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To: Barnacle
Please tell me where in the Bible the following quote can be found;

"Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God)."





It's obvious. Not everything needs to be in the Bible. Either you believe Him or you don't.

Intelligent people DO recognize Intelligent Design.

Apparently you don't fall into that group. That's your problem.

Wise men still seek Him. The apostle Paul stated if something is untrue in the Bible then it would all be false. I agree with him. I believe it is all true, right on down to a 6 day, 24 hour Creation just as He stated. The Hebrew bears this out.

You don't have to believe that. It is a choice. Intelligent people DO believe that. Intelligent people can look at all we see and things we have trouble seeing - microscopic, and the evidence of Intelligent Design, God, is overwhelming. Only a fool would deny that.

40 posted on 03/24/2005 5:03:36 PM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: nmh
Intelligent people DO recognize Intelligent Design.

Apparently you don't fall into that group. That's your problem.

Actually, I agree with the premise.

Again, the problem is that by posting, "Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).", you appear to be ascribing the quote to God Himself.

Imagine if I came up with a patriotic slogan, let's take the one I use in my home page, "The United States of America was established by Divine inspiration and through Divine intervention to be the light to the World. We Americans have an awesome responsibility to this end."

After a bit of thought, I decide that George Washington would surely agree with that, so I post it as;

"The United States of America was established by Divine inspiration and through Divine intervention to be the light to the World. We Americans have an awesome responsibility to this end." (George Washington).

As egregious as that would be, it would not be blasphemy because it does not evoke God's holy name.

What I object to in your tag-line is that it falls under the 1. b. category of blasphemy from dictionary.com;

"blas·phe·my ( P ) Pronunciation Key (blsf-m) n. pl. blas·phe·mies

"The act of claiming for oneself the attributes and rights of God."

Please reconsider it.

48 posted on 03/24/2005 8:34:50 PM PST by Barnacle
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To: nmh
You misconscrewed my earlier replies to you. At first, I gave you the benefit of the doubt. Maybe I was not making myself clear. Or, maybe you were a little dim.

Now, I've taken the time and effort to reply to you with all the clarity I can muster, and what do you do?

Ignore it.

54 posted on 03/26/2005 8:25:21 AM PST by Barnacle (Barnacle is the greatest Freeper ! (George Washington))
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