The C.C.O.I. (Christian Cult Of Ignorance) and Willful Ignorance

No, he meant the transistor. I'm not sure what you mean by microchip.He was also wrong about the other animals. Since the book was originally written we have learned much. We now know that many of the other animals also "increase their wisdom, their information, or their control over their environment from one generation to the next." So that is not just a human trait. Yes. Just like everyone else.And I do not see where your quote even implies anything about a "source for his wisdom apart from the sources that most students have. " In fact it doesn't deal with either what he said or where he got his information, but only with his presentation, his delivery.

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I don't know if it is controversial. But it is silly.If Jesus was God during his lifetime here on earth, then there doesn't seem to be any purpose or importance to his life. A God dying and then being resurrected is no big deal, theology is littered with such critters, and in addition, it tells us nothing of any use or value.Gods dying and being reborn tells us nothing about what happens to us, to humans. The fact that a god can do something says nothing about what human can do.The same thing applies to all of his behavior. It is nothing for a god to resist temptation, walk on water, do miracles. Really no big deal.The Jesus who is God and Man while here on earth is really little more than a carny sideshow freak. Yeah right.Sorry but that is just more of the palm the pea nonsense. There are attributes of a god that exclude being human and attributes of a human that exclude being god.Folk are free to believe such things, I just don't see how such beliefs can stand up to examination by reason, logic and reality.AbE:Let me expand on this a little.If someone can explain how someone can be wholly God and man at the same time, I am willing to consider it.BUT...being wholly man is a completely different lesson.First it is a real sacrifice instead of the little parody of "pay for our sins" normally presented. Being wholly man means that Jesus did not know for sure he would be raised, that there was life after death, whether what he said would be accepted. Being wholly man means that Jesus shat on himself, spit up, went through the pain of teething, had to learn to talk, learn to walk.Humans cannot kill a god, if so, then human are more powerful than the god. If the god can then be reborn, it is not really death but rather some kids game, "Bang bang, you're daid! What should we play now?"If Jesus is a God walking amongst us, what does that teach us?Edited by jar, : expand

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Huh? What does that even mean? If God foreknows that someone will make the decisions that lead to being damned, and still creates that person, then that God is evil. I'm sorry but unless you can support that it means little. A God that wants to be worshiped is still a sick little critter. What exactly is the "Whole problem?"

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Prayer?Like mediation it is a form of concentration and self evaluation. If done properly it forces you to question in depth what it is you are asking and to search for potential solutions.

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Huh? Sorry but communication is a two way street. How do you know who is on the other end?Edited by jar, : No reason given.

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Yes and what that tells us about what to do next. Good question. Does it matter? If so, why?

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But do any of those require anyone, particularly some god to be on the other end?

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Does God create all?

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All that is irrelevant Phat.Does God create the critter?

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But that IS irrelvant.If God foreknows our actions then it does not matter is we think we create them.AbE:let me try again to step you through this.If your god is the Creator
and your god foreknows everything you will do
and your god goes ahead and creates you knowing that you will be damned
then your god is EVIL.It doesn't matter who makes the choices, if your god foreknows what those choices will be and knows they will lead to you being damned, and still creates you, then your god is EVIL.Edited by jar, : try to expand the explanationEdited by jar, : appalin spallin

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Recently in Chat you placed one of the televangelists, Dr. James Montgomery Boice, on the table for discussion. A hallmark and cornerstone of his preaching is That single sentence IMHO shows the absolute evil nature of both the Evangelical God as created by Dr. James Montgomery Boice and others, and the total bankruptcy and despicable nature of such preachers.In that oe sentence JMB proclaims that the god of JMB is the one creator, that the god of JMB creates everything and that the god of JMB then picks and chooses and is solely responsible for individual acts of salvation.If what he says is true, then that god can only be judged evil.To reapeat what JMB says: JMB's god creates all. JMBs god then picks from what he has created and individually grants salvation.However, JMB's god still created all. It is the old image of the drought de seigneur, the feudal idea that the noble has total rights over those under him to use, kill, rape, pillage as he wishes.JMB's god is but a reversion to that old idea, one that certainly was abandoned by the mid 1700s everywhere but in religion.It is the old idea that your life is only continued by the whim of the overlord and so forfeit at that overlord's whim.Edited by jar, : fix subtitle

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Sheesh.That is irrelevant Phat.If what JMB preaches is true then God is evil.

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No, I have no such suggestions. IMHO listening to sermons is pretty much a waste of time and pointless.Read instead.Read Twain, read Hemingway, read the writings of Archy, read.

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Sorry but yes. He is just another theobabble huckster. Shop RaviI don't know. Did I recommend that?Read, I said. Question. Doubt.Multi-media is designed to sway the emotions. It is the preferred medium of the huckster, the infomercial.

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Is there anything in either of those posts to discuss or debate?

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