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To: grey_whiskers
Child? Moi? I'm sorry, but I'm not the one with an invisible friend in the sky. You might want to look up “supernatural”, because what is perceived as such IS “made up”. Not sure what you meant about crucifixion; pretty common Roman torture/execution device. If I had a dollar for every person crucified, I be a rich man.
40 posted on 06/21/2009 10:36:23 AM PDT by stormer
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To: stormer
Child? Moi? I'm sorry, but I'm not the one with an invisible friend in the sky.

So what? Why is that relevant? I called you a child to draw attention to your sophomoric style of debate.

If you want to accuse theists (at least Christians) of being childlike, you are in fact consistent with *their* claims -- Christ himself said whoever does not receive the Kingdom of Heaven like a child, will never enter it. Matthew 18:3 or Mark 10:15.

You might want to look up “supernatural”, because what is perceived as such IS “made up”.

Repeating your unsubstantiated assertion does not prove it. You claimed that the supernatural is "made up". But you haven't backed it up.

Not sure what you meant about crucifixion; pretty common Roman torture/execution device.

It was a common Roman torture/execution device, which was my point: the word excruciating is synonymous with relentless, unendurable pain.

Goes back to your use of the word "stark" -- which I suggested you used as a vague term of self-approbation, and which characterization you did not dispute. The point is that the symbol of Christianity is that of someone being tortured to death, which is itself pretty stark.

If I had a dollar for every person crucified, I be a rich man.

Do you mean like the followers of Spartacus?

Cheers!

42 posted on 06/21/2009 11:08:20 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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