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On Jul 5, 5:53�pm, "Smiler" <Smi...@Joe.King.com> wrote:
> "rbwinn" <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote in message
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> On Jul 4, 10:38 am, The Natural Philosopher <a...@b.c> wrote:
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> > rbwinn wrote:
> > > On Jul 4, 2:46 am, The Natural Philosopher <a...@b.c> wrote:
> > >> rbwinn wrote:
> > >>> On Jul 3, 12:42 pm, The Natural Philosopher <a...@b.c> wrote:
> > >>>> rbwinn wrote:
> > >>>>> On Jul 3, 9:22 am, The Natural Philosopher <a...@b.c> wrote:
> > >>>>>> rbwinn wrote:
> > >>>>>>> On Jul 3, 9:00?am, The Loan Arranger <no...@nowhere.invalid>
> > >>>>>>> wrote:
> > >>>>>>>> rbwinn wrote:
> > >>>>>>>> (HUGE amount of unnecessary quoting snipped)
> > >>>>>>>>> The Gnostiocs wrote a bunch of garbage about their theory that
> > >>>>>>>>> Jesus
> > >>>>>>>>> Christ did not suffer or die on the cross because he was a God.
> > >>>>>>>>> ?They
> > >>>>>>>>> were trying to combine Christianity with Greek mythology.
> > >>>>>>>> The Catholic Church, on the other hand, tried to merge it with as
> > >>>>>>>> many
> > >>>>>>>> different contemporary religions as possible, in order to make
> > >>>>>>>> Christianity an easier pill to swallow for "pagan" worshippers.
> > >>>>>>>> At least
> > >>>>>>>> the Gnostics had the style to call on classical influences!
> > >>>>>>>> TLA
> > >>>>>>> That is correct about the Catholic Church. Fortunately, they were
> > >>>>>>> able to keep the Bible pretty much intact.
> > >>>>>> Of course. They *wrote* it and edited out what they didn't want in
> > >>>>>> it.
> > >>>>>> Why change a winning formula?
> > >>>>>>> Robert B. Winn- Hide quoted text -
> > >>>>> The Catholics did not write the Bible. The entire Old Testament was
> > >>>>> written by the Jews. The New Testament was written by apostles and
> > >>>>> disciples of Jesus Christ.
> > >>>> It was not. Only one gospel in the NT to my not too certain knowledge
> > >>>> was written by a disciple or apostle.
> > >>>> Paul was most certainly neither.
> > >>>>> Robert B. Winn- Hide quoted text -
> > >>> Well, the fact of the matter is that Jesus Christ is the one who
> > >>> decides who the apostles will be.
> > >> Ok..so theres this dude you say was dead, and then these guys come
> > >> along
> > >> years later and write a tabloid account for heir paymatsers, and this
> > >> dead guy appears and says 'these are apostles right: I appointed them'
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> > >> Y'know, I could believe walking on water easier than that.
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> > >> I think you should study circular logic.
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> > >> Like
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> > >> I. TNP, am actuallyt God.
> > >> Everything I say is therefore True.
> > >> Therefore when I say I am god, I AM gGodt, and don't you forget it.
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> > >> Matthew and John were apostles.
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> > >>> Peter, James, and Paul were apostles. Luke and Mark were disciples.
> > >>> Now the fact that modern atheists may attempt to demote or
> > >>> excommunicate writers of the New Testament does not change their
> > >>> standing in the church. Modern atheists are the ones who have no
> > >>> standing in the church.
> > >> Do you realise how little I care about the Church?
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> > > Yes, that is why you have no standing in the church.
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> > >> The religion and the messages of a half decent prophet with a kind
> > >> heart
> > >> have some merit, but the church is well past its sell by date, and,
> > >> always was, and always will be a political institution with almost no
> > >> value in terms of spiritual endeavour, whatsoever.
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> > >> You probably believed in GW Bush as well.
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> > >> Sucker.
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> > > I ran against G W Bush. What did you do, vote for John Kerry?
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> > There is a bigger world out here than the USA. I live on a continient
> > that is larger and has three times the population and has been civilized
> > a lot longer, and is called Europe.
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> > I don't you could even name one European politician.
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> Adolf Hitler was a European politician. � So was Josef Stalin.
> Robert B. Winn
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> Wow! You're getting better. 60% correct.
> Clue...80% of Russia is in Asia.
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> Smiler,
> The godless one
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Mao Tse Tung was an Asian politician.
Robert B. Winn