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Originally posted by SwissGambitHave you been taking smart pills?
I give you my word that you will be told what you want to hear if you view enough YouTube videos.
Originally posted by FreakyKBHSuch an accurate illustration of the magnitude of God's Mercy and Grace toward mankind: "too good to be true."
[b]For my efforts I get called wise-ass.
Oh: you didn't know that "wise-ass" is actually a compliment?
Well, rest assured, because it is a compliment in the same vein as your attempt to characterize your post calling belief illogical as an actual effort to understand.
As I stated, you look for the contradiction and miss the entire concert in the p ...[text shortened]... ng an obscene amount of money and the prospect of living forever in paradise was the main point.[/b]
Originally posted by FreakyKBHOnce again, you assume dishonesty where there is none. Stop trying to mind read others all the time, and simply take what they say at face value.
Oh: you didn't know that "wise-ass" is actually a compliment?
Well, rest assured, because it is a compliment in the same vein as your attempt to characterize your post calling belief illogical as an actual effort to understand.
As I stated, you look for the contradiction and miss the entire concert in the process.
Originally posted by twhiteheadAnd where did I call belief illogical?
Once again, you assume dishonesty where there is none. Stop trying to mind read others all the time, and simply take what they say at face value.
And where did I call belief illogical? It seems I am not the only one missing the point of what others post, but at least I ask for clarification, whereas you apparently assume you know what the other is thinki ...[text shortened]... still don't get what insight we are supposed to gain from this juxtaposition. Can you elaborate?
Originally posted by SwissGambitImagine being on defense during an entire game: never on offense with an opportunity to score or chance of winning. Pressing the analogy: team members are aware of this prospect from the outset of their decision to join the team. In contrast, another team within the same global community has already won the game before its over; each player's level of recognition is the only unknown. Members of both teams congregate periodically at a local pub to enjoy relaxed conversation and a few games of darts or billiards. Imagine the difference between the mindsets of the members on the team with no chance of winning and the members of the team that has already won before the game is over. At the pub, which team members engage in defensive conversation; which team members encourage the other team members to switch teams?
Maybe this would be easier if I made a list.
*** STUFF I DECIDED RE: NOT BEING A CHRISTIAN ANYMORE ***
I decided to stop going to church.
I decided to quit praying.
I decided to accept sources of morality other than the Bible.
*** STUFF I DID [b]NOT DECIDE ***
I no longer believed there was a heaven and a hell.
I no longer believed there w ...[text shortened]... l.
I no longer believed that everything the Bible claimed was morally wrong was actually wrong.[/b]
Originally posted by FreakyKBHWell then you are wrong. I did not call belief illogical, I called your behavior illogical.
When you said I knew my behavior was illogical.