June 2012 Screwballs

[T-Shirt Ninja]

SarahB's record is still broken.

[Manwë Súlimo]

Didn't you have something to do with Holding debating Carrier at your father's church? Should your father's opinion of Holding's Insults for Christ carry any sway?

So far we don't see any reputable clergy supporting Holding's paradigm.

It's my assumption your father would not support it. I'm beginning to think that's your assumption, too.

"Yes, my father supports it."
"Well, he's not a reputable clergyman."
"Then why did you ask, igit?!"
"INSULT FOR MIKE LICONA'S CHRIST PARADIGM NOT APPROVED!"

[rogue06]

"Yes, my father supports it."
"Well, he's not a reputable clergyman."
"Then why did you ask, igit?!"
"INSULT FOR MIKE LICONA'S CHRIST PARADIGM NOT APPROVED!"

Sounds like you've got the routine down pat. It's almost like you've seen it over and over and over

[Manwë Súlimo]

Nah, can't be.

[fm93]

"Reputable apologists/clergymen like Lee Strobel don't approve of Holding's Insults for Christ paradigm."

"Yes he does. In his book, he recommends that people check out Holding's work on Tektonics."

"Oh, he must not have read Holding carefully."

"He describes the site as 'feisty.' That can refer only to Holding's riposte-filled articles. That means he read the articles carefully."

"Well, Strobel's not a reputable apologist/clergyman."

[Benson Shays]

Anti-screwballl to Paul Copan for dropping this bomb on every self-righteous, fist-waving atheist in the world.

[Benson Shays]

Didn't you have something to do with Holding debating Carrier at your father's church? Should your father's opinion of Holding's Insults for Christ carry any sway?

I did have something to do with the debate, and Holding wouldn't have been invited if the guy who runs the place didn't approve of JP's methods.

It's my assumption your father would not support it. I'm beginning to think that's your assumption, too.

Well, you've been wrong before.

[Rayado]

Screwball to yet another blithering idiot on Facebook:

Does any theist know of any argument for their god's existence that doesn't involve one or more of the following?
Special Pleading
Question Begging
Circular Reasoning
Assumptions/Assertions being passed off as facts (without adequate proof)
or
The misrepresentation of Scientific data

[ApologiaPhoenix]

Screwball to a comment I received in Doubting Thomas after being told to have humility. (Apparently, people having knowledge is an affront to them.)

@Nick -- I see. Then perhaps it would't be a bad idea to set your books (and bible) aside for a lengthy period of time so that you might get in touch with the other ways humans "enter into the know"? (that is, unless this is not already a practice of yours)

[Rational Gaze]

I wasn't aware that acquiring knowledge was a bad thing.

[Chaotic Void]

I wasn't aware that acquiring knowledge was a bad thing.

It is for those who either wish to remain willfully ignorant or already think they know everything.

[jpholding]

Email:

Read your missive re: Michael Baignet and his book Holy Blood, Holy Grail. I live in the "Bible Belt" of the United States. This was not my choice, since I rather prefer more knowledgeable people. You nor I nor anyone else knows anything about God, Christ or how any of it works. If you believe, good for you. If you don't, good for you. My objection to all the theological "studies, science" or "whatever" is that it is neither science or faith. The study is of a book that was written over the space of approximately 1,500 years by many, many different people with different ideas and different attitudes. Their writings are based on whatever experience they had encountered or experienced up until that point in their lives.

Unless, and until, you or anyone else can prove, empirically, that Jesus was "God" or that "God" exists, it is a free-for-all in belief systems. There is no 'right' system or 'wrong' system. It is simply what someone believes and what gives aid and comfort to them.

For people to challenge deep thinkers such as Mr. Baignet because they hold a different viewpoint than another, is foolish and says more about the challenger than the challenged. I happen to believe in God. I do not have to 'prove' it to anyone; and by the same token, no one has to 'prove' their belief to me. In fact, if someone tries to 'prove' their belief, I do not believe them. There is nothing to 'prove'.

Having grown up in a family of every type of religion you could think of, I find Mr. Baignet's insights thoughtful, well-researched and mostly true. If there is actually a heaven, I hope that God loves me enough not to send me there. I have taken seriously my responsibilities as a human being toward my fellow man, and I cannot think of a worse reward than being stuck for all of eternity with a flock of "bible belt" christians!

Bless you and may God, in its infinite wisdom, give you and yours what you deserve out of life,

Is there a smiley for nutters like this one better than ?

[jpholding]

It's a good week for bogus quotes apparently. First Gandhi, now this one:

St. Augustine wrote: "The Egyptians alone believe in the resurrection, as they carefully preserve their bodies. They have a custom of drying up their bodies and making them as durable as brass."

The problem: When you look at the actual quote, from Augustine's Sermon 361, it's clear he's using that as a sarcastic retort, and posing it as a question in that context to an objector:

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This can be a lot of fun sometimes.

[rogue06]

Is there a smiley for nutters like this one better than ?

Yup. A couple. Too bad tweb's images are still so screwed up or I would post them.

[fm93]

Speaking of which, is there any word on when or if at all images posted before the crash can be restored? I was checking out the fake church signs thread the other day, and it's really strange to see a bunch of people amenning a blank post.