Pat Robertson on the Haitian Earthquake ...

[piece-itpete]

A so

And visa-versa. Debate is good for the mind :nuts:

Pete

[Fast_Eddie]

Originally Posted by Boreas

The argument advanced is that of "divine inspiration". Even though the Bible was written, edited, translated, what have you by hooman beans, God oversaw the work and made sure no mistakes were made. It's more or less analogous to the Doctrine of Papal Infallibility where whatever the Pope says or does comes straight from God and is, therefore, perfect in every way.

John

Not sure about that. Yeah, they claim the works written by all kinds of folks, revised and edited again and again were divinely inspired. But the translation falls down. Too many of them and they often disagree on meaning. So interpretation can't be avoided at that point. But there also can't be several absolute, infallible word's of God that don't say the same thing.

Quite the conundrum.

[merrylander]

I don't think whoever wrote Revalations was divinely inspired, more likely smoking funny cigs.

[Fast_Eddie]

Originally Posted by merrylander

I don't think whoever wrote Revalations was divinely inspired, more likely smoking funny cigs.

Been a long time since Catholic High School, but as I recall, written in prison and virtually in code.

[stereocuuple]

all i can say is religon should be abolished and pat robertson is a fucking monster and should be in prison

[Fast_Eddie]

Originally Posted by stereocuuple

all i can say is religon should be abolished and pat robertson is a fucking monster and should be in prison

Amen!

[Writewing]

I dont agree with first part but that idiot makes it hard to argue the second.
The problem isnt religion its those who abuse its power.

[stereocuuple]

all religon derives its power from abuse of the individaul mind. the fundamentalist of all sects only want to ensure their own survival and thats it.
no gods of any kind levels the field and makes all humankind the same. it makes us responsible for our own destiny and our own stupidity. we dont have religon because we need god we have religon because we are to fucking stupid to save ourselves and we need someone else to blame

[noonereal]

Originally Posted by stereocuuple

all i can say is religon should be abolished and pat robertson is a fucking monster and should be in prison

short and to the point

[Grumpy]

Originally Posted by noonereal

short and to the point

Glad to have you back posting on a regular basis my friend.