Ah, not a quip thread, but a continuing argument thread. Got it.
The gods offer no rewards for intellect. There was never one yet that showed any interest in it. -- Mark Twain
Satan hasn't a single salaried helper; the Opposition employ a million.
-- Mark Twain
Irreverence is another person's disrespect to your god; there isn't any word that tells what your disrespect to his god is.
-- Mark Twain
There are those who scoff at the school boy, calling him frivolous and shallow. Yet it was the schoolboy who said, "Faith is believing what you know ain't so."
-- Mark Twain
ossobuco wrote:Ah, not a quip thread, but a continuing argument thread. Got it.
Sorry, osso. Misquoting Jesus (even by the gospel writers) is one of my pet peeves. Nice try, Arella -- that was the author Luke, not Jesus.
Ok, I'll stop... back to quipping.
Perhaps JPB means that writing something down after it has been bandied about orally for 50 to 100 years is a rather loose use of the term "recorded".
Perhaps not. Perhaps he means something else. He has not elaborated on what he meant. You have.
This is what he said:
"Misquoting Jesus (even by the gospel writers) is one of my pet peeves. Nice try, Arella -- that was the author Luke, not Jesus."
If it was a misquote by Luke then what is the actual quote?
More atheist one liners!!
...if you can keep the friggin rabble from pontificating all over the place, sheesh...
John Scopes, of the Tennessee monkey trial fame, is alleged to have gotten in trouble when he told another teacher:
God created man, and man, being a gentleman, returned the compliment.
Which is attributed to Samuel Clemens originally, although i don't have a source for it.
That is my favorite one so far!
Never go into business with a moral relativist.
