Posted on 12/29/2011 1:01:09 PM PST by daletoons
Atheist militant Richard Dawkins has produced a children's book entitled "The Magic of Reality" and in doing so has joined the Millstone Swim and Dive Club. Spreading his venom for God to kids under the guise of Scientism is about as putrid as it gets. Children using simple God-given logic conclude the existence of a creator. It requires an abandonment of logic to attain self omniscience and declare there is no God. The materialist's faith in the escape hatch of "there just wasn't enough evidence for me" won't wash on judgement day. Here's a book idea: The ghost of Christopher Hitchens, Jacob Marley style, appears to Richard Dawkins and sets him straight. Dickey would probably make a hash of it, too bad Hitchens isn't still around to write it.
You can't persuade anyone, you can't win your arguments (heck, most of the time you spend trying to move the goalposts of the argument rather than address anything directly).
So you are reduced to name calling. Yep, I must be a liar because we disagree. Gotta be true, cause A_VeraStrange_Lady said so.
For you to continue claiming you don't believe in your own belief system (that there is no God, and whatever else you believe) is hysterically funny. And somewhat pathetic.......
And where does *personality* come from?
Is it merely a byproduct of chemical reactions in the brain?
Or is it from somewhere else?
just wow.
You really nailed it.
Excellent observations.
It was the Christians who were killed for their beliefs.
mm: Really? Care to cite that?
Apl: Sure. Just look at posts 331 to about 387. See all the gloating about the “dead noob” and the pictures of lightning striking? That poster was just answering questions, and how dare he answer questions? We’ll get him zotted. Now check out YHAOS (or whatever her name is) pinging Jim Robinson in hopes of getting ME zotted. If you can’t kill the atheist, kill their account. That is, yes, the same attitude, right down to the “dead/kill/lightning” rhetoric.
That is a real fail That is not *the days*. Your post implied a organized, concerted effort on the part of Christians to seek out (Or hunt down) and literally murder atheists for the sole *crime* of being atheist. Zot of a troll on FR by the boss ≠ murder.
What I asked was for you to cite THAT, not just the instances of alleged persecution because a troll on FR bought it.
If that's your idea of Christians to seeking out and literally murdering atheists as they did in *the days*, you are suffering from great delusions and a major persecution complex.
So which *the days* (when) was it in which Christians sought out and murdered atheists and where did it happen? Posts 331 and 378 are not examples of that.
He pinged Jim Robinson because he mentioned JR’s name in the course of a posting to you (just as he has done here). ‘Tis a common forum courtesy that is extended whenever someone is mentioned during the course of a discussion. Had you afforded me the same courtesy in #449, you might have learned a little more about FR etiquette sooner.
Another thing. It would probably be impolitic to ping JR just to be rid of a bothersome antagonist. A stunt of that nature would likely backfire. If you genuinely have a poster who is grossly violating the rules, hit the abuse button, get the Mod’s attention, and . . . well, read the rules. I don’t really have a firm grasp on the procedure, because it would never occur to me to use forum rules against an antagonist.
Another thing. You may not appreciate this info, because it doesn’t play into your “poor little me” persecution schtick, but as a balance to that disadvantage, a better understanding of FR practices would help keep you from exposing the extent of your foolishness and ignorance.
Another thing. You can squirm and wiggle all you wish, but you cannot escape responsibility for your advocacy, no matter how far you fall into denial.
Now . . . we all await how you next propose to shoot yourself in the foot.
Thanks for the comeback.
Verily. For two thousand years.
And, sadly, sometimes at the hands of other Christians.
Or more accurately those who called themselves Christians.
No true believer would ever engage in such an act but would rather pray for them as commanded by Jesus as to how we should treat those we consider enemies.
IMHO, she is not merely a "mini prodigy" (though certainly she is that). No, what she is really, is an epiphany of God, a divine revelation of His Love, Beauty, and Truth.
An 11-year-old girl should not have a voice like that — it is "mature" beyond her years. And yet she has it, and deploys it masterfully. Her pitch is perfect; her range amazing; her intonation and diction just exactly right. And beyond technique, such sensitivity of interpretation of her material, and the pure feeling in her expression of it.
Amazing. Totally amazing.
Thank you, dear brother hosepipe!
And I love you too ... so there! :^)
Here is another child prodigy who I also believe is a gift of God to our generation.
Her work is beautiful and inspired I believe..
Thanks for the heads up... a friend of mine “sees” a fulfillment of Joel...
Her art is wonderful... truly “spiritual”...
I may make a slide show of her work... which I may share.. with a few..
My Video DVD of Evancho delites me daily.. and others whom I blessed them with..
Some of her performances are timeless never get old..
What a glorious thing to share, dear hosepipe! Truly, we area blessed.
Akiane. Amazing.
Praise the Lord!
Thank you ever so much for the link, dearest sister in Christ!
What more is needed to refute Dawkins than the existence of those prodigies?
Well certainly, Dawkins' theory does not/cannot account for them. Thus, neither Miss Evancho nor Miss Akiane are entitled to exist. And since they thereby do not exist, just ignore them.
Takes care of that problem!
Dawkins has "braces on his brain"....
And he disguises them as "grills."
I wonder what wonderful childrens “gifts” have been destroyed(delayed) by abortion?..
The song written for Jackie by her Uncle “To Believe” has wonderful memes within it..
It made me re-think what might be possible in the human spirit..
Mine, yours, everybodys.. even those I have rejected as sub-human.. (more or less).
I was quite hard and cynical.. still am somewhat... but am recovering..
Could be what people “DO”(Jackie)and Do Not “DO” preaches a far stronger sermon than what they say..
Interesting clips from a JE fan base..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhp1qAwRlV4
another Based in Rascal Flatts “My Wish”.. “very sweet”..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA6PDute74I
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