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Why am I not a Christian?
I'm too fond of striving for accuracy in historical accounts.
I'm too fond of striving for accuracy in historical accounts.
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Vive la liberte. Noor Inayat Khan, Dachau.
...patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. Edith Cavell, 1915 -
"I work in IT so I'd be buggered without a computer" - Words of wisdom from Provost Harrison
"You can be wrong AND jewish" - Wiglaf :love:Comment
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Can't answer for Spraybear, but in my case it's your posts that does the trick.Originally posted by Whaleboy
Why do you think I'm full of myself?Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?
It's no good (from an evolutionary point of view) to have the physique of Tarzan if you have the sex drive of a philosopher. -- Michael Ruse
The Nedaverse I can accept, but not the Berzaverse. There can only be so many alternate realities. -- ElokComment
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why I am not a christian?
church is boring. If church had sexual orgies, I'd attend every week.Comment
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Originally posted by Dissident
why I am not a christian?
church is boring. If church had sexual orgies, I'd attend every week.
To us, it is the BEAST.Comment
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Ah it's all good!Can't answer for Spraybear, but in my case it's your posts that does the trick.
Not like I really give a **** 
I'm with Diss
"I work in IT so I'd be buggered without a computer" - Words of wisdom from Provost Harrison
"You can be wrong AND jewish" - Wiglaf :love:Comment
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I'm quite certain one could participitate in church sexual orgies without being a Christian ...Originally posted by Dissident
why I am not a christian?
church is boring. If church had sexual orgies, I'd attend every week.Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?
It's no good (from an evolutionary point of view) to have the physique of Tarzan if you have the sex drive of a philosopher. -- Michael Ruse
The Nedaverse I can accept, but not the Berzaverse. There can only be so many alternate realities. -- ElokComment
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true, but christianity really is only a social group. (and I would have no idea where to find orgies in real lifeOriginally posted by Last Conformist
I'm quite certain one could participitate in church sexual orgies without being a Christian ...
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My theory is people are religious mainly for the social reasons of belonging to the "group".
Church is supposedly a good place to meet people.Comment
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Hey people! Let's chill!
After all it's that part of the year when we try to get in touch with what made this such a special time all those thousands of years ago....
....does anyone have some annoying small children they're not using that we can massacre?Vive la liberte. Noor Inayat Khan, Dachau.
...patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. Edith Cavell, 1915Comment
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I'm quite certain one could participitate in church sexual orgies without being a Christian ...
"I work in IT so I'd be buggered without a computer" - Words of wisdom from Provost Harrison
"You can be wrong AND jewish" - Wiglaf :love:Comment
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Ben,
You should read Robert Ingersoll ("The Great Agnostic"), esp. Some Mistakes of Moses and Michael Martin. Martin's easily the most philosophical of the three.
Sava,
Careful about those personal insults, even when the other party doesn't seem to mind.(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
(='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
(")_(") "Starting the fire from within."Comment
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I'll check that out later, thanks UR... what are the texts about?"I work in IT so I'd be buggered without a computer" - Words of wisdom from Provost Harrison
"You can be wrong AND jewish" - Wiglaf :love:Comment
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Some mistakes of Moses is about the contradictions and implusabilities Ingersoll found in the Pentateuch, the first 5 books of the Old Testament, supposedly written by Moses himself.(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
(='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
(")_(") "Starting the fire from within."Comment
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Ah understood. The Torah is basically the 5 books of Moses, and I saw a documentary the other day it... such as those books supposedly written by moses, including his own death and eulogy
"I work in IT so I'd be buggered without a computer" - Words of wisdom from Provost Harrison
"You can be wrong AND jewish" - Wiglaf :love:Comment
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Might I also suggest The Dark Side of Christian History, by Hellen Ellerbe.* I found this at my high school library which doubled as a branch of the Washoe COunty Library System years ago. I now own a copy. I seems like an attack book, but really isn't. It explores the developement and roots of Christianity since the time of Jesus. The cover and title are really just for shock value to get you to read it.
*Amazon.com linkThe cake is NOT a lie. It's so delicious and moist.
The Weighted Companion Cube is cheating on you, that slut.Comment
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