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Old 12-07-2004, 05:24 PM   #61
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Hi Ameleq:

I appreciate the fact that you are debating unlike the others who have conceded via insults that anyone can post.

Ameleq: Objection! Defense counsel is changing the subject, your honor. If we might have the record read back:

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In regards to the above verses I will argue in behalf of God if anyone wants to use the same text to say God is immoral.
Ameleq: It is clear that establishing that "whatever God says will happen" is entirely irrelevant to the question.

With regard to the actual charge, the Defense appears to vacillate between circularly redefining the concept of "moral" to the point of meaninglessness and tacitly acknowledging his Client's guilt:

Willowtree: But your Honor, my Client has no peers and IF He IS then whatever He does is righteous BECAUSE nobody can put Him in His place.

This fact MEANS that my Client's subjective views are objective truth.

This fact means "righteousness" is whatever my client says it is.

What the prosecution fails to understand is the position of authority that you yourself occupy, like my Client, you Sir, determine the application of the law and its requirements in regards to guilt or innocence. You my Honor make all the decisions and especially the final ones.

My Client is no different. He has decided that whatever He audibly utters (as recorded in the written word - already entered into evidence) He is bound to perform regardless of who it affects - even Himself. He spared not the children NOR His Son on that cross when He yelled, "My God My God why have You forsaken Me ?"

What we have here your Honor is an attempt by the prosecution to define "morality" by a standard that presupposes the guilt of my Client.

The point here, your Honor, is that your authority, like my Client's is absolute.

The prosecution wants the authority of my Client undermined. I ask that you reiterate to Counsel that YOU are the Boss and that this issue is not debateable.

I contend the deaths of the children amounted to a "tragic decision" CONSISTENT with the larger concern of establishing an immutable lesson that proves whatever my Client says will happen. There is no integrity or reason to believe that whatever my Client says will happen UNLESS it ALWAYS applies no matter what. When this is ascertained it provides the hearer with the confidence to believe my Client will keep His word to them based on other utterances found elsewhere in the record/Bible.

Could the immutable lesson be taught without having to kill children ?

My Client commands me to respond by saying the following: Whatever I do is righteous.

Absolute adherence to the immutable lesson is designed to prevent untold amounts of other persons from not taking seriously the only way to escape the looming judgement of hell and its saving agent - the Gospel.

Therefore, your Honor, the deaths of the children is a righteous and moral act because it is intended to prevent the eternal deaths of persons too inumerable to count.

My Client DID NOT have to make known the said incident - He did so to make ONE grand point: Good or bad whatever He says will happen.

I contend your Honor that the publishing of the said horrible event demonstrates the integrity of my Client, namely that He will do whatever He says and on this basis IF He will do and perform that which harms children how much more will He keep His word pertaining to good things promised.

I move for summary rejection of prosecutorial attempt to have this trial narrowly focused on the incident out of context from the entire testimony of my Client found in His written word.

JUDGE: Counsel....

Ameleq: Clearly, your Honor, this redefinition renders the entire trial a farce and constitutes a waste of The Court's precious bandwidth. The only rational way this trial can be conducted is by consistently applying the same standards defining "moral behavior" to humans to the Defendent.

However, I believe a careful consideration of the Defense Counsel's other statements will reveal that, within the abovedescribed context, he has essentially acknowledged his Client's guilt.

Willowtree: Counsel is repeating themself your Honor and evading the intent and motivations of my Client.

My Client is subject and bound to His own word even to His own hurt. This is demonstrated in the events of the life of His Son. Morals that were created by my Client cannot be elevated above my Client.

May I remind the Court that the larger context as already described makes the deaths of the children necessary OR the perfect record of my Client in performing His word would be ruined. This tragedy THEN would provide the basis for the Enemy to sow the invulnerable doubt that when my Client forgives sins maybe they really aren't forgiven ? This would create a greater tragedy affecting untold more persons than 42 children !

My Client never denied His guilt - He killed the children - this is not in dispute.

What is in dispute is IF there was reasonable justification for doing so.

If the court weighs all the testimony then it must conclude that my Client was justified in accordance with His immutable objective to always perform what He says, that when this is realized it gives a rational basis for faith to trust my Client which is His goal.

Ameleq: as a mistake, i.e. immoral, for the Prophet to make the curse, it can only be considered even more immoral to fulfill it.

Lest there be any confusion, Defense Counsel makes it quite clear that he considers the act of causing bears to kill children an immoral act:

Willowtree: Your Honor, my Client has taken full responsibility for His Prophets words. It is not immoral IF the preceding rationale is recognized. That preceding rationale explains why my Client did what He did.

Ameleq: Thus we see that the Defense offers nothing but a logically flawed redefinition of the term "moral" while, within the context of a definition of "moral" as applied to all humanity, clearly acknowledging that the behavior attributed to the Accused in his own Book can only be considered immoral.

Willowtree: Your Honor, IF my Client failed to carry out His Prophets unfortunate words THEN what silences the criticism that maybe our sins are not forgiven ?

Ameleq: In view of this evidence, your Honor, the Accused can only be found guilty.

Willowtree: Guilty of what ? Keeping His word your Honor ? My Client pleads guilty to keeping His word ! If He will keep His word to the hurt of children then how much more will He keep His word in the good promises based on the blood of His Son ?

JUDGE: the Court is in recess....
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Old 12-07-2004, 08:36 PM   #62
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Default Court is now in session....

JUDGE: Counsel ....

Willowtree: My Client wishes to take the stand and testify....

JUDGE: Place your left hand on the Covenant and raise your right hand.....do you swear to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help Yourself ?

GOD: I do.

JUDGE: Prosecution the Witness is all yours....
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Old 12-08-2004, 02:37 AM   #63
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Dr. Scott is not a writer.

He is an oral teacher.

This exposes your implication that he "refuses" to publish to be very misleading.
contrast this with:

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Dr. Gene Scott Ph.D. Stanford [1957]

Philosophies of Education degree FROM the university itself and not any department.

His degree is cross departmental, philosophy and religion. (minor degree: psychology)

Doctoral dissertation: Theology of Reinhold Niebuhr.
So he obviously knows how to write scholary and has already done it to get his degree.

As long as you don't provide any shred of reason why he doesn't write up his work any more, it's fair to say that he refuses to publish.
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Old 12-08-2004, 04:16 AM   #64
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This is prime ~E~.

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Old 12-08-2004, 11:33 AM   #65
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Regargding TeleScotty:
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Again "world leading authority" is a strong statement. I am asking you to substantiate this claim of yours. If he is a leading authority, I would think he would be mentioned on occasion in scholarly theological circles.
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Yes, you've said this many times. The point is, you also make claims of him eminence, his "world leading authority" in half a dozen languages. And you either refuse or cannot substantiate this. Oh that bad word again "refuse", but I at least gave you the possibility of not being able to back this claim up as well. And just so we are clear, here is a dictionary definition of the word "eminence" that I am asking you to back up:
Yahoo dictionary for "eminent": Towering or standing out above others; prominent: an eminent peak. Of high rank, station, or quality; noteworthy: eminent members of the community. Outstanding, as in character or performance; distinguished: an eminent historian.

If he has so much to offer the word in terms of theological knowledge, one would think he would want to reach out to scholars with his incredible ability to analyze the canon and ancient history with some rather unique views at times. You would think he would make at least one attempt to reach the theological publishing world, even if their minds are closed to new/better ideas. He could then say to himself that he at least tried. I find it rather odd. It appears to indicate unwillingness to do so. Ah, did you notice that last part of the previous sentence "to indicate unwillingness to do so"? That just happens to fit the exact definition of "refuse". You know theres another option as long as he does not publish. He could just be a quirky televangelist, with no eminence to speak of. But I'll let you show us otherwise if it is so.
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Hi Ameleq:

I appreciate the fact that you are debating unlike the others who have conceded via insults that anyone can post.
I'll take that as a refusal to substanciate your claims, and since your words are so apropos. It seams that you "have conceded via insults that anyone can post". It sounds like you just don't like the questions and the requests for you to substanciate your unsupported claims regarding Hitler or TeleScotty. TeleScotty kind of has a ring doesn't it? :devil3: Or maybe Gong?
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Old 12-08-2004, 03:01 PM   #66
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Dr. Scott has never published so your comment saying " anymore" is incorrect.

Dr. Scott just began his 30th year teaching the Bible and related subjects on T.V., Satellite, Internet, Short Wave Radio.

Those mediums are the only way to access his research.

Dr. Scott could care less about "peer review" or other crowd pleasing gimmicks.

The ranting against him is caused by his research and the worldwide classroom that he commands.

As I already have evidenced - the majority is always wrong.

Anytime any of you hate mongers can produce any evidence to refute any of his research please cough it up. Until then you are jealous tabloid lackeys doing what comes easy - speading lies.

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The real reason the topic was moved was because of my arguments and the inability to refute.

In protest, I quit this topic.

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:rolling: And once again...rants totally ignoring the actual questions that should be simply answerable, and then runs off, apparently unable to substanciate his claims of "eminent" and "world leading authority" for TeleScotty.
:rolling: :rolling:
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Door, ass etc. Come back when you feel like having a reasonable discussion.
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Dr. Scott has never published so your comment saying " anymore" is incorrect.
Then he can not have the title "Dr.". Quite simple: You have to publish your PhD thesis before you can use this title. We still have a contradiction here.

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Dr. Scott could care less about "peer review" or other crowd pleasing gimmicks.
If he doesn't care, he also should not expect to be taken serious by anyone. Also quite simple.

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The ranting against him is caused by his research and the worldwide classroom that he commands.
:rolling:
More unsupported assertions.

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As I already have evidenced - the majority is always wrong.
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Oh, then the Earth isn't a globe?

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Anytime any of you hate mongers can produce any evidence to refute any of his research please cough it up. Until then you are jealous tabloid lackeys doing what comes easy - speading lies.
OK, I agree, Vork, this is indeed prime ~E~
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