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Teacher Fired for Disagreeing With Literal Interpretation of Bible

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Message 17 of 78 (424153)
09-25-2007 10:26 PM 		Reply to: Message 16 by Phat
09-25-2007 10:20 PM

Re: The Plot Thickens A Bit
I am not a Biblical literalist, but if someone told me that..say...the Virgin Birth was a fairytale, I'd sue them too.
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Why?
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Message 33 of 78 (427522)
10-11-2007 8:22 PM 		Reply to: Message 32 by Rahvin
10-11-2007 8:10 PM

all beliefs do not derve respect.
Because everyone agrees that Cinderella is a fairy tale. People who believe in the biblical invisible sky-pixie get all offended when you challenge their beliefs. They equate "I think you might be wrong" to be the same as persecution. Dismissal or mockery of an idea is apparently wrong if it's also the sacred cow of a significant portion of the population.
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Aw Gosh.
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Sorry if they get up when their beliefs are challenged. Tough. They are free to believe there was a Great Wetting that Never Happened but they also need to be able to support that position if they expect anyone else to take it seriously.
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Or they can fall back on the Type 1 tactic of Special Pleading and Outright Denial if they want.
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Message 35 of 78 (427525)
10-11-2007 8:34 PM 		Reply to: Message 34 by Rahvin
10-11-2007 8:26 PM

Re: all beliefs do not derve respect.
But getting all offended, firing people, and storming out of the classroom in tears are all examples of whiny little children whose beliefs are so weak they can't even be questioned. Honestly, they're like 4 year olds being told Santa doesn't exist - the idea crushes their entire world.
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Of course.
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But that is what we see here often. We are told we need to understand that Creationists start from a basic position that the Bible is Factually True.
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That fine, we understand that. We know they use that as a fixed position.
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Well tough.
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Unless they can support that position it means nothing and no one else is going to bother with it.
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If the Biblical Christians and Biblical Creationists want to partcipate on an equal footing they need to use the Type 2b method.
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Message 45 of 78 (427714)
10-12-2007 3:06 PM 		Reply to: Message 43 by Phat
10-12-2007 1:31 PM

Re: The Plot Thickens A Bit
The Virgin Birth is central to Christian belief. Jesus being just a human philosopher demolishes the power of the cross. IMHO, anyway
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Yet you have never explained or supported that position.
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Since it is some belief that you seem either unwilling or unable to support, why would you get upset if someone called it a fairytale?
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This is important IMHO because your initial reaction of saying you would sue is almost as though someone had attacked you. What is it about certain beliefs you hold that makes them so weak that any questioning of them is seen by you as a physical attack on your person?
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Message 49 of 78 (436979)
11-28-2007 11:08 AM 		Reply to: Message 48 by Beretta
11-28-2007 11:05 AM

Re: The Plot Thickens A Bit
If I may be so bold... get rid of the flood and accept evolution over millions of years - that destroys the gospel entirely.Yes, the plot thickens.
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If that is the case then that gospel is pretty much worthless and needs to be tossed on the trash heap anyway.
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Message 68 of 78 (438189)
12-03-2007 10:10 AM 		Reply to: Message 67 by JB1740
12-03-2007 10:07 AM

Re: This is off-topic, but....
You would think that the name "Theory of Evolution" might have been a clue.
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