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fredsbend
fredsbend
3:54 AM
@El'endiaStarman Plus a few "Alexandroplis"
@ThaddeusB Sure, highly unlikely vs. extremely unlikely. Pragmatically, there is no difference.
Interesting.
 
Lee Woofenden
Lee Woofenden
4:43 AM
@fredsbend Only read the beginning, and it's already irrelevant to the discussion here, which is about whether Jesus existed as a historical person, not about whether he actually engaged in the "supernatural activities" described in the Gospels.
@fredsbend And this article is rather sloppy. For example:
> Stephen Jay Gould school claimed that religion and scholarship occupied separate, non-overlapping worlds.
No he didn't. he said that religion and science occupy "non-overlapping magisteria (NOMA)."
If you're going to call your opponents "buttinskis," you should at least get your facts straight.
 
 
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TRiG
TRiG
9:13 AM
@LeeWoofenden Alternatively, Last Thursdayism / Omphalos.
I'm no historian, but I think the consensus is that Jesus probably existed, but we know very little about him.
Which makes him a good role model.
 
 
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You did what to the cows Elisha?!
You did what to the cows Elisha?!
11:35 AM
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Q: First Religion in world and still existing

NagarjunHi all as i read more and more mythological stories i am realizing that first religion which ever exist on earth is Hinduism. Am i right if not please correct. Its because of these reasons Buddhism also derived from ancient Sanskrit follower Buddha which sanskrit is the primary sacred language...

other-religions christianity islam buddhism
 
 
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Mr. Bultitude
Mr. Bultitude
2:53 PM
Christianity's premise is that Jesus was the long-awaited Jewish Messiah, so of course it's newer than Judaism; the claim would be that the Judaism that's practiced today is a divergence from Christianity, the True Israel (while Jews today would claim the reverse). If you would say that Judaism was founded at Mt. Sinai, then Judaism and Christianity would each claim that worship of both the true God and false gods preceded Judaism's establishment. With that being the case, Christians aren't much interested (at least insofar as dogma is concerned) in what religion is oldest. — Mr. Bultitude 24 secs ago
 
 
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Lee Woofenden
Lee Woofenden
4:08 PM
@TRiG That was the general point emerging from the argument here, which was against the idea that Jesus never existed as an actual human being.
@TRiG Last Thursdayism / Omphalos are on a distinctly different—and lower—level than idealism. Last Thursdayism asks us to trust our senses, but only for the last few days, or the last few thousand years (the unit of time doesn't really matter). Idealism is a comprehensive view about the nature of the universe: that it is non-material.
 
Mr. Bultitude
Mr. Bultitude
I'm waiting for this question to be edited to ask for a Catholic perspective:
-2
Q: How is there -2 charge upon (SO4)^-2 when sulfur and all oxygen atoms are nutral themselves?

user23785As far as I understand SO4^2- structure, Sulfur makes two coordinate bonds with two oxygen atoms and two double bonds are formed with oxygen after sulfur expands it's valance shell to 6. At this point calculating formal charge of those two coordinate bonded oxygen gives total formal charge of -2...

science
 
Lee Woofenden
Lee Woofenden
@Mr.Bultitude LOL! The comments chain is priceless!
"Christianity" does sound sort of like "Chemistry" . . . but the tags are all messed up!
 
fredsbend
fredsbend
5:13 PM
@LeeWoofenden That link is a discussion post. It's not an article. A lot like reading here. Without a source, it's more possible than a respected blogger to be misrepresented or patently false.
@TRiG I'd say that beer tap has a Freudian problem.
 
ThaddeusB
ThaddeusB
5:36 PM
@Mr.Bultitude LOL
 
Lee Woofenden
Lee Woofenden
@fredsbend Yeah, you're right, I only looked at it quickly. I was referring to the second posting (by jonecc) at that link. In general, online atheist discussions strike me as every bit as dogmatic and ignorant as online fundamentalist Christian discussions. And the atheists are usually more disrespectful and rude about it than the Christians.
@fredsbend Or maybe you do . . . . :-P
 
 
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alvoutila
alvoutila
7:34 PM
@ThaddeusB I would like to offer my thankfullness for your feedback overall. In other words; thanks. Story behind this last paragraph later if necessary.
 
alvoutila
alvoutila
8:01 PM
 
 
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Does Elisha speak?
Does Elisha speak?
9:21 PM
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Q: What is this site really about?

Kekoa FlemingIron sharpening iron? All I have experienced in a very short time is pride, self righteousness; as if mans understanding of scripture is enough. I would like to remind everyone here on this site that we have one teacher. You can understand nothing on your own. No amount of studying will give you ...

discussion
 
 
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fredsbend
fredsbend
10:38 PM
@LeeWoofenden That also is my impression.
@LeeWoofenden Touché
 
ThaddeusB
ThaddeusB
11:33 PM
@Nathaniel re:this question Yep, its a LMGTFY question, so fastest fingers win. ;) ... Good find on the Ambrose/Jerome connections though, so +1 from me.
 
Does Elisha speak?
Does Elisha speak?
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Q: Delete account please.

nillI really want to delete my account asap. Need help, instructions. Have searched with little to no documentation. What this site calls Christianity is indeed heresy.

discussion
 
ThaddeusB
ThaddeusB
^^Wow that user sure went off the deep end in a hurry. Post one got good feedback, post two provided an off-topic answer, post 3 was a rant about how users here have too much pride, and when that was moved to meta, post 4 was "delete my account because you are heretics".
 

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