XPost: sac.politics, can.politics, alt.atheism   
   XPost: alt.politics.homosexuality   
   From: David@block.net   
      
   On 8/6/2015 8:19 PM, mur wrote:   
   > On Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:45:04 -0600, David Johnston  wrote:   
   > .   
   >> On Fri, 31 Jul 2015 13:03:39 -0400, mur wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 21:44:16 -0600, David Johnston  wrote:   
   >>> .   
   >>>> On 7/21/2015 10:41 PM, mur wrote:   
   >>>>> On Fri, 17 Jul 2015 17:05:46 -0600, David Johnston    
   wrote:   
   >>>>> .   
   >>>>>> On 7/17/2015 10:31 AM, mur wrote:   
   >>>>>>> On Sat, 04 Jul 2015 09:00:47 -0600, David Johnston    
   wrote:   
   >>>>>>> .   
   >>>>>>>> On Fri, 03 Jul 2015 22:19:30 -0400, mur wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> On Fri, 26 Jun 2015 20:18:56 -0600, David Johnston    
   wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>> .   
   >>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 26 Jun 2015 21:55:34 -0400, mur wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 13 Jun 2015 18:22:11 -0400, Vincent Maycock    
   vam100@aol.com> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>> .   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 13 Jun 2015 14:03:56 -0400, mur wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 05 Jun 2015 18:17:10 -0400, Vincent Maycock   
    wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> .   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 05 Jun 2015 16:22:20 -0400, mur wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 30 May 2015 12:36:34 +0100, "Alex W."  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> .   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 29 May 2015 21:36:27 -0600, David Johnston wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 5/22/2015 10:03 AM, mur wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 08 May 2015 22:01:33 -0600, David Johnston   
    wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> .   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 5/8/2015 8:03 PM, mur wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 29 Apr 2015 20:49:38 -0600, David Johnston   
    wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> .   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 4/29/2015 5:58 PM, mur wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 20 Apr 2015 15:45:06 -0500, duke    
   duckgumbo32@cox.net> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> .   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 18 Apr 2015 17:58:32 -0600, David Johnston   
    wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 4/18/2015 7:24 AM, duke wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 10 Apr 2015 19:07:02 -0600, David Johnston   
    wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 4/10/2015 2:14 PM, duke wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 09 Apr 2015 14:32:02 -0600, David Johnston   
    wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 4/9/2015 5:28 AM, duke wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Too much hair splitting.  Evidence exists for   
   the presence of God - it can't be   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> denied.  One may not like it, but none the less,   
   it stares them in the face,   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> hence:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> An atheist denies   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I see that you regard consistency as too much   
   trouble to bother with.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You see wrong.  I'm highly consistent.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Either it can't be denied, or atheists deny it.    
   Pick one.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The item that nails the supposed atheist is that he   
   rejects evidence we see.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yeah.  I've seen a bible too.  But Harry Potter was a   
   more fun read.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> But not any truth at all.  Unless you think you can   
   ride a broom stick.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>           These people can't distinguish between things   
   we know are fiction and things   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> no one could know are fiction.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Really?  So we can't know that there was no world wide   
   flood that wiped   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> out all life on land some four thousand years ago?   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>          Sure we can.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Then what were you referring to?   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>         We can't know if Jesus was a virgin birth.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Does that matter when the only indication that he was a   
   virgin birth is   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a book that claims that all life on land was wiped out four   
   thousand   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> years ago?   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> We know it doesn't matter because we now know that the issue   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of Mary's virginity was a translation error.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>       How did we find that out?   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Alex is talking about the passage from Isaiah that supposedly   
   predicts   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jesus' virgin birth centuries in advance of its supposed   
   occurrence.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> It's difficult to tell *when* we first learned that there was a   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> mistranslation there.  The Hebrew just means "young girl," and I   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> suppose everyone who can read Hebrew would have known about it.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> In the Gospels, Jesus is clearly portrayed as being born to a   
   virgin   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> girl (part of the non-historical portion of the Gospels --  AKA   
   most   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> of each of them); there's no mistranslation there.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> But the Isaiah passage has more problems than just having been   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> mistranslated for centuries: it's not even talking about Jesus   
   to   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> begin.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> The setting of the prophecy is the land of Israel soon before   
   it was   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> demolished by Assyria, and in the story Isaiah tells King Ahaz   
   about   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> the timescale of the military problems he would have when   
   dealing with   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Assyria --   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> namely, about as long as it would take for a young woman to   
   become   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> pregnant and raise a child that was old enough to eat curds and   
   honey,   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> and choose right from wrong; that is, Ahaz's military   
   destruction   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> would happen *that quickly.*   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> So Isaiah 7 (the reference in question)  isn't even referring to   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jesus, and  if the bizarre idea of a virgin birth were found in   
   this   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> passage, it would refer to the child that King Ahaz knew about   
   that   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Isaiah was threatening him with, and not to Jesus.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>       Then why does it refer to Jesus having had a virgin birth   
   in the Koran?   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
      
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