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$The Fold - \"New Skeptic\"$

The Fold - "New Skeptic"
Posted by: toothandnail

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From the album, "Secrets Keep You Sick," in stores and online now on Tooth & Nail Records.

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=D dan is STILL ...
By: ActionHeroErin. on 02 Sep 08, 17:53:59
=D dan is STILL crazy hot!! tehe :] he likes me and my friends giggles :D

hey the fold may ...
By: hardchristian. on 26 Aug 08, 18:34:07
hey the fold may not be famous but they are definatly AWSOME!!!!

jctv is the best ...
By: andre2robb. on 21 Aug 08, 05:16:56
jctv is the best channel ever!!!revolution!

man, i first heard ...
By: NICHANnel. on 16 Aug 08, 08:21:19
man, i first heard tooth & nail music from jctv and there are some really awesome unfamous artists. they need more exposure because THEY'RE AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

ya I agree wit that
By: UTooooooober. on 12 Aug 08, 13:57:16
ya I agree wit that

wow this band is ...
By: vision358. on 11 Aug 08, 18:24:43
wow this band is pretty much just awesome, tooth and nail has a lot of great unfamous bands

this band reminds ...
By: krizz5u6. on 06 Aug 08, 14:14:19
this band reminds me a little bit of motion city soundtrack at the beginning... this band is really good!! : )

the major!
By: jazkviejo. on 05 Aug 08, 19:33:13
the major!

haha last nite's ...
By: maritamusicianship. on 05 Aug 08, 12:04:36
haha last nite's show was bomb awesome :D i saw em at the venue i go to monthly called the attic oc. their first time in oc. daniel castady[laed singer/guitar] is hilarious ahaha. we saw him at in n out afterwards and we sat with him and the fold and the other two bands sleep for sleepers [formerly the red coterie] and burning tree project :D

sweet song can you ...
By: DrIfTNuT0. on 04 Aug 08, 23:14:00
sweet song can you tell me the guitar cords please YOU RocK!!!!!!!!

i love u keith!!
By: ILoveEverStaysRed. on 04 Aug 08, 17:23:00
i love u keith!!

i dunno really.... ...
By: splatybob. on 03 Aug 08, 23:24:30
i dunno really....it seams they dont mean what they sing...rather they just try to make the song sound good....wich it is...

wow does the band ...
By: XAProducti0ns. on 01 Aug 08, 16:00:53
wow does the band not the singer sound like cartel?!?!

i just saw them ...
By: catcrap89. on 29 Jul 08, 14:06:15
i just saw them live last monday hahahahah

oh em geee. dan is ...
By: ActionHeroErin. on 25 Jul 08, 01:27:28
oh em geee. dan is crazy hot. :D and hes really nice too.

AHHHHHH! the guitar ...
By: ActionHeroErin. on 25 Jul 08, 01:24:17
AHHHHHH! the guitar that Dan's using! i totally strummed it and petted it lol. and HE GAVE ME HIS PICK! and a bazillion hugs! im spoiled! [on wednesday]

i just saw them ...
By: ridr27. on 21 Jul 08, 23:05:01
i just saw them live tonight. i got to hug keith and aaron. it made my entire life. also, i could have SWORN dan smiled at me bacause i was singing along to this song. they are amazing in concert; if you have the chance, go.

Love on the first ...
By: MirjamJesusfreak. on 21 Jul 08, 01:16:39
Love on the first sight. Haha, dude. Just kidding. But I really like the song =D. AWEEESOME God Bless !

i saw them on ...
By: ILoveEverStaysRed. on 17 Jul 08, 18:04:16
i saw them on Sunday, they rocked!! And they were really sweet. =D

i love their sound. ...
By: LeahRocKsYeahh. on 16 Jul 08, 19:10:13
i love their sound. definately different=]

i just saw them ...
By: Discpilerocks. on 14 Jul 08, 09:19:17
i just saw them last night, they were awesome!!!

where at?
By: guardianlink12345. on 13 Jul 08, 09:01:07
where at?

Awsome Song
By: TONE4PRODUCTIONS. on 12 Jul 08, 14:50:49
Awsome Song

This is the first ...
By: cheeseluver0222. on 11 Jul 08, 15:00:56
This is the first time i have ever heard of them they arent the best but they are pretty kool

Never heard of them ...
By: PopTart5035. on 05 Jul 08, 19:10:55
Never heard of them.. But nice songg

Skeptic Bible Study: Jesus Never Existed
Posted by: JohnLArmstrong

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Jesus is the ultimate urban legend. http://www.godvstheb ible.com/

Related: agnosticism, atheism, bible, christianity, deism, jesus, myth, skepticism

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Right! Especially ...
By: Lohitaksha. on 05 Sep 08, 12:12:04
Right! Especially if one is born into a family of believers.

You're absolutely ...
By: Lohitaksha. on 05 Sep 08, 12:09:01
You're absolutely correct. Christianity is based on revelations to Paul by his crucified and resurrected Christ. The Jesus of the later gospels may or may not have any relation to Paul's apparitions. We don't know. Except for a single reference "on the night he was betrayed ..." Paul himself gives no details whatsoever which can pass as biographical: no virgin birth, no ministry, no parables, no miracles, no . . . Jesus' apocalyptic utterances, on the other hand, are certainly Pauline.

Hey John I see you ...
By: servicesource. on 04 Sep 08, 11:34:18
Hey John I see you are still standing on your thinking... You know your bias against the Jesus and the Bible is solely based on the teachings that your lifestyle is called out as sin. That's the root of it right?

GOD GOD GOD- ...
By: franks2732. on 04 Sep 08, 00:24:44
GOD GOD GOD- Everyone knows that the world was greated by the "big flying turtule fish" of "Plaxion 5" What really gets to me about these Jesus folk is every other myth, religion in ttire world is wrong and only if you believe in Jesus are you saved. Not even the Buddists are that harsh. I mean really, I can rape a chicken, murder me own mother and still get salvation but if i dont ever meet a guy named jesus i burn in the fires of hell. Now I tell you a religion like that sux

Faith is a gift of ...
By: romancatholicdefense. on 01 Sep 08, 11:45:41
Faith is a gift of God. The teachings of Christ are life.

Can I say.. Jesus ...
By: nigomusic. on 01 Sep 08, 10:57:44
Can I say.. Jesus was not the founder of Christianity.. Religion was never found by Yeshua.. People termed the name Christianity for those who followed the word of God from Bible. Correct me if Im wrong.. Praise be the lord!

Like the 9/11 ...
By: josephstra. on 01 Sep 08, 06:13:21
Like the 9/11 official story. GWB and company had nothing to hide.

upon further ...
By: VogtTD. on 31 Aug 08, 16:16:37
upon further investigation you will realize christian religion is a sun worship religion. Look into it. Think about all the metaphors and symbolism within the story of Jesus.

QUOTE: "Please show ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 30 Aug 08, 06:30:26
QUOTE: "Please show me any peer reviewed work supporting 'the entire New Testament is fiction' position." And the OT too. I think that's pretty well accepted. There's zero evidence for all the major events of the Bible: Genesis: Less than Zero Tower of Babel: Zero and it's ridiculous Noah's Ark: Less than Zero Exodus: Zero David's Empire: Zero Jesus: Sketchy at best Acts: Zero The Bible is a theological text full of myths and folklore. It's not a historical document.

Heres a challenge: ...
By: groundhog0339. on 29 Aug 08, 23:52:23
Heres a challenge: Please show me any peer reviewed work supporting "the entire New Testament is fiction" position. When I say peer-reviewed, I'm not talking Jesus seminar (heck even then ...). I'm talking about actual, recognized, proven NT scholars (whether American or European). They can be atheists, liberals, moderates, or conservative; I'm not picky. Of course, they might be part of the conspiracy, too, so watch out.

Well, according to ...
By: groundhog0339. on 29 Aug 08, 23:40:47
Well, according to you, the entire 1st century is fake, so this quote doesn't surprise me.

Someone knows their ...
By: ShinoCunning. on 29 Aug 08, 21:38:05
Someone knows their theology quite well. Here I am living in the small world of bebo, where the discussions are seldom interesting. I was thinking you'd discuss Christianity's resemblance with that of earlier pagan beliefs, but not from the zeigeist perspective obviously, lol.

QUOTE: "Apparently, ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 29 Aug 08, 14:49:21
QUOTE: "Apparently, you are simply denying New Testament history altogether." The NT isn't history. It's mythology and folklore. See my video on "historical documents".

QUOTE: "Let's try a ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 29 Aug 08, 14:48:13
QUOTE: "Let's try a quote from I Timothy." FAKE!

QUOTE: "Merely ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 29 Aug 08, 14:47:48
QUOTE: "Merely saying that Paul's writings are on shaky ground does not make them so." Really, you need to either read chapter 8 of my online book or view some of my Skeptic Paul Study videos. This topic is too broad for 500 characters.

Let's try a quote ...
By: groundhog0339. on 29 Aug 08, 12:17:24
Let's try a quote from I Timothy. The recently confirmed Dead Sea Scroll scrap of I Timothy dates before 68AD (Pauls death and the closing of the cave). "God was revealed in the flesh, Justified in the spirit, Seen by angels, Preached among the nations, Believed on in the world, And received up in glory." - I Tim 3:16 Saying that Jesus is God revealed in the flesh is an obvious reference to John's theology (25 years later). So this wasn't an invention of John (or gnostics) later on.

Merely saying that ...
By: groundhog0339. on 29 Aug 08, 12:09:12
Merely saying that Paul's writings are on shaky ground does not make them so. In order to come up with a gnostic history, you'd have to either deny or reinterpret the first century texts way out of context (1st century Judiasm). This is simply bad scholarship and wishful thinking. It's a conspiracy theory based on the maturing of doctrine in the first century. John, James, Peter and Paul all met in 49AD (Gal 2:1) and agreed on doctrine. Later, John said Jesus was God. Did he change his mind?

Apparently, you are ...
By: groundhog0339. on 29 Aug 08, 11:59:00
Apparently, you are simply denying New Testament history altogether. Okay. That does explain your lack of first century knowledge. You believe in an alternative history where the gnostics play the key role. That said, the weight of textual evidence, both secular and biblical, weigh heavily against your proposal. How did so many people so early get it so wrong? I can see why you try to shift the burden of proof to others. There is no positive 1st century evidence in favor of your position.

The details ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 29 Aug 08, 05:12:00
The details regarding the first century Christian Church are sketchy, further clouded by the practice of pseudoepigraphy and interpolation. What we do know is that there was a wild variety of early Christian beliefs. The idea that a single unified theology "got off the ground quickly and spread rapidly" is a myth. Proto-Christianity may have also existed prior to the first century.

Further discussion ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 29 Aug 08, 05:05:56
Further discussion on this topic should be done over my Skeptic Paul Studies series (currently in progress). Suffice to say, a Christian who bases his/her faith on the conviction that Paul is the star witness is already on shaky ground from the get-go.

I apologise. Let ...
By: groundhog0339. on 28 Aug 08, 22:23:09
I apologise. Let me ask these questions then: 1) Did the apostles exist in the first century? 2) Did the church fathers exist in the first and second centuries? 3) Were any of their writing authentic first century documents?

I understand. The ...
By: groundhog0339. on 28 Aug 08, 22:20:14
I understand. The field is split on whether Paul authored: Ephesians, Philemon, and Colossians. In support of Colossians, the early church fathers did attribute the letter to Paul. It follows Pauline forms. However, the languages is very strange at times and reflects a theology seen later in the church. The most likely scenario is that Timothy aided Paul in writing the letter (as the letter suggests). So Paul did approve of its content even if it wasn't all his own.

QUOTE: "So, what I ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 28 Aug 08, 21:19:41
QUOTE: "So, what I understand you're saying is that:..." No, what you related wasn't what I said at all. Did you not even read what I wrote? Here's my hypothesis: 1. Faction of Jews, chafing under pagan rule, decided their kingdom was in another world. 2. Messiah was a higher spiritual being. 3. Messiah was brought down to earth in parables. 4. Parables became "true stories". 5. The Church established doctrine centuries later and crushed all resistance. 1John 4 is the smoking gun.

QUOTE: "... ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 28 Aug 08, 21:14:12
QUOTE: "...according to Colossians 1:16 (Paul)..." This is not considered to be one of the seven so called "authentic" epistles. Do you know what "pseudo-epigraphy" means? See my skeptic paul studies

So, what I ...
By: groundhog0339. on 28 Aug 08, 21:01:18
So, what I understand you're saying is that: 1) There were many gnostics that followed an obscure rabbi named "Jesus". 2) After the apostles wrote their gospels and epistles (and died), gnostic teachings began to permeate the church. 3) By John's time, he began incorporating the gnostic teachings. 4) At the council of Nicaea, the church ruthlessly crushed the original "human Jesus" doctrines in favor of the "Jesus God" gnostic ones? Sir, that is the "DaVinci Code"; I already saw that movie.

Bill Nye on Astrology
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Bill Nye on Astrology from his show the Eye of Nye

Related: astrology, eye, nye, of, science

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Bill is the classic ...
By: agoldenhairedlion. on 06 Sep 08, 16:09:30
Bill is the classic Sag.

Yes the human ...
By: zzytrewq. on 06 Sep 08, 07:24:13
Yes the human condition is irrelevant to this debate. The title of the video is "Bill Nye on Astrology" and specifically how it is out of kilter due to precession. The point I'm made earlier is you can't prove the claims of astrologers so you crawl into that space called "it works for me" and thereby shut down any intelligent debate. Astrologers all chicken out when they have to supply hard evidence...and as the sound of psychic chickens could be heard clucking in the distance... Get it?

'Areas of ...
By: camij79. on 06 Sep 08, 05:58:25
'Areas of irrelevance' and so the human condition is irrelevant to this debate? My understanding is that Bill Nye the science guy sees the human condition as a very complex formulae one that has the scientific community at times in loggerhead with each other as to discovering its 'proof'-welcome to my world. What is cluck cluck - is that a symbol for something?

SAG!
By: jmonie02. on 05 Sep 08, 21:43:42
SAG!

Bibles are real, ...
By: zzytrewq. on 05 Sep 08, 19:03:57
Bibles are real, they are merely books. They contain numerous myths. Ghosts are myths and exist in the minds of people. As for Astrology Rules: Rule 1 - Astrologers can't agree on the rules Rule 2 - Slag science as a distraction Rule 3 - Misquote famous people Rule 4 - Avoid real supporting evidence Rule 5 - Get personal when cornered Rule 6 - See rules 1-5

You keep wanting to ...
By: zzytrewq. on 05 Sep 08, 18:59:08
You keep wanting to push the debate into an area of irrelevance; astrology is the topic here but you want to put science on trial because of some deep seated issues with the way mental health is addressed. Say what?! Find another site deveoted to mental health and how it can be cured with astrology or whatever you believe. If you want to debate whether astrology works, hang around and supply evidence in scientific terms. It really is that simple. Sidetracking the issue...cluck cluck.

He was right about ...
By: Simulationcity. on 05 Sep 08, 13:52:32
He was right about Babylon.

Cool. Reason, ...
By: crazykb. on 05 Sep 08, 11:49:04
Cool. Reason, science and pot. Do you really need anything else in life?

Oh please, what an ...
By: DantehMan. on 05 Sep 08, 10:34:15
Oh please, what an argument. How can you not see that an archaic and unsupportable form of guessing people's futures and personalities based on the positioning of dots in the night sky is perfectly reasonable? P.S., I'm just being sarcastic and I agree with you, astrology is silly. By the way, I LOVE Bill Nye.

When looking at the ...
By: crazykb. on 05 Sep 08, 08:46:19
When looking at the BS behind astrology I can't help but be reminded of the famous quote: "there is a sucker born every minute".

Great comment ...
By: crazykb. on 05 Sep 08, 08:44:19
Great comment p101James! Have any other useless comments that you would like to throw my way?

Most predictive and ...
By: celticshiva. on 05 Sep 08, 08:27:51
Most predictive and personality work is done through a sidreal system, which does take into account the wobbling of the planet. Additionally, the sun's position is only one factor in these charts. All of the planets within the asteroid belt (going out as far as saturn) are used in these as well. (The outer planets are sometimes also used, but they don't vary much by people in teh same generation.) Again, I can't speak for the validity of astrology, just pointing out there is more thanonetype

I won't debate the ...
By: celticshiva. on 05 Sep 08, 08:26:30
I won't debate the validity of astrology as a whole, but I just want to point out that this video debunks only the most popular type of astrology, tropical astrology (that's the type most newpapers use in their 'daily horoscopes). [Adding another post 'cause it goes overlimit.]

Proof of science is ...
By: camij79. on 05 Sep 08, 05:37:57
Proof of science is simplistic - hard evidence or death. What happens to all those fields of human experience that do not conform but still pay well - my experience being mental health - many theories, inconclusive with many variables - if you have the right qualifications - very lucrative - and no hard science to back it.

zzQwerty- You make ...
By: p101James. on 05 Sep 08, 04:32:42
zzQwerty- You make it seem as if this is your response to what 'I' just said- about what 'you' just said. But it really isn't, is it? Agree with me now! Bibles and Ghosts are not the same thing. Then agree with me that, "Astrology Rules!"

If something is ...
By: zzytrewq. on 05 Sep 08, 04:02:39
If something is tested then it either supports the theory, contradicts it or is inconclusive. It doesn't matter who the audience is. If astrologers are asked to match "X" chart readings with "X" clients the usual result is no better than guesswork. The results speak for themselves; groups of people observing will have to agree with the results whether they be scientists, astrologers or whatever. What particular test confirms an astrologer is correct? Intuition and gut feeling...?

People who believe ...
By: p101James. on 05 Sep 08, 04:02:20
People who believe in ghosts- are not the same people who believe every word of the Bible either. Knowing man wrote the Bible- I don't. Because I know there are clowns out there like zzQwerty, ZoeMarks, and squee27 that some people think are human too.

LOLjames: Your ...
By: zzytrewq. on 05 Sep 08, 03:55:50
LOLjames: Your quote: "I just meant atrology [sic] can be proven to a variable quantity of human beings in ways that science will not accept as proof." You just don't get it do you? A creationist has tons of proof that the world is about 6000 years old and millions say they believe it. A scientific view is the world is billions of years old because the sheer volume of hard evidence says so. What people accept as proof, and what is truth are not the same.

There is a ...
By: zzytrewq. on 05 Sep 08, 03:48:54
There is a copyright fee you realize? Give $5 to the next homeless person you see and that will be full payment.

camij79- I think ...
By: p101James. on 05 Sep 08, 00:40:10
camij79- I think you sent a comment to the wrong guy. I totally agree with what you said about the precession of the equinoxes, and the Age of Aquarius. And yes, it's not a personal thing....It's "ultra-social".

crazykb- And in ...
By: p101James. on 05 Sep 08, 00:32:10
crazykb- And in the beginning...bullshit created "you".

S-P-C- It all goes ...
By: p101James. on 04 Sep 08, 22:26:29
S-P-C- It all goes back to a famous French play near the first turn of the 18th century. It was about a nutty astrologer, who was probably about as funny as a Jerry Lewis or a Jim Carey. It was quite successful and sent an international subliminal message to all of Europe that Astrology was for clowns and goofballs. The damage done was a message sent by the play's outrageous popularity, that astrology never quite ever recovered from. The Age of Reason, and the New Industrial Age also figured.

???
By: p101James. on 04 Sep 08, 22:13:51
???

"I can always ring ...
By: crazykb. on 04 Sep 08, 19:02:13
"I can always ring up the local "Plows R Us" if I want a snow job." That was funny! I'll have to use that sometime...

"You're looking at ...
By: crazykb. on 04 Sep 08, 19:00:05
"You're looking at astrology from the tired old scientific paradigm and it's beyond that." No it isn't. It was bullshit when it was created and its bullshit now...

$Skeptic Bible Study: Where\$

Skeptic Bible Study: Where's Yahweh?
Posted by: JohnLArmstrong

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http://www.godvstheb ible.com/
Contrasting the typical Christian concept of God with the god of the Bible.

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QUOTE: "You ask why ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 29 Aug 08, 14:53:34
QUOTE: "You ask why doesn't God appear more today? ... Answer: Who says He doesn't?" Well, you can certainly go there if you like. Do you hear God's voice in your head? Do you seriously claim that others have? That deafening *thud* sound you just now heard was the burden of proof landing in your back yard.

Hahahahahahahaha! ...
By: groundhog0339. on 29 Aug 08, 12:33:08
Hahahahahahahaha! Love how you just make up explanations for stuff you don't understand. It's not even the hard stuff. That so rocks! You ask why doesn't God appear more today? He appeared every couple hundred years in the OT to important characters. Answer: Who says He doesn't? Who says people aren't still being visited by angels? Who says Jesus isn't still visiting people? You? Of course, you much prefer storytelling and malicious humor anyways. You're welcome to it. Have fun.

no I was repeating ...
By: knschauer. on 21 Aug 08, 19:55:36
no I was repeating what he said sarcastically. we look to hard for science and reason. we look outside not inside. look at the video in my favorites. this is all the proof I need!

What u need ...
By: boricuagamer911. on 21 Aug 08, 17:04:54
What u need scientific proof or something

Science and reason..
By: knschauer. on 11 Aug 08, 20:41:33
Science and reason..

I'll go for #3.
By: iwanttoknowgod. on 06 Aug 08, 22:38:21
I'll go for #3.

God is not so ...
By: Wrayn2002. on 26 Jul 08, 13:34:19
God is not so hidden from the obedient & the willing. Are you so foolish as to think man can clone people but nobody else could exist to have made a woman from a rib long ago? Hah! People look for UFOs as super-intelligence from the stars, & refuse God Who made mankind in HIS image for a reason --to help us to realize that we should learn to become like Him, as His children. Did you never notice that even the elders of the Israelites looked & SAW the LORD stand on a pavement like clear sapphire?

Consider, Abraham ...
By: Wrayn2002. on 26 Jul 08, 13:15:34
Consider, Abraham sought God's favor - a testimony to his faithfulness. Preparing a meal, then, didn't mean out of food, as food spoils & men in tents don't usually have a feast laying out all the time to get food poisoning from. Now, as for you O man, be careful about ridiculing God: it harms your mind. IF you think you can, don't be afraid of whatever God may ask, and you will understand more if you humbly ask of God. It is for YOUR sake that He is hidden from you. Obey, or at least be honest.

Moses, who knew ...
By: Wrayn2002. on 26 Jul 08, 13:07:48
Moses, who knew God's covenant & spoke with God face to face, had to therefore be faced with greater consequences if outright disobedient. How could God utilize him as His spokesman if Moses was outright disobeying the covenant of circumcision. Why rebel? Hmmm, I'd guess his wife resisting it as cruel or unnecessary. SHE knew what it was about. She knew she'd be a widow with 2 kids. She relented. God didn't hate Moses, but He would've had to take him for HIS name's sake & Moses' soul's sake.

Did you notice that ...
By: Wrayn2002. on 26 Jul 08, 13:01:00
Did you notice that Moses was said to be the meekest man in all the earth? Miriam was a prophetess, yet when she grumbled, the LORD heard it & dropped in to respond, explaining that Moses got a greater degree of revelation due to his greater faithfulness -- faithfulness greater than a (mere)prophet or prophetess! Wow! Likewise, Abraham was regarded for his great faithfulness to God. Jacob? One finger of God disabled him! Still, faith has power, and God wrestles with us to BRING OUT our best.

The original is: ...
By: BODYSHEENdotcom. on 25 Jul 08, 17:15:18
The original is: Yahweh appeared, and then the three men appeared, so he ran to them and said to ADONAI (not Yahweh as you claim)... whatever he said... In the wrestling match, you say Yahweh takes up wrestling? Check the text my friend, the wrestling is with elohim, which could be a number of personages. Leading people into the void by teaching without passing them the facts is, well, AM Liberal talk radio style.

If Jesus appeared ...
By: aurorarose09. on 20 Jul 08, 14:08:37
If Jesus appeared in the sky today, you would still reason it away. Because God has not presented himself in a way your mind has imagined, there for it is not fulfilling to you. You are forgetting, God created us, to serve Him. He does not serve us. You see after Jesus went back into heaven he sent the Holy Spirit, which no one can see because he is in spirit form. You see there is a trinity, and it is very pertinent to understand each entity.

If you will note ...
By: aurorarose09. on 20 Jul 08, 14:05:49
If you will note the Angel of the Lord is who appears in the Old testament. Jesus said, "No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father." John 6:46. The forms God takes in the new testament is Jesus, before he became an earthly man. Then Jesus came to earth, died and was resurrected 3 days later, and still that is not enough for non-believers.

I think at the end ...
By: Knowntje. on 15 Jul 08, 18:57:56
I think at the end there are more possibilities for god not showing himself 1: what is there to show? god simply has no appearence 2: it is not in his interrest to show himself, it is our job as creations to find him and not the other way around. 3: God HAS a purpose for his creations and a plan but like a movie recieves it's criticism after it is done, in the same way we get our criticism or whatever after we have died and our "role" in the universe is done

Monty Python! ROFL! ...
By: BloodRavenous. on 10 Jul 08, 19:42:14
Monty Python! ROFL! These stories... really remind me of "myth" stories from the Greek/Roman days, the stories I learned in my English class in high school. I hope 100 years from now, students will learn about the Christian "myths" in English class and laugh. You also left out one possibility for the Creator's "absence": God set up the universe and is just watching, and cannot break the laws at will. If It did have influence, it would be within scientific laws. But, who knows?

QUOTE: "Yahweh is ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 08 Jul 08, 13:11:13
QUOTE: "Yahweh is on a throne in heaven, and the earth is the bench of his feet." You're aware that this "bench" moves about, yes? Yahweh needs a better footstool, one designed for the purpose of resting one's feet. :)

Where is Yahweh? ...
By: baetores. on 08 Jul 08, 09:49:47
Where is Yahweh? Well that's pretty simple to answer. Yahweh is on a throne in heaven, and the earth is the bench of his feet.

Moses' wife gives a ...
By: pakratmak. on 07 Jul 08, 20:31:55
Moses' wife gives a new meaning to tithing.

I recall that many ...
By: pakratmak. on 07 Jul 08, 20:29:11
I recall that many parents will tell their children that mall santas are the real Santa's helpers. Could the same logic apply here?

I'm fuckin sick of ...
By: inviteSmith. on 18 Jun 08, 05:13:42
I'm fuckin sick of your bringin Yahweh down to our level. In Exodus 33:20, he clearly says "you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live". Wait..what's this..Genesis 32:30 "For I have seen God face to face and my life is preserved" ..alright, except Jacob ..hang on..Exodus 33:11"the Lord spoke to Moses face to face" ..err..

you can thank ...
By: mcparham. on 13 Jun 08, 22:48:22
you can thank tyndale for the confusing pronoun stuff..

Perhaps Yahweh's ...
By: LeftSock06. on 20 May 08, 12:18:52
Perhaps Yahweh's hiding from the paparazzi.

I have heard some ...
By: klaron0. on 18 May 08, 20:25:48
I have heard some christians say that nobody has ever seen God, but apparently it's not true. At least Moses and Jacob have seen him, and probably many others as well

If one assumes that ...
By: inviteSmith. on 15 May 08, 09:27:09
If one assumes that the Creator made us to have a relationship with Him as part of our spiritual growth then key to this is believing He exists. Prophets occasionally performed miracles by God's will in order to add credence to their claim of prophethood.

QUOTE: "And looked ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 09 May 08, 04:07:02
QUOTE: "And looked what happened as a result." The religion that later gave birth to Islam.

Skeptic Bible Study: Genesis 1
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Personally as scary ...
By: wolfwing1. on 04 Sep 08, 18:01:08
Personally as scary and horrible the idea of going to hell is, I rather go there for being a moral and caring person, then a hateful bigot. I care about everyone, Christians can beleive what they want, but the second they start attacking others, and start acting morally superior then we have a issue. It's no different then not tolerating American Nazi's or skinheads who hate blacks/jews or what ever, we don't tolerate them, so why should we tolerate the same hate in Christians?

Why are people ...
By: wolfwing1. on 04 Sep 08, 17:56:55
Why are people against Christianity and want to have it's false teachings be seen for what they are? Anti Scientists, look at the flat earth/evolution/earth revolving around the sun, things Christians have fought for years, oh and Dinosaurs put there by Satan. Racisim/slavery/Sexisim/bigotry/intolerance, All in the bible, promoted by the bible, either directly or indirectly. Look at the treatment of blacks/woman/gays for a serious reason to want Christianity stopped.

God didn't divide ...
By: zephgaldarien1. on 29 Aug 08, 19:44:24
God didn't divide the people who were making the tower of Babel because they were going to reach heaven. He mixed their language up and divided them because they were dedicating it to the glory of man instead of God. They only thought they could build it high enough to be with God.

Genesis 1 seems to ...
By: z2153. on 21 Aug 08, 07:36:05
Genesis 1 seems to be organized around verse 2 which says everything was "formless and empty". Days 1 to 3 god formed everything and days 4 to 6 he filled everything in the same order that he formed it. It matches up pretty well.

what about if ...
By: turnonalight. on 20 Aug 08, 22:10:40
what about if 2marrow you die. and u end up finding out that thier is a heaven and a hell..you realy want 2 find out this way?

you can still ...
By: turnonalight. on 20 Aug 08, 22:08:32
you can still change! why not save lifes.. if u know so much about the bible.. why not make a diffrence!

y dosent it let me ...
By: turnonalight. on 20 Aug 08, 22:08:09
y dosent it let me write a comment!

QUOTE: "Just look ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 20 Aug 08, 15:40:44
QUOTE: "Just look at some of the people that have died and gone to hell and back," They're fakes and the Bible says so. If Jesus wouldn't allow people in Hell to provide testimony 2000 years ago, why would he today? QUOTE: "or someone who has TALKED to God." Most of those at the other night's Louisville Atheists and Freethinkers meeting were ex-Christians. I'd say about 90%.

Point one. "...and ...
By: tcook1984. on 19 Aug 08, 23:49:08
Point one. "...and God moved across the face of the waters.." The fourth stage of water is plasma which creats it own light and heat and can sustain plant life. If you read the bible, it is all poetic, people don't talk like that anymore so now we try to prove them to be ignorant. Just look at some of the people that have died and gone to hell and back, tell THEM that it;s fake, or someone who has TALKED to God. The bible says he will make the knowledge of men foolishness.

When JC was alive ...
By: 999smart999. on 18 Aug 08, 22:56:26
When JC was alive he had followers who received teaching direct from him.When he died they were known as the GNOSTICS.There was no new testament or church.So what did they know which we today dont know? Modern church has drifted away and replaced JC's personal teaching with ceremony and a book.Dont be a sheep. Ask questions.Send me a reply.

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QUOTE: "Also it ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 15 Aug 08, 05:36:28
QUOTE: "Also it says create man in OUR image, God was not alone when he created the Earth?" Apologists will say that's the trinity. In reality, it's probably an allusion to ancient Hebrew polytheism.

Also a point: If ...
By: infinitusverum. on 15 Aug 08, 01:18:08
Also a point: If God created us in HIS OWN IMAGE then God has a body adapted perfectly to Earth's atmosphere. What would an omnipotent being need a body? Surely if we were created in his image we would all be outside of space and time and IDK pure thought? Why would God need a body adapted to earth if the earth didn't exist until he created it??? Also it says create man in OUR image, God was not alone when he created the Earth?

that's ok, nobody's ...
By: GraphiteInMotion. on 09 Aug 08, 15:13:49
that's ok, nobody's perfect, but you sure were right, I do not disagree with your point of logic, but really, it's no a bad thing for religious people I think, although it says "father"... kinda weird... but hey, religion is a funny thing and was also a way for the people back then to explain the world, surely they fucked up, but respect should be there for the first tries in that matter

I stand corrected ...
By: pilgrimpater. on 09 Aug 08, 15:10:21
I stand corrected sir. I should have said god is a hermaphrodite but bisexual sounds so much better in these enlightened times (not for me i hasten to add).

Bisexuality doesn't ...
By: GraphiteInMotion. on 09 Aug 08, 14:12:08
Bisexuality doesn't really say you got both penis and pussy + titties.... being bi-sexual is a "sexual related" love to both man and women, you basically powned yourself with that one. But yeah anyway.... BAN RELIGION xD

Verse 27 "So god ...
By: pilgrimpater. on 09 Aug 08, 06:11:28
Verse 27 "So god created humanmankind in his image, in his image of created them male AND female, he created them". So god is bisexual. Bad news for the fundies.

What religion are u ...
By: mexlgurl. on 05 Aug 08, 16:53:07
What religion are u from? and what kind of bible are u reading???

strokein I ...
By: Velayasha. on 26 Jul 08, 15:13:38
strokein I have no doubt that in many areas of life, you're very capable. But when it comes to the Bible, you are lacking in knowledge. The different versions of the Bible are easily traceable. Such as the Vulgate, Sepugaint and the KJV. The scribes were very careful to give the most accurate translations after the Council in Nice, compiled the Scriptures. The Dead Sea Scrolls, and the current Book of Isaiah are dead on accurate. Dead Sea Scrolls are from 400 B.C.

Which version of ...
By: strokinmepipe. on 21 Jul 08, 23:59:56
Which version of the bible is this guy reading from? Wait a second.. who cares! It doesn't matter! The many versions of the Bible just goes to show that is has been altered throughout history. Therefore, it is wrong to read from it and take it seriously. Today's Bible is probably completely different from the original Bible. For all we know, Jesus could have been a satan wordshipper!

Old Testament: When ...
By: baetores. on 08 Jul 08, 09:03:00
Old Testament: When somebody can be held liable for another's injury, the guilty one has to pay for his care. So the bible does count with healthcare and does not replace it with something else. New Testament: the Samaritan who helped the person who was beaten up. Again he paid for the costs of healthcare. So healthcare in the bible is regarded as one of the means to help another, but healthcare as we know it is not the ONLY remedy thinkable, or believable.

Magic may be ...
By: baetores. on 08 Jul 08, 09:00:13
Magic may be something else than religious healing. In the bible when God is competing with some magicians or sorcerers, He's dwarfing them completely. You can endlessly learn how to cure diseases, but preventing them is better. Spares some trouble paying attention to curing it all the time when for every disease you cure, 10 others come up. In the Old Testament, disease may occur as a consequence of sin. I just don't know if this is always the case but there are examples that this happens.

Yes that's why the ...
By: Shalek. on 06 Jul 08, 11:32:04
Yes that's why the people of israel became enlightened and their society an abode of science and civilization... oh wait no. How could god have taken so lightly teach his people how to cure disease, among many other things. Instead he taught them magic rituals, very useful.

Definition of ...
By: BloodRavenous. on 05 Jul 08, 11:34:13
Definition of metaphor: "The transference of the relation between one set of objects to another set for the purpose of brief explanation," or, "A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another". If you ever read poetry or literature, poets/authors use metaphors to explain further what they mean. So, what does Genesis, as a metaphor, represent? If you compare Genesis to a logical chronology, it makes no sense. How is it a metaphor?

How to read the ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 28 Jun 08, 04:33:15
How to read the Bible the Christian way: Step 1: Read the words. Step 2: If you don't like the words, say the passage is just metaphoric and ignore it.

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Skeptic Bible Study: Life Begins When?
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Examining the Christian claim that life begins at conception.
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regarding the bible ...
By: godequalsjesus. on 05 Sep 08, 21:16:49
regarding the bible...

You just answer ...
By: godequalsjesus. on 05 Sep 08, 21:09:46
You just answer everything right.

if that's you're ...
By: butashrevolution. on 07 Aug 08, 23:22:46
if that's you're argument then next time your in a coma tell your loved ones to pull the plug, even if you have a chance to break out of it

Fair enough. I ...
By: pakratmak. on 15 Jul 08, 12:44:56
Fair enough. I completely agree. Which is why I absolutely do not believe in any of the desert dogmas. If they are meant to be read and accepted exactly as presented they are a jumbled self-defeating mix of accounts and apparent fiction(borrowed and stolen) that don't match up with each other let alone what we consider reality. I do sincerely hope you find what you're after.

in my opinion, you ...
By: jndillaha. on 15 Jul 08, 12:17:50
in my opinion, you cannot pick and choose what is written literally. it is all literal, or it is not. in my opinion, its all literal.

I have a friend ...
By: pakratmak. on 14 Jul 08, 20:08:00
I have a friend who's a fundamental Christian and he loves to pick and choose what's literal or not on any given topic usually to support his arguments. It really must be a subjective book if anything and in that spirit I will swing the creation account completely the other way so they are some combo of pig and monkey. Adam was probably the monkey in this case making God possibly an Ape..... I'm gonna get some hate mail on this one.

it may be crazy, ...
By: jndillaha. on 14 Jul 08, 15:43:31
it may be crazy, but its not the first time it has been mentioned. from a Biblical point of view, the Bible was written very literally. there is a debate on whether to take the Bible literally or not, but if Genesis is written literally, then all of it must be taken literally. whether or not you believe it is a different story. but anyway, according to the Bible, Adam was created on the sixth day, literally, as a human, and Eve was created from him, literally.

We did win the ...
By: pakratmak. on 14 Jul 08, 15:33:26
We did win the lottery with getting created in the first place. I don't believe it was a deity and I'm starting to side with Christopher Hitchens in really not wanting a deity at all. Even so, I cannot absolutely deny the possibility of a creator. Having said all that...one reconciliation I could offer is that Adam and Eve could have been those single cell organisms. Adam did the asexual thing and created Eve. It's crazy but maybe you can do something with it. Let me know.

the chance that ...
By: jndillaha. on 14 Jul 08, 13:59:51
the chance that abiogenesis can occur is ridiculously small. you are right. how many times would abiognesis have to occur before a viable life form could exist with the ability to reproduce and then spring forth so many varieties of like through a process that somehow already exists call evolution? what are the chances of that happening when abiogenesis is already absurdly unlikely? when you think about it like this, the odds are so small that statistically, it is ruled impossible.

As a nonscientist ...
By: pakratmak. on 14 Jul 08, 13:51:01
As a nonscientist and according to what I personally understand- the chance that we could evolve from a single cell organism looks to be 100% until we know better. :) Chances that abiogenesis can occur are rediculously small to my understanding but they happened by whatever means-we don't know 100%. Where do snowflakes, crystals and mold come from? Theres a site called talkorigins(org) which goes into this much better than i can. I think it's right up your alley. Good luck with your studies.

what are the ...
By: jndillaha. on 14 Jul 08, 13:30:39
what are the chances that something as complex as a human could evolve from a single celled organism over any period of time? what are the chances that life could spontaneously begin at all? i know that is different from evolution, but that question needs to be answered if we are to rule out intelligent design. and like i mentioned earlier, the placement and conditions of our planet are very delicate. how did all this just fall into place?

I'm relieved to ...
By: pakratmak. on 14 Jul 08, 13:03:50
I'm relieved to hear that. I'm very tired of the repeated arguments that normally arise from talks like these. By the by, no offense was intended by my statement in any way and I hope none was taken. I am curious by what you are referring to in evolution involving too much chance. I'm not a biologist and this escapes me.

the vast majority ...
By: jndillaha. on 14 Jul 08, 12:22:45
the vast majority of research i do comes from sciences current point of view, not second hand accounts filtered through creationists, because many of the creationists arguments dont hold much water. but trust me, ive done alot of research on evolution. thats why i debate it so vehemently.

If you'd like to ...
By: pakratmak. on 14 Jul 08, 10:21:05
If you'd like to discuss this or anything else further, please join me on John's site.

I am an atheist and ...
By: pakratmak. on 13 Jul 08, 20:22:49
I am an atheist and I have nothing to sell you on nor I am not trying to convert you. I would really like for you to take a look at it from the other side just for your own knowledge, just to make more informed arguments. Please just go to wikipedia and take maybe 20 minutes just browsing over the entry for evolution. Leave preconceptions at the door and just soak in some of what it actually is instead of the second hand accounts you've probably been given.

I think we don't ...
By: pakratmak. on 13 Jul 08, 20:16:37
I think we don't have any real set knowledge on how the universe got here, how life started or how life changed from what it was when it began. They have in the scientific community, in those three seperate issues, certain ideas which stand up to surmountable scrutiny and therefore are accepted as valid scientific theory. To withstand that scrutiny, chance and accidents have to be eliminated as a part of the process. Gaps don't make for acceptible science.

i understand what ...
By: jndillaha. on 13 Jul 08, 18:10:32
i understand what you mean. its like saying that every time something falls, it happens by chance, not gravity. when i say chance, i mean how it all started. you must admit that sciences current explanation for life's, there is an incredible amount of chance involved. that is what i mean. im not sure about other creationists.

jndillaha: Your ...
By: pakratmak. on 13 Jul 08, 09:51:24
jndillaha: Your compliment was very kind, thank you. As to what would happen if certain variables came into play, the one answer is heartless but simple enough-adapt or die. It is assuredly most comforting to think this was done specifically for us, but I have to contend it's a big egotistical too. I still have to side with this not really being evidence of a creator. As for the idea of chance offered by creationists, I meant when they speak of evolution, where it isn't actually there.

maybe nothing, but ...
By: jndillaha. on 13 Jul 08, 00:12:56
maybe nothing, but what if it slowed down by 10 percent? what would happen then? what if our temperature changed by 10 degrees? by the way, dont assume that just because someone is a scientist or they have a degree that they are smarter than you. you seem much smarter than many scientists ive talked to. for example, your willingness to look at the other points of view.

you missed my point ...
By: jndillaha. on 13 Jul 08, 00:08:34
you missed my point. i was trying to say that if evolution were true, then you can explain our origins through evolution, not chance.

i never said it ...
By: jndillaha. on 13 Jul 08, 00:05:02
i never said it validates a creator, but it certainly suggests it, which is much more than it does for evolution or the big bang. i dont know of any creationist that pushes the idea of chance. that would be the opposite of creation.

"logic tells us ...
By: pakratmak. on 10 Jul 08, 13:07:45
"logic tells us that this could not happen by chance, but that it must have been created" Nobody that I know of is pushing 'accident' around as creation of anying except for creatioists, funny enough. If logic eliminates accidental creation it really does not automatically validate a creator, that would be flawed logic due to a biased process.

"earth is set up " ...
By: pakratmak. on 10 Jul 08, 13:02:46
"earth is set up " The earth formed just like weather patterns and crystals form, not really as a set-up but more of a response to other factors or maybe just a natural process. At least that's what smarter people than myself tell me. "if one of these things changed just a little bit, life as we know it would cease to exist" We're all pretty much in agreement that the earth spins really fast in one direction. What would be different if it spun the other way?

jndillaha: "if ...
By: pakratmak. on 10 Jul 08, 12:58:17
jndillaha: "if evolution already exists, then there is no chance involved" I'm no scientist but I don't believe anyone could or would argue this. To my knowledge they aren't mutually exclusive. "the fact that earth is suitable for life, etc" All that is one subject if not several and is not the same argument as whether or not evolution is something or not.

think of all the ...
By: jndillaha. on 10 Jul 08, 12:26:46
think of all the things that make it possible for life to exist. earth is set up so precisely that if one of these things changed just a little bit, life as we know it would cease to exist. logic tells us that this could not happen by chance, but that it must have been created. its like taking all the separate parts of a car, throwing them into a pile randomly, and ending up with a fully functioning car. could that happen logically? seriously think about it. that is sciences current explanation.

Skeptic Bible Study: An omnipotent god?
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The OT says that the Christian god isn't omnipotent. Here are some of the verses that underscore Yahweh's limitations.

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If Christians would ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 06 Sep 08, 07:05:08
If Christians would leave everyone else alone, we'd have no debate. Because Christians feel the need to kick down bedroom doors, burn books and use our tax dollars, cramming their beliefs down our throat, that we're having this discussion at all.

But yet isn't funny ...
By: jwilkerson2004. on 06 Sep 08, 00:32:03
But yet isn't funny how there is a whole youtube series on debunking the christian religion, when according to that statment, shouldn't even be necessary since it's the Christians who should be giving evidence and not the unbelievers trying to disprove it.

The relgious don't ...
By: jwilkerson2004. on 06 Sep 08, 00:24:51
The relgious don't need to prove anything. The main part of the Christian relgion,is based on faith. So making a claim about a God that is outside of our "reality" is one based on faith, not on a fact. The fact that so many people try to disprove Christianty is funny, because you also can't disprove a "God" or "Higher Being." I know the next statment will be "Christians need to provide the evidence."

First of all, I ...
By: jwilkerson2004. on 06 Sep 08, 00:10:40
First of all, I would like to apologize to John. I do not intend to insult him or to argue with him. I'd rather have more of a conversational tone. So i am sorry for my earlier remarks.

Then no amount of ...
By: Diomedes01. on 05 Sep 08, 22:37:59
Then no amount of empirical proof could ever "prove" the existence of a god. Therefore, no one should or could make the claim. For anything that supposedly exists outside our "reality" is impossible to measure. Thus, we can never make absolute claims pertaining to his existence, now can we? Remember, it is the religious that need to provide the empirical evidence. If by their own admission, that is impossible, than no one can claim with any certainty that any god exists.

Im not going to ...
By: jwilkerson2004. on 05 Sep 08, 07:47:44
Im not going to deny that, but you put the word "christian" so general it's makes you more ignorant than right. You are doing exactly what you say the "christians" are doing, yet you say yours is different, cause it's right based on so called "facts," and "inconsistencies" but yet i see many of the same "flaws" in you rationale.

QUOTE: "He likes to ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 05 Sep 08, 05:34:44
QUOTE: "He likes to pluck scriptures, and use them out of context" I wish I had a nickel every time I heard that whine from Christians. The irony is that the Christians are the cherry pickers who wrench passages from scripture out of context.

That is because we ...
By: jwilkerson2004. on 05 Sep 08, 00:29:40
That is because we are looking at it as humans, and at our physics. Since God created the universe, he is outside of "this physics." The creater cannot be contained by it's creation.

This guys logic is ...
By: jwilkerson2004. on 05 Sep 08, 00:21:59
This guys logic is just plain weird. He likes to pluck scriptures, and use them out of context, and basically build a case on that. He seems like he just trys to find whatever he can, to make sense, but it kinda sounds just slapped together to me.

Religion makes ...
By: z2153. on 02 Sep 08, 13:19:08
Religion makes better sense if God isn't omnipotent.

Bodysheen, When you ...
By: x00p3. on 28 Aug 08, 22:41:01
Bodysheen, When you rest, don't you stop what you're doing? Here's another verse: "For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed." Exodus 31:17 Yahweh was refreshed when he stopped working. Imagine that. "Naphash" - to take breath, refresh oneself (Strong's)

the foreskin verse ...
By: DIRTYDUNNZ. on 24 Aug 08, 06:27:14
the foreskin verse was disgusting!

If God is ...
By: lostn65. on 12 Aug 08, 17:48:48
If God is omnipotent, then he can do anything. Can God create a triangle with angles adding up to more than 180 degrees? Can he create a Square with 5 sides? Can he cover a table entirely with circles with none of them overlapping? Can he make 2 + 2 equal 666? No he can't, because all of these are impossible. An omnipotent being should be able to do even the impossible. Can God create a turd so big that not even He can crap it out?

In addition, I have ...
By: BODYSHEENdotcom. on 24 Jul 08, 17:54:29
In addition, I have no idea what I believe, but watching your videos is drawing me closer to the truthfulness of the Bible! Ha! How ironic. I'm just out here scrambling my mind to see who has what to say concerning all this. It seems though, you only respond to people who comment on your homosexual posts. Hmmm...

It doesn't say that ...
By: BODYSHEENdotcom. on 24 Jul 08, 17:50:06
It doesn't say that God had to rest. It says that he rested (stopped). Hebrew: kalah, which means: to accomplish, cease, consume, determine, end, fail, finish, be complete, be accomplished, be ended, be at an end, be finished, be spent. Once again, do a word study, it wasn't Yahweh he wrestled with, it was elohiym, which has the following usages: rulers, judges, divine ones, angels, gods, god, goddess, godlike one, the true God, God. Hey, I'm all for you doing these vids, but do some research.

The bible sure as ...
By: Msimina. on 18 Jul 08, 02:06:42
The bible sure as hell isn't a fun read lol.

The bible really ...
By: Peace2URachelCorrie. on 04 Jul 08, 03:49:38
The bible really does tell the tale of a jealous, short-tempered, bad-at-wrestling, repenting God that EVOLVES into an omnipotent being. Make your mind up Christians, either accept evolution or reject it completely.

That is a ...
By: Diomedes01. on 29 Jun 08, 13:18:49
That is a contradiction of logic. Being all knowing requires active measurement of any system. Religion stipulates that humans have free will, and that would imply god does not have preconceived future knowledge of events. As such, he would need to continuously monitor any system to be "aware" of all the going ons within it. Which of course, violates the uncertainty principle. To imply he is "all knowing" without the requirement for measurement would state that free will is false.

@Diomedes The ...
By: cydonia21. on 29 Jun 08, 13:12:04
@Diomedes The issue is with measurement. *IF* god was all knowing then he wouldn't need to measure the system therefore would be no uncertainty in that measurement.

Actually, an ...
By: Diomedes01. on 19 Jun 08, 22:59:22
Actually, an omnipotent god violates the laws of physics. Christians assert their god is all knowing and all seeing. The Heisenburg uncertainty principle stipulates that in the subatomic realm, one can know the location or velocity of a particle, but not both simultaneously. Knowing both violates the heisenburg principle. Therefore, nothing can be omnipotent.

if you read prop, ...
By: kmcl11. on 16 Jun 08, 18:56:19
if you read prop, that was not god wrestling.

I admit I didn't ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 28 May 08, 15:45:38
I admit I didn't see this survey. I was contacted by someone who said he was writing a book based on it. True, I haven't been able to verify the data supposedly collected but that's no worse than Christians who make the same glib claims about atheists without any data to back it up. If it is true, it's no surprise.

QUOTE: "survey says ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 28 May 08, 15:43:07
QUOTE: "survey says: Most men need more than one woman, whereas most women need less than one man;" ????? What does this "survey" mean by "need" and how was it conducted exactly?

How many sock ...
By: x00p3. on 28 May 08, 14:32:57
How many sock puppet accounts do you have?

Nice tie Charles ...
By: manofchelan. on 28 May 08, 13:42:25
Nice tie Charles Manson

Skeptic Bible Study: Gospel Lies
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Why we know that "St. Matthew" (or whoever wrote that book) was a liar.

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QUOTE: "no it ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 03 Sep 08, 15:21:51
QUOTE: "no it doesnt. it shows that you cant read and youre full of crap." LOL. Well, since you seem to be down to ad hominems, I think we're done and I'll let the readers decide for themselves.

no it doesnt. it ...
By: vathuglife101. on 03 Sep 08, 12:52:19
no it doesnt. it shows that you cant read and youre full of crap.

QUOTE: "you just ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 02 Sep 08, 18:42:49
QUOTE: "you just provided two quotes from John!" Which shows the Bible can't keep its story straight.

so it clearly says ...
By: vathuglife101. on 02 Sep 08, 18:29:01
so it clearly says he is God, yet you wont address it!?! you just provided two quotes from John!

QUOTE: "take for ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 01 Sep 08, 19:12:01
QUOTE: "take for example John 1:1-3." That's a different passage than the ones we're discussing.

that doesnt deny ...
By: vathuglife101. on 01 Sep 08, 18:23:28
that doesnt deny his divinity, though. take for example John 1:1-3. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made."

QUOTE: "those ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 01 Sep 08, 18:19:19
QUOTE: "those scriptures dont deny the divinity of Christ" They treat Jesus as being a separate being from Yahweh.

those scriptures ...
By: vathuglife101. on 01 Sep 08, 18:06:10
those scriptures dont deny the divinity of Christ, but they affirm the trinity. just like Christ's baptism. the fact that Christ was God in the flesh does not deny that he was God. christianity is monotheism just like Judaism, which it doesnt contradict. pagans believed in dozens of deities which fought and competed against each other.

QUOTE: "the gospel ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 01 Sep 08, 17:04:54
QUOTE: "the gospel of John and the epistles all say he was God." Except where they don't. John 14:28 John 20:17 1Cor 11:3 Col 3:1 1Tim 2:5 And Christianity itself contradicts Jewish teachings. The religion is a confusing amalgamation of Judaism and Paganism.

obviously you didnt ...
By: vathuglife101. on 01 Sep 08, 16:32:53
obviously you didnt read the scriptures. only God can forgive people's sins, and the Jews knew this. yet Jesus claimed to be God because he said he had the power to forgive people's sins. he also said he was lord of the sabbath, which was created by God. not to mention, that Jesus said he was eternal. the gospel of John and the epistles all say he was God. the only failure is that of yours to interpret the Word.

Luke 6:5, Matthew ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 30 Aug 08, 17:35:04
Luke 6:5, Matthew 12:8 Fail (Son of man =/= God) Matthew 19:28 Fail. (God's will =/= Jesus is God) Matthew 9:3-6 Fail. See above. Mark 2:5-11 Fail. See above. Next?

Luke 6:5, Matthew ...
By: vathuglife101. on 30 Aug 08, 17:13:36
Luke 6:5, Matthew 12:8, Matthew 19:28, Mark 2:5-11, Matthew 9:3-6

Provide me any ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 30 Aug 08, 16:29:06
Provide me any other quote from the synoptics that supports the idea that Jesus is God.

the trinity is ...
By: vathuglife101. on 30 Aug 08, 16:26:54
the trinity is everywhere in the new testament, especially at christ's baptism.

Oddly enough, the ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 30 Aug 08, 16:24:52
Oddly enough, the one verse in the synoptics that could be interpreted to be a reference to the trinity is a misquote of Isaiah.

probably because ...
By: vathuglife101. on 30 Aug 08, 15:08:04
probably because Jesus is Emmanuel. in the bible, people were given names that meant something about them. Emmanuel, means "God with us", so Jesus, who is God in the flesh, is with the Isrealites.

Why didn't you ...
By: TomSFox. on 26 Aug 08, 13:27:03
Why didn't you mention that Jesus is not called Emanuel?

Yes I've seen that ...
By: drflynn73. on 12 Aug 08, 09:00:07
Yes I've seen that one. Only seen a handful of your videos but I will see them all eventually. From what I have read, and from common sense, Jesus either never existed or the gospel stories when forged were attributed to a real Jesus who never did or said 99% of what is in the gospels. Which is basically equivalent to him never existing. Even if he really existed then you'd have a bloody hard time trying to distinguish what parts of the gospel are true or what parables can be attributed to JC

QUOTE: "John thanks ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 11 Aug 08, 15:04:52
QUOTE: "John thanks for all your hard work and research again. But why don't you use your talents for 'good' instead of evil? You could start an evangelical cult and make a bucket load of cash. A lot more money in that than in writting skeptic/atheist books." Stupid conscience! Did you see my reading of the TF in my "Debunking Christian Apologetics: Josephus Part II"? I think I could do it if I had no conscience or self-respect.

John thanks for all ...
By: drflynn73. on 11 Aug 08, 07:33:11
John thanks for all your hard work and research again. But why don't you use your talents for 'good' instead of evil? You could start an evangelical cult and make a bucket load of cash. A lot more money in that than in writting skeptic/atheist books.

i assume u believe ...
By: Antisyncretism. on 31 Jul 08, 18:54:17
i assume u believe what he says about Tiberius.

Tacitus is the " ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 31 Jul 08, 18:53:10
Tacitus is the "best" evidence for Jesus. It's second century, contains an error, it revolves around a questionable event in history, it wasn't quoted before the 5th century and it's an oblique reference. Get back to me.

ive seen ur vids u ...
By: Antisyncretism. on 31 Jul 08, 18:44:30
ive seen ur vids u shamelessly wipe off the evidence. For example u said that because Tacitus refered to Pilate as Procurator either the gospels got it wrong or he did and cant be trusted because he did...when its just a title change

No, I mean to say ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 31 Jul 08, 18:42:25
No, I mean to say that YOU believe in something and I'm still waiting to see the evidence for it.

o pullllllleezzz ...
By: Antisyncretism. on 31 Jul 08, 17:32:07
o pullllllleezzz dont tell me u hate using the word : believe

Skeptic Bible Study: Jesus Timeline
Posted by: JohnLArmstrong

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An attempt to place the events related in the Gospels onto a historical timeline to show how they can't be reconciled with one another.

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You forgot to point ...
By: wolfwing1. on 04 Sep 08, 15:00:19
You forgot to point out that Jeuss starting his ministry in the 13 year of Tiberius would have put him as being born around 1 BC between the two other dates given for his birth.

This is a solid ...
By: groundhog0339. on 28 Aug 08, 22:51:53
This is a solid theory and much more believable than that Luke, who mentioned "the census" in Acts, simply forgot when the most infamous census and taxation in first century Jewish history happened. More believable is that he was using a well known event (the infamous census) to let his readers know that Jesus was born way back when it was first proposed (since many would still remember). This would give his readers a common point of reference in time.

Indeed, 7BC is too ...
By: groundhog0339. on 28 Aug 08, 22:44:28
Indeed, 7BC is too early for the birth of Jesus. However, the full census, which was finally carried out under Quirinius in 6AD, probably didn't happen overnight. It was extremely unpopular with the Jews and eventually lead to a war. In support of a 5BC or 4BC date, we could say reasonably that Herod was dragging his feet. He enrolled but wavered on taxing. He ordered everyone to return to their tribal hometown to stall for time. Fed up, Rome finally sent the malicious Quirinius to collect.

Doesn't matter ...
By: groundhog0339. on 27 Aug 08, 21:41:22
Doesn't matter anyways, the passage in Luke isn't saying that Quinirius was governor in 6 BC anyways.

QUOTE: "Add to that ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 27 Aug 08, 20:25:49
QUOTE: "Add to that we don't know who was governing Syria at 6BC." Wasn't it Varus? In any event, Jesus would have been way too old by the time of the start of his ministry if he was born in 7 BCE.

This is still a ...
By: groundhog0339. on 27 Aug 08, 19:24:50
This is still a problem though. We do know: 1) First and second century writers claimed to have seen the Roman census records and asked any doubters to look for themselves. We can safely say Joseph and Mary were registered. 2) However, if Herod did get orders to "enroll" the Jews in 8 or 7 BC, he certainly took his sweet time doing it. Did Rome get fed up and send Quirinius to do the job; After all, it did lead to the wars of the Jews. Add to that we don't know who was governing Syria at 6BC.

Following Luke's ...
By: groundhog0339. on 27 Aug 08, 19:13:56
Following Luke's particular use of Greek grammar (thinking like a Aramaic speaking, first century Jew) this reads: "Now it happened in those days, that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled. This registration became most prominent when Quirinius was governing Syria." Luke is referencing when the decree to tax the world went out (8 or 7BC) and said it was a continuation of this same census that Quirinus carried out (causing the war of the Jews).

Awesome video. It's ...
By: JSResponds. on 04 Aug 08, 22:08:20
Awesome video. It's really helpful to have all of this laid out, since the bible is so confusing.

there's a lot of ...
By: migkillertwo. on 30 Jul 08, 07:29:02
there's a lot of research involved.

and i cant beleive ...
By: bradreed. on 25 Jul 08, 04:06:32
and i cant beleive migkiller2 hasnt responded to this vid. must be past his beddtime, or he got grounded

come on, john. ...
By: bradreed. on 25 Jul 08, 04:04:43
come on, john. since there are no contradictions in the bible, this cant be true. kidding, of course. keep up the good work.

Hmmm ... He was ...
By: jcr4runner. on 24 Jul 08, 22:44:47
Hmmm ... He was conducting a war and received governorship over two provinces in Asia Minor, that was probably up until about 6 to 5 B.C. Then we have two very scant mentions of him in passing from Tacitus and Florus saying he was conducting campaigns "in the east." Syria was the easternmost province of Rome at that time and Judea was under its jurisdiction. We only know Quirinius was "in the east." Furthermore, there is no record who was governor of Syria from late 4 B.C. to 1 B.C.

With any ancient ...
By: jcr4runner. on 24 Jul 08, 22:35:59
With any ancient chronology if you can get within 18 months you are doing great. it's quite easy to do that with a Jesus time-line.

QUOTE: "Quirinius ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 24 Jul 08, 21:50:21
QUOTE: "Quirinius was a procurator in 4 B.C. according to Justin and not a governor." Wasn't he the governor of a province in modern Turkey at that time?

QUOTE: "The fact ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 24 Jul 08, 21:48:33
QUOTE: "The fact that Mark doesn't use ?????????????? to refer to Antipas doesn't matter at all in this argument since he NEVER mentions Herod the Great." Primarily because that part of the story hadn't been written yet.

QUOTE: "I don't ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 24 Jul 08, 21:40:18
QUOTE: "I don't know where you get 20 B.C. from." The footnotes of my Bible. QUOTE: "Where is the problem?" It would take another video to fully review the truckload of fudge you're asking me to swallow, including errors by historians and creative translations and interpretations. At some point in the midst of all these mental gymnastics, we need to invoke Occam's Razor and ask if it's just more likely that the gaffes are due to two story-tellers, "Matt" and "Luke", working independently.

This all assumes ...
By: Maximara. on 24 Jul 08, 21:32:29
This all assumes Luke has not changed over time. Scholars have been able to reconstruct the Luke Marcion used in his Bible c135 CE and that Luke starts at Luke 3:1. While Tertullian derides this he doesn't quote anything from Luke 1-2 making you wonder if those passages existed in the original or were added later.

QUOTE: "What ABOUT ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 24 Jul 08, 20:50:45
QUOTE: "What ABOUT John? Can you be more specific." I was in my video but I ran out of characters in my text response.

CORRECTION: 2. ...
By: jcr4runner. on 24 Jul 08, 20:25:14
CORRECTION: 2. Herodias married Herod Philip's half-brother, Herod Antipas while PHILIP was still alive.

Does your question: ...
By: jcr4runner. on 24 Jul 08, 20:03:42
Does your question: "What about John?" has to do with when the Temple was cleansed by Jesus? My sources say that Herod the Great began construction of the Temple c.19 B.C. "C." stands for "AROUND." No one knows the exact year. I don't know where you get 20 B.C. from. For the sake of argument, let's say that it was AROUND 18 B.C. If we add 46 to -18 and subtract 1 (no "year zero") we get a date of AROUND 27 A.D. That's right around the beginning of Jesus ministry. Where is the problem?

1. John was exactly ...
By: jcr4runner. on 24 Jul 08, 19:46:26
1. John was exactly six months older than Jesus. There is no definite time period given for the start of John the Baptist's ministry. You don't know how much time he "needed." 2. Herodias married Herod Philip's half-brother, Herod Antipas while Antipas was still alive. According to Josephus: "Herodias took upon her to confound the laws of our country, and divorced herself from her husband while he was alive, and was married to Herod Antipas." 3. What ABOUT John? Can you be more specific.

I just put on 2 ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 24 Jul 08, 19:27:33
I just put on 2 pounds just reading all your fudge factors that you want to introduce. First of all, it was Jesus who was about 30, not JTB. Since 5 BCE is the latest he could have been born and stay consistent with Matthew, we're still a few years too early for the start of JTB's ministry. Also, the start of JTB's ministry =/= the start of JC's. First, JTB needed time to get his ministry off the ground. Second, Antipas' brother didn't die until 34 CE. Third, what about John?

Augustus died on ...
By: jcr4runner. on 24 Jul 08, 17:21:33
Augustus died on August 19, 14 A.D. The Jewish New Year started in September. Count all of Tiberius' years (including 14) from 14 to 27 A.D. and you get the 14th year of Tiberius. Add an extra year because the New Year began in September. September, 27 A.D. was "in the 15th year." Jesus was baptized by John when he was "about 30 years of age" (Luke 3:23). We can put the beginning of John's ministry sometime around 26 or 27. And Jesus ministry six months after that. Where is the problem?

???????? isn't used ...
By: jcr4runner. on 24 Jul 08, 16:30:32
???????? isn't used one time in Luke 3:1. The word used is ?????????????? (or "Tetrarch"). The fact that Mark doesn't use ?????????????? to refer to Antipas doesn't matter at all in this argument since he NEVER mentions Herod the Great. Antipas was Tetrarch and not governor of Galilee and never was ruler of Judea. Luke 1:5 refers to King Herod the Great "of Judea" who lived until 4 B.C. Quirinius was a procurator in 4 B.C. according to Justin and not a governor.

QUOTE: "Where is ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 24 Jul 08, 14:50:45
QUOTE: "Where is the problem?" Other than the fact you seem to be making it up as you go along, Luke specifically mentions that JTB started his ministry in 29 CE. Additionally, this is the year JTB got STARTED. A successful ministry where you have people asking if you're Elijah reincarnated isn't built overnight, especially when you don't have magic powers. Additionally, your dates allow for four (4) Passovers during JC's ministry. John only mentions 3.

Skeptic Bible Study: Pedophilia in the Bible
Posted by: JohnLArmstrong

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The Bible fails to condemn the crime of pedophilia and may even endorse the practice.

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"all the women ...
By: Meerschweinschen1. on 06 Sep 08, 05:20:45
"all the women children, keep alive for yourselves" Does that necessarily mean take them as sex slaves? You're the one with the sordid mind - a product of a society with decreasing sexual morality. Just flick through the music channels to see how far we've deteriorated over the last decade or so.

What was there for ...
By: Meerschweinschen1. on 06 Sep 08, 05:01:19
What was there for a girl to do after reaching puberty apart from marriage? That was a society without school, college or University. That was a world where women did not work or have any meaningful roles. Sounds grim to us today but that was how the world worked, regardless of religion.

The NIV bible I ...
By: phyxiu. on 05 Sep 08, 18:08:36
The NIV bible I have in my hands says in Numbers 31:18, "but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man." This verse is not talking about children as you pointed out. It's talking about the Midianite virgin women. In fact, there are many verses that point to abstaining from immorality and the building up of Christian character, not to mention Matthew 18:5-6, which regards pedophilia as being absolutely unacceptable. Please be more responsible with your reporting.

QUOTE: "The sane ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 29 Aug 08, 05:26:38
QUOTE: "The sane believers only draw guidance to enhance their existing morals." aka "cherry picking"

Life is one big ...
By: someMessiah. on 29 Aug 08, 02:59:55
Life is one big test comprising other tests. Test for what? A person may have worked hard and given so much to others but might not have left any legacy through no fault of his own. The theory that consciousness survives death means that individuals may receive the fruits of their labor. We simply can't say for sure but an assessment normally follows any test.

"Is the Bible the ...
By: someMessiah. on 29 Aug 08, 02:52:16
"Is the Bible the Word of God or not?" Yes, there's a holographic video on the inside back cover where god endorses the message... Unfortunately for most people it's a philosophical question with an open discussion "If it is, don't give me that relative morality crap." You probably think that believing it's the word of God revealed to a foreign culture thousands of years ago, then we need to implement it in our society. The sane believers only draw guidance to enhance their existing morals.

QUOTE: "Morals may ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 28 Aug 08, 15:51:21
QUOTE: "Morals may change. They are relative to a time and place in societal evolution." Is the Bible the Word of God or not? If it is, don't give me that relative morality crap. If it isn't, do what I do with it.

Killing all the ...
By: SirRhodesBoyson. on 28 Aug 08, 10:35:35
Killing all the males of a tribe sounds harsh but it may have been the only way to incapacitate its army - with their not being any large secure incarceration complexes in the bronze age desert. Morals may change. They are relative to a time and place in societal evolution.

QUOTE: "Rules of ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 28 Aug 08, 06:16:15
QUOTE: "Rules of war have changed in the last 60 years. You're applying modern international law to the alleged israeli-midianite war 3500 years ago." I expect that a war run by God would be according to the highest moral standards of all.

The nuclear bombing ...
By: LardonEredesco. on 28 Aug 08, 02:24:37
The nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki would not have passed the Geneva conventions but many americans today still believe they were justified. Rules of war have changed in the last 60 years. You're applying modern international law to the alleged israeli-midianite war 3500 years ago.

People might think ...
By: Sageking08. on 23 Aug 08, 22:17:32
People might think that those old testament laws are farout but there ARE lots of Springerguest-like people who have sex with their cousins and their cousin's farm animals.

Expressing ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 18 Aug 08, 15:37:36
Expressing uncertainty about things we're not certain of is intellectual honesty.

you skeptics sure ...
By: gittahfiend. on 18 Aug 08, 12:36:41
you skeptics sure use a lot of "what if's". how can you debate something YOU'RE not even sure of?

lol That's great ...
By: omniwise. on 18 Aug 08, 12:20:39
lol That's great bro.

I've asked this ...
By: JohnLArmstrong. on 18 Aug 08, 04:19:27
I've asked this before. What if Moses were brought up on crimes of war at the Hague? Wouldn't he be charged for giving an order like, "keep the women children for yourselves."?

Now you're just ...
By: Jeremyguru. on 18 Aug 08, 01:38:11
Now you're just being dishonest. The verse says what it says. If it makes you uncomfortable, I understand. Yahweh trusted Moses with the 1

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