imagination kicks in, you see. It's part of that whole \"intelligence\" thing you may have heard about, and some folks can actually use it.
1/22/2007 5:43:30 AM
#143768
The Watcher
Yeah, you just keep thinking that, asshole. Just flap your big yap and pretend like all your declarations are true.
1/22/2007 5:53:50 AM
#143780
The Jamo
By accepting evolution, in any form, you must deny the absolute truth of the Word of God.
Bullshit. There are a lot of christians who have no problem with accepting god and the theory of evolution. Evolution makes no claims about god, and there is no reason why any god [if it existed] could not work through evolution.
By denying the Word of God, you are also, in effect, denying God Himself.
Yeah, maybe when it comes to your biblegod. But allow me to remind you, Randy, that there are a lot of other gods out there.
1/22/2007 6:09:03 AM
#143781
Mike
1/22/2007 6:10:03 AM
#143820
Redhunter
Not as such, no.
Even if it were true, that would be a good thing.
1/22/2007 6:56:43 AM
#143832
ABeastOfPrey
That word of God also said that the world was flat and surrounded by glass holding back water.
1/22/2007 7:17:58 AM
#143847
Melf
I hate that man.
1/22/2007 7:36:25 AM
#143852
BurntBush
Yup
1/22/2007 7:40:30 AM
#143865
Julian
That fat fuck has to be the worst 'fisher of men' ever!
1/22/2007 7:55:04 AM
#143940
Atropa
Someone tell the pope that he's practically an atheist.
1/22/2007 9:59:53 AM
#143942
hairband
What a dumbfuck.
1/22/2007 10:06:02 AM
#143958
Matilde
And the answer is..........the hen!!. By the way, which part of the absolute Word of God are we denying?, that he created first a common ancestor to the monkey or that there was a subspices of snakes who could speak?
1/22/2007 10:36:26 AM
#143976
anevilmeme
Is it just me or does Bro Randy worship the Bible rather than God?
1/22/2007 11:33:15 AM
#143978
whitewater55
Yes, one more step and yer there, dickweed.
1/22/2007 11:34:49 AM
#143985
WritingIsMyReligion
Good. Keep denying. It's not like there's anything there to actually \"deny.\"
1/22/2007 11:44:03 AM
#144013
NotMe
Let's reword this a bit.
By thinking that your friend was wrong/lying on some point during a debate, you doubt the existence of your friend.
Doesn't sound quite as interesting, does it?
1/22/2007 12:39:50 PM
#144021
Hawker Hurricane
But what if you deny that the Bible is 'The Word of God' while believing in God?
You see, the problem 'Randy' isn't that I'm denying \"The Word of God\", it's that I'm denying that The Bible is \"The Word of God\". I've read the Bible, and I've decided that the God I believe in isn't a incompetent asshole that the Bible describes.
The Bible =/= Word of God =/= God.
1/22/2007 1:05:38 PM
#144028
Sandman
Actually, no, you are only denying the existence of the Biblically-literal, pre-20th Century, dogmatic version of God promoted by rigidly closed minded evangelical Christian churches. (And, interestingly enough, also the God promoted by fundamentalist Islam.)
But denying God? Only if you believe that Bro. Randy and the other Rabid Christian Fundamentalists are in possession of absolute, dogmatic truth. And if you accepted that, it wouldn't even occur to you that the \"Word of God\" could be denied.
1/22/2007 1:29:13 PM
#144030
Doctor Whom
By accepting any of the following, in any form, you must deny the absolute truth of the Word of God: Mendelian inheritance, the heliocentric solar system, the idea that insects have any number of legs other than four, and the idea that snow and hail are not stored in a heavenly fridge for later use.
1/22/2007 1:32:06 PM
#144031
Sandman
@ anevilmeme:
In some ways you are absolutely right.
Bro. Randy is what we technically refer to as an \"Ultra Legalist.\" His theology is first and foremost concerned with the rules and regulations of God, and enforcing those rules and regulations on all people with or without their consent.
He has become so fixated on the Law that he has forgotten the Gospel. Yes, God (alledgedly, to be honest) gave laws, rules, and orders in the Bible, but He also (again alledgedly, through Jesus) proclaimed to the people that they were forgiven for failing to live up to them. Yes, in the Bible, God sets an impossible standard for humanity, but He also acknowledges that it is an impossible standard and forgives for failing to meet it.
People usually get heavily involved in Legalism because they just can't bring themselves to believe that God would ever just give salvation to anyone; they can't believe that God considers all sinners, including themselves, to be equally in need of that salvation. To the Legalist, there must be something you just have to do to earn it, and if you can earn it, then it stands to reason that you can lose it as well.
They get so focused on earning God's \"approval,\" that they forget all those bits in the Bible where it spells out that you can't, in fact, earn it. Now I'm not saying that the Bible is the ultimate truth, such a claim is unprovable, but the Legalist turns a blind eye to large portions of it that do not support their idea that salvation must be \"earned\" through compliance with a bewildering system of rules, regulations, and obligations.
I have met a lot of Legalists in my time, and they all seem to be motivated by one of two things: either they just can not accept that salvation is a gift, and spend their entire lives in mortal terror of God damning them to Hell for not meeting some obscure, arcane \"standard,\" or they have discovered the fact that by inspiring that terror in others they can amass to themselves an amazing amout of power and attention.
I suspect Bro. Randy is the second sort.
1/22/2007 1:41:10 PM
#144052
McCulloch
So given the choice of being intellectually dishonest or denying God, which would you choose?
1/22/2007 2:20:57 PM
#144055
Blue Lithium
Is it just me or does Bro Randy worship the Bible rather than God?
The idolatry!
1/22/2007 2:24:26 PM
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