For a secular person who is supposed to be free from everything because they don't have a stance on things, you seem to be awfully legalistic. Just saying...
Ultimately, sex crimes are all crimes of violence.
You say you are agnostic, no?
Then unless you are lying, you don't have a stance on things.
You are mentioning what my book says as a lawyer might, presenting random passages, pointing your finger, and saying "Objection"
But an actual theologian, but less a real Christian looks at the whole passage in context.
Greatest I am claims to be a Gnostic Christian. He started this thread to show how stupid and hypocritical mainstream Christians are, and Bulmabriefshast proved his point.
Just saying.
Put that Leviticus passage "in context"...and see what you get.
Go ahead. Put it into context that makes it mean anything less than what it says.
Keep my decrees. Do not mate different kinds of animals. Do not plant your field with two kinds of seed. Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material
A woman shall not wear a man’s garment, nor shall a man put on a woman’s cloak, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord your God.
And the pig, because it parts the hoof and is cloven-footed but does not chew the cud, is unclean to you.
Agnostic: Has no opinion (does not know), and thus has nothing at stake with regard to the notion of whether such a being as God exists.
Liar/Deceived: Claims to be one thing, and is actually another.
I have met many agnostics and many atheists. None of the agnostics behave like you, they are all fairly easygoing, they aren't vocal members of web forums. They don't make a thing of religion, either because they are active searchers on their own seeking understanding of religion, or because they have ignored difficult questions. They don't have a stance.
You're an atheist, a fake agnostic, who uses "agnostic" position as a shield. You tell people that you don't know and they don't know. Unlike a real agnostic, you very much do have a stance, and you're using your energy to proselytize others.
I have met agnostics. Real and fake. Real agnostics only tell me to leave them alone if I come knocking on their door like a Jehovah's Witness and demand they be saved. Agnostics generally are cool people, they don't bother me, and I don't bother them. Fake agnostics will attack me even if the conversation has nothing to do with them. That is, my beliefs are not acceptable to them, and they don't just mind their own business. Yes, if you are honestly an agnostic then this isn't so.
Agnostic means "I don't know." That I don't have a stance on such things.
Now this may not be you doing the tricking. If I give you the benefit of the doubt, then you yourself are being tricked. You're not an agnostic, any more than I am a good Christian.
You've told me your beliefs, yes. Those are consistent with agnosticism. But your mentality is not! You have the mentality of a person trying to talk me out of my own beliefs. Because an agnostic has similar beliefs, they mind their own damned business. They don't get on web forums and quibble and accuse Christians, Jews, and other believes. They don't have a stance, they don't have a stake. They certainly don't tell other people that they are making blind guesses. For you see, a real agnostic doesn't know. All of those things you said, you say them as though you are certain about them. And you say them as if I should be certain about them. That's a gnostic ("I know") position, not an agnostic position.
Quote:Put that Leviticus passage "in context"...and see what you get.
Go ahead. Put it into context that makes it mean anything less than what it says.
You think you understand the context, but you don't.
Alright, you see, the context of this passage is that the Jews had escaped from Egypt, followed a guy named Moses around for about 40 years. They'd arrived in Israel, and taken the land. Now they had laws for the Jews to live by during their journey and ultimately when they settled in Israel. By that point, Moses had kinda died. You want to know the context? Deuteronomy is the law for regular Jews. Leviticus is the law for the Levites, the priestly caste.
But Christians are neither Jews nor Levites. They are Gentiles. God has appointed a law for them. It is called the New Testament. So again. Tell me how these laws apply to Christians?
Quote:Keep my decrees. Do not mate different kinds of animals. Do not plant your field with two kinds of seed. Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material
We wear cotton linen blends. We have rotation crops. And mules are a thing.
Quote:A woman shall not wear a man’s garment, nor shall a man put on a woman’s cloak, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord your God.
Yet even though you would probably condemn my crossdressing as sick or effeminate, you are silent about women wearing slacks.
Quote:And the pig, because it parts the hoof and is cloven-footed but does not chew the cud, is unclean to you.
Yet you've likely eaten a pork loin wrapped in bacon at some point or other.
So here you stand and accuse the Bible, but neither you or I still obeys these rules. The context is that the context doesn't matter any more. The laws are not abolished. But they are fulfilled.
You know it, and I know you know it. Yet rather than accepting God and Jesus, you want to split hairs. You want to tell me that it's more "logical" to be unsure, when I know damned well that God exists, even though I don't always trust him. Because the spirit of disobedience is within you, you tell me lies. Nope, not buying what you're selling.
BUT FIRST YOU MUST GET AWAY FROM THE LIES YOU ARE TELLING YOURSELF.
One: You do not know there are any gods.
...would be for you to get away from a forum like this one. You are not equipped to handle the stuff coming your way here. Go to a "Christian" forum...where people share the delusions you find necessary for life.
The agnostic position that you find so threatening is the only reasonable position on the questions at hand here.
If you are unwilling to move toward the truth...
Quote:BUT FIRST YOU MUST GET AWAY FROM THE LIES YOU ARE TELLING YOURSELF.
Pot, meet kettle.
Quote:One: You do not know there are any gods.
You can objectively know there is at least one God. You cannot know whether is one God or ten or one million, but you can know that there is God(s) and he(they?) is good. How can we know this?
1. Well first of all, we have a direct chain of cause and effect that reaches an uncomfortable conclusion (for you). I, a master carpenter, carve a boat, from wood which in turn comes from a lumber mill, which in turn comes from a forest, which in turn comes from a seed, which comes from another and another and another tree until they evolve from less and lesser trees or whatever, back to bacteria. As for me, I came from like a sperm/egg mix, then parents, then grandparents, all the way up from monkeys, pre-primates, see critters, and again bacteria. Where did the first life come from? Oh right, SPAAAACE. Ummm, where did that life come from? This meteor just kinda appears with life in it, and everything is solved. Right, cuz reasons.
2. Second, I know because of the evidence of my own life. Now your life is up to you, but having someone else tell me that I'm seeing or hearing is wrong is some serious gaslight bullshit. Sorry, no. You know, I don't ******* care what you believe until it becomes my business. And it becomes my business when you tell me that I need "mental help" or whatever the **** else.
3. Third, there are legit five proofs for God since I don't have the time for you any more.
https://www.andrewcorbett.net/articles/apologetics/5-proofs-for-the-existence-of-god/
a. The First Cause (already mentioned that one)
b. The Universe Exhibits Design
c. Universal Moral Laws
d. The Resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth
e. The Claims of Christ Can Be Experienced
Quote:...would be for you to get away from a forum like this one. You are not equipped to handle the stuff coming your way here. Go to a "Christian" forum...where people share the delusions you find necessary for life.
The agnostic position that you find so threatening is the only reasonable position on the questions at hand here.
How about you go to an "agnostic" forum? Like seriously. You'll fit right in there. Meanwhile, I'd be perfectly okay with this forum (maybe) if you weren't in it, trying to push me off, so it appears the problem is you. As for me, I am a pathetic pile of **** who knows perfectly well how my life is.
Yet here you are in nearly every thread that I post in. Sometimes, yes I talked directly to you, and I take full responsibility for that. But sometimes you just came into the conversation when nobody asked you.
Do you realize that I have virtually no friends remaining in real life?
They all are ******* practicing social distancing and give zero fucks at how lonely and isolated I am. And you and your zero compassion only talk to me to give me a hard time. Do you realize how ******* shitty it is to have someone torment you when all you want is to talk to people who share a common interest in religion, hopefully make friends, and instead get targeted by some douchebag whose every joy in life is to take cheap shots and tell people they need therapy. And you can't do this to Leadfoot or NealNealNeal, you wanna talk to me. What is your deal? What is it any of your God-damned business what I believe?
No, you are not an agnostic. Nor are you "reasonable." Every agnostic I know has a ******* grip on what they know and do not know. They do not try to tell other people what they believe is wrong.
They do not know that they do not know. They certainly don't know what I do or do not know. You are a busybody first, and a poseur second.
Quote:If you are unwilling to move toward the truth...
The "truth"?!? Do you have any grip how ******* deluded you sound? What the hell do you know about truth?
Whatever. I'm blocking you again. Do me a favor and do the same.
First of all, I doubt you will "block" me. Secondly, I will NOT block you...and I will reply to bullshit that you post. If you stop with the bullshit, we can have a decent conversation.
Hey, I'm not uneducated.
Hey, I'm not uneducated.
I'm got a college degree. Maybe not a fancy university, but still an honest to goodness college, plus community college courses.
It's just that I went for years of doing crap jobs since I had no ambition, so I tend to talk like I have no roots in higher education, since I connect more with down-to-earth people. Especially when I decided most of that knowledge was long term eraseable memory. Or outright wrong.
I know Frank treats me like I don't have an education, but it's not true. I took classes in philosophy, history, religion, and (mostly plant) science. It's just that I have only marginal physics (community college), and he treats me like an idiot so everyone expects that I am on, or at least uneducated. But from either a science of philosophy approach, I can and have proved there is a God.
I have also proved (beyond reasonable doubt, anyway) that the Earth is likely flat.