the bible - truth?

[stretch]

i just dont know what to think

should i believe it

should i not

tough desicion...

HELP!!!!

[lefty]

Stretch, with the goods

[Axe Murderer]

yes it is

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Just stick with boys like you've been doing and everything will be alllllllllright

[Wild Cobra]

Everyone knows the rapture is 5/21/11.... Just google the date!

[Tinystarz]

This again?

[Stringer_Bell]

Just stick with boys like you've been doing and everything will be alllllllllright

Didn't the Bible mention that men who "stick" other men are an abomination? Are you trying to trick Mr. Stretch into damning himself to Hell? Not cool, dawg. NOT. COOL. :nope

[ididnotnothat]

http://www.treehugger.com/20090716-truth-or-consequences.jpg

[4>0rings]

You obviously don't believe in the bible as you share your bed with other men.

[AmericanPsycho]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110330/ts_yblog_thelookout/could-lead-codices-prove-the-major-discovery-of-christian-history

British archaeologists are seeking to authenticate what could be a landmark discovery in the documentation of early Christianity: a trove of 70 lead codices that appear to date from the 1st century CE, which may include key clues to the last days of Jesus' life. As UK Daily Mail reporter Fiona Macrae writes, some researchers are suggesting this could be the most significant find in Christian archeology since the Dead Sea scrolls in 1947.

The codices turned up five years ago in a remote cave in eastern Jordan—a region where early Christian believers may have fled after the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70 CE. The codices are made up of wirebound individual pages, each roughly the size of a credit card. They contain a number of images and textual allusions to the Messiah, as well as some possible references to the crucifixion and resurrection. Some of the codices were sealed, prompting yet more breathless speculation that they could include the sealed book, shown only to the Messiah, mentioned in the Book of Revelation. One of the few sentences translated thus far from the texts, according to the BBC, reads, "I shall walk uprightly"--a phrase that also appears in Revelation. "While it could be simply a sentiment common in Judaism," BBC writer Robert Pigott notes, "it could here be designed to refer to the resurrection."

But the field of biblical archaeology is also prey to plenty of hoaxes and enterprising fraudsters, so investigators are proceeding with due empirical caution. Initial metallurgical research indicates that the codices are about 2,000 years old--based on the manner of corrosion they have undergone, which, as Macrae writes, "experts believe would be impossible to achieve artificially.

http://mit.zenfs.com/102/2011/03/earlychristiancodices.jpg

[DMC]

lol everyone scoffing religion..tbh what did God ever do to you guys? if you're indifferent then you wouldn't respond, imo
God never did anything to me, nothing at all.

Neither did the flying spaghetti monster though.

[DMC]

You obviously don't believe in the bible as you share your bed with other men.

Non sequitur

I believe what my doctor tells me, but I eat junk food anyhow.

[Jesus]

God never did anything to me, nothing at all.

Neither did the flying spaghetti monster though.

Go ahead and hate on my Father, he can take it.

[Hooks]

FSM>>>>>Jesus

[Blake]

i just dont know what to think

should i believe it

should i not

tough desicion...

HELP!!!!

I'd also be concerned about the afterlife if I was going to get a motorcycle.

Good thread idea. :tu

[Blake]

Go ahead and hate on my Father, he can take it.

so can Santa Claus

[DMC]

Go ahead and hate on my Father, he can take it.

Hey, you are the one who said he forsook you. Look in the mirror, rabbi.

[ashbeeigh]

Oh it's been a while.

[Wild Cobra]

So. Have the codices been authenticated for date, or could they be a forgery?

If they are real, which seal was just opened?

[Amarelooms]

Sure it's real...but most of the stuff in it is pure bullshit. Only a dummy would stick to something written 2000 years ago....Jesus didn't even write it

:elephant

[DesignatedT]

Ask Manu

[BlackSwordsMan]

the bible doesn't accept people like me and the girls I love

[4>0rings]

the bible doesn't accept people like me and the girls I love
No, you're just not accepting of the bible.

[IronMaxipad]

A thorough reading and understanding of the Bible is the surest path to atheism

[Amarelooms]

No, you're just not accepting of the bible.

^^^ brainwashed dummy...go to church son...and give your $$$

:elephant

[monosylab1k]

I'm an atheist because of all the atrocities caused by religion

>conveniently ignores Stalin, the Khmer Rouge, etc.

Did I limetext properly? I'm pretty sure I fucked that up.

[IronMexican]

Why the fuck is everyone using greentext now? FUCK!

[TE]

Why the fuck is everyone using greentext now? FUCK!

:lol

[Greg Oden]

lol I remember when mono first saw us using "limetext". He was shitting bricks.

[IronMexican]

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4532553&postcount=269

[DMC]

if you simply didn't believe then you wouldn't feel the need to come in here and scoff. you'd simply feel indifferent toward the whole subject and never have clicked on the thread.
I don't feel the need to come on here and scoff. I was reading the thread, I saw the reference, I responded.

Atheists aren't indifferent. The world we live in still matters to us. It's important that mankind eventually ween itself from the supernatural god of the gaps notion.

Were I to have made such a suggestion 40 years ago, I would have been ran out of town. See, it's working. Infidels are everywhere.

[DMC]

A thorough reading and understanding of the Bible is the surest path to atheism

Oddly enough atheism has very little to do with the Bible itself. It has more to do with the mindset that belief is compelled, not chosen. Atheists have not been compelled to believe in the existence of a god because we simply haven't seen compelling evidence. Most of us are open to new discoveries however, so when a god does decide to provide compelling evidence, we will be first in line to view it.

[DMC]

i just dont know what to think

should i believe it

should i not

tough desicion...

HELP!!!!

As far as "truth", the Bible is a collection of books put together by a selected group of people who looked for a theme in order to keep the Bible consistent, but they had problems too. If you believe a donkey can speak, or that a rabbit actually chews a cud even though it's not a ruminant, and that it's ok to slaughter women and children as long as the girls are kept for the soldiers to rape, then the Bible might be your ticket. Also, you have to think an old dude found a polar bear in the mideast and put it on a big boat, then the world was flooded with water that came from space and the Earth, which magically disappeared a few days later at which time said old dude took the polar bear back home (he dropped off a few penguins and seals along the way).

It's not about "truth" in the Bible, but about how you personally accept evidence, what's required for you to actually accept extraordinary claims as being true.

[IronMaxipad]

Oddly enough atheism has very little to do with the Bible itself. It has more to do with the mindset that belief is compelled, not chosen. Atheists have not been compelled to believe in the existence of a god because we simply haven't seen compelling evidence. Most of us are open to new discoveries however, so when a god does decide to provide compelling evidence, we will be first in line to view it.

That would be agnosticism..

[CuckingFunt]

Limetext is a verb now?

[DieMrBond]

Ir1-A209boQ

Red Dwarf Classic Scene.

[clambake]

the idea that religion brings you closer to god is lol.

[Saved By Zero]

the idea that religion brings you closer to god is lol.

Can you prove it doesn't?

[Leetonidas]

I keep a stack of bibles by the toilet

[IronMexican]

I keep a stack of bibles by the toilet

Damn, you're so cool.

[AmericanWoman]

I keep a stack of toilet paper by my toilet.

[stretch]

I keep a stack of knives by my wrist.

[clambake]

Can you prove it doesn't?

yes

[DMC]

That would be agnosticism..

Not true. Atheists aren't saying we don't know if a god exists. We are saying we do not believe a god exists. Belief is not the default position.

It's pretty simple actually. Just as a believer can become atheist, an atheist can become a believer if the evidence were to present itself. The evidence, as we see it, cannot possibly exist either.

So, there is no god until proven otherwise.

[Saved By Zero]

yes

Do it.

[clambake]

Do it.

do what?

[mouse]

the idea that religion brings you closer to god is lol.


Can you prove it doesn't?



yes




Do it.




do what?



the idea that religion brings you closer to god is lol.




Can you prove it doesn't?



yes




Do it.




do what?


VW_qa6swnOM

[JoeChalupa]

I'm surprised this thread hasn't gone on and on like most religious threads do. Thank God.

[admiralsnackbar]

I'm surprised this thread hasn't gone on and on like most religious threads do. Thank God.
Give it time.

[mouse]

Thank God.

For what, the child loving priest's, earthquakes , radioactive milk?

can you be pacific on what you thank God for?


I am all for you here at ST to pray and worship all the God's you like and to quote all the books that you want. But I find it hard to understand a God that helps you get a good job or makes sure little Johnny gets home safe from school is the same God that would allow Little Johnny to die from radiation milk or get butt fucked in church.

I don't know, maybe it's just me........ maybe my standards are slightly higher than most in this forum.

[JoeChalupa]

For what, the child loving priest's, earthquakes , radioactive milk?

can you be pacific on what you thank God for?


I am all for you here at ST to pray and worship all the God's you like and to quote all the books that you want. But I find it hard to understand a God that helps you get a good job or makes sure little Johnny gets home safe from school is the same God that would allow Little Johnny to die from radiation milk or get butt fucked in church.

I don't know, maybe it's just me........ maybe my standards are slightly higher than most in this forum.

Thou shalt not put the Lord thy God to the test.


Here we go......

[mouse]

Thou shalt not put the Lord thy God to the test.

So your God doesn't even have a GED? Hell at least that calf tat flaming douche koriwhat has one.



Here we go......

I don't know Joe. If it was "my God" I would welcome any test at any time.

Forget the tests really......just have him serve the Catholic priest a glass of warm west coast milk next Sunday.

[koriwhat]

So your God doesn't even have a GED? Hell at least that calf tat flaming douche koriwhat has one.

don't mention me at all, ever! i'm so sick of your shit you old dumb mother fucker. seriously, you come on here with your stupid takes about anything and everything but basketball and when people call you out you cry and post stupid ass youtubes of your dumbass ocd conspiracy theories.

seriously, leave me out your dental! btw, i might only have a GED right now but i can bet i am a hell of a lot smarter than you will ever be and it's not even close.

oh and fuck your god. my god would whoop his ass!

[stretch]

lol koriwhat said hes getting tats on his calves of his calf tats

[Oh, Gee!!]

i just dont know what to think

should i believe it

should i not

tough desicion...

HELP!!!!

if you have to ask...

[DMC]

For what, the child loving priest's, earthquakes , radioactive milk?

can you be pacific on what you thank God for?


I am all for you here at ST to pray and worship all the God's you like and to quote all the books that you want. But I find it hard to understand a God that helps you get a good job or makes sure little Johnny gets home safe from school is the same God that would allow Little Johnny to die from radiation milk or get butt fucked in church.

I don't know, maybe it's just me........ maybe my standards are slightly higher than most in this forum.

That's called the Problem of Evil, aka PoE.

It's a flawed argument, as a god doesn't necessarily have to be what you would consider to be ideal. Just because you wouldn't worship it doesn't mean it wouldn't meet the criteria for an omnipotent deity, if such criteria existed.

Things are easier to explain without using things we cannot explain. That's the basic premise of Occam's Razor.

btw, I shaved Schrodinger's Cat with Occam's Razor. I haven't looked to see the outcome, afraid it will kill the cat.