republicans oppose teaching of “critical thinking skills”

[Yannis]

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Also, Yannis, you stated that God does not hate anything, but I posted from his Book that he does.

Is that literal, teaching, metaphorical? Just what is that?

It is an anthopomorphic simplification, intended as a teaching device, written thousands of years ago.

 

[RCG Trader]

Quote from Yannis:

interpret these passage differently.

So, in the end, you will twist the words of the bible into what you see fit. In other words, you can read English and simply change the the meaning of the words in your own mind to fit your own dictionary.

 

[RCG Trader]

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It is an anthopomorphic simplification, intended as a teaching device, written thousands of years ago.

In the Catholic tradition, people like you are called, cafeteria Catholics

You pick and choose as if from a menu.

 

[Yannis]

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Now, that is interesting, because the bible itself does not state any of these assertions. Just where do you get this from?

What kind of answer do you expect? A book/passage? A teacher/interpreter? Something that you would call "scientific"?

Can you understand what I'm talking about wrt sources of knowledge we all have available to us?

 

[Yannis]

Quote from RCG Trader:

So, in the end, you will twist the words of the bible into what you see fit. In other words, you can read English and simply change the the meaning of the words in your own mind to fit your own dictionary.

As I said, the Bible is not an easy book to understand and interpret. But it is easy to follow, like its main teaching to love everybody.

 

[Yannis]

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In the Catholic tradition, people like you are called, cafeteria Catholics...

I'm not Catholic, I'm Orthodox, but I like the comparison, we do enjoy having special meals together, eg, every Sunday morning

 

[Free Thinker]

Quote from Yannis:

you need to be able to stand outside of it, like Archimedes famously proclaimed: give me a place to stand (outside this planet) and I will move the Earth.

this is where religion fails. when we look at the claims of believers from outside we find no evidence. what you feel(emotion)is not evidence of anything.
let me explain that quote to you. every believer of every supernatural claim,even whichcraft,believes(has faith)that what they believe is true. if evidence is not required all claims are equally valid.

 

[Yannis]

Quote from RCG Trader:

So, in the end, you will twist the words of the bible into what you see fit. In other words, you can read English and simply change the the meaning of the words in your own mind to fit your own dictionary.

Christian theology is a huge flield with thousands of researchers and teachers, spanning over 2000 years.

 

[RCG Trader]

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As I said, the Bible is not an easy book to understand and interpret. But it is easy to follow, like its main teaching to love everybody.

Again this false, this is not what the bible states.

1 Corinthians 14:33

For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,

Now, what is this about the bible being a hard book?

Yannis, have you even READ your book??

 

[Free Thinker]

Quote from Yannis:

As I said, the Bible is not an easy book to understand and interpret. But it is easy to follow, like its main teaching to love everybody.

is gods love a do as i say not as i do type of deal? the bible is chock full of murder and cruelty.

The basic ideal of Christianity, that of an all powerful father-figure demanding a blood sacrifice before he can change his own mind about whether or not to torture his own creations for eternity has never struck me as a model of ethics or morality. (Louis Cypher)