[quote=joea] Ok, your opinion is welcome, but not shared. :up:

Anyone disputing the book's credibility, is driven by the devil. ;)

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/6...ruesophil3.gif

Very true.

Again, not speaking for others here, that's not what my faith is based upon.

VON_CAPO...

You misquoted me and the funny thing about it is that you even bolded my statement. I said..."The evil one is attempting to suck you into a trap of "exposing" your hipocracy."

You however, are attempting to link my statement to people discrediting the bible. There is no link what-so-ever.

Fixed. Sorry, I apologize.

An extremely worrisome idea: :-?:-?:-?

From the book "Letter to a Christian Nation" ---> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307265773/ also ---> http://www.samharris.org/site/book_l...istian_nation/

""" Note to the Reader:

Forty-four percent of the American population is convinced that Jesus will return to judge the living and the dead sometime in the next fifty years.

According to the most common interpretation of biblical prophecy, Jesus will return only after things have gone horribly awry here on earth.

It is, therefore, not an exaggeration to say that if the city of New York were suddenly replaced by a ball of fire, some significant percentage of the American population would see a silver lining in the subsequent mushroom cloud, as it would suggest to them that the best thing that is ever going to happen was about to happen—the return of Christ.

It should be blindingly obvious that beliefs of this sort will do little to help us create a durable future for ourselves—socially, economically, environmentally, or geopolitically.

Imagine the consequences if any significant component of the U.S. government actually believed that the world was about to end and that its ending would be glorious.

The fact that nearly half of the American population apparently believes this, purely on the basis of religious dogma, should be considered a moral and intellectual emergency. """

It recalls me the Jim Jones incident at Guyana. :shifty::shifty::shifty:

Assuming for a moment that you are correct, what do you think should be done about it? Tell people they have to abandon their religion? Disprove God? What?

I like the "It has to be true since it´s impossible to make such a story up" (yeah, right...) attitude, combined with the smug "Our religion is the best" attitude. :88)

So, forget about "it has to be true". Try "it very well can be true". And it's quite rational.

As for smugness, the major religions of the world contradict each other. Either they're all wrong or 1 of them is right. An appropriate smiley is called for: :smug:

:p

This is amazing, I never thought that you can show such humble level of frankness. :o:o:o

I'm not surprised you could show such a brazen level of subjectivity.

[quote=The Avon Lady] :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:This is the regular militant that I know!!!

By the way, I refuse your imputation, I only show facts. :yep::yep::yep:

...Reference my post regarding facts on the internet....

Sorry, but I can´t try "it very well can be true". ;) A god - through a fire - spoke to three million people more than 3000 years ago? :hmm:

Many grew up with this story, many were taught to believe it. The usual religious indoctrination, like it happens in most (all?) other religions. At best I give it 0.01% chance that the story is actually true. The thing is, no one can actually prove that it happened.

:)