A message from Lab Rat

[trev]

You all suck. Except Tom. He is the only creature here that can see both God and science. And not laugh and take sides with one or the other. You all need to listen.

[Van]

trev, the guy you're applauding for not laughing? He's being sarcastic every time he posts.

[trev]

But you aren't being sarcastic Van. Just worry about yourself.

[Van]

I'd rather worry about you. You fool really easily.

[trev]

You are pretty presumptuous. That you are. I don't think you speak for Tom though. I think some people have set you straight and you refuse to admit it. I'm not a bible thumping "christian." But I can see both sides and not totally disregard the other. I'm sorry you can't. Your loss. I bet that makes you smile. So be it.

[Van]

I'm not being presumptuous at all. I'm quoting you. It's not my fault that you can't recognize naked sarcasm for what it is...even when he includes one of these...



You're giving him praise for not laughing at others when that's precisely what he's doing with nearly every post he's made recently. Nothing wrong with his doing that; the funny thing is your dimwitted, sanctimonious response.

Oh, and sweetie, go ahead and link me right up with an example of someone setting me straight here. Who will you go with for said quotes? Rog? Wags? pop?

[trev]

Tom is money and has earned the right to seal his post with a

You on the other hand haven't really convinced anyone. Sorry to break it to ya fella.

Once again, your loss. *shrug* Can't help ya.

[Van]

Like R-Jack said, you can't even surrender worth a shit.

[trev]

Surrender about what? You have disregarded a good portion of what anyone else has to say. I am good with how I feel. There is nothing to "surrender." Oh, I forgot, it's all just laughable to you. You are not capable of seeing both sides. Pretty closed minded. Call it a surrender if you want. I don't care.

[Van]

trev, for mvscal's sake I hope you at least have a nice ass, what with the way you constantly chase your own tail.

Newsflash, sweetie: Nobody's minds were changed in this thread, and no one "opened their mind" to accept a new point of view. That includes you.

You're a sweet lady, but fuck, sometimes you can be such a simpleminded dumpling. Talking to you is like enduring a conversation with some doddering, rheumy blue hair whose Depends leaked onto her plastic-covered sofa. Your posts have all the gravity of a pot roast recipe from Reader's Digest.

[poptart]

A day is not 1,000 years, idiot. It is 24 hours in any language.

This is true.

Genesis 1 is very clearly written such that the reader gets the information that the 6 days are literal.
And up until about 200 years ago nobody would ever dream that it means something other than that.
Only when people began trying to reconcile Scripture with what science was saying did they start imagining ways to have Genesis 1 say something other than what is straight-forwardly presented.

I've studied many various alternative theories about the language of Genesis 1 - trying to have it match with what science is now saying - and I don't find any of them compelling at all.

Except for the gap theory - and there are different variations of this theory.

I think a compelling case can be made that there were activities going on on earth involving satan (and perhaps other living things or spirits) between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2 - which may have gone on for a very long time.

[Van]

pop, I don't recall whether I've ever asked you this, but do you actually believe there's literally a Satan? I don't mean some hockey player, either. I'm talking about the Satan described in the Bible and many an episode of South Park.

You know, this guy...

[BSmack]

[Van]

[Dinsdale]

"Like Lord Of The Rings is a documentary."


Outstanding.



Pops... bless you. For every couplehundred people like you, there's a minimum wage job created mowing lawns at a church.


It's not fathomable that Man twiddled his thumbs for 190,000 years, yet it's infinitely fathomable that God, who can presumably do whatever the fuck he wants, whenever the fuck he wants, has been twiddling his thumbs doing nothing for at least 2000 years...

[Roger_the_Shrubber]

If God says you don't understand time and dumbs it down for you in the face of basic science, then what whack job church needs to be burned down next?

pithy

Yeth, it ith.

[poptart]

Van, yes, I say there is a literal satan.

[Van]

As in a mean spirit who lives in a fiery domain Below? A dude who selectively meddles in man's affairs, with his all-powerful creator giving him the okay to fuck His shit up as dude sees fit?

Wow.

[Dinsdale]

Shut up, Van.

Simple logic dictates that an omnipotent being would of course appoint a complete Ahole to torture His children.

[Shlomart Ben Yisrael]

As in a mean spirit who lives in a fiery domain Below? A dude who selectively meddles in man's affairs, with his all-powerful creator giving him the okay to fuck His shit up as dude sees fit?

Wow.

No, he actually means a literary satan...

...IE: Dins

[Van]

So God is a Meatgrinder parent who splits time between the SEC and Utah.

Gotcha.

[poptart]

Simple logic dictates that an omnipotent being would of course appoint a complete Ahole to torture His children.

John 10:25-29
[25] Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
[26] But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
[27] My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
[28] And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
[29] My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.


But ye believe not because ye are not of my sheep.

Nothing will ever separate God's children from Him.




John 8:37-44 (Jesus speaking to the Pharisees)
[37] I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
[38] I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.
[39] They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
[40] But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
[41] Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
[42] Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
[43] Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
[44] Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.


Ye are of your father the devil.

[Shlomart Ben Yisrael]

But ye believe not because ye are not of my sheep.

Whoah...easy with the Obama bashing, buddy.

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

Van, yes, I say there is a literal satan.

Do you think he has a secret office where he gets away from all the bullshit and cranks the A/C?

[PSUFAN]

meatgrinder

pant pant

--Kid Kacksville

[Tom In VA]

Thanks trev. Van has had some good things to say. He knows a lot of things. When I'm being facetious and when I am not, is not one of them. Keep 'em guessing right,
makes it fun for all.

Anyway, you might be interested in this link.

http://www.hplusmagazine.com/articles/n ... experience

It's about a neuroscientist who is studying - spiritual experiences. He's a scientist. I am going to be researching his work and looking for his peers arguments against it.

Recall. The prevailing scientific theory at the time the Wright Brothers successfully flew - was that - it was impossible :D

Who knows. Just remember ....

[Ana Ng]

If there really was a God, do you think she'd let this thread carry on past page 2?



Ultra maroons.

[Dinsdale]

If there really was a God, do you think she'd let this thread carry on past page 2?

Thinly-veiled Dishwalla reference?

Nice.