Jun 9, 2008
thnuhthnuh said:When I read how bad theology plays out in the bible (long periods of apostasy punctuated by miracles) I have to agree that the likeliest explanation is that the "miracles" are priestcraft and scare stories. It just doesn't make sense to depend on something as inefficient as a text (or a magesterium for that matter) to spread "orthodoxy".6/07/2008 4:39 PMhttp://triablogue.blogspot.com/2008/06/what-protestants-catholics-can-learn.html#commentsIn biblical times it wasn’t simply “the text” ...
May 8, 2008
john w. loftus said...“Some of the most mean spirited people on the web toward us apostates are Calvinists.” Assuming, for the sake of argument, that this is true, why does Loftus care how people treat him? Remember, Loftus is a moral relativist. So he can’t very well say that we’re wronging him if we’re mean to him.Like every other unbeliever, Loftus is living a lie. He pretends that ...
Apr 4, 2008
“Which is only 'ineffective' in Hays' 'head-in-the-sand effective=irresistible' sense, for the tower has not ceased to be an effective transmitter.”So, to pursue J.C’s Arminian allegory, a radio tower would remain an “effective transmitter” even in one of those dystopian scenarios where the human race became instinct. For the tower would continue to broadcast its automated signal year after year although there was no longer an audience. Yet that’s ...
