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3rd November 2016, 05:18 AM | #241 |
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If your analysis is correct, then it would be a recent event. I've brought this very point up in the earlier thread and Paul's response was no where near as humane.
If this is indeed what has happened, then my sympathies go out to the victim, and I sincerely hope she can find the support that she needs. |
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3rd November 2016, 06:06 AM | #242 |
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I suppose an interpretation already so utterly devoid of any understanding and merit that it could not possibly fail any more than it already does is kind of infallible... from a certain point of view.
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3rd November 2016, 08:51 AM | #244 |
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I've been thinking about that, and I think I know where the nonsense comes from. Recently the word "discovered" has frequently been applied in two particular contexts:
- finding things that have never been seen before, or were previously unknown; as in the discovery of a new sub atomic particle at CERN - finding things that have been intentionally concealed, as in the discovery by Allied cryptanalysis of the secret keys for the Enigma cipher machine during WW2. Now Paul seems to think that by referring to the "discovery" of a sexual liaison, it must be being implied that this activity was intentionally concealed - by the joint agreement of both participants - so it must therefore have been consensual. Even if this argument was valid - and it is utterly ludicrous - Deuteronomy was not composed in English, and therefore conclusions that might or might not be drawn from an English word, used in translation of the original term, are of no moment whatever. |
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If you had provided me with the indisputable proof of the existence of your god that you have promised me, I wouldn't need to guess, and neither would anyone else.
There are, as I see it, two possible reasons why you have not yet done this. Firstly, you don't actually have any indisputable proof. If this is the case, then you've just proved the NT to be wrong, as the two quotes you supplied to me clearly show that proof should be easy to find. Secondly, you do have proof, but you don't want to post it. This makes all your professed love for your neighbours and devotion to the words of your god (who told you to evangelise) so much hollow vanity. You don't want to save my soul, nor the soul of anyone else. Instead, you get off on your self-proclaimed position as the voice of your god, and the only true Christian in the world, a position that enables you to talk down to people as you did in the post I have quoted above. Which of these choices most accurately summarises your position, Paul Bethke? ETA: A third option has just occurred to me. When you offered to provide indisputable proof, you were actually lying, and had no intention of providing it, whether you had it or not. It doesn't really help your unenviable position, but it does give you a third option besides a rock and a hard place. Never let it be said that I am not a generous debater. |
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Well Sir, if you want to enter into the faith, I have already stated what is required.
My post above is to those who spend their time on speculating on their imagination, which is way off the mark, a clear sign of dilution—so it is of no avail to refute their dilutions. The question is do you want to be saved from the destiny of those who reject the truth. Another point that I have referred to, is that the Creator will decide when the time coincides with his plans. I can only wait for the given word to start—so in the meantime I find amusement from the posts on the Forum. Knowing that the time is near. The proof of my confidence in the upcoming events is of a personal revelation, which cannot be understood by those who suffer from misplaced speculation. So when the time comes I will show people the proof of the existence of the Creator, the God of Israel. |
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In your forecast of the coming of the day, I hope you will be more accurate than "the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ" who assured the author of Revelation about things that "must shortly come to pass" for which we are still waiting nineteen hundred years later.
It also turns out that the "scoffers" who so irritated the author of 2 Peter were better informed than "the holy prophets" and "the apostles of the Lord and Saviour" when they asked "Where is the promise of his coming?" For he came not. Nor do I think you are any better informed than all these angels and prophets and apostles when you utter the same verbiage as they did two millennia ago. Revelation 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: 2 who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ ... |
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I do sometimes wonder what the early Christians would have thought if they had known that, 2000 years later, we would still be waiting for the events that "must shortly come to pass". Paul (the NT one, not the OP) was clearly an intelligent man, I like to think it would have made him reconsider.
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No, thank you very much. I have no desire to hand control of my brain to any religious person for any reason. Why would I? Why would anyone?
Like the withered grass you imagined? Like the blindings you imagined? Nope. The gunderscored you propose is utterly morally repugnant. Nobody should have anything to do with him/her/it/housecat. That was in 2010, remember? How did that work out for you? To start what, exactly? People like you have been declaring that the time is near for 2000 years. You are simply one of the more recent ones. Now you claim that you have all the answers but you wont tell us. That alone makes you a non-prophet. What is the mandated punishment for that Paul Bethke? In other words, you will make a post-diction. What useless "prophecy". |
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Not guessing at all--could not rely on a guess---I have unequivocal proof that the Creator YHVH is a real person, who gave us the Scriptures through our fellow man to have a record of himself, also revealing his plans and purpose.
You see for starters the world around us declares his creative ability. |
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You may be correct with my failed prediction, but that is not the END of the matter---failure can and has been the reassessment of my knowledge.
Now I am even more convinced that a far greater demonstration of power will be forthcoming—the need to convince man may require a more stringent demonstration, but this can only be assessed when the sign is given to commence. |
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No, that wasn't our deal. Let me remind you:
http://www.internationalskeptics.com...9#post11529769
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Originally Posted by Paul Bethke
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So, lookng at that, my guess is option 1: you don't have the evidence the NT says exists. No need for secret personal revelations at all, unless what you quoted was false. Right? So, one more time: stick to the deal. Show me the indisputable proof, and I will convert. If you keep acting shifty about this, you damage your credibility even more than you already have. It's out here on the internet for everyone to see. Now's your chance, Paul Bethke. Show the world the proof, and save a soul to boot. |
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This was discussed, in the greatest possible detail, by Jeremy Bentham, in his hostile study of Paul: Not Paul But Jesus, in which Bentham proposed that the concept of the Antichrist was invented by Paul as a way of postponing the Parousia, as expectation of the imminence of this event was causing disorder among Paul's followers. This work may be downloaded from the Gutenberg site, and the relevant material is in CHAPTER XII. More Falsehoods.—Resurrection Witnesses multiplied.—World's End predicted.—To save credit, Antichrist invented.
This biography of Paul is of course very much dated - It was published in 1825 - but it is great fun, and still worth a read. |
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You say that now, but you've spent the last couple days rebelling against the text of the Bible, trying to twist words into a meaning that's more humane than the one found in the texts you deem holy. For all your racism and genocide advocacy you are still in possession of a more humanitarian moral compass than the god of the Old Testament. The question becomes, will this realization set you on a path to enlightenment or will you bury your head in the sand? |
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No you don't. If you had, you would have presented it.
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Signs of the End Times - Part Two
And yet it is clear you do not actually believe that. You argued for two different interpretations on that verse and have contorted yourself into absurdity over fanciful notions of "discovered" having additional meanings previously unknown. Your morality is not actually based upon the Bible. For all your racism you are still morally superior to the God of the Old Testament. Your mind is fracturing in an effort to reconcile your faith with your morality. Stop trying to defile your conscience in order to worship an unworthy bully. You are better than the "god" you've been worshiping. |
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You're clearly not very informed on reason and science. Tell me, what creative design do you see here:
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Are you accepting your dismal previous failures?
A sign you cannot identify which will occur at a time you cannot identify to people you cannot identify at a location you cannot identify. In the role of a prophet, you really are as useful as a fart in a hurricane. All you have to show for your prognostications is a track record of abject failure. |
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As human right is always something given, it always in reality reduces to the right which men give, "concede," to each other. If the right to existence is conceded to new-born children, then they have the right; if it is not conceded to them, as was the case among the Spartans and ancient Romans, then they do not have it. For only society can give or concede it to them; they themselves cannot take it, or give it to themselves. |
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Now now. Heaven is not the same for everyone. Why, there's even a highly reliable travelogue on the topic. While a bit dated, this is Heaven we're talking about. I doubt all that much has changed. Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven by Mark Twain |
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Mr. Bethke:
You have continued to avoid substantively responding to even the most simple questions. I repeat mine: Do you, personally, think that the earth rotates on its axis, and revolves around the sun (technically, as part of the earth-moon couple); or is it the other way 'round? |
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Are you a man bereft of prejudices, biases and life experiences that shape how you perceive the world around you, your actions and the actions of others? Or are you the sort of person that is unable to consider that you may be wrong, or that other people looking at the same thing as you may perceive it differently?
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Except that is not the issue; the poster asked for your proof of you 'god's' existence.
Interesting that your "infallible, perfect understanding" does not prevent you from making simple grammatico-lexical errors. What do you think ypou mean by "dilution", a word you are continuing to use incorrectly? So far, "http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truth" does not seem to be a component of any of your arguments. Mr. Bethke, you have yet to demonstrate the least indication of your "Creator". Not to mention, you boasted that you would present "signs". Has your "infallible, perfect undertstanding"...changed? Your "vision" is not proof of anything. You have made this brag before, and have suffered the fate of false prophets in the hands of rational people. It certainly looks as if, this time, you are hoping to wait for some calamity, than, after the fact, claim it in the name of your 'god'-monster. How...holy. |
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Homeopathy?
Tell you what, you keep making camera jokes whenever I use too many "n"s in "Canon" and I'll keep making homeopathy jokes when you use "dilution" in place of "delusion." A little lighthearted humor is acceptable in religious debates. If there is a god, she/he/it MUST have a sense of humor, just look at the Duck-Billed Platypus. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120655/quotes
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Another word you are using incorrectly. "Infallible, perfect understanding" does not seem to be helping you.
Your argument is built upon equivocation, as you shop back-and-forth from version to version, desperately hoping you can find an interpretation of a translationn that you can claim supports your innate racism, bigotry, misogyny, and revenge-fantasies; all that while ignoring all others, including that actual words of the actual text. Unsupported assertion of a fairy tale. Why did you use "YHVH[sic]", here, instead of "HASHEM[sic]"? "Scriptures" you do not (per your boasts you cannot) read; leaving you free to equivocate among version-shopped "proof". The "world around us" declares an odd preponderance of beetles...and the fact that that most of "creation" spends its life in terror of being eaten. Nice 'god'. |
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Mr. Bethke:
You constantly "change what is written"; as with (for instance) your desire to ignore the actual significance of "Peter's" "vision"; or with your several-day's struggle with the law, above (wherein your version-shopping resulted in comical self-contradiction). |
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