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Re: [AvC] Re: Why can't all religions be true?

sjew...@gmail.com (Simon Ewins) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:48:42 UT

[A Query]
Spooky supernatural stuff doesn't happen except in works of fantasy.
You have empirical observations of unnatural spooky supernatural stuff?
Yes.

Re: Why can't all religions be true?

ipu.belie...@gmail.com (Answer_42) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:47:50 UT

Right.
Except that "fiction = no true = wrong" is not an opinion, it is a
fact.
Don't believe me? How about a definition from the Merriam-Webster?
"
1 a : something invented by the imagination or feigned; specifically :
an invented story"
"
So, you can stick to your own made up nonsensical beliefs that defy

Re: Why can't all religions be true?

djb...@uow.edu.au (A Query) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:42:35 UT

Only if you employ methodological naturalism in your assessment of
historical evidence. But why should we be unequivocally committed to
assuming a naturalistic interpretation of all of history a priori?
Although it may be reasonable to prefer naturalistic interpretations
of historical events, to exclude even the slightest possibility of a

Re: Help a fellow Christian out!

seminole10...@gmail.com (semi) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:40:46 UT

Well, you are just not defining a Christian properly. A condition to a
belief does not define the belief on its own, when there are other
conditions.
But I already countered your argument that they got the abortion
because of their Christian beliefs. In fact, notice that your argument
has two grounds, (1) their Christian beliefs AND (2) “the standard

Re: Why can't all religions be true?

ipu.belie...@gmail.com (Answer_42) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:37:39 UT

But not his god, of course... silly you!
______________________________ _____________
All religions die of one disease -- that of being found out.
-- John Morley

Re: obama and the Tea Bag

ass...@pcfin.net (Max) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:26:27 UT

Chaz, everyone in Australia over 18 yrs votes. It's compulsory. Sure,
some don't put in tax returns either, but they should.

Re: [AvC] Re: Why can't all religions be true?

sjew...@gmail.com (Simon Ewins) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:21:04 UT

[A Query]
The Jesus character dies. The Jesus character is walking around days later.
Either he didn't die or he wasn't walking around days later, both cannot
be true.

Re: Why can't all religions be true?

djb...@uow.edu.au (A Query) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:14:40 UT

What is your issue here. Spell out explicitly two propositions that
conflict with one another. For I don't see any contradiction.
On Mar 12, 12:02 am, "ranjit_math...@yahoo.com"

Re: [AvC] Re: obama and the Tea Bag

thea.n...@gmail.com (thea) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:10:21 UT

Believe it or not - but I can remember when you could see some fellow walk
out of the polling place with a *fifth* in his back pocket.
Yep, they used to pay in liquor - to get you to vote.
It has supposedly been cleaned up since then - but who knows!

Re: [AvC] Re: Why can't all religions be true?

thea.n...@gmail.com (thea) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:06:41 UT

On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 7:02 AM, ranjit_math...@yahoo.com <
Oh good one, Ranjit - take the scriptures out of context and not realize
that God deals with different people at different times in a dispensational
way.
The whole Bible can be made to be null and void, unless you *Rightly Divide*
it.

Re: [AvC] Re: Why can't all religions be true?

thea.n...@gmail.com (thea) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:05:15 UT

The books of the Bible can be seen as contradictory only when you don't know
who is being spoken to, what is being spoken about, why it is spoken - and
what God's purpose was in dealing with Israel in a certain way at a certain
time.
When you understand the Bible as the OT being the genealogy of Jesus and the

Re: Why can't all religions be true?

ranjit_math...@yahoo.com (ranjit_mathews@yahoo.com) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:02:12 UT

For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather
than burnt offerings. - Hosea 6:6
vs.
The first offspring of every womb belongs to me, including all the
firstborn males of your livestock, whether from herd or flock. Redeem
the firstborn donkey with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, break

Re: [AvC] Re: Where are the Xtians?

thea.n...@gmail.com (thea) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:56:24 UT

I was surprised to learn that in the latest book by Dan Brown - *The Lost
Symbol*, that I would find him talking about metaphysics.
The knowledge in the Bible that can be found is the *metaphysics* of it.
The knowledge is buried layers deep - and to get to it you must read and
read again, paying attention as to who is being spoken to, why, what, where

Re: [AvC] Re: Genetic Algorithms as a test for evolution

trancegemi...@gmail.com (Trance Gemini) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:51:16 UT

Hi Les
Just a heads up. I found this post in the Spam filter.
Google is implementing new spam measures and as a result we've had posts
either disappearing or caught in the Spam filter. The Mods are not notified
of these posts so we check periodically and put them through when we see
them.
Unfortunately some disappear completely.

Re: Genetic Algorithms as a test for evolution

lesli...@gmail.com (Les) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:20:24 UT

Blind eyes seeing.
Broken legs being healed in minutes.
Dozens of people gathering for a secret meeting at the same place at
the same time without prior arrangement because 'God told them to'.
Someone walking out of a maximum security prison through doors that
are never supposed to stay open and past guards that treat him like he