March 2009 Screwballs

[Michelle]

A german newspaper named StreetWorker has Zeitgeist on their front page. Oh man ...

[Pumbelo]

They are explaining how great it is. It really hurts.

By the way, screwball to the new Southpark Episode "Margaritaville". It's pretty good, but it's a parody of the Jesus story. God is the economy, Kyle is Jesus and Cartman is Judas. The government parody is brilliant, but I think the christianity-parody could be more decent.

[LilPunkishOfTerror]

How can you expect toilet humour cartoons be anything BUT indecent?

[jpholding]

How can you expect toilet humour cartoons be anything BUT indecent?

Not only that but the quality of the ART....

[LilPunkishOfTerror]

you call that art? Does it have a silent f?

[Mountain Man]

... I wonder that too. I just went to Admist the Powers where Wink, Hauerwas, and Dawn were giving plenaries. We had to find our own food. There was music and such. $69 for group rate. Maybe these guys don't have sponsors?

But even without sponsors, I don't see how an event as low-key as what they're advertising could cost so much to attend.

[Truth be Told]

UGH. Platinum nom for book of the year to William Lobdell's Losing My Religion. The man has serious personal problems and takes it out on everyone else! I'm writing a review of it for the E-Block.

I don't know, Holding. He seems like an alright person. He's allot more subtle than Loftus and most of the other crap you get from other people. I've read some of his book too, and I don't get the impression that he somehow "takes it out on everyone else!"

You don't think you're getting a little extreme with how you refer to people in your screwball threads? You sort of take the bashing to a personal level, almost as if we should discredit them as a person all based on their imperfect arguments. I'm not saying I neccessarily agree with them 100%, but I do think we should be giving people a chance when it comes to considering the seriousness of their writings and arguments. At least give them the benefit of the doubt.

[Mountain Man]

He seems like an alright person. He's allot more subtle than Loftus and most of the other crap you get from other people.

Subtle and wrong is still wrong.

[jpholding]

I don't know, Holding. He seems like an alright person. He's allot more subtle than Loftus and most of the other crap you get from other people. I've read some of his book too, and I don't get the impression that he somehow "takes it out on everyone else!"

You don't think you're getting a little extreme with how you refer to people in your screwball threads? You sort of take the bashing to a personal level, almost as if we should discredit them as a person all based on their imperfect arguments. I'm not saying I neccessarily agree with them 100%, but I do think we should be giving people a chance when it comes to considering the seriousness of their writings and arguments. At least give them the benefit of the doubt.

Meh....

I'll send you a copy of my review when it's done. Should be in the next day or two; you can decide for yourself. I think I gave the guy plenty of chances to prove himself.

[Truth be Told]

I think I gave the guy plenty of chances to prove himself.

Personal dialogue? Anything of that nature?

I read the book myself and I think you trying to say that he's simply attacking from every angle of perspective is a little shallow and low to say myself. He seems like a decent and honest person, and he stands out in his experiences as a journalist.

It just doesn't seem right for you to be putting down someone like that on the basis that you don't agree with their conclusions. I try to be friendly and objective when it comes to you and your friends here, but I feel as though you've become accustomed (maybe you've always been this way) to judging people based on the conclusions they come to from their own personal experiences. Have you actually met the man himself or are you going to judge him merely by his book?

[One Bad Pig]

humanevitae on interpreting the Bible:

For the record: One interpretation is inherently correct. It is always found in the teachings of the Catholic Church. Not only that but the Catholic Church is not like any other organization on Earth. It is 2100 years old, it was established by Jesus, and it is guided and watched over by the Holy Spirit. There never has been an organization like the Catholic Church and there will never be another.

[jpholding]

Personal dialogue? Anything of that nature?

I read the book myself and I think you trying to say that he's simply attacking from every angle of perspective is a little shallow and low to say myself. He seems like a decent and honest person, and he stands out in his experiences as a journalist.

Well, we'll see.....

[jpholding]

Note to self:

Platinum nom to James Randi for endorsing Rene Salm's Nazareth Myth!

[Pumbelo]

Note to self:

Platinum nom to James Randi for endorsing Rene Salm's Nazareth Myth!

Oh man. That's definitely worth a platinum.

[jpholding]

http://skippytheskeptic.blogspot.com...rene-salm.html

Although this guy, a Skeptic, disses Rene Salm, he deserves a Screwball for this:

*Actually, a large percentage of the unfavorable reviews floating around out there trace back to a Theology Web user called J.P. Holding, aka Robert Turkel, aka the guy that runs that Tektonics apologetics website. He's not held in high regard even for an apologist, and a Google search for "Robert Turkel intellectual dishonesty" returns nearly 900 hits.