What's so good about it?
TGIF
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Bicycle Bill
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Re: TGIF
Two guys who deserved it were put to death, and as the song says,RayThom wrote:What's so good about it?
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Yes, I suppose I could agree with you ... but then we'd both be wrong, wouldn't we?
Re: TGIF
As I recall, they were but petty thieves - hardly deserving of crucifixion.
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
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Bicycle Bill
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You're applying the sensibilities of modern day to the realities of two millennia ago. They were criminals, and that was the way of the world at that time.BoSoxGal wrote:As I recall, they were but petty thieves - hardly deserving of crucifixion.
Remember, they also stoned people for adultery; nowadays, cohabitation, sexual congress, and even procreation outside of wedlock doesn't cause so much as a raised eyebrow anymore.
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Yes, I suppose I could agree with you ... but then we'd both be wrong, wouldn't we?
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ex-khobar Andy
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My heathen daughter asked if today's the day that baby Jesus come out to look for his shadow.
I blame the parents.
I blame the parents.
TGIF
JMJ / +.ex-khobar Andy wrote:My heathen daughter asked if today's the day that baby Jesus come out to look for his shadow.
I blame the parents.
PFFT! What a silly goose. Everyone knows it's was Easter when they rolled away the stone at the tomb and Jesus would come out looking for His shadow.
“In a world whose absurdity appears to be so impenetrable, we simply must reach a greater degree of understanding among us, a greater sincerity.”
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For Christianity, by identifying truth with faith, must teach-and, properly understood, does teach-that any interference with the truth is immoral. A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts
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I guess lesser crimes could result in scourging in ancient Rome, but even in colonial america conviction of a felony (you know, capital crimes including theft, except for very trivial theft) resulted in execution (unless clemency was granted--and even then it was only granted once); incarceration was till a good way offBicycle Bill wrote:You're applying the sensibilities of modern day to the realities of two millennia ago. They were criminals, and that was the way of the world at that time.BoSoxGal wrote:As I recall, they were but petty thieves - hardly deserving of crucifixion.
Remember, they also stoned people for adultery; nowadays, cohabitation, sexual congress, and even procreation outside of wedlock doesn't cause so much as a raised eyebrow anymore.
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Re: TGIF
I guess lesser crimes could result in scourging in ancient Rome, but even in colonial america conviction of a felony (you know, capital crimes including theft, except for very trivial theft) resulted in execution (unless clemency was granted--and even then it was only granted once); incarceration was till a good way offBicycle Bill wrote:You're applying the sensibilities of modern day to the realities of two millennia ago. They were criminals, and that was the way of the world at that time.BoSoxGal wrote:As I recall, they were but petty thieves - hardly deserving of crucifixion.
Remember, they also stoned people for adultery; nowadays, cohabitation, sexual congress, and even procreation outside of wedlock doesn't cause so much as a raised eyebrow anymore.
-"BB"-