tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post7102127375834841080..comments2023-11-27T23:30:40.341-05:00Comments on Anything But Theist: Mythical Interviews: God’s MomAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-3013676664577234162009-12-15T17:25:59.673-05:002009-12-15T17:25:59.673-05:00He only believes the universe is a couple thousand...<i>He only believes the universe is a couple thousand years old, because that’s how old He is.</i><br><br>Where in the Bible is the Age of the Earth mentioned?JD Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746127431922685446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-84682521484504452512009-12-15T18:47:12.463-05:002009-12-15T18:47:12.463-05:00The Jews kept a handy calandar. The Hebrew Calanda...The Jews kept a handy calandar. The Hebrew Calandar reckons we are under 6000 years from the birth of Yahweh... I mean from "creation."Ginxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-4931995499334685952009-12-16T20:46:32.068-05:002009-12-16T20:46:32.068-05:00Various Christians do not argue for a young Earth....Various Christians do not argue for a young Earth. William Lane Craig doesnt. I dont believe the Stephen Meyer does either.JD Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746127431922685446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-458823070108106242009-12-17T10:52:02.260-05:002009-12-17T10:52:02.260-05:00I'm not surprised there are Christians who don...I'm not surprised there are Christians who don't read the Bible and who cannot do math.Ginxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-48075181453784487522009-12-22T10:49:15.608-05:002009-12-22T10:49:15.608-05:00reminds me of Terry Prattchett's creations... ...reminds me of Terry Prattchett's creations... and he is one of my favorites...<br><br>additionally to the comments above i just mention that probably the majority of Christians worldwide can't even read... there u gokayozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03973643075968030079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-45319317420537722302009-12-22T20:22:07.411-05:002009-12-22T20:22:07.411-05:00Who started schools in Europe to teach people how ...Who started schools in Europe to teach people how to read?<br><br>A. pagans, or<br>B. Christian churches?JD Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746127431922685446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-17249592903212630312009-12-23T00:22:31.645-05:002009-12-23T00:22:31.645-05:00Who destroyed centuries worth of Classical era lit...Who destroyed centuries worth of Classical era literature and schools (from the Academy to the Lyceum), turning Europe into an intellectually barren wasteland known as the Dark Ages, thus necessitating the formation of "acceptable" Christian schools?<br><br>A. Christians<br>B. Druids<br>C. Helenes<br>D. Muslims<br>E. ScientologistsGinxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-83782164633709125712009-12-25T01:30:21.852-05:002009-12-25T01:30:21.852-05:00Please cite you "Dark Ages" link. Curio...Please cite you "Dark Ages" link. Curious how no pagan schools are mentioned in respose to my earlier question.<br><br>Merry Christmas confused Jew.....Or is that your wife?JD Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746127431922685446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-45594841843070447122009-12-25T08:54:36.304-05:002009-12-25T08:54:36.304-05:00I was raised Catholic, my wife was rased Orthodox ...I was raised Catholic, my wife was rased Orthodox Jewish.<br><br>My "Dark Ages" link is called history. The Academy was esablished by Plato and the Lyceum was established by Aristotle. Emperor Justinian closed the "heathen" Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum was sacked by Roman Emperors who carried off the books to Rome, there later Christian Emperors destroyed many of them.<br><br>In both of these cases, many of the surviving books we have today come to us from Byzantine scholars from the Eastern Roman empire who would later become subject to the Muslims, who did not destroy them. The Crusades brought Christian Europe to these lands, where they were exposed to the teachings of their ancestors after centuries of ignorance.<br><br>These are only two examples, as many schools centered around various philosophies (from Epicureanism to Stoicism) throughout Europe, though all were silenced by Christian Emperors and Popes. Even the Olympic Games were ended by Christians, who realized they were a symbol of and tribute to Helenism and their pantheon. To be fair, monastic schools open to the clergy existed almost immediately after their destructoin, though their focus was largely theology.<br><br>And now you know the rest of the story.Ginxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-48235557724456954912009-12-27T09:43:51.325-05:002009-12-27T09:43:51.325-05:00"Although the Greeks and Romans had their phi..."Although the Greeks and Romans had their philosophers, poets and gifted thinkers before the time of Christ, there were no permanent institutions of learning, with no libraries, no guilds of scholars or students, no educational research institutions and the inductive method was both ignored and spurned....<br><br>The first universities, in Paris, Oxford and Cambridge in the 13th Century taught theology, law and medicine. The first university lecturers were the missionary monks who came from a long-standing tradition of doing both physical and intellectual work....Most universities began as Christian schools. Harvard University, established in 1636, and Yale University, both began as Congregational institutions. Princeton University started as a Presbyterian college. Oxford, Paris, Cambridge, Heidelberg and Basel were all founded by Christian ministers."<br><br><a href="http://www.christianaction.org.za/articles_ca/2004-4-TheRootsOfEducation.htm" rel="nofollow">Link</a>JD Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746127431922685446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-76132827774882121442009-12-27T10:29:17.607-05:002009-12-27T10:29:17.607-05:00No libraries? No schools? Are you kidding me? Libr...No libraries? No schools? Are you kidding me? <br><br>Libraries included:<br>The Library of Ashurbanipal<br>The Library of Alexandria<br>The Library of Pergamum<br>The Forum Libraries in Rome<br>Countless private collections of papyri and engraven stone tablets<br><br>The schools are too numerous to name. Every major city of antiquity had more than one, with countless more private tutors.<br><br>You don't have to prove to me that Christianity had its hand in everything that was done in Western Civilization after the end of antiquity. In fact, I encourage you to acknowledge that our incredibly slow development was caused by Christianity, and it was not until thinkers began questioning (and being persecuted for disagreeing with) Christian doctrine that we crawled out of the murky dregs of their forced ignorance.Ginxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-32969407956147003682009-12-27T15:14:34.799-05:002009-12-27T15:14:34.799-05:00In fact, I encourage you to acknowledge that our i...<i>In fact, I encourage you to acknowledge that our incredibly slow development was caused by Christianity, and it was not until thinkers began questioning (and being persecuted for disagreeing with) Christian doctrine that we crawled out of the murky dregs of their forced ignorance.</i><br><br>Please substantiate this claim. Practically every single university founded in the early part of the US was founded by a Christian or Christian denomination.JD Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746127431922685446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-81802678300128532112009-12-27T20:42:50.333-05:002009-12-27T20:42:50.333-05:00So the 1600 and 1700's are when they finally g...So the 1600 and 1700's are when they finally got around to making things right? Boy did they take their sweet time...<br><br>You're obviously willing to overlook an entire millenium of history in order to jump to a point relatively recently when Classical ideology (a period even called "Neo-Classical") pulled Christianity kicking and screaming into the modern era.<br><br>The ancients had complex machines, running water, even clock-work quality gear <a href="http://www.antikythera-mechanism.gr/" rel="nofollow">mechanisms</a>. These all disappeared until, what a coincidence, Christianity began be to questioned.Ginxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.com