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Doug Shaver · 12-26-2005, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by praxeus

you work from a presup that there is not an inerrant Word of God.

Why should anyone have a presupposition that there is one?

Or is that what you mean to imply? Are you suggesting that I ought to begin my investigation of the Bible and other religious texts with an assumption that some book is God's inerrant word and the only question I should entertain is which book is that book?

John A. Broussard · 12-27-2005, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by praxeus

Erasmus
"I would to God that the ploughman would sing a text of the Scripture at his plough and that the weaver would hum them to the tune of his shuttle."

We sometimes forget that Erasmus was a child of his age. The religionists of that period (and many of the present) were thoroughly opposed to the use of reasoning to arrive at divine truths. Erasmus was uneasy with that view, but couldn't escape it entirely--as evidenced by your quote.

Reason and religion really don't mix. It's best to believe and to hum psalms.

Toto · 12-28-2005, 01:32 PM

Apikorus vs. praxeus on Goliath has been split out here

Joan of Bark · 12-30-2005, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by mata leao

maybe the ploughmen and the shopkeepers have hearts more tuned to that of Jesus.....blessed are the meek...... arrogant college profs hedonistically screwing their vulnerable undergraduates may just be too smart by half! The best and brightest of Jesus's day not only missed his message but they crucified him. nothing has changed.

And if they hadn't crucified him, he would not have become as popular as he is. For Jesus, crucifixion was a good career move.

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