Bingowings said:
Warb doesn't even seem to know what Devil's advocacy is. I play it now and then,
I know what it is and thanks for finally admitting to it.
Bingowings said:
everyone does it's a legitimate tool of rhetoric but to just bleat that everything I say lacks legitimacy because I sometimes try to get readers to see beyond the tramlines
the readers here don't need you to get them to look "beyond the tramlines"
It amazes me the number of people here that think it is their job to educate me.
btw, when I do look "beyond the tramlines" I am going to look at and look for things other than what you want to look at and for.
Bingowings said:
After all love the not sinner not the totally unfounded and yet somehow hinted sin right?
huh?
Bingowings said:
BTW I 'resurrected' the debate because I was away due to the Santanic Winter Fest 2013. Santa, Saturn and Satan all being the same figure as Wotan/Odin/Shani.
see this is what I can't stand. You just have to spew this asinine crap instead of just saying you were away for Christmas. And why do you spew it? to mock my and other Christians' religious beliefs.
Bingowings said:
I have no problem with you saying you don't understand things but try and think things through before you say it.
how do you know I don't?
Bingowings said:
If you believe the Bible to be literally true from cover to cover you have to square that with the parallel stories that often predate those found between those covers.
The epic of Gilgamesh has the Eden story but with a twist and it's older than than the King James version of the Genesis version of the story. You can argue that ancient Mesopotamia despite having the oldest written version is wrong but the 1611 British version is closer to the truth because God is pointing you that way or you can say the later version is an alteration of the older version.
You can blame it on the made up Devil or God or just the clumsiness of Men.
But you have to square it somehow like the Dinosaurs have to be squared for the Creationists.
the Kings James Version of the Bible is a translation of a book that is much much older than 1611. However, as I think I have said in the past, I am not sure I believe every single thing in the Bible.