May 2008 Screwballs

[Mountain Man]

It speaks for Edski's lack of intellectual horsepower that book titles and descriptions are enough to give him an "education".

I bet it saves a lot of time at the library though.

[TolkienFan]

Guess who? Yup, saladfingers is at it again. When he asked a question of if shame is the same as embarrassment, I referred him back to the article he's quoted the abstract from for a succinct defintion of shame. He responded with this:

Oh thanks! Can you also tell me where I might be able to learn more about migration patterns of mallard ducks in the Louisiana Bayou? Or anything about the Barabaig tribe in Tanzania?

http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/sh...25&postcount=4

[historic salve]

Saladfingers is racking them up this month. On martyrs who get what they deserve:

As it has already been established in another thread, there was no persecution during the first decade or 2 (save the ones like Stephen who outright provoked authoritative figures with insults in public...but I don't call that persecution...I call that suicide).

http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/sh...30&postcount=7

[TolkienFan]

And this guy is a Christian too!

[Mountain Man]

And this guy is a Christian too!

He is?

I assumed he was just another fundy skeptic.

Oh, and I like how he says the Christian church wasn't persecuted for 1 or 2 generations and then tries to dismiss obvious examples of persecution as the exceptions.

[TolkienFan]

Originally posted by Mountain Man

He is?

It says Christian (other) on his profile.

I assumed he was just another fundy skeptic.

He sure does sound like one.

Oh, and I like how he says the Christian church wasn't persecuted for 1 or 2 generations and then tries to dismiss obvious examples of persecution as the exceptions.

Sad isn't it? Personally, I think he's the frontrunner for Platinum n00b (I say that even with an outstanding class like billywheaton, HyperBrain, and MikeWright).

[TolkienFan]

They just keep on coming. Yet another one from saladfingers.

Every time I hear of a modern day martyr somewhere in a muslim African territory, I just cannot help to think to myself " why were they there in the first place"? I just don't understand it.

http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/sh...0&postcount=13

[jpholding]

http://www.tektoonics.com/etc/parody/apr08scr.html

April feature is up.

[Chaotic Void]

This site deserves a Screwball, in my opinion... they're actually defending people who caused the death of their child because they refused to go to a doctor and chose to stay home and pray.
http://www.helptheneumanns.com/

I'm wondering if these people are familiar with "A Negligent Father is worse than No Father at all"..... I'm surprised no one else nominated these people.

ETA: Here's the Link to the News Storyhttp://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=744614

[Raphael]

I don’t know if this will be accepted since it was from last month, but there is this from Amnouy (the first paragraph is regarding the criteria presented by Glenn Miller here [http://www.christian-thinktank.com/copycat.html]):



http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/sh...&postcount=597

I asked for citation of all of these, but he never said anything about Clement, Celsus, and Origen.

In the rest of the thread, he has practically admitted that he can’t meet the legitimate criteria, but simply says they are made up by an inerrantist and therefore invalid.

And though another post has plenty, this bit is especially interesting:



http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/sh...&postcount=600

What’s so funny is he not only got the title of the work wrong, but he’s also wrong about the point that Tatian doesn’t rush to point out that they are superior. Apparently he has never actually read that chapter (see here [http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf02.iii.ii.xxi.html]).

Also this spiel:



http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/sh...&postcount=602

And in the same thread, I like how he dismisses Miller for only having a degree in Computer Science. And yet right next to where Miller says he has two CompSci degrees, he also says he has a ThM in Theology, and has started on a PhD in Philosophy

[A Deeper Look]

SeaSanctuary
ANE is a code word for 'whatever sounds good for Christian apologetics is strongly definitional for everyone involved in Bible times.'

the head in the sand approach works wonders ;-)

[ApologiaPhoenix]

And in the same thread, I like how he dismisses Miller for only having a degree in Computer Science. And yet right next to where Miller says he has two CompSci degrees, he also says he has a ThM in Theology, and has started on a PhD in Philosophy

I'm studying right now under the man he wrote his thesis under.

[Raphael]

I'm studying right now under the man he wrote his thesis under.

cool

[Apologia Xristou]

Pat Condel says, quite rightly, that there are some gosples which show jesus as gay (the ones in the bible) and some which show him as married (the ones the churhc burned and left out of the bible) Hence this is open to dispute.

Pat Condel?

[T-Shirt Ninja]

Quoted from the website clwinche listed:

More to the point, is religious belief a form of mental illness, or is it just a bit of fun ?

Wait, is he BillyWheaton?