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Why do these idiots put Paul on the same level as Jesus LynneSin Oct 2012 #1
I'd say something about the prophecies, but I don't think I should. sakabatou Oct 2012 #3
Offs. GeorgeGist Oct 2012 #7
Of what resurrection carla Oct 2012 #18
Yes there is CthulhusEvilCousin Oct 2012 #78
Here we go again, with the supposed third party confirmations that Jesus really existed. stopbush Oct 2012 #103
Even the CthulhusEvilCousin Oct 2012 #106
You are right, a dude named Jesus did live, but he was just an average carpenter snooper2 Oct 2012 #116
Jesus is just like Mithra, Apollo, Osiris, etc. Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2012 #130
I suggest you research CthulhusEvilCousin Oct 2012 #154
You might want to check some other resources, chervilant Oct 2012 #135
Yes. Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2012 #147
Somehow, chervilant Oct 2012 #150
This message was self-deleted by its author AnotherMcIntosh Oct 2012 #19
Nonsense. There's no proof that Paul actually existed. If you have such proof, produce it. stopbush Oct 2012 #51
This message was self-deleted by its author AnotherMcIntosh Oct 2012 #61
Paul's like the so-called fifth Beatle... WCGreen Oct 2012 #77
So...Paul is the Pete Best of Christianity? Ken Burch Oct 2012 #176
See the Jefferson Bible genxlib Oct 2012 #26
If for those who don't believe in Jesus, the guy was a pretty admirable person LynneSin Oct 2012 #28
Jesus admirable? Really? stopbush Oct 2012 #54
This message was self-deleted by its author AnotherMcIntosh Oct 2012 #62
Wow CthulhusEvilCousin Oct 2012 #82
This message was self-deleted by its author AnotherMcIntosh Oct 2012 #89
Well Duh CthulhusEvilCousin Oct 2012 #94
This message was self-deleted by its author AnotherMcIntosh Oct 2012 #96
Well CthulhusEvilCousin Oct 2012 #99
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If you say so, CthulhusEvilCousin Oct 2012 #101
Did he really? CthulhusEvilCousin Oct 2012 #81
He was testing her? stopbush Oct 2012 #152
"What an asshole." CthulhusEvilCousin Oct 2012 #153
Oh, I've read the Gospels, and Jesus was a MAJOR asshole. stopbush Oct 2012 #157
Not many human beings CthulhusEvilCousin Oct 2012 #159
I'm not mad at anyone, especially a fiction like Jesus. stopbush Oct 2012 #160
I can't seem to think CthulhusEvilCousin Oct 2012 #161
Maybe you value life a little more if you know you're mortal. Neoma Oct 2012 #56
Yes, the Founders' ideas are unknown to most Americans. The GOPTeaParty rewrote history. freshwest Oct 2012 #60
This message was self-deleted by its author AnotherMcIntosh Oct 2012 #64
I have a similar item today Trailrider1951 Oct 2012 #75
I have a red letter bible (KJV), and those parts are the only ones I have kestrel91316 Oct 2012 #87
That was what I did as I got older. Agree completely. freshwest Oct 2012 #148
I'd like to put in a pitch for the Book of Job, which is great in a black-humor coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #163
Jesus and Paul - both make-believe personages. stopbush Oct 2012 #50
This message was self-deleted by its author AnotherMcIntosh Oct 2012 #65
Posting from CARM CthulhusEvilCousin Oct 2012 #83
This message was self-deleted by its author AnotherMcIntosh Oct 2012 #91
I didn't CthulhusEvilCousin Oct 2012 #95
This message was self-deleted by its author AnotherMcIntosh Oct 2012 #97
Your argument CthulhusEvilCousin Oct 2012 #98
. Bandit Oct 2012 #57
Paul told them who they could hate Warpy Oct 2012 #80
Paul attacking Women and Gay men? happyslug Oct 2012 #125
Because they worship evil and Jesus doesn't qualify, but Paul most certainly does. Vidar Oct 2012 #84
What's funny about Paul is that most of "his" fundamentalist writings weren't written by him. antigone382 Oct 2012 #88
Paul gets a bad rap ... kwassa Oct 2012 #120
When people start quoting Paul's misogynistic messages, I efhmc Oct 2012 #115
okay Bucky Oct 2012 #187
They like Paul because he was a cranky bald dude who hated sex and feared women. Ken Burch Oct 2012 #175
Told my paster that if Paul is in heaven it's not a place I want to be. efhmc Oct 2012 #188
Paul wrote the Epistles, converted the Gentiles, and is historically more significant than Jesus. Bucky Oct 2012 #186
Why am I surrounded by these people? sinkingfeeling Oct 2012 #2
It must be awful. Wait. I am too. yardwork Oct 2012 #52
rofl n/t Megahurtz Oct 2012 #179
Consider the source. Behind the Aegis Oct 2012 #4
And considering Jesus Did NOT condemn gays or abortion. fasttense Oct 2012 #35
therefore "IF being gay were so god-awful, why didn't Jesus or Paul condemn it"? nt msongs Oct 2012 #5
+1000 - great retort (n/t) leftynyc Oct 2012 #20
And if being rich was so god-awful why didn't Jesus condemn it... LynneSin Oct 2012 #29
You're reading my mind... Jeff In Milwaukee Oct 2012 #49
Er well um not everything they said was meant to be taking literally 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #143
Slavery is a blessing? Then I have an immediate job opening for them. Lasher Oct 2012 #6
Um, yes, Jesus did condemn it. SunSeeker Oct 2012 #8
Very nice take on that statement. Book and verse ? yesphan Oct 2012 #11
Matthew 25: 35-40 SunSeeker Oct 2012 #15
And then thou saw mine pension fund, and thou fuckest me, Elder RobMe. n/t jtuck004 Oct 2012 #21
Someone once said I was a 'Matthew 25' Christian when I qroted this duhneece Oct 2012 #30
Yes, nice. Thanks. yesphan Oct 2012 #44
reads like a bad play snooper2 Oct 2012 #117
Matthew 25:45 SIDURI Oct 2012 #17
Perhaps Jesus did condemn it, yesphan Oct 2012 #9
Am not a believer in the rapture, however, if there really is one I hope God takes southernyankeebelle Oct 2012 #10
Me, I want to come back as a flea so I can bite rich Republicans in the ass. I would like to coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #164
LOL, your funny. Not a bad idea southernyankeebelle Oct 2012 #169
Actually, you should consider... 3catwoman3 Oct 2012 #170
LOL. Well, sort of. (The (lapsed?) Buddhist in me recoils at the coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #171
I remember when H. W. denounced David Duke when he was the Republican nominee for LA governor. Mike Daniels Oct 2012 #12
Why are Arkansas Republicans such stupidest pieces of pig shit? jsr Oct 2012 #13
Their schools? FiveGoodMen Oct 2012 #31
If they approved it, why didn't they have slaves? The Second Stone Oct 2012 #14
Dear Second Stone:"Jesus was absolutely clear everyone was to be treated as a loved one" Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2012 #58
This message was self-deleted by its author AnotherMcIntosh Oct 2012 #66
His instructions to me were specific The Second Stone Oct 2012 #70
Oh, so you're not going to hell like everybody else? Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2012 #105
He communicates... awoke_in_2003 Oct 2012 #118
Holy Toast!! Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2012 #127
Supposedly Jesus gave the disciples bread... awoke_in_2003 Oct 2012 #129
Holy Crap King_Klonopin Oct 2012 #112
Welcome to religion discussions on DU. kwassa Oct 2012 #123
"out of context" won't wash. Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2012 #126
Best post I've read and 100% accurate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great Caesars Ghost Oct 2012 #172
not sucha blessing if you are the slave. olddad56 Oct 2012 #16
Part of this is our fault Doctor_J Oct 2012 #22
Agreed. FiveGoodMen Oct 2012 #33
When one attacks the Confederate Battle Flag, he is certainly denouncing HereSince1628 Oct 2012 #23
IF slavery is so great then why aren't white people wanting to be slaves? booley Oct 2012 #24
It's funny, isn't it? That dissonance. Scootaloo Oct 2012 #41
As a Christian thatwhichisnt Oct 2012 #25
And to welcome the stranger, the immigrant duhneece Oct 2012 #32
see my post #58 above. Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2012 #67
I read it... Vasmosn Oct 2012 #90
So you can't see how hateful the alleged words of Jesus are? Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2012 #108
Um, no... Vasmosn Oct 2012 #155
There is no proof of Jesus' existence outside the bible. Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2012 #156
Bat. NOLALady Oct 2012 #27
Yes, those xtians are. Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2012 #144
The Republicans are going nuts in trying out-crazy each other in Arkansas. From yesterday: Whovian Oct 2012 #34
Paul was as human as anyone here, so he said wrong things sometimes, closeupready Oct 2012 #36
Leaving us the problem of figuring out when he was right and when he was wrong. FiveGoodMen Oct 2012 #38
Yes, essentially. closeupready Oct 2012 #39
so many ways barbtries Oct 2012 #37
Because, Rep. Hubbard, catrose Oct 2012 #40
Exactly! Vasmosn Oct 2012 #92
Well sir Paul does the scripture our church is built on... DaDeacon Oct 2012 #42
State GOP pulls funds for now, but will start funneling money once the furor dies down. bullwinkle428 Oct 2012 #43
Good question Zambero Oct 2012 #45
The Abrahamic religions are flawed and inconsistent & contradict themselves. Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2012 #145
They actually put Paul much higher. They won't admit this but a study harun Oct 2012 #46
Yeah - like homosexuality lame54 Oct 2012 #47
Quoting himself at length, he digs himself deeper in his hole muriel_volestrangler Oct 2012 #48
It's not quite accurate to paint Africa of today the way he does either treestar Oct 2012 #59
Oh yes, that's an integral part of his racism muriel_volestrangler Oct 2012 #63
Good question. NOLALady Oct 2012 #132
he's seen too many of those african cartoons boiling the missionaries in the pot newspeak Oct 2012 #142
Interesting analogue (precedent to Thanksgiving): would the lives of native Americans coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #165
You know what Jesus REALLY didn't condemn? Abortion and gay marriage. (nt) UrbScotty Oct 2012 #53
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. You ignorant Arkansas fuckwad. Lint Head Oct 2012 #55
You know, this is gooing TOO f@cking far....black folks chafed under the lash Ecumenist Oct 2012 #68
You don't need to sulphurdunn Oct 2012 #69
jesus did, indirectly arely staircase Oct 2012 #71
Slimy racist lying republican pig shit - Who could possibly disagree? LaPera Oct 2012 #72
Jesus Horatio Christ, what a dumb ass inbred, redneck fuckstick!! Harry Monroe Oct 2012 #73
Jewish law did not prohibit abortion either...nt barnabas63 Oct 2012 #74
this man really wants his state prison slave labor chain gangs back..with him as the whip cracker Sunlei Oct 2012 #76
Hmmm, lets see, they condemned adultery, can I watch while you stone Gingrich still_one Oct 2012 #79
Very sad. nt. OldDem2012 Oct 2012 #85
Good question. Because they were both just end-times cult leaders enki23 Oct 2012 #86
They probably did until Rome rewrote Christianity in the mold of their slave state Coyotl Oct 2012 #93
The thing these worthless souls will say and do to attract racist vote. Hoyt Oct 2012 #102
Well PD Turk Oct 2012 #104
Mathew 5:17. I guess he skipped that chapter demosincebirth Oct 2012 #107
Then you've got the GOP in Arkansas saying that there should be a Death Penalty blkmusclmachine Oct 2012 #109
If slavery was so wonderful, why didn't you put your neck in the yoke? SemperEadem Oct 2012 #110
This guy is the pioneer. In four years, expect a pro-slavery plank in the Republican platform. tclambert Oct 2012 #111
+1 lunasun Oct 2012 #114
At which point, I think we can realistically expect to see Abraham Lincoln coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #166
As an atheist . . . caseymoz Oct 2012 #113
The 'abolition' of slavery had a lot to do with things Biblical. Radical coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #167
Sorry, but no. caseymoz Oct 2012 #173
Saying that John Brown and the radical abolitionists 'reinterpreted' or 'misread' the coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #178
I'll repeat: caseymoz Oct 2012 #180
As I understand it, Brown found Biblical warrant for abolitionism in the coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #181
And that was all Brown's interpretation. caseymoz Oct 2012 #182
Oh, those crazy fundymentalpatients! hifiguy Oct 2012 #119
Fundamentalists can and will sink lower than their imagined Satan ever would. FiveGoodMen Oct 2012 #122
The slavery we had in the US was completely different than that of those days. For one thing back jwirr Oct 2012 #121
Ah, preaching hate in the name of Jesus felix_numinous Oct 2012 #124
Dante reserved the lowest circle of his Inferno to the hypocrites. That coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #168
Soooooo . . . . would Mauch be cool with Jesus being the slave of Herrod? no_hypocrisy Oct 2012 #128
He's right about the bible. JNelson6563 Oct 2012 #131
He's also wrong about the Bible -- he thinks it's a good book FiveGoodMen Oct 2012 #133
What medication is Mr. Hubbard taking presently? mwooldri Oct 2012 #134
Religion bashing is self-indulgent and counter-productive Anthony McCarthy Oct 2012 #136
Actually, chervilant Oct 2012 #138
Maybe Jesus and Paul were racists too? wtmusic Oct 2012 #137
sounds like he's using a pre-civil war argument newspeak Oct 2012 #139
Because then, shit bag, slavery was common place and acceptable... and-justice-for-all Oct 2012 #140
the Old Testament says to free your slaves every seven years. yurbud Oct 2012 #141
Because they were ignorant, superstitious goatherders, that's why. Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2012 #146
As many still are. panzerfaust Oct 2012 #158
Confederate philosophy, read the dreck (emboldening font mine) and weep: freshwest Oct 2012 #149
Hey, Hubbard, you moron: "do unto others as you would yourself". bemildred Oct 2012 #151
I guess this is final proof that the neanderthals did mate with real humans. truthisfreedom Oct 2012 #162
The right-wing extremists in this country couldn't be more obvious... ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2012 #174
actually, I was thinking the same thing newspeak Oct 2012 #184
It's possible there were originally condemnations of slavery in the Gospels Ken Burch Oct 2012 #177
This thread is making my headache worse. redwitch Oct 2012 #183
All the posts on whether Jesus was historical figure, myth, etc. --- YOU'RE MISSING THE POINT! Bake Oct 2012 #185
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