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Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sun, 12 Mar 2000 02:43:45 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bill Farkas writes:
> > > Thank God we have the Bible so that [we] don't have to use our minds.
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> > Thanks Todd, that one gave me a huge chuckle. :~)
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> > I wasn't saying that we shouldn't think. What I meant was that our own minds
> > are incapable of true objectivity. [...]
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> Aha! OK, thanks for clarifying. I wasn't aware, prior to your pointing it
> out, that the good book was truly objective. I mean, I always knew it was
> completely factual, accurate, and consistent, but I never knew that it was
> truly objective.
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> --Todd
How do you talk with your tongue stuck in your cheek all the time? You sure
have the gift of sarcasm. I never said any of those things either. Each time I
have referenced a bible verse it was to clarify the meaning of said verse which
may or may not have been used out of context elsewhere. I believe it to be all
of those things for myself, with the caveat that time and translation has
opened the door to interpolations among manuscript evidences.
Bill
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| (...) I'm sorry, I didn't glean that. Maybe I'm reading too quickly, or have been adversely influenced by too many bible proponents in the past. I didn't realize you were intending your statements to be taken that they apply personally to you and (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Aha! OK, thanks for clarifying. I wasn't aware, prior to your pointing it out, that the good book was truly objective. I mean, I always knew it was completely factual, accurate, and consistent, but I never knew that it was truly objective. (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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