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Originally Posted by glyn
Ah, dear heart, you'd be surprised how long this information has been around. For you I expect the highest accolade you can award something is to say "It's the Bible truth!". Do you accept that the bible of today is but a bowdlerised version of what the ancient Christians had? Are you aware that the Ceasar of the time ( Constantine,who practiced the worship of Sol Invicta up to his death) made himself Pope? He went to Nicea with his deranged mother (a most devout Christian lady) and they devised what has become known as the Nicine (Nicean) creed. It was there that the casting out of gospels they didn't like took place. So you could say that a member of another religion and a loony-tunes were the ones most responsible for the creating of your bible. As regards to the rubbish translations, try this one. A character crops up who the bible calls 'Joseph of Arimathea', familiar to everyone who had to endure watching schoolchildrens plays just before Christmas. Archeologists from the four corners dug up 'the Holy land' trying to find a town or city called Arimathea. They could have saved their energy if they had access to the Dead Sea Scrolls. These are the oldest records of parts of the bible. What does it say? (in Greek) "Yussuf, rama Theo" - which means simply, 'Joseph, beloved of God'. Nothing to do with Arimathea. No such place. Never was. Purely the work of a spectacularly incompetant monk in a scriptorium. There are so many other examples.
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Congratulations on finding the strawman needed to make this preposterous thread work, Glyn. Certainly your revelations will be welcomed by any Christians whose beliefs don't ultimately rest on faith (and there are many).
Where's this tactic cropped up before, plucking a choice quote in order to pad one's ego?
AFAIK Glyn, no one else here has assumed a monopoly on truth and pushed it on you (or
Truth, as of the kind I assume Brokensickle and Christians sometimes refer, when he attempted to convey the spiritual location of someone willing to walk into a lion's den coated with tomato sauce, if only to get in a few words before they're devoured).
You may think it all stems from a sandcastle in the sky that can be brought down with a few historical corrections. However I find it hard to believe that in the last 67 years you haven't discovered religious persons whose beliefs, if not their entire livelihoods and sanity, rests ultimately in their spirit.
If you'd care to comment, the original topic was about using discretion when exercising free speech, particularly when speaking critically about another religion. I think most would agree that while one shouldn't suffer for this exercise, a healthy dose of humility is both wise and pragmatic when the topic is religion.
You know, I've always wondered why your words are the largest on the board. I guess I passed it off as a running joke, poor vision maybe. Now I realize its because of their supreme importance and wisdom of their speaker.
But you can save your spluge for a choir that'll eat it.
I'm not going to chop your head off, but its not polite to mentally masturbate in public. Please stop it.