Theism

[BeardofPants]

And I taketh thy pants.

... Oh, and thy hard earned dosh. Hand it over.

Tithe at 70% Cirdan?

[afro-elf]

I haven't shaved for a few days... may be getting more evil.

hmmmm. I've just cut my hair close and let my evil goatee' grow some.

Can we a pantheon of flesh and pleasure?

[BeardofPants]

Originally posted by afro-elf
Can we a pantheon of flesh and pleasure?

Sounds good to me. As long as you don't mind wreaking havoc.

[Cirdan]

Behold! I have separated the void into the four domains of sex drugs, rock & roll, and ultraviolence (or Internet shopping) and see that it is groovy, baby. At least more fun than some fruits and vegatables, eh?

Giveth unto the temple of sacrifice your pants (leave the wallets in, please)

*beard grows noticably longer*

[BeardofPants]

Well, I'm not growing a beard. I like being beardless.

*sex and drugs and rock and roll...*

But where is the music? Ah right. Left it in my pants again. *sheepish look*

[afro-elf]

Well, I'm not growing a beard. I like being beardless.

I'm not gonna touch that.

well unless you ask

[Cirdan]

yes, I do hate that itchy period when it grows back

[Entlover]

I came late to this thread, so I will put in my 2 cents. . .where DO you people find the time to do all this posting?

I was an agnostic. Then I heard God speak to me and became a Christian. I don't believe I am crazy, thank you very much.
Several years ago I became a Roman Catholic; I like the Catholic church and believe what it teaches.
The best argument for the existence of Christ that I've seen is that the early Christians were willing to be eaten by lions, crucified, etc for their faith . . .they were in a position to know whether it was true or not. I'll take their word for it.

I love LotR because it is saturated with the beauty and hopefulness of Tolkien's faith.

[BeardofPants]

Originally posted by Entlover
I was an agnostic. Then I heard God speak to me and became a Christian. I don't believe I am crazy, thank you very much.

Hmm. I don't remember speaking to you. Where did you say you were from?

[afro-elf]

The best argument for the existence of Christ that I've seen is that the early Christians were willing to be eaten by lions, crucified, etc for their faith . .

a) the belief that extreme belief is reason for belief is not "the best argument

that taliban and the sui/ homocide bombers are willing to kill for their belie



f

Hmm. I don't remember speaking to you.

clever girl

[Cirdan]

Originally posted by BeardofPants


Hmm. I don't remember speaking to you. Where did you say you were from?

NExt door to me. I was actually yelling at the dog for peeing on the carpet. Now 'e's gone and joined one of those "cults". I said dope, not pope.

KNEES!!!!

...oh, and pants.

[Andúril]

Entlover:
Then I heard God speak to me

How do you know it was God? It could have been Satan in disguise. Or perhaps Elvis.

Entlover continues:I don't believe I am crazy...

Neither do crazy people...

Entlover continues:The best argument for the existence of Christ that I've seen is that the early Christians were willing to be eaten by lions, crucified, etc for their faith . . .they were in a position to know whether it was true or not. I'll take their word for it.

Weak argument. Do you have any non-biblical references?

I said dope, not pope.

Did someone say my name??

[HOBBIT]

I found this quote by one of my favorite authors that I agree with "I never understood why otherwise intelligent people took religion so seriously" (or something like that)

[Andúril]

Some people like the feeling they get when they have constructed a sound argument.

Some people like to knock down other's arguments, thereby feeding their desire for superiority.

Some people like the mental excercise.

Some people have alterior motives.

Some people are insane.

[Andúril]

Some humour:

From elsewhere:
>BAILEY
>Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp
>sickle. Still another angel, who had charge of the fire came from the altar
>and called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, "Take your sharp
>sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth's vine, because its
>grapes are ripe." The angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its
>grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God's wrath. They were
>trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed out of the
>press, rising as high as the horses' bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia.
>(Revelation 14:17-20, NIV)
>
>Has anyone ever done a logistics report on this extraordinary claim?
>
>The amount of blood in an average human body multiplied by the average
>height of a horse's bridle multiplied by the space of 180 square miles (or
>300 square kilometers). Are there any mathmeticians in this group who could
>provide an answer as to how many bodies and how many cc's of blood would be
>required to cover a space of 180 square miles with a giant pool of blood
>that would be somewhere near 6' deep? One would of course have to also take
>into account the "saturation factor", i.e., the amount of blood that would
>have been absorbed into the earth.
>
>What are the statistical probabilities that this claim could represent a
>true event?



GEISIK
OK.

180 mi^2 is 5.018E9 ft^2 or 466.2E6 m^2
using 2 meter depth we get 932.4E6 m^3
1 gallon = .003785 m^3
so we have a total of 246.34E9 gallons
The blood volume of a human is about 5 liters or about 1.32 gallons.
So....
We would require approximately 187 Billion people.

[Cirdan]

depends how hard you squeeze...

Have you done the calcs using all bodily and cellular fluids?

[BeardofPants]

Sounds like a typical per... nah. Won't say it.

Go Germany!

[Cirdan]

Today ze US, tomorrow ze vorld cup!

[Blackheart]

Don't make me come in here.

[Cirdan]

if your here, aren't you already in?