So you believe in some JudgeGod who can tell us whether I am truly a conservative or truly a liberal?
I ask you again: If I say I'm a liberal and you say I'm a conservative, what am I?
Sure. And to help the Nazis separate Jew from gentile.
I happen to be a coolguy. But sometimes evil...
But Mickey Mouse has his own theme park.
Anyway, zombies and vampires get a bunch of mileage, too. I don't think that's evidence that they are more real than myth.
We each see things as we see them, but I think that's a confused conception.
Here's a question which I'd very much like to hear you answer. It's a tough one:
If I say that I am a liberal, and you say that I'm a conservative... which am I?
Nah. I don't believe in labels. A word can't...
I am both a theist and an atheist -- and neither -- at the same time.
Try it with other terms: I am both a conservative and a liberal -- and neither -- at the same time.
I am both a handsomeguy and a non-handsomeguy -- and neither -- at the same time.
They're just words, just labels...
I don't understand. You're agreeing with me that no one has made the claim about 'there could be no germ for the Jesus character'?
Would you mind just speaking clearly about whatever you believe?
I'm glad that Bart Ehrman makes you happy, I guess. I've never read him myself.
I'm curious: Why do you take Ehrman's word for that? Why not take the opinion of an historian who states that Pilate would not have bothered with a nobody like Jesus?
They're just like politicians. Do they duck direct questions, or do they happily answer any question asked of them?
I think that's how you tell an honest person from a political person.
What references?
I mean, there are thousands of references to the crucifixion of Jesus every Sunday morning in the US, but I don't find modern preachers to add anything to the historical issue.
What credible references for the crucifixion do you know about?
OK, but I think that is the cause of your misunderstanding of my position here. I wasn't talking about 'standard Christian theology' when I spoke about a particular hell-belief. I don't even believe in standard Christian theology. I was only talking about 'people who call themselves Christians...