First off, the bible does not clearly distinguish(Excluding many of Jesus's parables) between what may be metaphorical, symbolic, or literal. Second off, as I said before, The 24 hour/day 365 year Calendar, was not made until the 1500s. This means that the Genesis Portion of the bible where it says god created everything in 6 days is incorrect(edited?) or symbolic. Either one, because they did not have 24 hour "days" back then as we do now.

If you're gonna argue, at least try and dont look like a fool.

In Genesis, it never says that God created the universe after the "universal war" between the angels and satan/followers. Also, it's clear you've never taken theology(Which all priests are required to do). To be honest, you should just stop talking BADecker. Even the priest at my local church would frown/laugh at what you've written. The Genesis portion of the bible is considered by most biblical historians to be Symbolic, and not literal, especially since back when these chapters were supposedly written, there Were No 24 hour Day Calendars aka The gregorian calendar did not exist yet, which is why "God creating the universe is 6 days" is regarded as Symbolic. You and whoever else believes that God created the world in 6 days is an idiot, and truly needs to go back to school. From that you can also see just how much the bible has been edited over the centuries(Genesis was edited), and why most of the things in there are symbolic or simply false.

Literally every sentence you write makes me feel like you dropped out of school in 3rd grade BADecker. At least research before you come up with bullshit that not even fellow christians would accept.

You know that different religions ramifications have different interpretations of the Bible? some Evangelist believe that the bible speaks in a literal way and not metaphorical way so they actually believe that earth is around 6000 years old.

BADecker: I challenge you to a duel, my knowledge of the emerald tablet's against your bible in a friendly fitbaw match, our turn, being the ball?

Hopfully the admins will send us a percentage of the bets as a donation lol, just for the increased trafic

Edit: You start the thread, so as not to hijack, let's see what we know?

I can see some real problems with those concepts.  Either apply them to all religions, or give Islam special status.  (which nobody in the West is going to be willing to do.)

But if you apply these concepts to all religion, aside from destroying free speech, you have created a situation where we can't disrespect Scientology.

Now that wouldn't do at all...

"Winston, come into the dining room, it's time to eat," Julia yelled to her husband. "In a minute, honey, it's a tie score," he answered. Actually Winston wasn't very interested in the traditional holiday football game between Detroit and Washington.

Ever since the government passed the Civility in Sports Statute of 2017, outlawing tackle football for its "unseemly violence" and the "bad example it sets for the rest of the world," Winston was far less of a football fan than he used to be. Two-hand touch wasn't nearly as exciting.

Yet it wasn't the game that Winston was uninterested in. It was more the thought of eating another Tofu Turkey. Even though it was the best type of VeggieMeat available after the government revised the American Anti-Obesity Act of 2018, adding fowl to the list of federally-forbidden foods, (which already included potatoes, cranberry sauce and mince-meat pie), it wasn't anything like real turkey. And ever since the government officially changed the name of "Thanksgiving Day" to "A National Day of Atonement" in 2020 to officially acknowledge the Pilgrims' historically brutal treatment of Native Americans, the holiday had lost a lot of its luster.

Eating in the dining room was also a bit daunting. The unearthly gleam of government-mandated fluorescent light bulbs made the Tofu Turkey look even weirder than it actually was, and the room was always cold. Ever since Congress passed the Power Conservation Act of 2016, mandating all thermostats - which were monitored and controlled by the electric company - be kept at 68 degrees, every room on the north side of the house was barely tolerable throughout the entire winter.

Still, it was good getting together with family. Or at least most of the family. Winston missed his mother, who passed on in October, when she had used up her legal allotment of life-saving medical treatment. He had had many heated conversations with the Regional Health Consortium, spawned when the private insurance market finally went bankrupt, and everyone was forced into the government health care program. And though he demanded she be kept on her treatment, it was a futile effort. "The RHC's resources are limited," explained the government bureaucrat Winston spoke with on the phone. "Your mother received all the benefits to which she was entitled. I'm sorry for your loss."

Ed couldn't make it either. He had forgotten to plug in his electric car last night, the only kind available after the Anti-Fossil Fuel Bill of 2021 outlawed the use of the combustion engines-for everyone but government officials. The fifty mile round trip was about ten miles too far, and Ed didn't want to spend a frosty night on the road somewhere between here and there.

Thankfully, Winston's brother, John, and his wife were flying in. Winston made sure that the dining room chairs had extra cushions for the occasion. No one complained more than John about the pain of sitting down so soon after the government-mandated cavity searches at airports, which severely aggravated his hemorrhoids. Ever since a terrorist successfully smuggled a cavity bomb onto a jetliner, the TSA told Americans the added "inconvenience" was an "absolute necessity" in order to stay "one step ahead of the terrorists." Winston's own body had grown accustomed to such probing ever since the government expanded their scope to just about anywhere a crowd gathered, via Anti-Profiling Act of 2022. That law made it a crime to single out any group or individual for "unequal scrutiny," even when probable cause was involved. Thus, cavity searches at malls, train stations, bus depots, etc., etc., had become almost routine. Almost.

The Supreme Court is reviewing the statute, but most Americans expect a Court composed of six progressives and three conservatives to leave the law intact. "A living Constitution is extremely flexible," said the Court's eldest member, Elena Kagan. "Europe has had laws like this one for years. We should learn from their example," she added.

Winston's thoughts turned to his own children. He got along fairly well with his 12-year-old daughter, Brittany, mostly because she ignored him. Winston had long ago surrendered to the idea that she could text anyone at any time, even during Atonement Dinner. Their only real confrontation had occurred when he limited her to 50,000 texts a month, explaining that was all he could afford. She whined for a week, but got over it.

His 16-year-old son, Jason, was another matter altogether. Perhaps it was the constant bombarding he got in public school that global warming, the bird flu, terrorism or any of a number of other calamities were "just around the corner," but Jason had developed a kind of nihilistic attitude that ranged between simmering surliness and outright hostility. It didn't help that Jason had reported his father to the police for smoking a cigarette in the house, an act made criminal by the Smoking Control Statute of 2018, which outlawed smoking anywhere within 500 feet of another human being. Winston paid the $5,000 fine, which might have been considered excessive before the American dollar became virtually worthless as a result of QE13. The latest round of quantitative easing the federal government initiated was, once again, to "spur economic growth." This time they promised to push unemployment below its years-long rate of 18%, but Winston was not particularly hopeful.

Yet the family had a lot for which to be thankful, Winston thought, before remembering it was a Day of Atonement. At least he had his memories. He felt a twinge of sadness when he realized his children would never know what life was like in the Good Old Days, long before government promises to make life "fair for everyone" realized their full potential. Winston, like so many of his fellow Americans, never realized how much things could change when they didn't happen all at once, but little by little, so people could get used to them.

He wondered what might have happened if the public had stood up while there was still time, maybe back around 2011, when all the real nonsense began. "Maybe we wouldn't be where we are today if we'd just said 'enough is enough' when we had the chance," he thought.

Maybe so, Winston. Maybe so.

You do realize evolution doesn't go against the bible right?

By the way I don't see how this changes the whole idea of humans came out of Africa idea since Ethiopia is in Africa.

You must surely know he's read everything I posted since he ignored me.. Your god and mine are not that much different.. you cant keep the truth from the all seeing eye..

Oh, and it was ezekial who wrote of the ring with weels upon weels on it's face

The emerald tablets are much, much older, and contains the FIRST recording of the dude with this ring

Edit: I guess it goes without saying, that since time began, civilisation upon civilisation have lain claim to the one god being THEIR god, and no-one else's.. unless you go though someone, your fucked. This is why I think the bible is nonsense, it's the last version of the same story repeated throughout time, the question being, which son are we supposed to believe? If you only know of Jesus, fair do's, but what if, like me, you believe many different versions, and can see the hidden continuity, but have the problem of deciding.. which is the true son we have to go through?

So I chose thoth's book to figure it out, because it has no expectations, only that you do.

It's like, if I had a choice, Jesus wants me to do this and that, but thoth just shows the way to all, to do so themselve's, become LIKE jesus..

Edit; The bible leaves us no choice, we go through Jesus or suffer. Thoth shows us how to become like jesus, to be able to work the same kind of miracles.. and like Jesus, thoth also lays claim to returning, and even states when.

When we learn to control lightning.. The war has already started.. man against man, brother against brother..

Recently, a mobile phone company managed to get a phone to recharge with controlled lightning.

So it's not too long then, for the return of the savior then.. the problem is, the bible betrayed the secret's to the men of the north AND south, ie, us white folks

You mean I'll slag you off like you deserve? You sit there all high and mighty ASSUMING i never read your posts and go crying to everyone about your delusions? You continually tried to goad me into conversing with you, yet despite me saying, I'm not interested, you EXPECT me to answer? And then start stalking me in priv messaging because you ASSUME I did'nt read all of your post? This is about ONE post is it not, considering the rest related to it.. you did have a good point, or I would not have answered you, but then you went off in tangent's that I was simply not willing to entertain.. If you choose to use 'The Joint' as your handle, EXPECT to be called a stoner, a Junkie, a drug user, and considering your replies and actions are nothing short of what a drug user would act like, all I can say is bring it on.. I have no illusion you will read my posts, I mean, all you need to do is read them whilst not logged in, so as to not unblock me, but I know you have already unblocked me twice.. momentarily.. curiosity killed the cat.. pussy.. I Have not fraudulently misrepresented you, YOU misrepresented yourself with your name, never mind your bullshit.. You KNEW what most people would think of your name, BEFORE you commited yourself to it, now you blame me for YOUR misrepresentation of yourself? You cant even stay on topic, and twice I pointed out you stated god was irrelevant to your question, and twice you have failed to notice I was correct.. I need say no more, for it is clear for all to see..

And yes, I will slander you till your blue in the face if I choose to, but I only have a wee drop tissue left, wanna donate to the dry eye's club?

Oh, I forgot.. I'm ignored.. Thank fuck.. back to GOD then huh? Or do you want to go off on wild tangents again with your thread hijacking?

Keep in mind, all anti-trust that is non-business related will cost you any future business you f'n lunatic..

If you ask me? You NEED a f'n joint.