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Post by BobWilliston on Nov 14, 2019 2:49:55 GMT -5
Don't say anything about the Mormons -- someone will think you're a Mormon. I doubt it Bob - male Mormons believe they will become gods and the fake atheist says she doesn't believe any gods exist - until she wants to try to get a believer to compare his God with all her gods. Edit - and snow is not the only fake atheist I have seen trying that same trap-act on this board - she is just the first I have noticed who made her very clear assertion that "There are many gods." As I was saying, don't say anything about lots of gods, or someone will think you're not an atheist.
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Post by Roselyn T on Nov 14, 2019 6:33:41 GMT -5
Awww I down't nowww. According to rational and his “most” it is “NOTHING.” And with all the posts about "NOTHING" that are showing up in response to "NOTHING", I am pleased that all of rational's "most" team are revealing themselves. Thanks for bumping this thread up top again, but maybe next time you have such an intellectual post, you might wait until the thread needs to be bumped back up top to post it. Mmm maybe if you want the "invited visitors" to take you serious you could spell "know" correctly @gratu !!!!
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Post by rational on Nov 14, 2019 6:53:34 GMT -5
Ya, well you are putting on a great show of the pot calling the kettle black, just as 2x2s often do. It was YOU who first asserted “There are many gods,” displaying YOUR polytheism; and immediately upon being called out on Polytheism TRYING to blame YOUR statement on ancient people AND reclaim your fake atheism without one word regarding all their fake gods not ever existing. When you decide WHAT your actual religion is, you might stick to it – I would suggest the easiest religion for you with your situational-beliefs would be the mix-mash religion of “The New Age” That way you can swing from one contradicting belief to the other without contradicting your religion. But YOU have portrayed yourself as both a fake atheist and a fake polytheist on this thread in full public view within two of your posts – and far too many quotes of yours exist now for you to cover up by deleting those posts. So visitors can SEE you playing 2x2 style pot calling the kettle black in this post too.. How is acknowledging that there have been many gods throughout history make me a polytheist? That makes no sense. It might be that @gratu never studied or read the various myths concerning the multitude of gods humans created and worshiped throughout history. Suddenly learning of the existence of these invented gods from others may equate, in the mind of @gratu, to worshiping these gods. Of course, that belief might be supported by the fact that so many people still visit, for example, the temple of Athena Nike.
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Post by intelchips on Nov 14, 2019 9:54:35 GMT -5
In the long ago past there was a tribe living in the Middle East that had collected together a group of sacred texts written in Hebrew, Chaldean and Aramaic. This tribe past these text along and edited them and added to and subtracted as seemed right to them one generation after another.
Then there came a time when many of these tribal members had left their homeland to settle elsewhere where Hebrew and Aramaic and Chaldean languages were not spoken. Many of this tribe settled in and around the great city of Alexandria in Egypt. And what followed was that Greek replaced their tribal language. A day came when the religious leaders decided that the people needed a Greek translation of their sacred texts.
Around 250 BCE it is said that seventy rabbis translated the sacred texts into Greek. Thus, the Septuagint, the translation of the seventy, became an official document of the tribe.
according to wiki:
“The Hebrew Bible that is used by Jews everywhere is called the Masoretic text. It was compiled around 700 CE That makes it about one thousand years newer than the Septuagint. The rabbis who compiled the Masoretic text were not accountable to the High Priest in Jerusalem. There no longer was a High Priest. The rabbis who compiled the Masoretic text were not accountable to the Sanhedrin in Jerusalem. There no longer was a Sanhedrin.”
It should be noted that the Septuagint predates the first appearance of the Masoretic text by almost ten centuries. The Septuagint is based upon Hebrew texts at least twelve centuries older than the texts upon which the Masoretic version is based. Yet, modern Christian translations of the Old Testament rely on the Masoretic Text, not the Septuagint.
To what degree should this matter?
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Post by sharingtheriches on Nov 14, 2019 12:54:24 GMT -5
How is acknowledging that there have been many gods throughout history make me a polytheist? That makes no sense. Don't say anything about the Mormons -- someone will think you're a Mormon. Not now! Please! They’ve been targeted, poor folks!
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Post by BobWilliston on Nov 14, 2019 15:47:24 GMT -5
As I was saying, don't say anything about lots of gods, or someone will think you're not an atheist. That is not what you said Bob. And as soon as she was called out on her polytheism, she paddled her canoe backwards in white water FAST, making herself a fake polytheist too. If snow laid claim to being "New Age" instead of being an atheist, I would not have had anything to say about all her gods that rather suddenly disappeared from her pen into the 'mouths' of ancient people as soon as all her gods were called out. I surely wish that you would wait until this thread NEEDS to be bumped up top again before you try to TMB gang bang my posts on behalf of snow. I don't have to take your word for what snow believes.
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Post by rational on Nov 14, 2019 16:28:47 GMT -5
James White - The Davinci Code Controversy www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrGBShMcEYExcerpt “I discover that Mr. Brown can't even get people in the right Centuries ...” (time stamp 6:08 – 6:14) That is a lot of whining by someone who states: The Da Vinci Code is fiction that is written as fact. Very clearly, as we listen to Dan Brown speaking today, he has come to believe most of the things that he says in the book. But you see by placing it in the form of fiction he is then able to dodge the challenge that would be made if he wrote it as a factual treatise. Who would state that a book was a work of fiction and then spend an hour pointing out the points in the work of fiction which are not historically accurate. It would be like a person complaining about Crain's The Red Badge of Courage because after searching the war records there was no mention of Henry Fleming or the 304th New York Infantry Regiment. White seems to have a fair amount of angst because many people read The Davinci Code and Brown made a lot of money. I wonder what comments Brown White would make after reading Holy Hustle: A Bible Parody. Probably would think it a new translation and complain about the accuracy. The Holy Hustle: A Bible Parody does put the bible in a different light!
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Post by Roselyn T on Nov 14, 2019 17:56:42 GMT -5
That is a lot of whining by someone who states: The Da Vinci Code is fiction that is written as fact. Very clearly, as we listen to Dan Brown speaking today, he has come to believe most of the things that he says in the book. But you see by placing it in the form of fiction he is then able to dodge the challenge that would be made if he wrote it as a factual treatise. Who would state that a book was a work of fiction and then spend an hour pointing out the points in the work of fiction which are not historically accurate. It would be like a person complaining about Crain's The Red Badge of Courage because after searching the war records there was no mention of Henry Fleming or the 304th New York Infantry Regiment. White seems to have a fair amount of angst because many people read The Davinci Code and Brown made a lot of money. I wonder what comments Brown would make after reading Holy Hustle: A Bible Parody. Probably would think it a new translation and complain about the accuracy. The Holy Hustle: A Bible Parody does put the bible in a different light! Still writing lots of " NOTHING" in reply to "NOTHING" I see.I am sure the "invited visitors" can see for themselves who writes a lot of "nothing" @gratu !!! You may even start a church of "Aww I nowww's" judging by this thread !!!
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Post by snow on Nov 14, 2019 20:03:20 GMT -5
How is acknowledging that there have been many gods throughout history make me a polytheist? That makes no sense. It might be that @gratu never studied or read the various myths concerning the multitude of gods humans created and worshiped throughout history. Suddenly learning of the existence of these invented gods from others may equate, in the mind of @gratu, to worshiping these gods. Of course, that belief might be supported by the fact that so many people still visit, for example, the temple of Athena Nike. Well I have been known to be partial to Thor. He's seemed like a manly God!
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Post by dmmichgood on Nov 14, 2019 20:45:37 GMT -5
It might be that @gratu never studied or read the various myths concerning the multitude of gods humans created and worshiped throughout history. Suddenly learning of the existence of these invented gods from others may equate, in the mind of @gratu , to worshiping these gods. Of course, that belief might be supported by the fact that so many people still visit, for example, the temple of Athena Nike. Well I have been known to be partial to Thor. He's seemed like a manly God! But Snow, - is Thor's temple as lovely as Athena's temple?
And where is his temple anyway?
I simple can't believe in any god (or goddess) that doesn't even have a decent temple for themselves!
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Post by rational on Nov 14, 2019 21:59:15 GMT -5
Well I have been known to be partial to Thor. He's seemed like a manly God! But Snow, - is Thor's temple as lovely as Athena's temple?
And where is his temple anyway?
I simple can't believe in any god (or goddess) that doesn't even have a decent temple for themselves! :( The Temple at Uppsala Or the Disney of temples - Ásatrú Temple – Reykjavik, Iceland
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Post by rational on Nov 14, 2019 22:37:57 GMT -5
Still writing lots of " NOTHING" in reply to "NOTHING" I see.I hope to make a comment but I need time to contemplate on the depth of this post. Is it a metaphor? Or is it like a simile? Perhaps hyperbole? Ironically, I think irony can be ruled out. Alliteration it is not. But when I read the post it does conjure up a vague idea of the person writing it so maybe it is imagery. Eleven words. Fifty seven letters. I will study each one, taking them apart letter by letter, looking for the meaning which, at this time, is well hidden. Could it be that we have been missing the deeper meaning and true elegance of @gratu's posts by not spending the time to look for the deeper meaning(s)? If I work on one word each month and spend a month writing the summary I can be done in a year. Finding the true meaning will be worth the effort.
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Post by curlywurlysammagee on Nov 14, 2019 23:03:16 GMT -5
Still writing lots of " NOTHING" in reply to "NOTHING" I see.I hope to make a comment but I need time to contemplate on the depth of this post. Is it a metaphor? Or is it like a simile? Perhaps hyperbole? Ironically, I think irony can be ruled out. Alliteration it is not. But when I read the post it does conjure up a vague idea of the person writing it so maybe it is imagery. Eleven words. Fifty seven letters. I will study each one, taking them apart letter by letter, looking for the meaning which, at this time, is well hidden. Could it be that we have been missing the deeper meaning and true elegance of @gratu 's posts by not spending the time to look for the deeper meaning(s)? If I work on one word each month and spend a month writing the summary I can be done in a year. Finding the true meaning will be worth the effort. His posts are hubris.
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Post by rational on Nov 15, 2019 0:17:40 GMT -5
"His posts..." That's as far as I got. The rest was gibberish.
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Post by Gene on Nov 15, 2019 5:40:58 GMT -5
Still writing lots of " NOTHING" in reply to "NOTHING" I see.I hope to make a comment but I need time to contemplate on the depth of this post. Is it a metaphor? Or is it like a simile? Perhaps hyperbole? Ironically, I think irony can be ruled out. Alliteration it is not. But when I read the post it does conjure up a vague idea of the person writing it so maybe it is imagery. Eleven words. Fifty seven letters. I will study each one, taking them apart letter by letter, looking for the meaning which, at this time, is well hidden. Could it be that we have been missing the deeper meaning and true elegance of @gratu 's posts by not spending the time to look for the deeper meaning(s)? If I work on one word each month and spend a month writing the summary I can be done in a year. Finding the true meaning will be worth the effort. Nothing is PERFECT.
NOTHING is perfect.
NO THING is perfect.
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Post by snow on Nov 15, 2019 13:16:33 GMT -5
Well I have been known to be partial to Thor. He's seemed like a manly God! But Snow, - is Thor's temple as lovely as Athena's temple?
And where is his temple anyway?
I simple can't believe in any god (or goddess) that doesn't even have a decent temple for themselves! Well, Iceland is about to build him a temple. Is that enough to make you worship Thor? He protects really well. Not just anyone controls thunder and lightening and the tides!!! www.seeker.com/why-iceland-is-building-a-temple-to-thor-1501473013.htmlwww.ancient.eu/Thor/
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Post by rational on Nov 15, 2019 15:04:54 GMT -5
I just poked my nose out the door to test the weather – it is still dribbling outside. Then as I sat to breakfast I took a glance at this thread which is still high on the board with recent posts on page 8. So as I prepared to post on page one I took a look at page 7, tale end and page 8 top to test today's weather – it is still dribbling. The Son is still shining on page one. Really?
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Post by curlywurlysammagee on Nov 15, 2019 17:41:14 GMT -5
Yup - thanks for re-posting an intentional NOTHING post for me. You have an obsession with NOTHING, and all your cronies dribble their NOTHINGs on and on bout it too. This post I'll leave posted to display your immediate attention paid to intentional NOTHING. But make sure you re-post quote of the final version because the one you quoted above was not its final version, so you re-posted an earlier than seven minute post - more like the one minute version. This is the final version at 11 minutes. Phew, Your Homo neanderthalensis genes are shining brightly Gratu.
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Post by Roselyn T on Nov 15, 2019 17:43:43 GMT -5
Yup - thanks for re-posting an intentional NOTHING post for me. You have an obsession with NOTHING, and all your cronies dribble their NOTHINGs on and on bout it too. This post I'll leave posted to display your immediate attention paid to intentional NOTHING. But make sure you re-post quote of the final version because the one you quoted above was not its final version, so you re-posted an earlier than seven minute post - more like the one minute version. This is the final version at 11 minutes. Phew, Your Homo neanderthalensis genes are shining brightly Gratu. 😜😜😄😄
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Post by Roselyn T on Nov 15, 2019 17:45:56 GMT -5
Phew, Your Homo neanderthalensis genes are shining brightly Gratu. 😜😜😄😄 but wait...... curlywurlysammagee, he still may not be finished !!! There maybe more "wisdom from @gratu" to be added yet !
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Post by on Nov 15, 2019 18:58:40 GMT -5
Yup - thanks for re-posting an intentional NOTHING post for me. You have an obsession with NOTHING, and all your cronies dribble their NOTHINGs on and on bout it too. This post I'll leave posted to display your immediate attention paid to intentional NOTHING. But make sure you re-post quote of the final version because the one you quoted above was not its final version, so you re-posted an earlier than seven minute post - more like the one minute version. This is the final version at 11 minutes. Phew, Your Homo neanderthalensis genes are shining brightly Gratu. At first glance it sounds like gratu is trying to make it look like she (or he) is playing some mind bending multiple dimensional chess game. On closer inspection it's just a poorly played game of "Wack-A-Mole".
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Post by curlywurlysammagee on Nov 15, 2019 19:24:48 GMT -5
Phew, Your Homo neanderthalensis genes are shining brightly Gratu. At first glance it sounds like gratu is trying to make it look like she (or he) is playing some mind bending multiple dimensional chess game. On closer inspection it's just a poorly played game of "Wack-A-Mole". It suffers from Fith.
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Post by dmmichgood on Nov 15, 2019 21:21:38 GMT -5
But Snow, - is Thor's temple as lovely as Athena's temple?
And where is his temple anyway?
I simple can't believe in any god (or goddess) that doesn't even have a decent temple for themselves! Well, Iceland is about to build him a temple. Is that enough to make you worship Thor? He protects really well. Not just anyone controls thunder and lightening and the tides!!! www.seeker.com/why-iceland-is-building-a-temple-to-thor-1501473013.htmlwww.ancient.eu/Thor/ Wow! Now that is interesting! Thanks for that info, Snow.
www.seeker.com/why-iceland-is-building-a-temple-to-thor-1501473013.html
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The main agenda of the Asatru Association is to regain some of Iceland's lost heritage. This makes sense considering Iceland has never fully embraced Christianity. A thousand years ago, it made sense for Iceland to take up Christian traditions since they had to trade with the rest of predominantly Christian Europe. They had to keep up appearances for economic reasons. Although the majority of the country is Lutheran today, Iceland also has one of the highest rates of atheism in the world.
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Post by curlywurlysammagee on Nov 15, 2019 21:27:37 GMT -5
Leviticus 11: 19 13“And these you shall detest among the birds;a they shall not be eaten; they are detestable: the eagle,b the bearded vulture, the black vulture, 14the kite, the falcon of any kind, 15every raven of any kind, 16the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk of any kind, 17the little owl, the cormorant, the short-eared owl, 18the barn owl, the tawny owl, the carrion vulture, 19the stork, the heron of any kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.
Deuteronomy 14: 18 11 You may eat any clean bird. 12 But these you may not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture, 13 the red kite, the black kite, any kind of falcon,14 any kind of raven, 15 the horned owl, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk, 16 the little owl, the great owl, the white owl, 17 the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant, 18 the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat.
The Bat is not a bird. The bible is pathetically inaccurate and unreliable.
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Post by curlywurlysammagee on Nov 15, 2019 23:02:01 GMT -5
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Post by rational on Nov 16, 2019 13:21:38 GMT -5
zhong hong lin lo rumn shkrung e ? I think you missed the mark on this one @gratu! I don't think curlywurlysammagee was talking about the deactivation of a robot by the king of the land.
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Post by curlywurlysammagee on Nov 16, 2019 17:17:34 GMT -5
Did Adam and Eve Have Navels?: Debunking PseudoscienceMartin Gardner did the ameoba you sprung from have a navel? Did you know that one of your's and mine and everyone else distant relations is syphilis? Life on earth began as single cell. Everything can be traced back to that point.
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Post by dmmichgood on Nov 17, 2019 19:39:36 GMT -5
I think you missed the mark on this one @gratu ! I don't think curlywurlysammagee was talking about the deactivation of a robot by the king of the land. So, rational – did you, um – did you grow weary of 'magically' making my deleted "NOTHINGs" reappear inside your deletion-protection over them. I have posted several since the last, including reply to this of yours, depending on you to protect them from detetion after they were deleted, but you seem to have lost interest now that your protection over my “NOTHINGs” is revealed to all --- um, - ah, what happened to your dependability? Has your 'magic' grown dimmer than your desired TMB 'majesty'? (Final at 6 minutes ago) Trying to get your Thread back to the top again, Gratu. But as your per usual you have NOTHING to say. You have NOTHING of substance to say. Just slinging rubber arrows that are meaningless.
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