Eutychus Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 (edited) I just got a report from BARNA, the premier religious polling firm that was most disturbing. There are three questions I want to pose here: [b] [color="#990000"]ONE - "Is satan a real entity?"[/color] [color="#000099"] TWO - "Was Christ sinless?"[/color] [color="#663366"]THREE - "Is the bible totally accurate?"[/color][/b] I will post WHY after some answers are given. [mod]The rules about changing text sizes have been made known. Please abide by them as etiquette demands. -Raphael[/mod] Edited October 20, 2006 by Raphael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mateo el Feo Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Teach us, o wise one.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eutychus Posted October 19, 2006 Author Share Posted October 19, 2006 Did I confuse you with those three questions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mateo el Feo Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 [quote name='Eutychus' post='1095673' date='Oct 19 2006, 10:21 AM'] Did I confuse you with those three questions? [/quote]By confuse, do you mean, patronize? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eutychus Posted October 19, 2006 Author Share Posted October 19, 2006 OK, I will mark you down as "unsure" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Do you ever think that maybe we are tired of your patronizing attitude and don't want to converse with you anymore? That doesn't mean you can assume to know what we are thinking... Though I bet you can guess what I think of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eutychus Posted October 19, 2006 Author Share Posted October 19, 2006 Is that "another abstention?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Let's say you challenge my ability to be charitable. [quote name='Eutychus' post='1095681' date='Oct 19 2006, 09:30 AM'] [/quote] Did you say something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eutychus Posted October 19, 2006 Author Share Posted October 19, 2006 Sorry those THREE QUESTIONS are of such divisive nature as to cause you to worry about your ability to remain charitable. I rather thought they were quite direct, simple, and pertinate to a forum that bills itself as INTERRELIGIOUS dialogue. So, what EXACTLY about these three questions causes you such reaction that you are wary of answering them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 [quote name='Eutychus' post='1095665' date='Oct 19 2006, 10:14 AM'] I just got a report from BARNA, the premier religious polling firm that was most disturbing. There are three questions I want to pose here: [size=4][b] [color="#990000"]ONE - "Is satan a real entity?"[/color] [color="#000099"] TWO - "Was Christ sinless?"[/color] [color="#663366"]THREE - "Is the bible totally accurate?"[/color][/b][/size] I will post WHY after some answers are given. [/quote] 1. Yes. This is Catholic dogma. 2. Yes. This is Catholic dogma. 3. Yes, insofar as it is inerrant in proclaiming the Truth which God wishes to be communicated to men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 [quote name='Eutychus' post='1095684' date='Oct 19 2006, 09:32 AM'] Sorry those THREE QUESTIONS are of such divisive nature as to cause you to worry about your ability to remain charitable. I rather thought they were quite direct, simple, and pertinate to a forum that bills itself as INTERRELIGIOUS dialogue. So, what EXACTLY about these three questions causes you such reaction that you are wary of answering them? [/quote] It's not the questions, it's the questioner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 [quote name='Eutychus' post='1095684' date='Oct 19 2006, 10:32 AM'] Sorry those THREE QUESTIONS are of such divisive nature as to cause you to worry about your ability to remain charitable. I rather thought they were quite direct, simple, and pertinate to a forum that bills itself as INTERRELIGIOUS dialogue. So, what EXACTLY about these three questions causes you such reaction that you are wary of answering them? [/quote] You're doing it again. You're doing exactly what HSmom takes offense at. The capitalization, the color coding, the font increases...it all comes across very rudely and condescendingly. How about asking us what we believe in a simple, straightforward manner without trying to commit overkill on the "dumbing down" of your questions? How about treating us as human persons who have rights to believe what we believe? How about not constantly coming across in a tone that implies that you don't really want to listen to us (and thus don't truly care about our well-being), but just want to show us how wrong we allegedly are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 So you are gonna quote the Barna report saying 68% of catholics don't believe in the devil? Make sure you quote the part about 45% of evangelicals who don't either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eutychus Posted October 19, 2006 Author Share Posted October 19, 2006 [quote]You're doing it again. You're doing exactly what HSmom takes offense at. The capitalization, the color coding, the font increases...it all comes across very rudely and condescendingly. [/quote] The FORMATTING POLICE?! Please don't turn me into them, they are really bad people, and have no compulsions about making errant miscreats writing on blackboards all day long. [img]http://www.glosas.net/glosas/imagenes/bartglosas.gif[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 [quote name='Eutychus' post='1095716' date='Oct 19 2006, 11:31 AM'] The FORMATTING POLICE?! Please don't turn me into them, they are really bad people, and have no compulsions about making errant miscreats writing on blackboards all day long. [img]http://www.glosas.net/glosas/imagenes/bartglosas.gif[/img] [/quote] and your rudeness continues...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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