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    17 Dec '11 09:291 edit
    Originally posted by Proper Knob
    Christopher Hitchen's has finally succumbed to his battle with cancer aged 62.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16212418

    A few quotes to raise a smile (hopefully).

    “Faith is the surrender of the mind; it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other mammals. It's our need to believe, and That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
    I guess because we have seen him, everything he said is truth.
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    17 Dec '11 11:07
    Originally posted by Doward
    good riddance
    There's the Christian spirit.
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    17 Dec '11 11:08
    Originally posted by RJHinds
    Another enemy of God bites the dust. HalleluYah !!!
    Spoken like a 'True Christian'® Ron.
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    17 Dec '11 11:10
    Originally posted by Proper Knob
    Christopher Hitchen's has finally succumbed to his battle with cancer aged 62.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16212418

    A few quotes to raise a smile (hopefully).

    “Faith is the surrender of the mind; it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other mammals. It's our need to believe, and ...[text shortened]... That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
    Faith is the surrender of the mind; it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other mammals. It's our need to believe, and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. Of all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated.”


    The person on earth who had the most to say about faith was Jesus Christ. At least what Peter, John, James, and Paul said about faith was preceeded by what they learned from Jesus Christ.

    The impact of this man, Jesus, on the world was cataclysmic. What was the source of the power of that personality - surrendering up the mind from reason?
    No, rather Jesus reasoned with God. Jesus included God in His reasoning process. Jesus left room for the power of God, the character of God, the possibility of God, the ways of God, the faithulness of God.

    What God was was in the reasoning of Jesus in its inception stage, and throughout its process, and included in His conclusion. Jesus reasoning process included God at every stage.

    I think Jesus is the most powerful man who ever walked the earth. He spoke a great deal about, and demonstrated faith in His Father.



    “Religion is man-made. Even the men who made it cannot agree on what their prophets or redeemers or gurus actually said or did.”


    But Hitchens didn't give up on journalism because journalists cannot agree on everything.
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    17 Dec '11 11:26
    Originally posted by RJHinds
    Another enemy of God bites the dust. HalleluYah !!!
    Dude!
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    18 Dec '11 14:05
    Originally posted by jaywill
    [quote] Faith is the surrender of the mind; it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other mammals. It's our need to believe, and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. Of all the s ...[text shortened]... itchens didn't give up on [b] journalism because journalists cannot agree on everything.[/b]
    Christianity has had very little impact on spirituality - and instead has had a very great deal of impact on false beliefs.

    Christianity came hundreds of years after the death of Jesus - and was not authored by Jesus.

    Christianity has taken the name Jesus - and have signed it off to the fabricated writings of the Bible hundreds of years after the fact.

    The Bible has used the name of Jesus to falsely attribute the contents of the Bible to his person.

    The contents of the Bible which are the fabric of Christianity - could possibly at its best only account for about 5% of the factual words of Jesus - and the rest are fabrications by mundane scholars.

    This is recognized by honest people.
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    18 Dec '11 15:031 edit
    Originally posted by Suzianne
    Quite so.
    UNDERSTANDING NOT? Are you crazy? That is not being against understanding. That is a charge against not having faith. Understanding has nothing to do with it. That would imply logical thinking, maybe you have heard of it? Rational thinking?

    Oh, wait. I forgot. Rational thinking is not allowed in christianity. Sorry I brought it up.
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    18 Dec '11 23:48
    Originally posted by Dasa
    Christianity came hundreds of years after the death of Jesus - and was not authored by Jesus.

    Christianity has taken the name Jesus - and have signed it off to the fabricated writings of the Bible hundreds of years after the fact.

    The Bible has used the name of Jesus to falsely attribute the contents of the Bible to his person.

    The contents of the Bibl ...[text shortened]... for about 5% of the factual words of Jesus - and the rest are fabrications by mundane scholars.
    True
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    19 Dec '11 02:313 edits
    Originally posted by Dasa
    Christianity has had very little impact on spirituality - and instead has had a very great deal of impact on false beliefs.

    Christianity came hundreds of years after the death of Jesus - and was not authored by Jesus.

    Christianity has taken the name Jesus - and have signed it off to the fabricated writings of the Bible hundreds of years after the fact.
    ...[text shortened]... sus - and the rest are fabrications by mundane scholars.

    This is recognized by honest people.
    The contents of the Bible which are the fabric of Christianity - could possibly at its best
    only account for about 5% of the factual words of Jesus


    how do you know that its five percent? how do you know what is factual and what is
    not? care to elaborate on your method of inquiry?
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    23 Dec '11 20:51
    Originally posted by robbie carrobie
    i guess he'll be cancelling his subscription to the resurrection?
    Him and Jim M both.
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    23 Dec '11 21:20
    Originally posted by Dasa
    Christianity has had very little impact on spirituality - and instead has had a very great deal of impact on false beliefs.

    Christianity came hundreds of years after the death of Jesus - and was not authored by Jesus.

    Christianity has taken the name Jesus - and have signed it off to the fabricated writings of the Bible hundreds of years after the fact.
    ...[text shortened]... sus - and the rest are fabrications by mundane scholars.

    This is recognized by honest people.
    Where do you get this? Who's false teachings have you been reading?
    You need to get right with God and accept His Son as your Savior and
    stop relying on the false teaching that reincarnation is going to catapult
    you into another body after you die. This life is the only one you will
    have to make the right decision. You are not going to get a second
    chance in a reincarnated body.
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    24 Dec '11 01:391 edit
    Originally posted by uzless
    Him and Jim M both.
    yes, he has some friends, inside!
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    24 Dec '11 02:34
    Originally posted by sonhouse
    UNDERSTANDING NOT? Are you crazy? That is not being against understanding. That is a charge against not having faith. Understanding has nothing to do with it. That would imply logical thinking, maybe you have heard of it? Rational thinking?

    Oh, wait. I forgot. Rational thinking is not allowed in christianity. Sorry I brought it up.
    Just because someone does not agree with you does not mean they can't
    think rationally.
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    24 Dec '11 03:48
    Originally posted by robbie carrobie


    how do you know that its five percent? how do you know what is factual and what is
    not? care to elaborate on your method of inquiry?[/b]
    LOL. Just smile and nod Robbie.
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