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10 Sep 2008, 12:08 pm

It seems aspies lack a sense of humor.



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10 Sep 2008, 12:22 pm

Sand wrote:
It seems aspies lack a sense of humor.


I am Data.



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10 Sep 2008, 12:23 pm

iamnotaparakeet wrote:
I am Data.

Data?
I doubt it :P


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10 Sep 2008, 12:30 pm

greenblue wrote:
iamnotaparakeet wrote:
I am Data.

Data?
I doubt it :P


:P

I'm just as much the character Data as Sand is the Person of Christ.



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10 Sep 2008, 12:36 pm

If you want to take reworking the Bible seriously and are convinced it is the word of God, obviously the Author needs to do the job. It should be a simple task to inspire the huge number of well off fundamentalists in the USA to dig up enough funds to send the Bible up on a rocket for editing by the Almighty and halt all further printing until the revised edition descends in a golden halo to the office of the designated publisher. No doubt bids for the job will be arriving very quickly as there is sure to be a huge audience.



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10 Sep 2008, 12:43 pm

I have a copy of the Masoretic Text and can partially read Hebrew (I don't have a large vocabulary though.) I also have copies the Textus Receptus and Byzantine Text of the New Testament. Vulgate too, though that is only a 1,600 year old translation.



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10 Sep 2008, 12:48 pm

Assuming God is up to date it is irrelevant to play with obsolete texts. I'm sure He will send a revised edition back in binary code.



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10 Sep 2008, 12:48 pm

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This thread raises the question, depending on the belief system I suppose, if Jesus would come to visit, just to visit, will he use the Internet? or maybe puting that in another way, to make it more "believable" if an angel comes, one who is of a high rank in heaven, comes here, will he use the Internet?

This is interesting, because, after all, who will believe a post on the internet to be certain? even posts claiming whatever they claim is doubtful, not to mention this.

Ok, if that example was too much, how about God or an angel speaking to someone through the internet, similar as stated in biblical stories? I think we get back again with the same with any post on the web. Quite interesting I might say.

If there supposedly was a person named Jesus that was God, and Jesus came back, no one would believe that he was actually Jesus.



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10 Sep 2008, 12:51 pm

All He would have to do is stand on the surface of a tub of water.



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10 Sep 2008, 12:53 pm

Sand wrote:
Assuming God is up to date it is irrelevant to play with obsolete texts. I'm sure He will send a revised edition back in binary code.


I have E-Sword, and it is still the same text regardless of the media used. Stasis in a historical text is more valuable than haphazardly editing it to fit the whims of the current day.



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10 Sep 2008, 12:55 pm

I'm sure that decision would be better left to God.



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10 Sep 2008, 12:57 pm

Sand wrote:
I'm sure that decision would be better left to God.


I'm sorry, what the heck are you on about?



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10 Sep 2008, 1:15 pm

Bad news.. not good..

In this day and age.. everything gets fast tracked..

So.. I suggest.. we skip the sermons..

And get on with the crucifiction..

Capture in on a mobile..

And upload it to U-Tube.

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“When, now, he had received the sour wine, Jesus said: "It has been accomplished!" and, bowing his head, he delivered up his spirit.”

John 19:30

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10 Sep 2008, 1:17 pm

Already PMed Quatermass, but it is only 4:15am.



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10 Sep 2008, 3:00 pm

Evidently someone thinks I created this thread. It's lots of fun, but not my doing.



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10 Sep 2008, 3:10 pm

Sand wrote:
It seems aspies lack a sense of humor.


This is what caused me to think it was you. ^

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Evidently someone thinks I created this thread. It's lots of fun, but not my doing.


Sorry, I can't see your IP to discern otherwise.