God or Not?

Door knockers…..again!

Posted on May 21st, 2008 by admin.
Categories: Ranting.

Seek the contradictions in the Bible and maybe that is all you will see.
Seek evil in the Bible and perhaps you will only find evil there. But seek
wisdom from the Bible and it is a safe bet that the sincere seeker will
indeed find wisdom within its pages.

On 5/21/08, Trance Gemini wrote:
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> > —–Original Message—–
> > From: Atheism-vs-Christianity@googlegroups.com [mailto:Atheism-vs-
> > Christianity@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of etienne
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 7:24 AM
> > To: Atheism vs Christianity
> > Subject: [AvC] Re: Door knockers…..again!
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> > On 21 mai, 12:25, “Trance Gemini” wrote:
> > > > —–Original Message—–
> > > > From: Atheism-vs-Christianity@googlegroups.com [mailto:Atheism-vs-
> > > > Christianity@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of random
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 1:21 AM
> > > > To: Atheism vs Christianity
> > > > Subject: [AvC] Re: Door knockers…..again!
> > >
> > > > On May 21, 5:08 am, Brock wrote:
> > > > > On May 19, 3:31 am, Saint Onan wrote:
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> > > > > > On May 19, 1:43 pm, Max wrote:
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> > > > > > > What do the athiests in this forum do or say when one of the
> > other
> > > > > > > team bang on your door?
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> > > > > > I like to ask them to look up Mark 16:15-18 and read it out loud
> > to
> > > > > > me.
> > >
> > > > > >http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%2016:15-
> > 18;&version=9;
> > >
> > > > > > Than I hand them a bottle of mineral turps (clearly marked POISON
> > in
> > > > > > big red letters, with an unmistakeable skull-and-crossbones
> > displayed
> > > > > > prominently on the label) and say, “I’m afraid I only accept
> > witness
> > > > > > from True Christians(TM). If you each drink half of this bottle,
> > and
> > > > > > you survive, then we can chat.”
> > >
> > > > > One non-believer friend of mine once challenged me similarly[1]:
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> > > > > ‘if you truly believed in hell like you say you do, you’d crawl on
> > > > > your knees for miles through broken glass to witness to me.’
> > >
> > > > > So I asked him:
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> > > > > ‘if I would do that, would you believe the gospel?’
> > >
> > > > > He thought about it a moment and replied “No.”
> > >
> > > > And he was right.
> > > > The so called “test of the broken glass” is a way to test if you
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> > > > believe in what you preach, but it doesn’t have anything to do with
> > > > the question of you being right or wrong.
> > >
> > > > Determination or certainty doesn’t necessarily point to truth.
> > >
> > > [Trance Gemini]
> > > I wonder how many people would be Christian if the “test of poison” was
> > a
> > > requirement to becoming a Christian? :-)
> >
> > It will eliminate literalists.
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> [Trance Gemini]
> And retain the cherry pickers. Either you believe that the Bible is your
> first principle truth or you don’t.
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> This would be a good proof.
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> Trance Gemini
> Irrationally held “truths” may be more harmful than reasoned errors. –
> Thomas Henry Huxley
> > >
> > > I’d believe if Brock did the “test of poison” and survived ;-).
> > >
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> > >
> > > > > Regards,
> > >
> > > > > Brock
> > >
> > > > > [1]http://groups.google.com/group/Atheism-vs-
> > > > Christianity/msg/9682f39859…
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