Settled Science, Hardly

The parts that contain moral law, as opposed to civil or ceremonial, absolutely.

I swear that Dayton is this guy without the intellect.

Paul (originally Saul) was a handpicked apostle of God whose status as such as examined by the other apostles and he was accepted as such.

Thus his writings are as valid as those of the other apostles and disciples.

Why that is so difficult for people to accept.

Is something I honestly do not understand.

Was there a vetting process?
An FBI background check?
A degree he had to earn?
Is the school he went to here, or down in Mexico?
Can I look up his license number?
Surely these credentials must be available to check, or how else are you dismissing Muhammed?

I'll need chapter and verse for that.

Well if I recall the things we know about Saul.

1) He was a Jewish man well educated in the Law.
2) He was a Roman citizen by birth which means his parents were Roman citizens, which given where they were from means they could only have become Roman citizens by spending a lot of money or performing some great service to the Empire.
3) He was a tentmaker by trade.
4) He was very well versed in Roman law and legal procedure.
5) He was vouched for to the Apostles by an accepted and well respected fellow disciple.

By the standards of the time, that is pretty thorough vetting.

Here's what I know about Spider-Man.

1.) He's Peter Parker.
2.) He was born and raised in Queens New York.
3.) He was a news photographer for the Daily Bugle specializing in pictures of Spider-Man.
4.) He has an Aunt May who raised him, because his parents died under mysterious circumstances.
5.) He's been a member of The Fantastic Four, The Avengers, and The New Avengers, all of whom vouch for him.

Galatians 2:1-10

While IdiotForge is busy attacking Dayton for the billionth time about his belief that homosexuality goes against Biblical teachings, the islamists they're so busy defending from oppression go right on condemning homosexuals and supporting systems of oppression your average small town Baptist would never dream of.

Yeah, because I gave Tasvir such an easy fucking time, didn't I?

I wonder why Leftists see Christians as "safe" targets for their sneering contempt?

Perhaps it's because your average Lutheran isn't going to pick up an AK and slaughter the offices of MAD Magazine, or kidnap someone and saw their head off. After all, you can publish the most offensive depictions of Christ and dip a crucifix in urine without worrying about a Baptist Jihadi showing up at your doorstep wearing a bomb vest.

Maybe Christians need to take a page from the islamic playbook and start punishing heretics old world style. You think maybe that would stop obnoxious keyboard atheists from shitting up the internet with their blasphemy?

ACK!!!

Ah. So this is Paul telling the Galatians that Paul got the green light from the Apostles. Kind of like Trump telling us what a cool guy Trump is.

“Trust me – would I lie?”

Think of it as akin to testing the ph levels in a pool.....

...and what we're testing for, is shit like this.

It's mostly because Christians tend to be more visible as hypocritical douchebags compared to Jews and Muslims. That's not to say Judaism and Islam don't have them, however (shut up, @Dinner, I'm not implying what you think I am here). I also imagine that most American atheists are better versed in Christian than in Judaic or Islamic teachings, so it's somewhat harder to spot and call out hypocritical douchebaggery on their part; on the flip side, there are Jews and Muslims that make better Christians than Christians do.

That, and history shows that every single time you give religion an inch, it takes a mile.
It needs constant street checking and bud nipping for us all to be free.

I'd pay good money to be standing at your deathbed, just to see if you're as smugly condescending in your final moments, staring eternity in the face.

What do you think makes a good Christian?

Let me guess.

Giving things to the poor.............

What is it with fascoid religionists, and thinking that the equivalence to their bruised tender little feelings is death?
Kinda like how a three year old thinks.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-foster-father-sick-children-2017-story.html

Remember when Jesus Tweeted hatred towards Mexicans while shitting on a golden toilet in his private jet?
Man, that Jesus, he was all about style.

You know all those Syrian refugees the Left wants to flood our shores with? By and large, those Syrians aren't too cool with the butt sechs. They want to let in a whole bunch of people who aren't going to be rushing to buy lifetime memberships to GLADD and probably won't be supporting their local gay-straight alliance club.

But that doesn't seem to enter into their arithmetic. They want to collect Syrians like they might go to the local no-kill shelter and collect a couple of new dogs. Or Madonna & Angelina collecting Third-World orphans. They're saving strays. And I think we've all known "that" person in our lives who likes to take in strays.

So?

Really, if they come to WF, and spout homophobia I'll give 'em the Tasvir treatment.
I don't want 'em dead though.
Dead people have lost all possibility of improvement and potential.

Everybody dies, fatboy.

It comes down to what you think is gonna happen once you take your final breath.

Do you just blink out of existence? Whatever it was that made you....you....is gone. Existential nothingness.

Or, is there some kind of spiritual consciousness after physical death?

It's easy to sneeringly dismiss spiritual faith as "delusion" when you think you've got another 25 or 30 years left.

I'd like to know if Margaret will be just as confident 10 minutes before her pilot light gets extinguished. You too, for that matter.

The Flashlight disagrees:

Allow me to elaborate. I want the refugees to be safe. Let them come over, settle down, and integrate. Sure, they'll hang on to their beliefs, but when they start to try to protest our laws, remind them that our laws are thus, like what we have to do with Christians as it is. In a generation or two anyway, they'll become more tolerant (if not accepting) of things like Teh Butt Seckz.
The important thing is is that they're safe from the hell they're trying to get out of.

If only there were brain studies on near death experiences....
If only we had testimonials of actual atheists in foxholes...
Oh, wait there are, and we do.
Go fuck yourself.

The Christians I associate with are kind, generous people who give of themselves because they believe that's the example Christ set for them.

Whatever criteria you're using to define "hypocritical douchebag," that label doesn't apply to anyone in my life.

Here's an alternate theory. Remember that movie "Witness" with Harrison Ford? Remember that scene where the local tough guy meatheads are hasseling the Amish guys, bullying them because they know the Amish won't fight back? Remember how Harrison Ford decided "fuck this" and proceeded to beat the crap out of the bullies, and everyone in the audience cheered because the douchebags got what they so richly deserved?

Yeah, I'm thinking the sneering contempt and in-your-face insults and blasphemy are because Christians, by and large, don't fight back. Not violently, anyway.

Not like the radical islamists. Not even South Park was allowed to show Moohummad's face for fear that some jihadi would show up at Comedy Central HQ armed to the teeth, ready to collect some trophies, Predator-style.

*Snicker* *Chortle*

This funnily enough applies to your lame internet tough guy act too.

We all know you're a fuckin loser, guy.