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Message 163 of 304 (218364)
06-21-2005 9:45 AM

Reply to: Message 157 by Faith
06-21-2005 7:01 AM

Re: Faith and Literalism

Hi Faith,

By editing out the content of your message you've made it impossible for me to form my own opinion. AdminNosy prefers an indefinite suspension, and with the evidence now gone I have nothing on which to base an argument for some other course of action.

But looking at this another way, you somehow manage to become a headache for moderators once every couple weeks or so, and this pattern seems to be persistent rather than moderating with time. So I'm going to endorse AdminNosy's decision to make your suspension permanent.

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Message 194 of 304 (218639)
06-22-2005 9:18 AM

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Why is it so important to your faith that the Bible is literally true, and what evidence do you have that we are supposed to read the Bible literally?

Let's return to the topic. Pick whatever part of the Bible you like, whether it's creation or the fall or the flood or Jonah or whatever, and explain why it should or shouldn't be taken literally. Or argue more generally. But argue on-topic.

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Message 292 of 304 (219973)
06-27-2005 9:13 AM

Reply to: Message 290 by jar
06-25-2005 9:15 PM

Re: What does this have to do with the thread?

I think this reply is disingenuous. Please try to move the discussion constructively forward, especially since there are few posts left till witching hour.

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