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Spin Zone / Re: Twenty-Six states Refuse Syrian"Refugees"
« on: November 20, 2015, 10:52:33 AM »
Quote from: Dav8or on November 20, 2015, 10:43:35 AM
Exactly! People seem to forget all the refugee camps over the last decades. I think it telling that devote Muslims can't accept other Muslims into their midst. It's all about tribalism. Their tribes trump their religion.

Yep.  Hence the problems in Iraq.  Tribes.  The Arab states are European drawn falacies.  Borders don't matter as much as tribes.

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Spin Zone / Re: We Invented Jesus Christ
« on: November 05, 2015, 10:48:54 PM »
Well, crap.  I did say I was cursed with a gene that makes me want to see all sides of things.  But I don't have time to be a Biblical scholar.  So I'll just keep on trying to make sense of the world I see, and keep an eye on the other side of it.  As I've said before, I had two experiences that sealed the deal for me when it came to believing we're in a guarded universe.  So I feel obligated to believe, and for lack of a better term, I believe in God.  It also seems right to be an honest, helpful, loving person.  Like so many things, religion can be used for good or bad.  Also, as an English major, I learned pretty quickly that one can defend pretty much any thesis.  If someone wants to prove Jesus is a myth, it can be done.  It just may not be true.

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Spin Zone / Re: We Invented Jesus Christ
« on: November 04, 2015, 07:29:55 PM »
To a Christian, the divinity of the risen Christ is a matter of faith, and so not subject to critical investigation.

To the rest of us, the historicity of Jesus is not taken for granted, and can be a serious matter of study.

And there is precious little evidence concerning the existence of a historical Jesus.

Jews face a similar conundrum. There is no evidence they were ever slaves in Egypt, and archaeologists have found no evidence of a 40 year trek in the desert, a lá Exodus.

For believers, none of this matters a whit. But for nonbelievers, these are legitimate fields of study.

And none of it is meant to "attack" anything. Unless the search for truth is seen as an attack.

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Spin Zone / Re: Science is Settled
« on: November 02, 2015, 12:03:07 PM »
Don't come in here with your single post count just to disagree with our "experts". ;D
You must work for the GubMent.

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