LMAO Texas bible thumpers

[mouse]

Didn't this topic have something to do with the bible?

[mingus]

When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she will not be freed at the end of six years as the men are. If she does not please the man who bought her, he may allow her to be bought back again. But he is not allowed to sell her to foreigners, since he is the one who broke the contract with her. And if the slave girl's owner arranges for her to marry his son, he may no longer treat her as a slave girl, but he must treat her as his daughter. If he himself marries her and then takes another wife, he may not reduce her food or clothing or fail to sleep with her as his wife. If he fails in any of these three ways, she may leave as a free woman without making any payment. (Exodus 21:7-11 NLT)

God didn't inspire every word in the Bible. It's widely accepted by both Jews and Christians that the (many) Biblical writers infused the text with their individual personalities and beliefs, separate from God. Some of the outlandish beliefs (like slavery) explain that.

The entire text is being thrown under the bus because of this. And it's unfortunate because the Bible vehemently speaks out against a lot of the stuff that is bringing down American society right now, like greed, materialism, and disintegration of the family.

[Drachen]

God didn't inspire every word in the Bible. It's widely accepted by both Jews and Christians that the (many) Biblical writers infused the text with their individual personalities and beliefs, separate from God. Some of the outlandish beliefs (like slavery) explain that.

The entire text is being thrown under the bus because of this. And it's unfortunate because the Bible vehemently speaks out against a lot of the stuff that is bringing down American society right now, like greed, materialism, and disintegration of the family.

Come on, it is easy to predict what the next counter will be. Maybe you could answer that counter proactively.

pssst. the counter is who gets to decide which parts are inspired by god and which parts are background blather which can be ignored. It would seem that if this was the view held by everyone, then only the direct quotes of Jesus would hold any weight

[boutons_deux]

"The entire text is being thrown under the bus because of this"

by whom?

When the Bible-thumpers insist God "wrote" the entire Bible and every word in literally true, they damage, destroy their own positions as seen by rational, open-minded adults who realize the value of the Bible isn't as a literal scientific, historical, cosmological reference.

[RandomGuy]

That's funny how the austrian school of economics can't be blamed for our credit rating downgrade, our deficit spending, dollar devaluation, but your keynesian school can.

Sucks to be a Keynesian corporatist sucker.

LOL Argentina lecturing americans on how to run an economy.

Using the most updated data, we can see that in 2009 there is actually about a $544 billion difference between what GDP would have been had it continued to contract as rapidly as it did during the fourth quarter of 2008 and what it actually was. As Holtz-Eakin points out, the total amount of fiscal stimulus during that year was $260 billion. This suggests the Recovery Act produced about $2.10 in economy activity for every $1.00 in spending or tax cuts. That’s a pretty good multiplier.

And if we apply the same methodology to the entire lifespan of the Recovery Act, not just to 2009, the multiplier becomes even more impressive. The total cost of the stimulus bill was about $800 billion, delivered over the course of two years. The difference between actual GDP through the first quarter of 2011 and what GDP would have been had it continued “falling off a cliff” is around $3.3 trillion—implying a multiplier of more than 4.

I would further point out that S & P's ultimate reasons for its downgrade was not a decrease in its faith of the USA to be able to economically sustain its debt.

The reason it decided to pull the trigger was the poisonous political atmosphere in Washington. That atmosphere can be very conclusively laid at the feet of the extremists in the GOP, who said, quite explicitly that they wanted to "blow up" the economy to acheive their political goals.

If that isn't a form of terrorism, I don't know what is.

[ElNono]

Come on, it is easy to predict what the next counter will be. Maybe you could answer that counter proactively.

pssst. the counter is who gets to decide which parts are inspired by god and which parts are background blather which can be ignored. It would seem that if this was the view held by everyone, then only the direct quotes of Jesus would hold any weight

Give him credit. At least he's not going into the 'bonding' vs 'raping' debate.

[boutons_deux]

"The reason it decided to pull the trigger was the poisonous political atmosphere in Washington"

don't believer press releases. I'm sure they told investors ahead of time about the downgrade so the casino could place its bets. No doubt, the bettors pocketed $100Ms.

WC doesn't want us to be jealous of this productive, hard-working, honest bettors.

[Drachen]

Give him credit. At least he's not going into the 'bonding' vs 'raping' debate.

Jesus was a carpenter, presumably a reputable one... OF COURSE HE WOULD BE BONDED. That is what the whole thing was about! Dont you see!!