freediver wrote on Feb 15
th, 2018 at 8:51pm:
Brian Ross wrote on Feb 15
th, 2018 at 2:22pm:
We are talking about perceptions, rather than realities.
Why are you afraid to talk about the realities Brian? Why do you run in fear every time?
Questions, FD? Tsk, tsk.
Quote: Quote:Does it matter? The Church approved of their actions, actively encouraged them, Augie.
What did they actually approve Brian? Are you still blaming the church for the flu virus? Would you like to take that back now that you realise how completely idiotic it is?
Questions, FD? Tsk, tsk.
Quote: Quote:Can you? I've been thinking about this a great deal, Augie. I understand there are real difficulties in translating Mohammed's teachings to modern languages because of the lack of accents and the way words are used.
It is only difficult if you are a complete idiot Brian. If you can read and think for yourself, it is quite easy.
Ah, a statement for a change. An insulting one though. Tsk, tsk. We have seen how you interpret his words, FD.
Quote: Quote:I wonder how much of the interpretation of Mohammed's words are based upon misunderstanding of what he intended? Christ has had his words edited and re-edited, many times, which makes it easier to understand what he said (and changed the emphasis). There are whole Testament's missing from The Bible. Heresies were eliminated. How do you know what Christ supposedly said?
All we have is the Bible Brian. That is what defines the ideology. This would be true, even if Jesus was entirely fabricated. Again, if you can read, think for yourself, and are not a complete idiot, it is pretty easy to figure out what it says.
Tsk, tsk, another who believes what he is told by...the Church. Amazing that, hey, FD?
Quote: Quote:Isn't too much of that in the history of Christianity, either, Augie. Tsk, tsk.
Again, you just make stuff up Brian. Why do you think Europe's history played out in such a vastly different manner to that of the middle east? Do you know how much forgiveness and turning the other cheek there actually was? How is it you can so conveniently claim to know the unknowable while also insisting that you find the bleeding obvious to be incomprehensible?
Forgotten the Thirty Years War, FD? Over thirty million dead and all because some bloke nailed some bits of paper to a church door. Tsk, tsk. Not much forgiveness there...
Quote: Quote:We cannot sit down and objectively determine what a religion teaches when it's believers profess so many differences in what they believe in.
Yes you can Brian, unless you are a completel idiot, cannot read, and are incapable of thiking for yourself.
So, how do you tell what a Christian believes in or a Muslim or a Buddhist or a Hindu or a Jew, FD? You can claim you know what they should believe in but you can't prove they actually believe all that guff, now can you? Tsk, tsk.
Quote: Quote:Don't they? Moses does. FD does. Yadda does.
Again Brian. Read. Think for yourself. If you are not a complete idiot you will figure it out.
Oh, dearie, dearie, me. Ad hominem arguments, FD? Really? Tsk, tsk.
Quote: Quote:There was no anti-Slavery movement amongst Christians either for most of Christianity's history, Augie. Tsk, tsk. Slavery was considered perfectly OK until the Friends decided otherwise.
BS. Europe has laregly lacked slavery from pretty close to the time it Christianised. There was a Christian-based anti-slavery movement regarding the new world from the moment Europeans entered the new world in large numbers. Again Brian, read, think for yourself. If you are not a complete idiot it will become obvious. You are doing the same thing with history you accuse religious people of doing with their religions. At some point, the truth has to matter, no matter how desperate you are to apologise for Islam's evil.
Tell that to the Europeans who owned slaves, FD. Tsk, tsk. Excuses, excuses all the time from you. You should be in your Apologists' thread, you realise?
Quote: Quote:You are falling into the trap that the New Testament is truthful, Augie.
No Brian. Merely that it says what it says, and that is what it teaches. Again, read, think for yourself, and if you are not a complete idiot it will be obvious. It is right there in black and white in the words of Augie that you quoted. The mind boggles at how completely you can misunderstand such a simple question
You are condemning me for questioning what The Bible claims, FD. I am thinking for myself. Unlike you, whom appears to accept at face value a heavily edited work created by the Church for it's own purposes. Tsk, tsk.
Quote: Quote:Then be surprised. Read what Moses, et all claim, Augie and get back to us, OK?
No, don't be surprised. Brian is lying. He does not have a clue. It's just an endless stream of BS, and the moment you question him on it, it turns into a completely different stream of utter BS.
If I have lied, Augie will discover that, FD. I have no fear because I know I have not lied. Tsk, tsk.