September 2008 SCrewballs

[jpholding]

So JP, how does it feel to be both a Kung Fu Master AND a Godfather? XDDDDDD

It's hard to decide whether to order Chinese or Italian.


One of Dumplin's readers wins:

How do you tolerate reading anything by that guy? About 2 years ago, I spent some time on Tweb debating with him and a few others, and he’s largely the reason I left. It’s like dealing with a monkey; you spend all your time avoiding the lumps of crap that he throws at you.

Still, good stuff. This is the only atheist blog that I actually *enjoy* reading, and I say that as an atheist myself. You and I have come from similar backgrounds, I expect.

This turns out to be "MikeWC" from here -- who was your typical fundy atheist moron who could never answer an argument.


Reader sends:

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Society and religion should re-evaluate stances of love/friendship.

Mainly, both should question the signifigance [sic] of both values in a world that is increasingly favoring detachment. Individuals today are more capable of living alone and succeeding in this day and age more than any other and it is only going to increase. The situation of global warming favors individuals not procreating and not squandering resources in some worthless familial or communal traditions. Even the issue of privacy is growing to a rate that favors the individual over that of the family. In this context, such relationships are more of a hassle than anything else, humans no longer need secular or religious communities to survive.

[jpholding]

Dr William Halfwit left this comment to my comment on a review of Salm's "Myth of Nazareth" where I noted Salm's errors:

Robert Price's endorsement of Salm's book is an excellent recommendation of its accuracy. But an even better argument for its validity is that it is denounced by an apologist as incompetent and intellectually challenged as JP Holding (pseudonym), whom Farrell Till described as "a cartoon character who came to life by some as-yet-unexplained mechanism." Even scholars who had previously leaned over backward to treat Holding with respect ceased doing so as a response to his character assassination of Robert Price, a member of the Jesus Seminar whose competence even theologians acknowledge.

I told him to come here.

[Challenger Grim]

JP, is this screwball worthy? (strikes me at least as bad as the CoC's opinion on instruments)
http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/sh...&postcount=108

"if the CoC are ever unsure, they err on the side of caution. "

If the COC is the true church (they are NOT) then how come the representative body of Christ in Earth full of knowledge from the Holy Spirit is so "UNSURE" about musical instruments?

Salvation is not a matter of being "UNSURE" , "ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION'.

The true church (NOT THE COC) KNOWS FOR SURE that using musical instruments is the PREFERED way that GOD wants worship.

If God is going to send to HELL all those who use pipes and tambours why did GOD HIMSELF created them?


Ezekiel 28:13"GOD CREATED PIPES AND TAMBOURS FOR CELEBRATION"
"The workmanship of thy tambours and of thy pipes was in thee: in the day that thou wast created were they prepared."

[Mountain Man]

I wonder how universalists explain away all the parables about Wailing and Gnashing of Teeth.

They don't. The usual course of action for the Universalist is to simply ignore any scripture that contradicts their theology.

[Challenger Grim]

They don't. The usual course of action for the Universalist is to simply ignore any scripture that contradicts their theology.

I have heard some say that "oh hell is just temporary, that they'll suffer for a bit and then be reconciled to Jesus.
Examples:
http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/sh...&postcount=104
http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/sh...&postcount=113
http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/sh...&postcount=114

[jpholding]

They don't. The usual course of action for the Universalist is to simply ignore any scripture that contradicts their theology.

Or redefine words like "eternal."

Or make emotional appeals to God's looooooove.

Or run away crying that you're too mean.

[MarcusAndreas]

We're soooooo mean!!!

[jpholding]

DJ wins for posting this:

http://debunkingchristianity.blogspo...ament-for.html

Never occurs to him that maybe Gushee is just an exegetical moron.

Also, Edski wins Gold for his whole message in the slogan thread, but this really stood out:

Moreover, in Paul's letters, our earliest sources in the N.T., the talk about "the Lord's coming" wasn't particularly well connected with the destruction of Jerusalem, nor was talk about the coming of the Lord linked to warnings to flee from Jerusalem.

Um, gee, that's just what people in places like Thessalonoica and Corinth would need -- warnings to flee Jerusalem. Duh ah....

[Mountain Man]

Screwball nomination for saladfingers:

What kind of changes in the whole scheme of things would there be if the Holy Spirit would have been incarnated instead of the Son. Or how about if the Father became incarnated while the Son and the Holy Spirit stayed back?

He posted it two days ago, and I bet he's wondering why nobody has bothered responding.

[jpholding]

Screwball nomination for saladfingers:

He posted it two days ago, and I bet he's wondering why nobody has bothered responding.

Because they're so busy trying to figure out what would happen if beans were peas.

[One Bad Pig]

We're soooooo mean!!!

You'll spend eons in Purgatory for that.

[Chaotic Void]

You'll spend eons in Purgatory for that.

Purgatory for being mean? I could take that..

Beats being on the Highway to Hell just because I doubt the validity of YEC, like a friend of mine thinks I am.

[JB]

Griggsy... isn't okay in the head, is he?

How could Yahweh have resurrected His son,himelf and also the Holy Ghost, if not by the magic of let there be? So, Christians think that rational persons should accept what cannot by nature be? How could a disembodied man work , and how could there be such a mind without the body that is a brain? It takes the self-brainwashing of faith, the we just say so of credulity to accept the Resurrection.
Why not accept the resurrection of Apollonius of Tyana? Yeshua is just another savior-god and miracle monger, a man of his times.All the religions of the Roman Empire were unique, born in a superstitious milieu. Only by force of arms and no freedom of religion could Christinsanity survive!
Double depression is ever so depressing! Your neurotic but happy depressive. Please support mental health!

[MarcusAndreas]

I nominate Robert Price for claiming that Paul never believed in the resurrection.

Sure, Bob, and the Pope isn't Catholic either.

[JonLanceBarker]

I nominate Robert Price for claiming that Paul never believed in the resurrection.

Sure, Bob, and the Pope isn't Catholic either.

He's not.