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MisterP

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37. there's actually numerous old, respectable, robust schools of interpretation
Wed Jul 9, 2014, 02:02 PM
Jul 2014

while fundies are characterized by Orwellian eisegesis: fundies operate by closing off all other means of thought (other than "what some pinko 19th-c. Bedlamites wrote&quot , so they can't even comprehend that other people can think differently from themselves; this is all possible because they're a hermetically-closed system theologically, with "debate" just being "how does McReady Price fit in with (your Leader here's) old-timey prejudices?"

heck, even some exposure to Plato would deal a firm blow to their intellectual inbreeding: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthyphro_dilemma

Spot on. safeinOhio Jul 2014 #1
How the kNOw nothings have come to rule Bortman33 Jul 2014 #2
It's far worse than that. They use bad science, too. longship Jul 2014 #3
I don't think the higher ups are ignorant. I think they're cynical. merrily Jul 2014 #9
Or outright lying. longship Jul 2014 #24
They know, IronLionZion Jul 2014 #4
Yeah, it's always a bad moment when... Jerry442 Jul 2014 #10
can;t be said enough, for those people, Religious Freedom = religious privilege KG Jul 2014 #5
Thou shall not eat hard-shell crabs and shrimp either...but no one cites this. kelliekat44 Jul 2014 #6
Actually, they do cite it, but explain it away. merrily Jul 2014 #12
The NT says women should remain at home raising children, silent in public, modestly dressed Bluenorthwest Jul 2014 #33
I'm not sure it's ignorance--the Bible is like a Rorscach test--you see in it what you want to see. bklyncowgirl Jul 2014 #7
It's the "Buffet Bible" KansDem Jul 2014 #11
I don't think they want to leave anything for others. merrily Jul 2014 #14
I suppose they would say the same thing about "liberal" Christians bklyncowgirl Jul 2014 #15
+1 Enthusiast Jul 2014 #20
I agree to a point, but it's REALLY hard to miss the stuff about merrily Jul 2014 #13
I am sure it is ignorance...and I have been saying it for decades. zeemike Jul 2014 #18
Actually following teachings of Jesus will not give you a club to beat up on others. bklyncowgirl Jul 2014 #25
Well that was of course my point. zeemike Jul 2014 #30
Excellent post! Great insight into the "some Christian" condition. Enthusiast Jul 2014 #19
And they use it to make god in their image. FiveGoodMen Jul 2014 #38
These people are getting more and more power... yuiyoshida Jul 2014 #8
They would take every last bit of the power, given the chance. Enthusiast Jul 2014 #21
K&R! These fuckers don't know shit about the bible. Enthusiast Jul 2014 #16
Actually, the Bible does describe the ingestion of an abortafacient mnhtnbb Jul 2014 #17
Seems pretty clear to me. Enthusiast Jul 2014 #23
Really. mnhtnbb Jul 2014 #35
Gosh, the knowledge of human reproduction represented in this Holy Text - simply amazing! hatrack Jul 2014 #26
I wonder why this didn't come up during the court case perdita9 Jul 2014 #32
I think it stems from that "be fruitful and multiply" part Marrah_G Jul 2014 #22
K&R Solly Mack Jul 2014 #27
Huge K & R !!! WillyT Jul 2014 #28
We give the religious folks power gladly out of fear rurallib Jul 2014 #29
Numbers, 5, 19-28 supports abortion perdita9 Jul 2014 #31
Did they even know what abortion was at the time? kwolf68 Jul 2014 #36
The road to the demise of America will be paved with religion. n/t RKP5637 Jul 2014 #34
there's actually numerous old, respectable, robust schools of interpretation MisterP Jul 2014 #37
Actually it does make one small mention of contraception. Onan. CBGLuthier Jul 2014 #39
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