The overwhelming splendor and excellence of the Bible cannot be disputed

[QUOTE=BuGzBuNNy]Dawg...One of your sources claimed that Perseus was born of a virgin and you backed that..only to later say that he was born of a virgin in that, his mother was a virgin before she became pregnant with him, smh. This claim holds absolutely no weight. If this is what you call being born of a virgin than I very well may have been born of a virgin

Pretty sure you also quoted sources that claimed biblical cannons were edited at the councils when I'm certain most sources will say otherwise or that it could never be certain. [/QUOTE]

Stop it :lol

I provided you sources that showed that the whole demigod being born of a virgin mortal and God was just a recycled Pagan convention, which it [I]clearly[/I] is. You spent like a page trying to convince me that there might be a difference between Jesus being born of the God Yahweh and the mortal Mary and Perseus being born of the God Zeus and the mortal Semele because the latter may have involved God-mortal sex while the former was a result of magic. It didn't even matter to you that one of the Church's early fathers, one of its most famous martyrs said in no uncertain terms that the stories surrounding Jesus' life were the same as the life stories of the 'sons of Jupiter' (aka Zeus). C'mon son.

Like I said, I can bump the thread again if you want to retread that road. Just say when.

[QUOTE]I ended the thread, no denying that. But it wasn't because you were dogging me or something. You had no interest in admitting to your mistake of a claim, thats not why I ended it either though. I can also admit that you've been fighting in this game longer than I have..clearly you've spent more time trying to disprove the Bible than I've spent trying to prove it. I've said that before. Hell, clearly you care more to disprove the Bible than I care to prove it

You can't admit the impact/greatness of the Bible?[/QUOTE]

I can admit the impact of the bible same as I can admit the impact of the movie Avatar. You'd have to tell me what your definition of greatness is.

[QUOTE=BuGzBuNNy]Eh, its not like the message isn't apparent everywhere its found[/QUOTE]

What you mean?

[QUOTE=BuGzBuNNy]The jury seems to be out on Justin Martyr. I've seen all kinds of things questioning him. That he was controversial...questioning if he was a [url=http://www.cogwriter.com/justin.htm]saint, apostate, heretic.[/url] I won't form an opinion on him before I at least feel I know enough about him to[/QUOTE]

Wondering what you thought about the videos I posted on the last page?

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlnnWbkMlbg[/url]

Do you find inaccuracies in what he is describing?

i see nothing wrong with making fun of someone's religion.

imaging a dude who sees his toilet bowl as his god and he worships that toilet bowl. every morning, he makes a prayer to that toilet bowl, and all his faith belongs to the toilet bowl. granted, he may be a nice person, but he's still worshipping a f--king toilet bowl.

i don't really see a difference between christians and that guy worshipping his toilet bowl.

both believe in the same kind of faith. it doesn't necessarily make them bad people, but they're both funny. if you must respect christians, then you must also respect the guy worshipping his toilet bowl.

[QUOTE=DCL]i see nothing wrong with making fun of someone's religion.

imaging a dude who sees his toilet bowl as his god and he worships that toilet bowl. every morning, he makes a prayer to that toilet bowl, and all his faith belongs to the toilet bowl. granted, he may be a nice person, but he's still worshipping a f--king toilet bowl.

i don't really see a difference between christians and that guy worshipping his toilet bowl.

both believe in the same kind of faith. it doesn't necessarily make them bad people, but they're both funny. if you must respect christians, then you must also respect the guy worshipping his toilet bowl.[/QUOTE]

Hitchens makes a good point on the mockery of religion. [url]http://youtu.be/8t4VhQX5Ckk?t=1m21s[/url]

Although the distinction should be made about the mockery of a belief system and mockery of the individual. Those are two different exercises.

"One of the beginnings of human emancipation is the ability to laugh at authority."

I thought most people realized wizards and fantasies weren't real by time they were in their teens? :confusedshrug:

[QUOTE=BuGzBuNNy]I haven't watched them, I will now..and this one

If I am to believe that the Bible is truth, nothing like this will ever surprise me as it hints it time and again. Continuing to watch[/QUOTE]

So what is your opinion?

You know what I never understood about the major religions (Christianity, Judaism, Islam). God decided to reveal his word to some group of special people in those days but how come he cant reveal to us? What makes them worthy?

We are asked to believe in some books that we have 0 clues regarding their origins.