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Old 04-12-2012, 06:12 AM   #51
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About as reliably as it can be shown that Lord Shiva didn't drink the poison of the sins of the world
Is that just as credible?

What would be just as credible?
I don't know. You tell me.

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Can it be proved that he didn't?
About as reliably as it can be proved that Gandalf the Gray isn't real and didn't rise from the dead after his battle with the Balrog.
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Why do millions of sophisticated Westerners accept the supernatural when it comes to the Bible, but not otherwise?
That's an inconsistency I do not have, but I share your frustration.
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Old 04-12-2012, 06:14 AM   #52
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Compartmentalization?
If theists can be so unintelligent, why cannot atheists?
I do not think that theists have any kind of monopoly on the lack of intelligence.
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Old 04-12-2012, 06:18 AM   #53
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Compartmentalization?
If theists can be so unintelligent, why cannot atheists?
I do not think that theists have any kind of monopoly on the lack of intelligence.
It's very wise to say so.
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Old 04-12-2012, 06:22 AM   #54
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About as reliably as it can be shown that Lord Shiva didn't drink the poison of the sins of the world
Is that just as credible?

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Do you believe Shiva did that?
Can it be proved that he didn't?

Why do millions of sophisticated Westerners accept the supernatural when it comes to the Bible, but not otherwise?
Compartmentalization?
If theists can be so unintelligent, why cannot atheists?
Can you show me atheists that adopt this view?
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Old 04-12-2012, 06:26 AM   #55
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About as reliably as it can be shown that Lord Shiva didn't drink the poison of the sins of the world
Is that just as credible?

What would be just as credible?
I don't know. You tell me.
Walking on water. At least that's something imaginable. Drinking sins is so hard to envisage.

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About as reliably as it can be proved that Gandalf the Gray isn't real and didn't rise from the dead after his battle with the Balrog.
Then how about answering the question? Or do we now agree that it cannot be proved that water did not turn into wine.

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Is that just as credible?

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Do you believe Shiva did that?
Can it be proved that he didn't?

Why do millions of sophisticated Westerners accept the supernatural when it comes to the Bible, but not otherwise?
Compartmentalization?
If theists can be so unintelligent, why cannot atheists?
Can you show me atheists that adopt this view?
People who call themselves atheists focus on attacking the Bible, and rarely, if ever, mention Eastern religions. Because they compartmentalise. They are true believers, as far as anyone knows.
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People who call themselves atheists focus on attacking the Bible, and rarely, if ever, mention Eastern religions. Because they compartmentalise. They are true believers, as far as anyone knows.
That is unwarranted, IMO. Most of the atheists you are dealing with know very little about eastern beliefs and a whole bunch about western ones.
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Walking on water. At least that's something imaginable. Drinking sins is so hard to envisage.
Now, weren't you just lecturing atheists about their inconsistency along east/west mythological lines?



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That's an inconsistency I do not have
Can you prove that?
What a silly question. I don't need to prove to you my personal integrity. You can think me a liar all you want, and I won't sweat one bit about it.

It is becoming clear to me, however, just from this brief exchange, why your reputation is the way it is.
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One Book to rule them all, One Book to find them,
One Book to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
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