Exactly. You're already perfectly happy with the mind-killing "goddidit". What could possibly motivate you to question it?

Lion IRC wrote:

sennekuyl wrote:

You can't be said to run away for asking to extract derails from the thread. The accusation of running away comes from this quote:

Lion IRC wrote:Its His Holy Word. I dont[sic] take bible interpretation classes from people who dont[sic] love Him. (Go preach bible stuff @ a fellow atheist like Skinny Puppy)

from this post.
I contemplated informing you no interpretation is necessary. But that would have mean using other scriptures and you refuse to acknowledge them.

Are you saying I am running away from a serious bible discussion per se or that me "taking a pass" on discussing the bible with people who I dont think respect Gods bible constitutes running away.?

Actually, yes. A debate on Biblical scripture has absolutely nothing to do with respect and everything to do with how intelligently and logically the scripture in question is interpreted. I have virtually no respect for the Christian Bible. As far as I am concerned, it is a collection of scriptures belonging to a violent and intolerant religion that plagiarizes concepts and individuals from other religions and the few 'good things' in the Bible are not ideas that are exclusive to Christianity.

Now if, knowing that, you'd refuse to have a serious discussion with me about Biblical scripture because I don't respect the Christian Bible the way YOU think I should...then yes, that does constitute running away.

Lion is very exegesisist. He turns his nose up at people whose interpretations of the holy scriptures don't agree enough with his. Won't even discuss it with them, he says!

Funnily, though, he's always happy to include believers in, oh say, telepathic-book-discounting-shopping-mall-angels and the like amongst his brethren when it suits him to claim his ilk are in the majority on the planet.

It's a damned convenient, dirty trick, eh?

That fits rather neatly with a discussion a few of us here were having with Lion when he made the supporting claim that 'I have never seen "forms of Christianity" I didnt recognize.' And then failed to recognise Philippino Christians engaging in self-flagellation and crucifixion reenactments. The only way to preserve logical coherence there is for Lion to say he doesn't recognise Philippino Christian practices as being Christian. Of course, self-flagellation, as part of mortification of the flesh or corporal mortification, was practiced by monks and nuns throughout most of Christian history.