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Re: The Problem of Evil
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 5 Dec 2000 21:35:45 GMT
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richard marchetti wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes:
> > You may think that these "inconsistencies" render the Bible invalid; but to >me it reveals an in-progress and dynamic relationship with God. The Bible >isn't perfect; only God is.
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> Gee, I think this was Tom's point -- at least in a a way. See? Your
> perspective is that the bible is a kind of source of authority, yet you are
> able to pick and choose elements from it because it is an "imperfect" source.
Yes, thank you - a good debater I am not. But that was my point. Basing your Faith on some conflicting book written 2K years ago BY MEN is just silly, IN MY OPINION. And NOTHING
anyone says will convince me otherwise.
Isaac Asimov could have written a much more cohesive and believable bible (Actually, didn't he, sort of? Can't remember, age is killing my memory).
> With all kinds of ridiculous ideas, movements, wars, etc., coming from the
> "authority" of the bible -- I have to assert that using the bible as a
> source of authority just doesn't wash with me!
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> And if you can pick and choose the precise nature of your relationship to
> the divine, why can't everyone else? Does it matter to you that they do or
> don't use the bible, or call a possible god by the name you would choose or not?
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> What is the point of this discussion, except that at the bottom of it all
> some of you people want to to dictate to the rest of us your own views about
> what is right and wrong.
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> No thanks,
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> Richard
EXACTLY. Jon insists he respects Larry's view, yet continues to pound him over the head with Christianity. DISGUSTING.
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| (...) Gee, I think this was Tom's point -- at least in a a way. See? Your perspective is that the bible is a kind of source of authority, yet you are able to pick and choose elements from it because it is an "imperfect" source. With all kinds of (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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