Daily Bible Verse

[falcon9]

The explanation given for using it is one thing, but like you, and considering how it is presented, I perceive it as an insult. 

Then xtians are insulting themselves since the term "xtian" is a xtian diminutive.  Presumably, the "X" refers symbolically to the actual shape of the 'crosses' used by the Romans, (which were not generally only 'plus sign' shaped).

If that's 'perceived' "as an insult", so too are the constant specious religious beliefs posts perceived as an insult to intelligence.

[jcribb16]

The explanation given for using it is one thing, but like you, and considering how it is presented, I perceive it as an insult. 

Then xtians are insulting themselves since the term "xtian" is a xtian diminutive.  Presumably, the "X" refers symbolically to the actual shape of the 'crosses' used by the Romans, (which were not generally only 'plus sign' shaped).

If that's 'perceived' "as an insult", so too are the constant specious religious beliefs posts perceived as an insult to intelligence.

Well, hello again!  Up to your usual niceties?  Hope you have a great secular weekend!

[falcon9]

The explanation given for using it is one thing, but like you, and considering how it is presented, I perceive it as an insult. 

Then xtians are insulting themselves since the term "xtian" is a xtian diminutive.  Presumably, the "X" refers symbolically to the actual shape of the 'crosses' used by the Romans, (which were not generally only 'plus sign' shaped).

If that's 'perceived' "as an insult", so too are the constant specious religious beliefs posts perceived as an insult to intelligence.

Well, hello again!  Up to your usual niceties?  Hope you have a great secular weekend!

The reply was contextual, as opposed to your facetious one.


"The fact that a believer is (possibly) happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact than a drunken man is happier than a sober one."
-- George Bernard Shaw

[jcribb16]

The explanation given for using it is one thing, but like you, and considering how it is presented, I perceive it as an insult. 

Then xtians are insulting themselves since the term "xtian" is a xtian diminutive.  Presumably, the "X" refers symbolically to the actual shape of the 'crosses' used by the Romans, (which were not generally only 'plus sign' shaped).

If that's 'perceived' "as an insult", so too are the constant specious religious beliefs posts perceived as an insult to intelligence.

Well, hello again!  Up to your usual niceties?  Hope you have a great secular weekend!

The reply was contextual, as opposed to your facetious one.


"The fact that a believer is (possibly) happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact than a drunken man is happier than a sober one."
-- George Bernard Shaw

Just trying to be as neighborly and as accepting as you are.  Have a nice rest of the evening.

[falcon9]

The explanation given for using it is one thing, but like you, and considering how it is presented, I perceive it as an insult. 

Then xtians are insulting themselves since the term "xtian" is a xtian diminutive.  Presumably, the "X" refers symbolically to the actual shape of the 'crosses' used by the Romans, (which were not generally only 'plus sign' shaped).

If that's 'perceived' "as an insult", so too are the constant specious religious beliefs posts perceived as an insult to intelligence.

Well, hello again!  Up to your usual niceties?  Hope you have a great secular weekend!

The reply was contextual, as opposed to your facetious one.

"The fact that a believer is (possibly) happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact than a drunken man is happier than a sober one."
-- George Bernard Shaw

Just trying to be as neighborly and as accepting as you are.  Have a nice rest of the evening.

No, you were/are being facetious and disingenuous while I've never concealed my opposition to irrational religous delusions.

[jcribb16]

The explanation given for using it is one thing, but like you, and considering how it is presented, I perceive it as an insult. 

Then xtians are insulting themselves since the term "xtian" is a xtian diminutive.  Presumably, the "X" refers symbolically to the actual shape of the 'crosses' used by the Romans, (which were not generally only 'plus sign' shaped).

If that's 'perceived' "as an insult", so too are the constant specious religious beliefs posts perceived as an insult to intelligence.

Well, hello again!  Up to your usual niceties?  Hope you have a great secular weekend!

The reply was contextual, as opposed to your facetious one.

"The fact that a believer is (possibly) happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact than a drunken man is happier than a sober one."
-- George Bernard Shaw

Just trying to be as neighborly and as accepting as you are.  Have a nice rest of the evening.

No, you were/are being facetious and disingenuous while I've never concealed my opposition to irrational religous delusions.

Uh, yeah, right - you keep on believing you aren't being facetious with your special quotes and remarks, and I'll keep being as neighborly and as accepting as you are. 

[falcon9]

Uh, yeah, right - you keep on believing you aren't being facetious with your special quotes and remarks, and I'll keep being as neighborly and as accepting as you are. 

Look up what the word "facetious" actually means, (as opposed to how you might want it to be misapplied).

[jcribb16]

Uh, yeah, right - you keep on believing you aren't being facetious with your special quotes and remarks, and I'll keep being as neighborly and as accepting as you are. 

Look up what the word "facetious" actually means, (as opposed to how you might want it to be misapplied).

I don't need to, thanks.  I have seen with my eyes the example of "facetious" in these threads, lol.  Ha ha ha...

[falcon9]

Uh, yeah, right - you keep on believing you aren't being facetious with your special quotes and remarks, and I'll keep being as neighborly and as accepting as you are. 

Look up what the word "facetious" actually means, (as opposed to how you might want it to be misapplied).

I don't need to, thanks.  I have seen with my eyes the example of "facetious" in these threads, lol.  Ha ha ha...

Then unless you're reading your own posts to detect those examples, you're misapplying the word's meaning.

[jcribb16]

Uh, yeah, right - you keep on believing you aren't being facetious with your special quotes and remarks, and I'll keep being as neighborly and as accepting as you are. 

Look up what the word "facetious" actually means, (as opposed to how you might want it to be misapplied).

I don't need to, thanks.  I have seen with my eyes the example of "facetious" in these threads, lol.  Ha ha ha...

Then unless you're reading your own posts to detect those examples, you're misapplying the word's meaning.

You are blind to your own facetiousness.  When you admit to yours, I'll admit to mine.  I'm just playing your fun game tonight - just not in the mood to argue.  I enjoy (sometimes) waiting to see what you are going to come back with - especially when you think I'm being stupid and not "getting" it, lol.  What fun would it be to give you the satisfaction of surrendering to your metaphors and words - when I can just turn them around and give them back to you to chew on?  Just because you think they are applicable doesn't mean they are accepted as truth.  They are more like assessments toward me or others, which does not mean they are based on truth. 

[falcon9]

... I can just turn them around and give them back to you to chew on?  

You haven't managed to do so as yet.  Merely claiming to have done so isn't the same as actually accomplishing it.  This is perhaps too subtle a difference for someone mind-blinded by "faith" in lieu of reason.

"Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think."
-- Arthur Schopenhauer

[jcribb16]

... I can just turn them around and give them back to you to chew on?  

You haven't managed to do so as yet.  Merely claiming to have done so isn't the same as actually accomplishing it.  This is perhaps too subtle a difference for someone mind-blinded by "faith" in lieu of reason.

"Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think."
-- Arthur Schopenhauer

That's fine.  I don't really care if you do or not.  Unless they are truth, there is no need to accept them on my end.  Your little "subtle" comment is an assessment that is also not accepted since it's not based on truth. 

[falcon9]

... I can just turn them around and give them back to you to chew on?  

You haven't managed to do so as yet.  Merely claiming to have done so isn't the same as actually accomplishing it.  This is perhaps too subtle a difference for someone mind-blinded by "faith" in lieu of reason.

"Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think."
-- Arthur Schopenhauer

Unless they are truth, there is no need to accept them on my end.  Your little "subtle" comment is an assessment that is also not accepted since it's not based on truth.  

How is your failure to provide evidence supporting your claims 'not true'?  Your self-delusions run too deep for reason to drill to that depth.

[momoney555]

Bible Verse of the Day:

"But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds of the air, and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish of the sea inform you.  Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this? In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.  Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes food?  Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?  "To God belong wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his."                                                                 

                                                                               Job 12:7-13 The Book                             

[falcon9]

"But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds of the air, and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you ..."

Sounds like another concept the xtians plagiarized from earlier pagans without correct attribution, (like so many other xtian thefts).

“They (preachers) dread the advance of science as witches do the approach of daylight and scowl on the fatal harbinger announcing the subversions of the duperies on which they live.”
-- Thomas Jefferson