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I think you're getting that confused with the guy who coined the term 'meme' lol

I absolutely agree that many who claim to follow a certain religion often uses it as a base armor to defend and justify their own failings and immoral actions... I also agree that striving to be the same as a role model like Jesus is a commendable thing in itself.

Herbert

It's also well known that you can't 'force' anyone to truly believe anything. If it happens it's because the individual really wanted it, and proselytizing just makes potential converts angry. Much like telemarketers are wont to do. :P

here's a fun fact: I can Macgyver just about anything using office/warehouse supplies. :D (Once made a crossbow out of some broken pieces of a skid and Allen wrenches

^ is one of the more enthusiastic people on this board :D

Andy - it was 1 John 4:18 (im no biblical scholar lol) but regardless of cleanse or cure, leprosy is a bacterial infection caused by Mycobacterium leprae...so the ritual is still false. As for the spotted sheep bit, I've never heard of it :P --Justin We should probably start another thread...

Ferdinand

Arnie, use Richard Dawkins. He's contemporary lol Justin: I know exactly what you mean about being terrified that there is nothing after death. It's actually my greatest fear and has kept me up for more nights than I can count. However, on the other hand...it also shows how utterly incredible...

Justin, if Hell is my destiny and God wants to torture me forever for not believing in him (even though he knew, eons before, that I would grow up to be an Athiest) while convicted murderers and rapists get a free pass if they repent and believe. Than that is not a loving God. Also...what...

I won't dismiss the information, Andy, go for it. :P

Selene, well said. :) I have no problem with people interpreting a bible as the basis of their moral being. But as you said, it is clearly open for quite a bit of interpretation

Hey BigAndyy :D Just one example of each is Inconsistency: You must Love God - Matthew 22:37, Mark 12:30, Luke 10:27 You must Fear God - Luke 12:5, Psalms 33:8, Deuteronomy 6:13 There is no fear in Love - John 4:18 Contradiction: the issue of...

I'm sorry if I offend anyone on here. Justin, you claim that only the Bible, God's word as you said it, is the only source of truth. Yet the Bible holds far too many inconsistencies, falsehoods and contradictions to be dictated by an omnipotent universe-creator.

Justin, there are many things I would like to say to you about that post, but common courtesy, a respect for the beliefs of others on here, will prevent me from voicing them at the moment. I would just like to say that you are in dire need of experience and human contact outside of your church...

Not all Jews were in the concentration camps, som I'm sure many of their leaders were more than 'skin and bones'. This was also an initiative of the UN. Not just a rabble establishing a country in a day. If you count them being created in a day by the time they signed the papers and such, than...

Well thank you, I had a great time! The 'Darwin and his monkeys' statement is a little rediculous :P, but I do believe the theory of evolution is true. It not only accurately explains the reason we have variation in species, but also why species continue to change and evolve through the present...

* I think you're making a few statements based on opinion here. Most notably that you don't believe they were 'religious jews' and that they fell blindly into a name so widely used in the OT without realizing it. **As for the "difficulty" they had in namng it, anything named by committee will...

I have a few objections to that... Firstly, if you proved God existed tomorrow, I would be the first to convert and praise him. What I have seen however is that the more we discover about the world by studying and refining our observations. The less the bible holds up as a credible source. I...

You would know, Andy. Cause I won!! :D