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Because Genesis is always right? Or everything else is wrong?

I wasn't responding to, or even thinking about your past claims regarding gays.

There are many things I don't know, and I admit them frequently on WP. I'm arguing for the validity of the Bible, not for the validity of my own personal take on it, even though I do have to naturally express that in the process. I prefer to argue issues, not ad hominems.

Less games, more discussion please.

Its a valid question. Why do you believe that nothing possible conflicts with Genesis?

I was NOT saying what I said about how you seem to act as a part of an argument. I was just trying to observe that it is disturbing to me. Very often instead of stating your opinion regarding what someone has said you will just post the word, "wrong" or, "correct" as if you have the authority to judge what is right and wrong. You rarely qualify anything you say as your opinion or what you think and in the process proclaim your beliefs as ultimate truths. It is apparent that you believe your Jewish heritage makes you more close to what real, original Christianity was all about. You have used such arguments for yourself in this thread and elsewhere.

Also, you are not arguing for the validity of the Bible in this thread, only your personal take on it. If you were just arguing for the validity of the Bible, you would not have such a huge problem with what I'm saying because I do not deny the validity of the Bible at all, just your take on it. It seems that when confronted with these observations you tend to change your tune immediately not realizing that everything you've been writing and saying to people is forever there as evidence against your protests.

I wasn't implying you did! Calm down. I was refering to me, not you.

You mean "very seldom". And usually my (rare) one-word responses are affirmations, not denials. And regarding that, I often practice Jesus' instruction toward short-answer responses: "Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one" (Matt 5:37). Which is why I don't like long-windedness.

Why would I need to qualify what I write as my opinion? And, I think my beliefs are true, otherwise I wouldn't have them.

What's the problem? I don't think I'm somehow better than other people for it. It's an incidental, but not an altogether insignificant one. God looks at / deals with the Jews differently than everybody else. If one gleans anything from Scripture, it's that. Plus, I'm half-Gentile, even though I've always strongly identified with being Jewish. As such, I wouldn't be automatically admitted to Israel if I moved there, because they require the mom to be Jewish, whereas only my dad is. My point is I'm not considered Jewish by all.

My main point is that it's true. If you think that's my "personal take" on it, that's fine, because it is. Simultaneously, it's true.
Here's the logical progression:
1. If I say the Bible's false, it's true.
2. If I say the Bible's true, it's true.
Conclusion: There is no correlation between the truth of the Bible and what Ragtime or anyone else claims; it remains true even so.

You've mentioned you believe Jesus' words are more authoritative than the espistles. That's a way of making those books of the Bible less valid.

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discussing" by replying with a one-line retort to their one line retort which was in response to your PREVIOUS one-line retort?

pot

kettle

black?

Just because a response is one line doesn't mean it doesn't have a lot of complex thought behind it. The ability to be brief shouldn't be criticized.

But it does remind me of a Dilbert. (Anyone else here read every single Dilbert that's ever been published, plus a few that haven't?) Anyway, Dilbert is interviewing prospective employees, and he complains to his boss, who likes a particular candidate, that the candidate's resume is a blank piece of paper. The Pointy-Haired Boss replies,
"I like a man who can be brief."

i agree... but you dont follow your own wisdom.

In what way, Miss one-liner who accuses of one-lining?

you were the one gripin about oneliners and belittling them... yet using them in your own defense to sidestep questions.

do you not see the irony here?

You went against your own accusation in response to me, by using one line. That's what I was saying. Let's nitpick and b***h some more, k?

no i didnt.......... just pointing out your inconsistancy.

i can accuse all i want. im fine with one liners... you're still missing the irony

And he still hasn't answered the question either.

I don't mind one-liners. Why did you think I did? Whether or not I said something that sounded like that to you, I don't mind one-liners.