Absolutely not. I find the man completely uninspiring and mentally dull. I doubt he's even a real scientist... doesn't he, like, work in a planetarium or somethin'?
The coolest scientist in the USA is Michio Kaku. Even his name is (slightly) cooler.
Yes Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson is the coolest scientist in the USA?
I have no idea because I don't usually watch this stuff but wow, he's awesome! He really put it into perspective. And he just has an interesting way of talking. I find this can be kind of an intense topic and a lot of people make it boring but he puts it in easy-to-understand terms. I'll be watching more of his videos. Thanks! :)
There's a 1% difference between monkey and man? And look what man has accomplished compared to a monkey. And then think about how much smarter something more advanced that is 1% more advanced than us. That's scary when you think about it.
That part of his video is mind breaking & would explain the absolute lack of interest of a superior alien species to establish a ridiculously unnecessary dialogue instead of just observe us from a safe distance.
I think the man is reaching, but as far as the universe goes and its elements...they are a part of us. We came from dust[ dirt ] . what's in that dirt...similar elements. As far as Mars goes, there is a possibilty something happened or went on. read Genesis 1: 1-2 . Read it slowly...notice, verse 1 explaines things were created, verse 2 explaine it was null and void. Something happened between those times. Now, as far as something being out there, there is, but not little green men or people from other planets...but satan and his demons are out there and they have great powers and can convince you of anything, plus create things that will make you think its for real. Those are the things out there. As far as there being many planets [ to infinity ], stars being created, etc...true. There is a reason for that and its all in Gods plan...and man will be involved with it.
JJ always blathers on about her god...especially when anything scientific is mentioned. She's terrified that her brain might, one day, say, "Yanno...that makes sense." so she keeps pounding her god into her own head on SH.
She thinks the pounding will beat her brain into submission.
Genesis 3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
23Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
Obviously, the god of Abraham was worried that humans had become godlike and he discussed this worry with his fellow god(s).
If you dug a little deeper and gave thought to what it says, you may learn something. First off, Abraham wasn't even born then. Look at the words you wrote...carefully. At that time of Adam and Eve, God had warned them of the knowlege of that tree [ symbolic ], but they listened to the snake [ satan ] and ended up learning a lot about good and evil, but, in the begining God had apparently set it up where as humans were to live as humans for ever, but once evil entered the picture that pretty well took that part away...then jesus Christ had to die for us so we could live for ever, but as spirit beings. There is more, but I'm just highlighting this for you, because I know you could care less. But, that's your choice.
The "God of Abraham" is a descriptive title for the god of the Hebrew Testament, what Christians call the Old Testament. Why am I not surprised that you didn't know this?
The Bible says there are multiple gods. Not only in Genesis but in the Decalogue where it says, "Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me." It doesn't say that there ARE no other gods. It says that the god of the Decalogue must be #1. This is because, at the time the Decalogue was borrowed from the Egyptians (leaving out the hard parts), the Jews were polytheistic.
Your god claims to have created evil. How could an all-good being create evil? And, why shouldn't they listen to the "snake"...the "snake" was the one who told the truth. Your god lied.
There is no biblical evidence that humans were created to live forever. That is an apologetic invented to explain away the discrepancy.. "God" is quoted as saying that if A&E ate from the tree, they would "surely die". They didn't die. The "snake" said they would become as gods, knowing good from evil. That's exactly what happened. In fact, according to Genesis 3, "God" was worried about it and discussed it with his fellow god(s). The only thing he could find to do about it was to kick them out of the garden. How lame is that?
The only reason evil entered into...
The "God of Abraham" is a descriptive title for the god of the Hebrew Testament, what Christians call the Old Testament. Why am I not surprised that you didn't know this?
The Bible says there are multiple gods. Not only in Genesis but in the Decalogue where it says, "Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me." It doesn't say that there ARE no other gods. It says that the god of the Decalogue must be #1. This is because, at the time the Decalogue was borrowed from the Egyptians (leaving out the hard parts), the Jews were polytheistic.
Your god claims to have created evil. How could an all-good being create evil? And, why shouldn't they listen to the "snake"...the "snake" was the one who told the truth. Your god lied.
There is no biblical evidence that humans were created to live forever. That is an apologetic invented to explain away the discrepancy.. "God" is quoted as saying that if A&E ate from the tree, they would "surely die". They didn't die. The "snake" said they would become as gods, knowing good from evil. That's exactly what happened. In fact, according to Genesis 3, "God" was worried about it and discussed it with his fellow god(s). The only thing he could find to do about it was to kick them out of the garden. How lame is that?
The only reason evil entered into the picture was that your god created it. He brags about doing that. What kind of a monster creates evil so that he can then burn people in hell for all eternity? Even Baal was more merciful. After all, it only took a few minutes of sizzling on his firey lap to kill sacrifices. Then, it was over.
And, I could NOT care less...except that I enjoy poking you people. The phrase "I could care less" is an error. It means that you care and that there is room for you to care less than you do now. With "I could NOT care less" the only place for caring to go is up.
Abraham is one of Gods children and God loved him very much.I think you need to read a lot more about Abraham. There is but one God and that is God the father...Mark 12: 32. The other Gods you speak of are pagan Gods,Gods that the father said to not have anything to do with. Pagans worshipped those things [ wooden statures, etc ] that could do nothing for them.
No, there is no real biblical evidence about humans living for ever, but there are times you can see the possibilties of things as you read between the lines in the bible. And just by what He said, that nothing was impossible for him for those that loved him. The snake lied. One thing about satan...he will lie and tell the truth, you just have to figure out which is which. If you know God, you will know.
God never created evil. We all have choices, even satan and the other angels had a choice, satan made his and turned evil...God didn't create this, satan did all by himself and so did many other angels which now are called demons.
I care more than you will ever know...how much do you care, tredzwater?
"There is but one God and that is God the father...Mark 12: 32. The other Gods you speak of are pagan Gods,Gods that the father said to not have anything to do with."
* **What part of your own Bible do you not understand? (All of it, I think.) What part of "us" do you not understand? "Behold, the man is become as one of US, to know good and evil..." "Us" is a plural word. And, in the Decalogue..."no other gods before me". It doesn't say that there ARE no other gods. It doesn't say that all other gods are fake idols. It SAYS...and says very clearly...that the god of the HT wants to be first. All those other gods can get in line behind him.
"No, there is no real biblical evidence about humans living for ever, but there are times you can see the possibilties of things as you read between the lines in the bible."
***So...your god is a really lousy communicator? He is incapable of clearly saying what he wants his followers to believe? They have to "read between the lines" and make up stuff in order to keep their faith? And, he will burn them forever if they guess wrong? What a monster you worship, JJ.
"The snake lied. One thing about satan...he will lie and tell the truth, you just have to figure out which is which. If you know God, you will know."
***Let me see if I've got...&
"There is but one God and that is God the father...Mark 12: 32. The other Gods you speak of are pagan Gods,Gods that the father said to not have anything to do with."
* **What part of your own Bible do you not understand? (All of it, I think.) What part of "us" do you not understand? "Behold, the man is become as one of US, to know good and evil..." "Us" is a plural word. And, in the Decalogue..."no other gods before me". It doesn't say that there ARE no other gods. It doesn't say that all other gods are fake idols. It SAYS...and says very clearly...that the god of the HT wants to be first. All those other gods can get in line behind him.
"No, there is no real biblical evidence about humans living for ever, but there are times you can see the possibilties of things as you read between the lines in the bible."
***So...your god is a really lousy communicator? He is incapable of clearly saying what he wants his followers to believe? They have to "read between the lines" and make up stuff in order to keep their faith? And, he will burn them forever if they guess wrong? What a monster you worship, JJ.
"The snake lied. One thing about satan...he will lie and tell the truth, you just have to figure out which is which. If you know God, you will know."
***Let me see if I've got this right. Your god said that if A&E; ate from the tree they would die. The "snake" said that they wouldn't die...they would become as gods, knowing good and evil. They ate. They didn't die. They knew good and evil. And you're saying that the "SNAKE" lied? C'mon, JJ. If I told you that touching a banana would shock you to death and my friend told you that it wouldn't...when you touched the banana and lived, who would you consider the liar?
"God never created evil."
***Isaiah 45:7 - I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
You read what you want to read because you are terrified that if you think...one little bit...you'll realize the Bible is a blivit.
"I care more than you will ever know...how much do you care, tredzwater?
***Care about what? Be specific. I care nothing about your god or your death cult. I care, very much, that you people think you have the right to make secular laws based on your little copycat, pagan patchwork quilt of a religion. Keep your beliefs out of my government and you'll never hear another word from me. Keep trying to use that Big Book of Utter Nonsense to tell me, and everyone, how to live our lives and I'll be delighted to shoot holes until it looks like Swiss Cheese.
If you did some extra studying, you'd know that God used the word, 'us,'...when he was talking about him and Jesus Christ. And yes, Jesus Christ was with the father before he came to earth and was born. If you want to know the truth about this, you'll have to do some digging, but its there. No other gods befor him, are talking about idol worshipping gods. And yes, i know my bible quite well. Do I have all the answers...no But , I learn more and more every day. I will never have all the answers until Christ gets back here...but, I keep reading and studying to learn as much as I can as the bible interest me very much.
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"If you did some extra studying, you'd know that God used the word, 'us,'...when he was talking about him and Jesus Christ. And yes, Jesus Christ was with the father before he came to earth and was born."
So...Jesus Christ was responsible for all of the atrocities of the Hebrew Testament? Jesus Christ was responsible for the innocent men, women and children, not to mention the innocent animals and plants, that drowned in the Flood? Jesus Christ ordered babies to be ripped, at swordpoint, from their mother's wombs? Jesus Christ ordered the Israelites to take virgin little girls as sex slaves (retaining some for himself, of course)? Jesus Christ approved of Noah, a guy who laid around, drunk and naked, in his tent and from whom Christians claim descent? This is the "Prince of Peace"?
JESUS ACTO THE BIBLE:
* He was a bastard. (His mother was unmarried and pregnant and didn't end up married to her impregnator.)
* His family thought he was crazy. (You'd think that Mary would have said something like, "Now, children. Little Jesus is a bit...different...because he was sired by Yahweh. So, ignore anything weird he might do.") But, no...they thought he was mad.
* He was stupid. (He didn't know what time ...
ETA: We're hijacking this thread. If you want to discuss more, Mail me.
"If you did some extra studying, you'd know that God used the word, 'us,'...when he was talking about him and Jesus Christ. And yes, Jesus Christ was with the father before he came to earth and was born."
So...Jesus Christ was responsible for all of the atrocities of the Hebrew Testament? Jesus Christ was responsible for the innocent men, women and children, not to mention the innocent animals and plants, that drowned in the Flood? Jesus Christ ordered babies to be ripped, at swordpoint, from their mother's wombs? Jesus Christ ordered the Israelites to take virgin little girls as sex slaves (retaining some for himself, of course)? Jesus Christ approved of Noah, a guy who laid around, drunk and naked, in his tent and from whom Christians claim descent? This is the "Prince of Peace"?
JESUS ACTO THE BIBLE:
* He was a bastard. (His mother was unmarried and pregnant and didn't end up married to her impregnator.)
* His family thought he was crazy. (You'd think that Mary would have said something like, "Now, children. Little Jesus is a bit...different...because he was sired by Yahweh. So, ignore anything weird he might do.") But, no...they thought he was mad.
* He was stupid. (He didn't know what time of year fig trees were supposed to bear fruit...something the lowliest peasant of that time and place would know.)
* He had anger-management problems (He blasted the above fig tree because it didn't fruit out of season for him.)
* He was rude. (He called a woman a dog and twice told his mother to, basically, STFU.)
* He was anti-family. (He told people they must hate their mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers.)
*He was anti-God. (He despaired at the moment of his death. "My God, my God, why has thou forsaken me?" You'd think that if he was some sort of a god he'd know, wouldn't you?)
* He couldn't possibly be the prophesied Messiah. (Not only was he not the foretold MILITARY leader, he wasn't of the lineage of David. That, alone, makes him a fake. Mary wasn't of David's line...Joseph was. But, Jesus wasn't related to Joseph, was he? Joseph was his step-dad so there is no possibly genetic linkage.)
The many godlings of pagan mythos, conceived in the exact same god/human sex act, were heroes. They DID stuff. Hercules strangled deadly serpents while in his cradle. Jesus couldn't even reach pagan standards for "sons of God". He did nothing except wander around for 3 years, build a following of illiterate, unwashed fishermen and get offed by the Romans as a minor political insurrectionist. Hardly the stuff of legend. Had Constantine not been enamoured of the idea of a supreme god in heaven (which suited his idea of a supreme ruler on earth...namely him) Christianity would have remained just another unregarded sect of slaves and malcontents.
You know, you can hijack all you want, but there is one thing you, yourself had best quit doing and that's to blaspheme God...this He does not appreciate. I'm finished talking to you.
The "God of Abraham" is a descriptive title for the god of the Hebrew Testament, what Christians call the Old Testament. Why am I not surprised that you didn't know this?
The Bible says there are multiple gods. Not only in Genesis but in the Decalogue where it says, "Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me." It doesn't say that there ARE no other gods. It says that the god of the Decalogue must be #1. This is because, at the time the Decalogue was borrowed from the Egyptians (leaving out the hard parts), the Jews were polytheistic.
Your god claims to have created evil. How could an all-good being create evil? And, why shouldn't they listen to the "snake"...the "snake" was the one who told the truth. Your god lied.
There is no biblical evidence that humans were created to live forever. That is an apologetic invented to explain away the discrepancy.. "God" is quoted as saying that if A&E ate from the tree, they would "surely die". They didn't die. The "snake" said they would become as gods, knowing good from evil. That's exactly what happened. In fact, according to Genesis 3, "God" was worried about it and discussed it with his fellow god(s). The only thing he could find to do about it was to kick them out of the garden. How lame is that?
The only reason evil entered into...
The "God of Abraham" is a descriptive title for the god of the Hebrew Testament, what Christians call the Old Testament. Why am I not surprised that you didn't know this?
The Bible says there are multiple gods. Not only in Genesis but in the Decalogue where it says, "Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me." It doesn't say that there ARE no other gods. It says that the god of the Decalogue must be #1. This is because, at the time the Decalogue was borrowed from the Egyptians (leaving out the hard parts), the Jews were polytheistic.
Your god claims to have created evil. How could an all-good being create evil? And, why shouldn't they listen to the "snake"...the "snake" was the one who told the truth. Your god lied.
There is no biblical evidence that humans were created to live forever. That is an apologetic invented to explain away the discrepancy.. "God" is quoted as saying that if A&E ate from the tree, they would "surely die". They didn't die. The "snake" said they would become as gods, knowing good from evil. That's exactly what happened. In fact, according to Genesis 3, "God" was worried about it and discussed it with his fellow god(s). The only thing he could find to do about it was to kick them out of the garden. How lame is that?
The only reason evil entered into the picture was that your god created it. He brags about doing that. What kind of a monster creates evil so that he can then burn people in hell for all eternity? Even Baal was more merciful. After all, it only took a few minutes of sizzling on his firey lap to kill sacrifices. Then, it was over.
And, I could NOT care less...except that I enjoy poking you people. The phrase "I could care less" is an error. It means that you care and that there is room for you to care less than you do now. With "I could NOT care less" the only place for caring to go is up.
I have watched Dr Tyson for years. He is excellent at explaining complex scientific theory is way even someone like me can understand. In my opinion he is definitely the coolest scientist in the USA!
Thanks for this post ART. :)
Absolutely not. I find the man completely uninspiring and mentally dull. I doubt he's even a real scientist... doesn't he, like, work in a planetarium or somethin'?
The coolest scientist in the USA is Michio Kaku. Even his name is (slightly) cooler.
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but maybe there are more like him not on tv
He's also, far and away, the best looking scientist and one of the best looking men I've ever seen. Makes me wish I was 30 years younger.
It is so cool how he is able to break it to the most basic of concepts....
Now why the hell is it , we can not get the "greenies" to understand it?
There's a 1% difference between monkey and man? And look what man has accomplished compared to a monkey. And then think about how much smarter something more advanced that is 1% more advanced than us. That's scary when you think about it.
She thinks the pounding will beat her brain into submission.
23Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
Obviously, the god of Abraham was worried that humans had become godlike and he discussed this worry with his fellow god(s).
Nither omnipotent nor the only deity.
The Bible says there are multiple gods. Not only in Genesis but in the Decalogue where it says, "Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me." It doesn't say that there ARE no other gods. It says that the god of the Decalogue must be #1. This is because, at the time the Decalogue was borrowed from the Egyptians (leaving out the hard parts), the Jews were polytheistic.
Your god claims to have created evil. How could an all-good being create evil? And, why shouldn't they listen to the "snake"...the "snake" was the one who told the truth. Your god lied.
There is no biblical evidence that humans were created to live forever. That is an apologetic invented to explain away the discrepancy.. "God" is quoted as saying that if A&E ate from the tree, they would "surely die". They didn't die. The "snake" said they would become as gods, knowing good from evil. That's exactly what happened. In fact, according to Genesis 3, "God" was worried about it and discussed it with his fellow god(s). The only thing he could find to do about it was to kick them out of the garden. How lame is that?
The only reason evil entered into...
The Bible says there are multiple gods. Not only in Genesis but in the Decalogue where it says, "Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me." It doesn't say that there ARE no other gods. It says that the god of the Decalogue must be #1. This is because, at the time the Decalogue was borrowed from the Egyptians (leaving out the hard parts), the Jews were polytheistic.
Your god claims to have created evil. How could an all-good being create evil? And, why shouldn't they listen to the "snake"...the "snake" was the one who told the truth. Your god lied.
There is no biblical evidence that humans were created to live forever. That is an apologetic invented to explain away the discrepancy.. "God" is quoted as saying that if A&E ate from the tree, they would "surely die". They didn't die. The "snake" said they would become as gods, knowing good from evil. That's exactly what happened. In fact, according to Genesis 3, "God" was worried about it and discussed it with his fellow god(s). The only thing he could find to do about it was to kick them out of the garden. How lame is that?
The only reason evil entered into the picture was that your god created it. He brags about doing that. What kind of a monster creates evil so that he can then burn people in hell for all eternity? Even Baal was more merciful. After all, it only took a few minutes of sizzling on his firey lap to kill sacrifices. Then, it was over.
And, I could NOT care less...except that I enjoy poking you people. The phrase "I could care less" is an error. It means that you care and that there is room for you to care less than you do now. With "I could NOT care less" the only place for caring to go is up.
No, there is no real biblical evidence about humans living for ever, but there are times you can see the possibilties of things as you read between the lines in the bible. And just by what He said, that nothing was impossible for him for those that loved him. The snake lied. One thing about satan...he will lie and tell the truth, you just have to figure out which is which. If you know God, you will know.
God never created evil. We all have choices, even satan and the other angels had a choice, satan made his and turned evil...God didn't create this, satan did all by himself and so did many other angels which now are called demons.
I care more than you will ever know...how much do you care, tredzwater?
* **What part of your own Bible do you not understand? (All of it, I think.) What part of "us" do you not understand? "Behold, the man is become as one of US, to know good and evil..." "Us" is a plural word. And, in the Decalogue..."no other gods before me". It doesn't say that there ARE no other gods. It doesn't say that all other gods are fake idols. It SAYS...and says very clearly...that the god of the HT wants to be first. All those other gods can get in line behind him.
"No, there is no real biblical evidence about humans living for ever, but there are times you can see the possibilties of things as you read between the lines in the bible."
***So...your god is a really lousy communicator? He is incapable of clearly saying what he wants his followers to believe? They have to "read between the lines" and make up stuff in order to keep their faith? And, he will burn them forever if they guess wrong? What a monster you worship, JJ.
"The snake lied. One thing about satan...he will lie and tell the truth, you just have to figure out which is which. If you know God, you will know."
***Let me see if I've got...&
* **What part of your own Bible do you not understand? (All of it, I think.) What part of "us" do you not understand? "Behold, the man is become as one of US, to know good and evil..." "Us" is a plural word. And, in the Decalogue..."no other gods before me". It doesn't say that there ARE no other gods. It doesn't say that all other gods are fake idols. It SAYS...and says very clearly...that the god of the HT wants to be first. All those other gods can get in line behind him.
"No, there is no real biblical evidence about humans living for ever, but there are times you can see the possibilties of things as you read between the lines in the bible."
***So...your god is a really lousy communicator? He is incapable of clearly saying what he wants his followers to believe? They have to "read between the lines" and make up stuff in order to keep their faith? And, he will burn them forever if they guess wrong? What a monster you worship, JJ.
"The snake lied. One thing about satan...he will lie and tell the truth, you just have to figure out which is which. If you know God, you will know."
***Let me see if I've got this right. Your god said that if A&E; ate from the tree they would die. The "snake" said that they wouldn't die...they would become as gods, knowing good and evil. They ate. They didn't die. They knew good and evil. And you're saying that the "SNAKE" lied? C'mon, JJ. If I told you that touching a banana would shock you to death and my friend told you that it wouldn't...when you touched the banana and lived, who would you consider the liar?
"God never created evil."
***Isaiah 45:7 - I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
You read what you want to read because you are terrified that if you think...one little bit...you'll realize the Bible is a blivit.
"I care more than you will ever know...how much do you care, tredzwater?
***Care about what? Be specific. I care nothing about your god or your death cult. I care, very much, that you people think you have the right to make secular laws based on your little copycat, pagan patchwork quilt of a religion. Keep your beliefs out of my government and you'll never hear another word from me. Keep trying to use that Big Book of Utter Nonsense to tell me, and everyone, how to live our lives and I'll be delighted to shoot holes until it looks like Swiss Cheese.
That's really easy and it amuses me.
"If you did some extra studying, you'd know that God used the word, 'us,'...when he was talking about him and Jesus Christ. And yes, Jesus Christ was with the father before he came to earth and was born."
So...Jesus Christ was responsible for all of the atrocities of the Hebrew Testament? Jesus Christ was responsible for the innocent men, women and children, not to mention the innocent animals and plants, that drowned in the Flood? Jesus Christ ordered babies to be ripped, at swordpoint, from their mother's wombs? Jesus Christ ordered the Israelites to take virgin little girls as sex slaves (retaining some for himself, of course)? Jesus Christ approved of Noah, a guy who laid around, drunk and naked, in his tent and from whom Christians claim descent? This is the "Prince of Peace"?
JESUS ACTO THE BIBLE:
* He was a bastard. (His mother was unmarried and pregnant and didn't end up married to her impregnator.)
* His family thought he was crazy. (You'd think that Mary would have said something like, "Now, children. Little Jesus is a bit...different...because he was sired by Yahweh. So, ignore anything weird he might do.") But, no...they thought he was mad.
* He was stupid. (He didn't know what time ...
"If you did some extra studying, you'd know that God used the word, 'us,'...when he was talking about him and Jesus Christ. And yes, Jesus Christ was with the father before he came to earth and was born."
So...Jesus Christ was responsible for all of the atrocities of the Hebrew Testament? Jesus Christ was responsible for the innocent men, women and children, not to mention the innocent animals and plants, that drowned in the Flood? Jesus Christ ordered babies to be ripped, at swordpoint, from their mother's wombs? Jesus Christ ordered the Israelites to take virgin little girls as sex slaves (retaining some for himself, of course)? Jesus Christ approved of Noah, a guy who laid around, drunk and naked, in his tent and from whom Christians claim descent? This is the "Prince of Peace"?
JESUS ACTO THE BIBLE:
* He was a bastard. (His mother was unmarried and pregnant and didn't end up married to her impregnator.)
* His family thought he was crazy. (You'd think that Mary would have said something like, "Now, children. Little Jesus is a bit...different...because he was sired by Yahweh. So, ignore anything weird he might do.") But, no...they thought he was mad.
* He was stupid. (He didn't know what time of year fig trees were supposed to bear fruit...something the lowliest peasant of that time and place would know.)
* He had anger-management problems (He blasted the above fig tree because it didn't fruit out of season for him.)
* He was rude. (He called a woman a dog and twice told his mother to, basically, STFU.)
* He was anti-family. (He told people they must hate their mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers.)
*He was anti-God. (He despaired at the moment of his death. "My God, my God, why has thou forsaken me?" You'd think that if he was some sort of a god he'd know, wouldn't you?)
* He couldn't possibly be the prophesied Messiah. (Not only was he not the foretold MILITARY leader, he wasn't of the lineage of David. That, alone, makes him a fake. Mary wasn't of David's line...Joseph was. But, Jesus wasn't related to Joseph, was he? Joseph was his step-dad so there is no possibly genetic linkage.)
The many godlings of pagan mythos, conceived in the exact same god/human sex act, were heroes. They DID stuff. Hercules strangled deadly serpents while in his cradle. Jesus couldn't even reach pagan standards for "sons of God". He did nothing except wander around for 3 years, build a following of illiterate, unwashed fishermen and get offed by the Romans as a minor political insurrectionist. Hardly the stuff of legend. Had Constantine not been enamoured of the idea of a supreme god in heaven (which suited his idea of a supreme ruler on earth...namely him) Christianity would have remained just another unregarded sect of slaves and malcontents.
The Bible says there are multiple gods. Not only in Genesis but in the Decalogue where it says, "Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me." It doesn't say that there ARE no other gods. It says that the god of the Decalogue must be #1. This is because, at the time the Decalogue was borrowed from the Egyptians (leaving out the hard parts), the Jews were polytheistic.
Your god claims to have created evil. How could an all-good being create evil? And, why shouldn't they listen to the "snake"...the "snake" was the one who told the truth. Your god lied.
There is no biblical evidence that humans were created to live forever. That is an apologetic invented to explain away the discrepancy.. "God" is quoted as saying that if A&E ate from the tree, they would "surely die". They didn't die. The "snake" said they would become as gods, knowing good from evil. That's exactly what happened. In fact, according to Genesis 3, "God" was worried about it and discussed it with his fellow god(s). The only thing he could find to do about it was to kick them out of the garden. How lame is that?
The only reason evil entered into...
The Bible says there are multiple gods. Not only in Genesis but in the Decalogue where it says, "Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me." It doesn't say that there ARE no other gods. It says that the god of the Decalogue must be #1. This is because, at the time the Decalogue was borrowed from the Egyptians (leaving out the hard parts), the Jews were polytheistic.
Your god claims to have created evil. How could an all-good being create evil? And, why shouldn't they listen to the "snake"...the "snake" was the one who told the truth. Your god lied.
There is no biblical evidence that humans were created to live forever. That is an apologetic invented to explain away the discrepancy.. "God" is quoted as saying that if A&E ate from the tree, they would "surely die". They didn't die. The "snake" said they would become as gods, knowing good from evil. That's exactly what happened. In fact, according to Genesis 3, "God" was worried about it and discussed it with his fellow god(s). The only thing he could find to do about it was to kick them out of the garden. How lame is that?
The only reason evil entered into the picture was that your god created it. He brags about doing that. What kind of a monster creates evil so that he can then burn people in hell for all eternity? Even Baal was more merciful. After all, it only took a few minutes of sizzling on his firey lap to kill sacrifices. Then, it was over.
And, I could NOT care less...except that I enjoy poking you people. The phrase "I could care less" is an error. It means that you care and that there is room for you to care less than you do now. With "I could NOT care less" the only place for caring to go is up.
Thanks for this post ART. :)
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