On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 10:48:44 -0400, in rec.audio.opinion you wrote:

"dave weil" wrote in message


On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 06:20:45 -0400, "Arny Krueger"
wrote:

"dave weil" wrote in message

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 20:21:47 -0400, "Arny Krueger"
wrote:

Saying you're right doesn't make you right, Weil.

No, being right makes me right.


If you were right Weil, that would be true, but then...

;-)

Here in America, the only people who have wanted to ban
books from libraries and bookstores are the right wing Christian
element.

Prove it. It's a negative hypothesis but even after years of attempting to
train you, I don't seem to be able to keep you from posting those, Weil.

For openers Weil, name a specific public elementary school book store that
currently sells the Bible. This used to be done, but the liberal ACLU has
and surely would put a stop to it were it to become known.

Actually, I don't know of any public elementary school book stores. I
didn't know that elementary schools had book stores. Of course, I
haven't been in an elementary school in a long time. Are you telling
me that they now run in-school book stores?

Ironic that what started this subthread was an attempt to ban the mention of
a certain religious figure from this newsgroup.

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 10:50:18 -0400, George M. Middius
wrote:



Matt said:

the fact that Jesus is Lord

puke

You actually believe Jesus's mommy got pregnant by an "act of God"?

Is that why god made adultery a sin?

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 10:50:18 -0400, George M. Middius
wrote:



Matt said:

the fact that Jesus is Lord

puke

You actually believe Jesus's mommy got pregnant by an "act of God"?

Is that why god made adultery a sin?

Tell me how to set up a technically-correct DBT for God, and...

Piece of cake, Arny.
I once was blind. Now I see.
You once were blind. Now you see.

Next case?

Tell me how to set up a technically-correct DBT for God, and...

Piece of cake, Arny.
I once was blind. Now I see.
You once were blind. Now you see.

Next case?

Yes, they are no better, no more holy, and no more connected to
any supreme being than anyone else.

True. I don't claim to be any better and I certainly don't think I'm more
holy than anyone else. In fact, the closer one draws to God the more
apparent one's short-comings. It's this thing about all that light. :^)

Yes, they are no better, no more holy, and no more connected to
any supreme being than anyone else.

True. I don't claim to be any better and I certainly don't think I'm more
holy than anyone else. In fact, the closer one draws to God the more
apparent one's short-comings. It's this thing about all that light. :^)

thump thump thump...

Robert L. Bass wrote:
Tell me how to set up a technically-correct DBT for God, and...


Piece of cake, Arny.
I once was blind. Now I see.
You once were blind. Now you see.

Next case?

thump thump thump...

Robert L. Bass wrote:
Tell me how to set up a technically-correct DBT for God, and...


Piece of cake, Arny.
I once was blind. Now I see.
You once were blind. Now you see.

Next case?

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 11:29:17 GMT, "badger" cferriola@1remove
numbers2triad.rr.com wrote:

2+2=4?

depending on the base you use, in base 3 there is no 4, so 2 + 2 would
be 10.

Of course mixing 2 units of oil and 2 units of water won't make 4
units of liquid.

so 2+2 + 4 is not an absolute truth.

Grant Kinsley MD

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 11:29:17 GMT, "badger" cferriola@1remove
numbers2triad.rr.com wrote:

2+2=4?

depending on the base you use, in base 3 there is no 4, so 2 + 2 would
be 10.

Of course mixing 2 units of oil and 2 units of water won't make 4
units of liquid.

so 2+2 + 4 is not an absolute truth.

Grant Kinsley MD

Don't you understand how insulting that is to other people's beliefs?

Nope. Matt said nothing negative about you or your beliefs. He didn't even
say that you need to be like him or believe like him. He said that he prays
that you will receive lots of good things. There was not even a hint of
condescension in his post; only his express desire that you receive many
blessings.

You have every right to think and believe what you want to but don't
insult other people's views.

He didn't insult your beliefs or views.

jesus is not my lord nor the lord of about 2\3 of this planet.

In a sense that is true. Jesus even said that His "kingdom is not of this
world." It's a matter of the heart. To those who accept him, He is King.
To those who don't accept him, He seems just an ancient teacher, long dead,
but then...

Don't you understand how insulting that is to other people's beliefs?

Nope. Matt said nothing negative about you or your beliefs. He didn't even
say that you need to be like him or believe like him. He said that he prays
that you will receive lots of good things. There was not even a hint of
condescension in his post; only his express desire that you receive many
blessings.

You have every right to think and believe what you want to but don't
insult other people's views.

He didn't insult your beliefs or views.

jesus is not my lord nor the lord of about 2\3 of this planet.

In a sense that is true. Jesus even said that His "kingdom is not of this
world." It's a matter of the heart. To those who accept him, He is King.
To those who don't accept him, He seems just an ancient teacher, long dead,
but then...

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 22:23:02 -0400, "Robert L. Bass"
wrote:

I used to think that was true, too. Then one day I met
Someone who changed my point of view.

You are assuming that your point of view is an absolute
truth by that statement.

No. I'm stating that I had a personal experience which changed my mind
about the subject.

I will quote your statement.

There are no absolute truths (except that Jesus is Lord). That has no
statement of your personal experience. You state it to be an absolute
truth, not a personal truth. What more need be said. You can waffle
and change the goalposts all you want. My argument is with your
initial statement.

Grant Kinsley MD

Here's how it works for me. I'm certain enough of the veracity of my
beliefs to base my life on them. I'm happy enough with the results of
living that way to want to share my beliefs. However, I'm not so hung up on
my beliefs that I insist that you follow them. My responsibility is to say
what I think may be helpful to others. What you do with that information is
your choice. If some mindless parochial school teacher tried to beat faith
into you as a child I can do nothing to change that. If some overbearing
Christian tried to shove his faith down your throat so that you now find
Christianity repugnant, I can do nothing about that either. Even if you
choose to take offense at my simple comments for no reason at all I can do
nothing about it.

Read my other posts, and you'll find I have no problem with
Christians, I have a problem with those who have the audacity to state
their beliefs as an absolute truth. That you wish to believe in it is
fine, that you wish to define it as an absolute truth is not, as it is
not.

I can only say that I made a decision to believe many years ago and the
results were nothing less than spectacular. For me that is proof enough.
Note, however, that the proof is a result of a decision to believe -- not
the other way around.


And this defines Jesus is Lord as an absolute truth in exactly what
way??


I would beg to differ.

No need to beg. To quote another USENET poster's wry sig line, "Umbrage is
free. Take all you want."

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 22:23:02 -0400, "Robert L. Bass"
wrote:

I used to think that was true, too. Then one day I met
Someone who changed my point of view.

You are assuming that your point of view is an absolute
truth by that statement.

No. I'm stating that I had a personal experience which changed my mind
about the subject.

I will quote your statement.

There are no absolute truths (except that Jesus is Lord). That has no
statement of your personal experience. You state it to be an absolute
truth, not a personal truth. What more need be said. You can waffle
and change the goalposts all you want. My argument is with your
initial statement.

Grant Kinsley MD

Here's how it works for me. I'm certain enough of the veracity of my
beliefs to base my life on them. I'm happy enough with the results of
living that way to want to share my beliefs. However, I'm not so hung up on
my beliefs that I insist that you follow them. My responsibility is to say
what I think may be helpful to others. What you do with that information is
your choice. If some mindless parochial school teacher tried to beat faith
into you as a child I can do nothing to change that. If some overbearing
Christian tried to shove his faith down your throat so that you now find
Christianity repugnant, I can do nothing about that either. Even if you
choose to take offense at my simple comments for no reason at all I can do
nothing about it.

Read my other posts, and you'll find I have no problem with
Christians, I have a problem with those who have the audacity to state
their beliefs as an absolute truth. That you wish to believe in it is
fine, that you wish to define it as an absolute truth is not, as it is
not.

I can only say that I made a decision to believe many years ago and the
results were nothing less than spectacular. For me that is proof enough.
Note, however, that the proof is a result of a decision to believe -- not
the other way around.


And this defines Jesus is Lord as an absolute truth in exactly what
way??


I would beg to differ.

No need to beg. To quote another USENET poster's wry sig line, "Umbrage is
free. Take all you want."

The healing ministry of the Church did not stop with its adoption
as the state religion of Rome. People are still being healed today.

You mean those guys on TV who get the audience members so
excited they collapse on the stage?

I suspect you already know that I consider those folks frauds.

The healing ministry of the Church did not stop with its adoption
as the state religion of Rome. People are still being healed today.

You mean those guys on TV who get the audience members so
excited they collapse on the stage?

I suspect you already know that I consider those folks frauds.

Please think about this. If I were a jew or muslim, and you say that you
will pray to jesus for me, that is an insult. It is a blatant slap to
my beliefs. I don't need you or anyone else praying to jesus for me. Do
you understand this or are you completely brainwashed by your beliefs.


Robert L. Bass wrote:
Don't you understand how insulting that is to other people's beliefs?


Nope. Matt said nothing negative about you or your beliefs. He didn't even
say that you need to be like him or believe like him. He said that he prays
that you will receive lots of good things. There was not even a hint of
condescension in his post; only his express desire that you receive many
blessings.


You have every right to think and believe what you want to but don't
insult other people's views.


He didn't insult your beliefs or views.


jesus is not my lord nor the lord of about 2\3 of this planet.


In a sense that is true. Jesus even said that His "kingdom is not of this
world." It's a matter of the heart. To those who accept him, He is King.
To those who don't accept him, He seems just an ancient teacher, long dead,
but then...

Please think about this. If I were a jew or muslim, and you say that you
will pray to jesus for me, that is an insult. It is a blatant slap to
my beliefs. I don't need you or anyone else praying to jesus for me. Do
you understand this or are you completely brainwashed by your beliefs.


Robert L. Bass wrote:
Don't you understand how insulting that is to other people's beliefs?


Nope. Matt said nothing negative about you or your beliefs. He didn't even
say that you need to be like him or believe like him. He said that he prays
that you will receive lots of good things. There was not even a hint of
condescension in his post; only his express desire that you receive many
blessings.


You have every right to think and believe what you want to but don't
insult other people's views.


He didn't insult your beliefs or views.


jesus is not my lord nor the lord of about 2\3 of this planet.


In a sense that is true. Jesus even said that His "kingdom is not of this
world." It's a matter of the heart. To those who accept him, He is King.
To those who don't accept him, He seems just an ancient teacher, long dead,
but then...

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 22:38:19 -0400, "Robert L. Bass"
wrote:

I suspect he would not have made an audacious
statement such as "Jesus is an absolute truth"

Actually, that is not what I said. However, what I did say is only
audacious if it's not true. If I'm right you have a desparate need in your
life. If I'm worng you may or may not have a desparate need in your life.

Actually you said "There are no absolute truths (except that Jesus iis
Lord)" would be the exact quote" either way you have defined your
religious beliefs as an absolute truth, which is patently incorrect.

Grant Kinsley MD

It's not that I don't like Christians or Christian
ideals, but I don't like those that try to presuppose
that their ideas are absolute truths...
which by fiat makes others ideas absolute
untruths (regarding religion, or lack thereof)

Naah. There is a lot of value in most religions and belief systems. I've
been enjoying the book, "The Alchemist," by Paulo Coelho over the past few
days. The protagonist is Christian but as he travels through the book's
journey he learns much of value from people of diverse faiths.

I have many Orthodox Jewish clients whose lifestyle and faith is very
different from mine. Yet I have learned much about life and relationships
from some of them.

now maybe you will realize why you have
been roundly criticized for your statement.

As this is a text medium I hadn't noticed your rotundity. Criticism is part
of USENET. I've been more severely criticized for refusing to attack Arny
than for off-handedly mentioning that Jesus is Lord (which He is).

No you said that Jesus is Lord is an absolute truth, which it is not.
You may believe it, I don't and the majority of the world don't and
the evidence is sparse at best that he was anything more than an
average Joe. One cannot even ascertain reliably that he existed.
Therefore to say that Jesus is Lord is an absolute truth is false. To
say that you believe Jesus is Lord is something you believe to be true
is as far as you can stretch your argument.Anything else is nothing
more than your attempt to suggest that your belief system is the only
correct one, and that others by fiat are incorrect.
Grant Kinsley MD

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 22:38:19 -0400, "Robert L. Bass"
wrote:

I suspect he would not have made an audacious
statement such as "Jesus is an absolute truth"

Actually, that is not what I said. However, what I did say is only
audacious if it's not true. If I'm right you have a desparate need in your
life. If I'm worng you may or may not have a desparate need in your life.

Actually you said "There are no absolute truths (except that Jesus iis
Lord)" would be the exact quote" either way you have defined your
religious beliefs as an absolute truth, which is patently incorrect.

Grant Kinsley MD

It's not that I don't like Christians or Christian
ideals, but I don't like those that try to presuppose
that their ideas are absolute truths...
which by fiat makes others ideas absolute
untruths (regarding religion, or lack thereof)

Naah. There is a lot of value in most religions and belief systems. I've
been enjoying the book, "The Alchemist," by Paulo Coelho over the past few
days. The protagonist is Christian but as he travels through the book's
journey he learns much of value from people of diverse faiths.

I have many Orthodox Jewish clients whose lifestyle and faith is very
different from mine. Yet I have learned much about life and relationships
from some of them.

now maybe you will realize why you have
been roundly criticized for your statement.

As this is a text medium I hadn't noticed your rotundity. Criticism is part
of USENET. I've been more severely criticized for refusing to attack Arny
than for off-handedly mentioning that Jesus is Lord (which He is).

No you said that Jesus is Lord is an absolute truth, which it is not.
You may believe it, I don't and the majority of the world don't and
the evidence is sparse at best that he was anything more than an
average Joe. One cannot even ascertain reliably that he existed.
Therefore to say that Jesus is Lord is an absolute truth is false. To
say that you believe Jesus is Lord is something you believe to be true
is as far as you can stretch your argument.Anything else is nothing
more than your attempt to suggest that your belief system is the only
correct one, and that others by fiat are incorrect.
Grant Kinsley MD

I´m amazed that this thread has 230 messages or more!

I´m amazed that this thread has 230 messages or more!

Please think about this. STOP this thread! ...move it to another forum.
PLEASE.

"Andrew M." wrote in message
...
Please think about this. If I were a jew or muslim, and you say that you
will pray to jesus for me, that is an insult. It is a blatant slap to
my beliefs. I don't need you or anyone else praying to jesus for me. Do
you understand this or are you completely brainwashed by your beliefs.


Robert L. Bass wrote:
Don't you understand how insulting that is to other people's beliefs?


Nope. Matt said nothing negative about you or your beliefs. He didn't
even
say that you need to be like him or believe like him. He said that he
prays
that you will receive lots of good things. There was not even a hint of
condescension in his post; only his express desire that you receive many
blessings.


You have every right to think and believe what you want to but don't
insult other people's views.


He didn't insult your beliefs or views.


jesus is not my lord nor the lord of about 2\3 of this planet.


In a sense that is true. Jesus even said that His "kingdom is not of
this
world." It's a matter of the heart. To those who accept him, He is
King.
To those who don't accept him, He seems just an ancient teacher, long
dead,
but then...

Please think about this. STOP this thread! ...move it to another forum.
PLEASE.

"Andrew M." wrote in message
...
Please think about this. If I were a jew or muslim, and you say that you
will pray to jesus for me, that is an insult. It is a blatant slap to
my beliefs. I don't need you or anyone else praying to jesus for me. Do
you understand this or are you completely brainwashed by your beliefs.


Robert L. Bass wrote:
Don't you understand how insulting that is to other people's beliefs?


Nope. Matt said nothing negative about you or your beliefs. He didn't
even
say that you need to be like him or believe like him. He said that he
prays
that you will receive lots of good things. There was not even a hint of
condescension in his post; only his express desire that you receive many
blessings.


You have every right to think and believe what you want to but don't
insult other people's views.


He didn't insult your beliefs or views.


jesus is not my lord nor the lord of about 2\3 of this planet.


In a sense that is true. Jesus even said that His "kingdom is not of
this
world." It's a matter of the heart. To those who accept him, He is
King.
To those who don't accept him, He seems just an ancient teacher, long
dead,
but then...

And Robert MUST have the last word....jesus is not my lord, nor the lord
of about 2/3 of the planet. You are using your faith as a reason to be
an idiot.

Naah. One can be an idiot with or without faith.

And Robert MUST have the last word....jesus is not my lord, nor the lord
of about 2/3 of the planet. You are using your faith as a reason to be
an idiot.

Naah. One can be an idiot with or without faith.

Whom _do_ you consider legitimate (if anyone)? I'm not talking about MDs.

You mean those guys on TV who get the audience members
so excited they collapse on the stage?

I suspect you already know that I consider those folks frauds.

Whom _do_ you consider legitimate (if anyone)? I'm not talking about MDs.

You mean those guys on TV who get the audience members
so excited they collapse on the stage?

I suspect you already know that I consider those folks frauds.

Prove it....that is such a scam. If there was an validity
to this healing thing some scientist somewhere on
the planet would have acknowledged this. It would
be well documented by some OBJECTIVE person.

My older brother was diagnosed with fourth stage cancer almost five years
ago. He had lung cancer from 40+ years of smoking. It had spread to his
brain and adrenal system. There was a golf ball size tumor in the center of
the brain. The surgeon said he had a 50/50 chance of surviving the
operation but that in any event he would not last five months as the cancer
had metastasized. I learned of this less than 24 hours before he was to
undergo emergency surgery.

I got a flight reservation and arrived at the hospital only minutes before
they would wheel him into the operating room. Most of the family and many
friends were already there. I asked the doctor to wait a moment, got
everyone around the gurney and we began to pray. I don't know any fancy,
memorized prayers. I just asked Jesus to save my brother's life. We all
prayed together and I figuratively handed my brother over to the Lord. Then
they took him away.

Five and a half hours later the doctor came out to tell us that the surgery
was a success. They had removed all of the cancer from my brother's brain.
It wasn't ganglion so they got it all in one operation. The bad news was
that the brain cancer was secondary; that his body was full of the disease.
We cried but still trusted God as best we could. I must admit that my faith
isn't as strong as some. I believed God but I had lingering doubts. Not
everyone is healed and very few are ever healed of fourth stage cancer.

The operation was on a Friday in late December, right after Christmas.
Eight hours after the surgery my brother awoke; disconnected the monitor
cables from his head, chest and arm; got up and walked out of his room in
the intensive care unit. This triggered an alarm and the nursing staff came
running. They made him go back to bed. The next day when we came to visit
he was sitting up, telling jokes and asking for his favorite breakfast, ovos
rancheros -- spicy, Mexican-style, scrambled eggs. On Sunday he was
released from the hospital. The doctors said his progress was unbelievable.
But he still had cancer in his lungs and adrenal system. He was still under
the sentence of death.

We continued to pray, grateful for every day that we could still share with
my brother. After a month or two he went in for a chest X-ray. Something
was wrong. The doctor looked at the film and opened the previous one again.
The cancer in his lungs was shrinking! Within three more months it was
completely gone. A lung biopsy showed lots of cancer cells -- all dead and
in the process of being slowly absorbed, replaced by pink, healthy lung
tissue.

We finally had real hope but his adrenal system was still full of cancer.
Another biopsy was ordered. The doctor pulled out sample after sample from
my brother. There was no sign of a living tumor. This year we will
celebrate my brother's fifth cancer-free Christmas. We thought we would
never have another one together.

You can dismiss it all as luck, medical treatment or whatever you like. My
brother asked his doctor what he thought had happened. He said, "It's a
miracle. You were healed."

Regards,
Robert

=============================
Bass Home Electronics, Inc
2291 Pine View Circle
Sarasota · Florida · 34231
877-722-8900 Sales & Tech Support
941-925-9747 Fax
941-232-0791 Wireless
Nextel Private ID - 161*21755*1
http://www.bass-home.com
=============================

Prove it....that is such a scam. If there was an validity
to this healing thing some scientist somewhere on
the planet would have acknowledged this. It would
be well documented by some OBJECTIVE person.

My older brother was diagnosed with fourth stage cancer almost five years
ago. He had lung cancer from 40+ years of smoking. It had spread to his
brain and adrenal system. There was a golf ball size tumor in the center of
the brain. The surgeon said he had a 50/50 chance of surviving the
operation but that in any event he would not last five months as the cancer
had metastasized. I learned of this less than 24 hours before he was to
undergo emergency surgery.

I got a flight reservation and arrived at the hospital only minutes before
they would wheel him into the operating room. Most of the family and many
friends were already there. I asked the doctor to wait a moment, got
everyone around the gurney and we began to pray. I don't know any fancy,
memorized prayers. I just asked Jesus to save my brother's life. We all
prayed together and I figuratively handed my brother over to the Lord. Then
they took him away.

Five and a half hours later the doctor came out to tell us that the surgery
was a success. They had removed all of the cancer from my brother's brain.
It wasn't ganglion so they got it all in one operation. The bad news was
that the brain cancer was secondary; that his body was full of the disease.
We cried but still trusted God as best we could. I must admit that my faith
isn't as strong as some. I believed God but I had lingering doubts. Not
everyone is healed and very few are ever healed of fourth stage cancer.

The operation was on a Friday in late December, right after Christmas.
Eight hours after the surgery my brother awoke; disconnected the monitor
cables from his head, chest and arm; got up and walked out of his room in
the intensive care unit. This triggered an alarm and the nursing staff came
running. They made him go back to bed. The next day when we came to visit
he was sitting up, telling jokes and asking for his favorite breakfast, ovos
rancheros -- spicy, Mexican-style, scrambled eggs. On Sunday he was
released from the hospital. The doctors said his progress was unbelievable.
But he still had cancer in his lungs and adrenal system. He was still under
the sentence of death.

We continued to pray, grateful for every day that we could still share with
my brother. After a month or two he went in for a chest X-ray. Something
was wrong. The doctor looked at the film and opened the previous one again.
The cancer in his lungs was shrinking! Within three more months it was
completely gone. A lung biopsy showed lots of cancer cells -- all dead and
in the process of being slowly absorbed, replaced by pink, healthy lung
tissue.

We finally had real hope but his adrenal system was still full of cancer.
Another biopsy was ordered. The doctor pulled out sample after sample from
my brother. There was no sign of a living tumor. This year we will
celebrate my brother's fifth cancer-free Christmas. We thought we would
never have another one together.

You can dismiss it all as luck, medical treatment or whatever you like. My
brother asked his doctor what he thought had happened. He said, "It's a
miracle. You were healed."

Regards,
Robert

=============================
Bass Home Electronics, Inc
2291 Pine View Circle
Sarasota · Florida · 34231
877-722-8900 Sales & Tech Support
941-925-9747 Fax
941-232-0791 Wireless
Nextel Private ID - 161*21755*1
http://www.bass-home.com
=============================

Reading my previous post again, I think I was unfair. I didn't mean to
imply that I believe anything regarding these alleged fantasies. AFAIK they
never occurred. Just as I choose not to try to dig up dirt on Arny, I'm not
interested in a witch hunt against you.

You are truly fooling yourself if you think that your pompous,
evangelical way of dealing with things is respectful to anyone.

Reading my previous post again, I think I was unfair. I didn't mean to
imply that I believe anything regarding these alleged fantasies. AFAIK they
never occurred. Just as I choose not to try to dig up dirt on Arny, I'm not
interested in a witch hunt against you.

You are truly fooling yourself if you think that your pompous,
evangelical way of dealing with things is respectful to anyone.

"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
...
"Sockpuppet Yustabe" wrote in message


"Robert L. Bass" wrote in message
...

I have
also experimented with some of the things Jesus said and found them
to be reliable and repeatable.


You have no idea what Jesus might have said.

I have no absolutely certain idea what zillions of historical figure that
are routinely quoted, actually said. Neither do you or anybody else.

Given the SOTA of digital imaging and audio, I have no absolutely sure
idea
what zillions of contemporary figures said or are saying. I don't have a
clue as to who you really are.

So what?

All you have read is what someone else said that Jesus said,

Ditto for those zillions of historical and contemporary figures.

and you are not reading it in the same language as it
was written.

Ditto that, too. Did Caesar say: "You too, Brutus?". I'm really sure he
didn't!

(Shakespeare has him saying it in a work of historical fiction)


I'm sure that just about everybody with a brain knows that, too. I guess
that proves that all kinds of literature and history books are full of
lies.
Or convenient fictions. Or useful abstractions.

As to all of your above comments, thank you very much for supporting
my point about the Bible.



So what's your point sockpuppet Yustabe except that you're deceptively
trying to uniquely saddle the Bible with an extremely widespread problem?
Hey, you've tried to do the same thing with ABX, so maybe I should take
heart...


The point is that one cannot take the Bible literally. I am sorry
that you are too stupid to understand that.




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"Sockpuppet Yustabe" wrote in message


"Robert L. Bass" wrote in message
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I have
also experimented with some of the things Jesus said and found them
to be reliable and repeatable.


You have no idea what Jesus might have said.

I have no absolutely certain idea what zillions of historical figure that
are routinely quoted, actually said. Neither do you or anybody else.

Given the SOTA of digital imaging and audio, I have no absolutely sure
idea
what zillions of contemporary figures said or are saying. I don't have a
clue as to who you really are.

So what?

All you have read is what someone else said that Jesus said,

Ditto for those zillions of historical and contemporary figures.

and you are not reading it in the same language as it
was written.

Ditto that, too. Did Caesar say: "You too, Brutus?". I'm really sure he
didn't!

(Shakespeare has him saying it in a work of historical fiction)


I'm sure that just about everybody with a brain knows that, too. I guess
that proves that all kinds of literature and history books are full of
lies.
Or convenient fictions. Or useful abstractions.

As to all of your above comments, thank you very much for supporting
my point about the Bible.



So what's your point sockpuppet Yustabe except that you're deceptively
trying to uniquely saddle the Bible with an extremely widespread problem?
Hey, you've tried to do the same thing with ABX, so maybe I should take
heart...


The point is that one cannot take the Bible literally. I am sorry
that you are too stupid to understand that.




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Mr. Bass, I hope you take note of this, for the record.

Noted. As far as I'm concerned this whole "fantasy" thing is probably just
a USENET flame anyway. I'm much more interested in your thoughs on audio
than what someone else says you may or may not have done somewhere else at
some time in the past. The same applies to Arny. I'd rather read his ideas
about wave form propagation than someone else's ideas about Arny.

I will note, for the record, that I have never knowingly
participated in any such claims of paedophila regarding
Mr. Krueger.

Good.

Mr. Bass, please read until the end. I will have a comment to offer.

OK.

Mr. Bass - please compare and contrast my answers to
you and Arnold's. Hopefully, this shows the reason
why RAO heaps so much scorn on Mr. Krueger *and*
makes your initial statement about him misguided.

Perhaps I was unclear. I have looked at RAO maybe twice in the six+ years
I've been active on USENET. One thing I have noticed is that whenever
there's a newsgroup war on any forum both sides claim (and probably believe)
that the majority of other participants stand beside them. In most cases
neither is right.

I came here to share my ideas and to learn from the ideas of others. That
includes you and Arny.

OK???

Mr. Bass, I hope you take note of this, for the record.

Noted. As far as I'm concerned this whole "fantasy" thing is probably just
a USENET flame anyway. I'm much more interested in your thoughs on audio
than what someone else says you may or may not have done somewhere else at
some time in the past. The same applies to Arny. I'd rather read his ideas
about wave form propagation than someone else's ideas about Arny.

I will note, for the record, that I have never knowingly
participated in any such claims of paedophila regarding
Mr. Krueger.

Good.

Mr. Bass, please read until the end. I will have a comment to offer.

OK.

Mr. Bass - please compare and contrast my answers to
you and Arnold's. Hopefully, this shows the reason
why RAO heaps so much scorn on Mr. Krueger *and*
makes your initial statement about him misguided.

Perhaps I was unclear. I have looked at RAO maybe twice in the six+ years
I've been active on USENET. One thing I have noticed is that whenever
there's a newsgroup war on any forum both sides claim (and probably believe)
that the majority of other participants stand beside them. In most cases
neither is right.

I came here to share my ideas and to learn from the ideas of others. That
includes you and Arny.

OK???

"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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"dave weil" wrote in message


On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 06:20:45 -0400, "Arny Krueger"
wrote:



For openers Weil, name a specific public elementary school book store that
currently sells the Bible. This used to be done, but the liberal ACLU has
and surely would put a stop to it were it to become known.

Ironic that what started this subthread was an attempt to ban the mention
of
a certain religious figure from this newsgroup.


It was not an attempt to ban the mention of Jesus in RAO, it was an attempt
to
pursuade one person from declaring, in RAO, his status as son of God as
Absolute Truth.




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"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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"dave weil" wrote in message


On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 06:20:45 -0400, "Arny Krueger"
wrote:



For openers Weil, name a specific public elementary school book store that
currently sells the Bible. This used to be done, but the liberal ACLU has
and surely would put a stop to it were it to become known.

Ironic that what started this subthread was an attempt to ban the mention
of
a certain religious figure from this newsgroup.


It was not an attempt to ban the mention of Jesus in RAO, it was an attempt
to
pursuade one person from declaring, in RAO, his status as son of God as
Absolute Truth.




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"George M. Middius" wrote in message
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Matt said:

the fact that Jesus is Lord

puke

You actually believe Jesus's mommy got pregnant by an "act of God"?


If they had planned parenthood back then she wouldn't have had to lie about
it.




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