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  • "I come not to bring peace but the sword"Should this be taken literally or metaphorically? Why?
  • To use the term "fundamentalist" to describe the present-day literalist is to fall into their trap. Not one that is necessarily set deliberately. The fundamentals of the Christian religion do not include a literal interp…
  • Why « explanatory » video clips and text essaysof mysterious or miraculous phenomena,merely deepen my scepticism rather than lessen it I downloaded the two clips concerned and the next day absent mindedly deleted them. S…
  • Here’s a rant I’m having on the following site. It's in temporal sequence. Mortimer is indented, so it follows, I am not. http://mortimerzilch.xanga.com Saturday, June 06, 200 “Obama destroys Israel” The recent sp…
  • I often find myself explaining to the more literal minded amongst us, that my criticisms of their literal interpretations of scripture is aimed at defending spirituality rather than attacking it. My aim is to point out t…
  • Do you have any money in the bank?

    Matthew 19 16-26 16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? 17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, …
  • I'll just reply paragraph by paragraph to a comment (I suspect placed tongue in cheek) on my recent criticism of Numbers 31. The comment or rather what it contains, defends immorality of the highest or is that the lowest…
  • If Man and the world went to pot because of the Fall, then presumably it was perfect beforehand. In that case, what was the function of smallpox bacteria before the Fall? To make yoghurt? And what did predators eat befor…
  • I became quite bored and can't face the text. So this will be the last update for a while if ever.http://www.eternal-productions.org/101science.html« 101 scientific facts and foreknowledge » Parts 1 - 30The following is…
  • "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who endowed us with the senses, reason and intellect, has intended us to forego their use." Galileo

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