XPost: alt.atheism, alt.fan.karl-malden.nose, alt.usenet.kooks   
   From: DavidSherok@christiancoalition.com   
      
   On Mon, 1 Feb 2016 12:53:57 -0800 (PST), Andy W    
   wrote:   
      
   >On Monday, February 1, 2016 at 1:43:51 PM UTC, David Sherok wrote:   
   >> On Mon, 1 Feb 2016 01:12:33 +0000 (UTC), Smiler    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >> >On Sun, 31 Jan 2016 10:42:11 -0500, Don Martin wrote:   
   >> >   
   >> >> On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 21:55:48 +0000, David Sherok   
   >> >>  wrote:   
   >> >>   
   >> >>>David Sherok (Man of God)   
   >> >>   
   >> >> This, apparently, is the best his god can do.   
   >> >>   
   >> >> It's "back to the old drawing board" time for this deity then.  (His   
   >> >> note to self: "start with the mud pies and work your way up--avoid doing   
   >> >> pterodactyls this time.")   
   >> >   
   >> >Somebody tell him to also avoid typhoid, cholera, smallpox, polio and   
   >> >anthrax this time too.   
   >> >   
   >> >   
   >>   
   >> Only sinful beings have anything to fear from such diseases. They have   
   >> been put here to test your faith. Those of us who are protected by the   
   >> knowledge of  His Divinity cannot be harmed by such plagues.   
   >> David Sherok (Man of God)   
   >   
   >Well, now... Ignoring for a moment the fact that you are an obvious troll,   
   and a somewhat familiar one at that, this actually raises quite an interesting   
   point. What you did there was this: you made a testable claim.   
   >   
   >And I have to admit, if you could demonstrate that you are protected from all   
   manner of deadly sicknesses and contagious diseases by your religious faith   
   alone, that would be pretty strong evidence in your favour. If you could show   
   that people joining    
   your faith subsequently never die, that would pretty much clinch it for me,   
   but I guess that would be asking a bit too much.   
   >   
   >So the thing is, since it is your religious duty to try to save as many souls   
   as you can, you must now be compelled to deliberately expose yourself to as   
   many fatal diseases as you can, with nothing but your faith to protect you, in   
   order to show all us    
   unbelievers the folly of our ways.   
   >   
   >Of course if you do not do this it will clearly show that you do not have the   
   faith you claim, and you might as well leave since you will have been outed as   
   an utter fraud. Also baby Jesus will be sad because of your lies and will have   
   to kill a fig    
   tree or something.   
   >   
   >And if you do do it and then die, well, that should teach you a lesson.   
   >   
   >Andy   
      
   I've worked in many Missions around the world.  I have never been   
   vaccinated and I have never been sick.   
   David Sherok (Man of God)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)