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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

Thanks mate! May you be in Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead!  (32 min ago | post #2)

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What WAS written by the finger of God?

Actually it was, in "brown ink" and read "why is there NEVER any damn TP in this cubicle!?"  (Thursday Dec 10 | post #2)

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How did God keep the water in?

It's obvious to me and any other sentient being with a sound creation science background that the flood waters from the "deep" was the expelled enema water from the purging of the godly bowels!!  (Sunday Dec 6 | post #20)

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Will Jesus come back in 2012?

I'll take that bet!! 31/12/12, OK? Make no mistake it's all based on the superstitions and fears of cultures long gone!! Be here in December 2012 to unmask the biggest religious con of this century - and every century since BC turned into AD!!  (Sunday Dec 6 | post #20)

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GENESIS: oldest text on the planet

Amish, the "flood" is not now, nor has ever been a scientific fact!! You have been provided with more than enough evidence by myself, Gunnar, BF and others to show that it could NOT have happened as described in Genesis. Your ignorance is breathtaking, your your continued wilful embracement of it is puzzling!  (Nov 19, 2009 | post #27)

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GENESIS: oldest text on the planet

Here's some more on changes to the "bible" over time and by differing groups for more see: http://en.wikipedi a.org/wiki/Bible http://www.bibleso ciety.org.uk/about -the-bible/changes -to-the-biblical-t ext/big-changes/ Apocryphal or deuterocanonical books The Septuagint (Greek translation, from Alexandria in Egypt under the Ptolemies) was generally abandoned in favour of the Masoretic text as the basis for translations of the Old Testament into Western languages from St. Jerome's Bible (the Vulgate) to the present day. In Eastern Christianity, translations based on the Septuagint still prevail. Some modern Western translations make use of the Septuagint to clarify passages in the Masoretic text, where the Septuagint may preserve a variant reading of the Hebrew text. They also sometimes adopt variants that appear in other texts e.g. those discovered among the Dead Sea Scrolls. A number of books which are part of the Peshitta or Greek Septuagint but are not found in the Hebrew (Rabbinic) Bible are often referred to as deuterocanonical books by Roman Catholics referring to a later secondary (i.e. deutero) canon. Most Protestants term these books as apocrypha. Evangelicals and those of the Modern Protestant traditions do not accept the deuterocanonical books as canonical, although Protestant Bibles included them in Apocrypha sections until around the 1820s. However, the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox Churches include these books as part of their Old Testament. The Roman Catholic Church recognizes the following books: Tobit Judith 1 Maccabees 2 Maccabees Wisdom of Solomon Sirach also called Ecclesiasticus Baruch Greek Additions to Esther Greek Additions to Daniel In addition to those, the Greek and Russian Orthodox Churches recognize the following: 3 Maccabees 1 Esdras i.e. Greek Ezra paraphrase Prayer of Manasseh Psalm 151 as part of the Psalter Some other Eastern Orthodox Churches include a few others, typically: 2 Esdras i.e. Latin Esdras in the Russian and Georgian Bibles Odes The Syriac Orthodox Church also has: The Apocalypse of Baruch 2 Baruch The Letter of Baruch The Ethiopian Orthodox Church also has some others such as: Jubilees Enoch The Anglican Church uses some of the Apocryphal books liturgically, but not to establish doctrine. Therefore, editions of the Bible intended for use in the Anglican Church include the Deuterocanonical books accepted by the Catholic Church, plus 1 Esdras, 2 Esdras and the Prayer of Manasseh, which were in the Vulgate appendix. There is also 4 Maccabees which is only accepted as canonical in the Georgian Church, but was included by St. Jerome in an appendix to the Vulgate, and is an appendix to the Greek Orthodox Bible, and it therefore sometimes included in collections of the Apocrypha.  (Nov 15, 2009 | post #17)

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GENESIS: oldest text on the planet

The first "biblical religion" was Judaism. In the 4th century "christian " religion was codified and became the catholic church, since then countless bible based religions have cropped up; including SDAs, Baptists, Mormons, Templars, Rosicrucians..... ad nauseum. Each claiming to be the only "true" and righteous church! In short, many varieties of bible based religions, offshoots and sects have be born, flourished and died, just as many pagan or polytheistic faiths!!  (Nov 15, 2009 | post #16)

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Roman Catholic church only true church, says Vatican

Why not? SDA's claim the same! As do JWs, Mormons, Anglicans, Baptists ........ So why single out the RCs?  (Nov 15, 2009 | post #17)

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GENESIS: oldest text on the planet

Oh, so to make a point, I can find no real authorative source which puts the writing of genesis before 650 BCE!! However, Egyptian writing can be dated back to 3400BCE: see http://www.omniglo t.com/writing/egyp tian.htm Sumerian cuneiform writing developed 3500BCE see: http://en.wikipedi a.org/wiki/Sumer  (Nov 15, 2009 | post #15)

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GENESIS: oldest text on the planet

The first five books (appropriated from the Jews) of the christian bible were written around 650 BCE. From a loose rabble of polytheistic tribes, King Josiah commissioned the books and read them to the elders of the tribes, he wanted one god, one religion and to be based in one city, Jerusalem in Judea!! This is why these five books borrow so heavily from the cultures and stories of MUCH OLDER civilizations. Being SO harrassed and harried by the surrounding warlike nations he needed to show that his nation was gifted from, and by the authority of, the "one true god"!! http://wiki.answer s.com/Q/Who_was_Th e_Book_of_Genesis_ written_to Tradition holds that the Book of Genesis was written by Moses during the wandering of the Israelites. On this view, the book would have been written to the Israelites under his charge. However, many scholars believe that the Book of Genesis was not written by Moses, or even during his time, but was written by the 'Deuteronomist' at a time when the northern kingdom of Israel had been overrun by the Assyrians, and large numbers of refugees had fled south into the much smaller kingdom of Judah. The Judahite kings had a pressing need to ensure national unity, and religious reform appears to have resulted from this pressure. King Hezekia (729-686 BCE) had made the first real attempt, in historic times, to impose a monotheistic religion, but Judah reverted to polytheism after his death. Later, King Josiah (c 640-609 BCE) made another attempt at religious reform and a monotheist religion finally became established. Genesis blends the histories and legends of both Israel and Judah, and the book written by the Deuteronomist was to the people of Judah and to the descendants of the refugees of Israel.  (Nov 15, 2009 | post #14)

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Seven Signs of the End Time....

Failure of the Apocalypse to Launch! When the Large Hadron Collider fired up in September 2009, some critics speculated that the world's biggest atom smasher could spawn a black hole that would devour Earth. A small group of physicists argued that there was a very, very remote chance that a black hole could be created, assume an odd orbit within Earth, and eat up microscopic chunks of matter until the entire planet was gone. This and other harrowing--and equally unlikely--scenario s prompted a couple of independent scientists to sue in spring 2008 to stop the atom smasher. However, the concern was for naught: the collider worked--though just once, so far--without disastrous consequences.  (Nov 11, 2009 | post #37)

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Seven Signs of the End Time....

Failure of the Apocalypse to Launch! A 1984 computer-trade publication first warned of a cataclysm occurring on January 1, 2000, the Wall Street Journal reported, when a bug caused by a calculation error would cripple computers and other machines and lead to mass chaos. The column described how to purchase an anti-Y2K amulet and lifesaving Y2K-repair tools, the paper said. Evangelicals also recommended that their followers stockpile food and prepare for the worst, according to the Washington Post. Such leaders as Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson hinted that the turn of the millennium would bring Christ's return, as described in the Book of Revelation, the Post reported.  (Nov 11, 2009 | post #36)