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Churches urged to back evolution
British Broadcasting Corporation ^ | 20 February 2006 | Paul Rincon

Posted on 02/20/2006 5:33:50 AM PST by ToryHeartland

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To: P-Marlowe

I was merely responding to those who claim that my request for further documentation was specious

I guess I must have missed the request for further documentation. Assuming so, my apologies.

1,921 posted on 02/24/2006 3:33:14 PM PST by ml1954 (NOT the disruptive troll seen frequently on CREVO threads)
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To: P-Marlowe
I was not given the source, just a link to a place where I might find the allegation repeated.

I suppose if I stated that the earth was created in six 24 hour days and pointed you to the Bible as the source for that allegation, that you would accept it?

This is misdirection. You objected to RWP's citation because it was a book, which is beyond laughable.

Or if I provided a link to a Henry Morris book, you would be satisfied? Or would you question the source?

I might well question the source, but I would have no doubt that you had done your scholarly duty regarding citation.

1,922 posted on 02/24/2006 3:33:17 PM PST by donh
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To: When_Penguins_Attack
No, It actually has nothing to do with "orthodox jews." The passage nowhere mentions "orthodox jews."

Are you under the impression that New York Reform Jews inhabited the Holy Lands when Jesus was roaming around it?

1,923 posted on 02/24/2006 3:35:48 PM PST by donh
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To: P-Marlowe
29.85 cubits.

You're being unduly conservative. Make the thickness equal to 0.225352 cubits, and you can have the inner circumference exactly 30 cubits.

So, since we're fudging, make the day equal to a few billion years, and Genesis won't conflict nearly so badly with science.

1,924 posted on 02/24/2006 3:37:49 PM PST by Right Wing Professor
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To: donh; Right Wing Professor; Elsie
This is misdirection. You objected to RWP's citation because it was a book, which is beyond laughable.

I objected to it because it was a general reference to a book which may or may not have contained the specific reference.

Your accusation comes awfully close to being a lie. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt this time, but now you are sitting on two strikes.

1,925 posted on 02/24/2006 3:38:30 PM PST by P-Marlowe
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To: 2nsdammit
Actually, that call for an apology was for P-Marlow, for having called you a liar for being mistaken, not for you. Unless you had earlier called someone a liar for having been mistaken, in which case, please consider it a call for you to apologize, as well!

Goodness, well, let me first of all apologize for my untimely apology. Perhaps we should have scorecards. I'd just like to issue a permanent blanket apology for every mis-statement I may make. Since I can't seem to shut up, I expect I'll make plenty more. ;)

1,926 posted on 02/24/2006 3:40:35 PM PST by donh
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To: DaveLoneRanger

I fail to see how referencing a list of out-of-context or -- in some cases -- fabricated quotes supports your claim. Perhaps you could reference a single quote wherein a biologist made the specific claim that you allege?


1,927 posted on 02/24/2006 3:41:14 PM PST by Dimensio (http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif <-- required reading before you use your next apostrophe!)
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To: When_Penguins_Attack
the OT Jews would have been "in heaven" when they died for the sme reason as a NT Jew (or Gentile) would be in heaven upon death., and that would have been contingent on faith in Jesus

So, in other words, a jew is condemned to hell unless he violates the pieces of his orthodox teaching he holds to be fundamental: the shema and the 1st Commandment, by accepting christ as savior.

1,928 posted on 02/24/2006 3:43:05 PM PST by donh
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To: ml1954
So if I make an outrageous claim...

Not if you are donh

1,929 posted on 02/24/2006 3:43:36 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going....)
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To: Right Wing Professor
My, you've been a busy little quote miner.

A task that only C types can do.....

1,930 posted on 02/24/2006 3:45:05 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going....)
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To: donh
I'd just like to issue a permanent blanket apology for every mis-statement I may make.

Does this apply to MY request as well?

Will it apply to things you HAVE said?

1,931 posted on 02/24/2006 3:48:00 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going....)
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To: donh
So, in other words, a jew is condemned to hell unless he violates the pieces of his orthodox teaching he holds to be fundamental:

Well, since he has no temple in which to do sacrifice; it's REALLY hard to follow the Lord's commands; isn't it!

1,932 posted on 02/24/2006 3:50:04 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going....)
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To: Right Wing Professor
The cubit is the measure of the arm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger, which on the average man is approximately 18 inches. A span is the distance between the thumb and the little finger when they are stretched apart which is generally about 1/2 a cubit or approximately 9 inches. A hand is the distance between the little finger and the thumb with the hand closed.

It is reasonable to assume that a 10 cubit molten metal bowl would have a thickness of about a hand, which would be the perfect measuring distance if you were going to build a mold.

So I am simply using the measurment standards in existence at the time of the building of Solomon's Temple. And since a cubit is not an exact measurement but is an approximate measurement, how many cubits would you have if if you rounded the 29.85 cubits to the nearest cubit?

1,933 posted on 02/24/2006 3:52:41 PM PST by P-Marlowe
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To: Elsie
Does this apply to MY request as well?

No.

You slandered me, and when I asked you to merely verify your opinion, which is the bone of contention, you refused to answer. Do you disavow the handing down of the laws to the judges in genesis or not? Do you oppose Rowe v. Wade on grounds of christian morality or not? It's your opinion, do you know what your opinion is, or not?

1,934 posted on 02/24/2006 3:57:11 PM PST by donh
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To: Elsie
Well, since he has no temple in which to do sacrifice; it's REALLY hard to follow the Lord's commands; isn't it!

Why don't you break precedent and answer a simple question once in a while? Are orthodox jews damned because they cannot acknowledge jesus is savior with violating their basic beliefs as orthodox jews? Is that why you just caughed up an acre of anti-jewish spewings from the Gospels, or not?

1,935 posted on 02/24/2006 4:00:06 PM PST by donh
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To: Elsie; donh

Not if you are donh

Huhhh? What?

1,936 posted on 02/24/2006 4:00:16 PM PST by ml1954 (NOT the disruptive troll seen frequently on CREVO threads)
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To: P-Marlowe
This is misdirection. You objected to RWP's citation because it was a book, which is beyond laughable.

I objected to it because it was a general reference to a book which may or may not have contained the specific reference.

Very well, apparently I made the mistaken assumption that you were objecting to it because it was a book, since that's what it looked like. Let me just apologize profusely.

Your accusation comes awfully close to being a lie. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt this time, but now you are sitting on two strikes.

Oh, sit on it. I've catered to this pasty-faced hyper-sensitivity quite enough. Does God know what a bunch of whining sissies he's got in His cheering section?

1,937 posted on 02/24/2006 4:06:06 PM PST by donh
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To: donh
Are you under the impression that New York Reform Jews inhabited the Holy Lands when Jesus was roaming around it?

No. I am confused by your question.

1,938 posted on 02/24/2006 4:06:29 PM PST by When_Penguins_Attack (Smashing Windows, Breaking down Gates. Proud Mepis User!!!!)
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To: When_Penguins_Attack
No. I am confused by your question.

You can probably pick up the thread of discussion at post #1935

1,939 posted on 02/24/2006 4:09:42 PM PST by donh
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To: P-Marlowe
...oh, and by the way, this was your ORIGINAL defense of the citation-objection:

This is misdirection. You objected to RWP's citation because it was a book, which is beyond laughable.

Or if I provided a link to a Henry Morris book, you would be satisfied? Or would you question the source?

So,...who, exactly, in this exchange, is it that appears to be covering his heiny with a little after-the-fact two-stepping?

1,940 posted on 02/24/2006 4:16:46 PM PST by donh
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