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Re: 22/7 & infinities (was: Re: The nature of the JC god, good or evil?)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 28 Aug 1999 02:22:28 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jesse Long writes:
> Tom McDonald <radiotitan@spamcake.yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:FH2x8n.Bq0@lugnet.com...
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Simon Robinson writes:
> > > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tom McDonald writes:
> > > Well I have to admit to being impressed by the effort you've made to
> > > reconcile
> > > those accounts.
> >
> > In context, I just tried to follow the accounts to show where and how they
> > relate to each other. And basically I listed the obvious points made in • the
> > verses.
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> Do you want the "everything's always right, exactly right, literally right"
> explanation? If so, then he hanged himself, fell off the tree (perhaps he
> rotted off, perhaps the knot didn't hold), and broke open. And when he
> bought the field and how it was paid for probably didn't matter back then,
> so he could easily have been credited with buying the field even if he
> didn't pay for it, since it was his money.
Back then, it did matter, because it was blood money and the religious leaders
wanted nothing to do with it. But as far as we're concerned today, most of us
don't care. It's only a hill I'll defend as long as some see it as [part of]
concrete proof that scripture is bogus (this example being supposed proof of
errancy).
> Do you want a continuity explanation? He was feeling guilty, he died in a
> field, they replaced him, don't worry about the details.
Sounds good, and I don't :-)
-Tom McD.
when replying, "the spamcake is lit up like a Christmas tree, so don't gimme
too many bumps!"
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