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"BDK" wrote in message
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By now all of you know that Dr. Gene Scott has passed, but guess
what?
All of US are going to pass away also. It is appointed unto man
once to
die AND AFTER THAT THE JUDGMENT! Heb. 9:27

The righteous are REQUIRED to tell the wicked they are going to die.
Eze. 3:18

The Christian is better off dead because he is with Christ and no
longer
concerned about possibly failing and denying Christ here on earth.
Phillipians 1:23.


So you claim..proof.

The bible is not proof Al! A book can say anything.


The non-Christian needs to be greatly concerned about dying before
accepting Christ for there is NO OTHER WAY to the Father in heaven.
John 14:6, KJV, "Jesus saith unto him, I am THE way, THE truth, and
THE
life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."

So you claim, I'm not really worried, I'll just be worm food, like
you.
You probably aren't going anywhere...except into the ground.


Some of you rejoice at the death of Dr. Gene Scott. Many Christians
rejoice with you for, if he was truly a Christian (only God knows
the
heart), he is far better off than he ever was here. ... Even before
he
got prostate cancer. See Phil. 1:23.


I thought he was amusing. Most all the other preachers are slimeballs
at
best, so I'm not rejoicing he's dead, but I don't think there's any
reason to be happy about it...and prostate cancer can be a bad way to
go...

Right here I could interject the same word you used above. Proof. How do
you
know its a bad way to go? You gone that way? No. You know someone who
has?
Maybe yes. The same could be said for Dr. Scott. If you ever knew any
Christians, you would see their serenity in their leaving this world.
Ask
the doctors. They can tell you that Christians on the whole have more
of a
grip on death than those who dont know God. They can tell you the horror
on
the faces of those who die not knowing what will happen to them after
they
are gone. So throwing that word "proof" around shouldnt make you feel
as
smug as you think you are.
B




Smug?? No, just realistic.


I knew two people that had prostate cancer, one is still alive, having
had to be castrated, and then radiated and chemoed to the point he
almost died from it alone. But somehow, he made it. Tough guy.

The other guy had no signs of any problems, then started having pain
when standing up. He was loaded with cancer that had spread to his
spine. The cancer was so widespread they didn't even try to do chemo, he
was too far gone. He spent his last 3 weeks or so in bed, hooked to a
morphine drip that never put out enough to really stop the pain. He was
a christian, and he wasn't "serene" in the least. Maybe he had doubts..

Other christians may be more serene, but the placebo effect can account
for that. If you believe in something strong enough, it can do
"wonders".

But the most "serene" person I ever saw that was dying was a friend's
dad, who was an atheist from a young age, like myself. He was ok with
it, "Hey, 80 isn't that bad, longer than I ever expected!" He just kind
of faded away. Boy, would he have been ****ed if he knew his sisters got
together and had a minister do a memorial service before the "real" one.
The after funeral "wake" was about as tense as I have ever seen, one of
the sister's kids blabbed the whole deal as the real service ended. It
was entertaining.

BDK

To dismiss changed lives as a result of the teachings of the Bible is
smugness. You don't know most peoples testimonies. And it is their
testimony. You cant deny it. You don't have to believe it, but that doesn't
make you right. After all, they are the ones claiming a changed live. If
you don't believe it, fine, go your way, but you don't need to be putting
them down. You don't have the authority to speak for them.
B





Neither do you....

BDK

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says...

"Honus" wrote in message
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"Brian Oakley" wrote in message
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To dismiss changed lives as a result of the teachings of the Bible is
smugness.

Sort of like how Christians dismiss changed lives as the result of the
changed person reading -other- holy texts, right? It does happen, you
know.
Not too many Christians are as generous as you must be when it comes to
giving credit where credit is due. Tell me, do you rejoice when you hear
of
a changed life because of, say, a conversion to Islam? Or do you simply
dismiss it?

I don't rejoice, because I know what the Koran teaches. Dismiss it? No.
There are other spirits that can influence someone when they open a doorway
to let them in. Do you know much about the spirit world?

B




LOL, I almost fell out of chair!

You're a funny guy Brian!

Even though you don't mean to be..


BDK

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says...
In a message under the heading of " The passing of Dr. Scott & r.r.s.
merrymaking" BDK wrote:

But god made them, just like botulism, right?

Check this out:

Yes, I know it isn't botulism. (There I go changing the subject again!)
It's Trichinosis I'm mentioning here. However, there's something very
interesting about it. ALL the animals mentioned happen to be animals
that God told us NOT TO EAT. (See God's dietary laws in the Bible, also
known as clean and unclean meats. I believe the bear is in the UNclean
category.)

"Trichinosis is a parasitic disease that results from eating undercooked
meat, most frequently pork, which contains cysts of Trichinella
spiralis. T. spiralis can be found in pork, bear, fox, rat, horse and
lion meat."

Clipped from: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/e...cle/000631.htm


Back then, that stuff made sense. If you got Trichinosis, you had it
forever. Now, unless you are just itching to get it, you won't, because
we know better, and know how to prevent/cure it. Back then, all they did
was know, or suspect the cause.

One of the few really logical things they did back in the olden days..

BDK

Not my job. If he wants it its out there.
B

Thanks for supplying my quota of ironic humor for the day!

You are the Pussy.
cuhulin

"BDK" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...

"BDK" wrote in message
...
In article ,
says...

"BDK" wrote in message
...
In article ,

says...
By now all of you know that Dr. Gene Scott has passed, but guess
what?
All of US are going to pass away also. It is appointed unto man
once to
die AND AFTER THAT THE JUDGMENT! Heb. 9:27

The righteous are REQUIRED to tell the wicked they are going to
die.
Eze. 3:18

The Christian is better off dead because he is with Christ and
no
longer
concerned about possibly failing and denying Christ here on
earth.
Phillipians 1:23.


So you claim..proof.

The bible is not proof Al! A book can say anything.


The non-Christian needs to be greatly concerned about dying
before
accepting Christ for there is NO OTHER WAY to the Father in
heaven.
John 14:6, KJV, "Jesus saith unto him, I am THE way, THE truth,
and
THE
life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."

So you claim, I'm not really worried, I'll just be worm food, like
you.
You probably aren't going anywhere...except into the ground.


Some of you rejoice at the death of Dr. Gene Scott. Many
Christians
rejoice with you for, if he was truly a Christian (only God
knows
the
heart), he is far better off than he ever was here. ... Even
before
he
got prostate cancer. See Phil. 1:23.


I thought he was amusing. Most all the other preachers are
slimeballs
at
best, so I'm not rejoicing he's dead, but I don't think there's
any
reason to be happy about it...and prostate cancer can be a bad way
to
go...

Right here I could interject the same word you used above. Proof.
How do
you
know its a bad way to go? You gone that way? No. You know someone
who
has?
Maybe yes. The same could be said for Dr. Scott. If you ever knew
any
Christians, you would see their serenity in their leaving this
world.
Ask
the doctors. They can tell you that Christians on the whole have
more
of a
grip on death than those who dont know God. They can tell you the
horror
on
the faces of those who die not knowing what will happen to them
after
they
are gone. So throwing that word "proof" around shouldnt make you
feel
as
smug as you think you are.
B




Smug?? No, just realistic.


I knew two people that had prostate cancer, one is still alive, having
had to be castrated, and then radiated and chemoed to the point he
almost died from it alone. But somehow, he made it. Tough guy.

The other guy had no signs of any problems, then started having pain
when standing up. He was loaded with cancer that had spread to his
spine. The cancer was so widespread they didn't even try to do chemo,
he
was too far gone. He spent his last 3 weeks or so in bed, hooked to a
morphine drip that never put out enough to really stop the pain. He
was
a christian, and he wasn't "serene" in the least. Maybe he had
doubts..

Other christians may be more serene, but the placebo effect can
account
for that. If you believe in something strong enough, it can do
"wonders".

But the most "serene" person I ever saw that was dying was a friend's
dad, who was an atheist from a young age, like myself. He was ok with
it, "Hey, 80 isn't that bad, longer than I ever expected!" He just
kind
of faded away. Boy, would he have been ****ed if he knew his sisters
got
together and had a minister do a memorial service before the "real"
one.
The after funeral "wake" was about as tense as I have ever seen, one
of
the sister's kids blabbed the whole deal as the real service ended. It
was entertaining.

BDK

To dismiss changed lives as a result of the teachings of the Bible is
smugness. You don't know most peoples testimonies. And it is their
testimony. You cant deny it. You don't have to believe it, but that
doesn't
make you right. After all, they are the ones claiming a changed live.
If
you don't believe it, fine, go your way, but you don't need to be
putting
them down. You don't have the authority to speak for them.
B





Neither do you....

BDK

Actually I do.
B

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You are the Pussy.

Who in the hell are you talking to? Me? Am I your latest sexual obsession?
When you're balling Blueberry, do you pretend it's me?

Learn to quote, would ya?

Al Patrick wrote:
running dogg wrote:

Do you know where the Medical Deists (MD's) got their symbol? I'll give
you a hint. Numbers 21 and II Kings 18 and it represented Jesus Christ
the healer, who also suffered and died for us. It seems to me the
medical industry is very much attempting to play God.


It's actually the caduceus, the staff of Hermes, which
is a more aesthetically pleasing version of the staff
of Asclepius, the Greek god of healing. The scripture
you refer to mentions a healing staff of Moses and doesn't
really have anything to do with to Jesus at all, since he hadn't made
much of an appearance during the period covered by Numbers
or II Kings.

"Al Patrick" wrote in message
...
Honus, Like I said, search the groups for the words (?) xian and g-d
and you'll find several of them. Don't expect ME to do YOUR work for
you! ;-)

Oh, so now it's "groups" and not this group. Bet's off. And this is getting
tiresome. You made the claim, you support it. Why should -I- do -your- work?

Uh oh, Now I'm guilty of top posting.

That, and backpedaling.

Honus wrote:

"Al Patrick" wrote in message
...


I do know that a few on this group would rejoice at the
thoughts of the death of any true Christian.


Name one.

"Brian Oakley" wrote in message
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"Honus" wrote in message


Your failure is duly noted.

And certainly not unexpected.

So just because someone doesn't do exactly as you dictate, its
failure.

Boy, you -are- a theist, aren't you? Classic, in fact. Twist and shout.

I know you mean that as a derogatory remark, but its far from that. If you
knew what theist meant, you would find a different word to use.

I know exactly what it means, and yes...I use it in a derogatory sense.

see. Lets all bow down to the person that screams the loudest. That's
a
good
way to win an argument. Just call them a failure for lack of anything
YOU
could post to the contrary?

sigh Patrick made the positive assertion. Therefore, it's up to him to
provide support for his assertion. What are you, twelve? This stuff is
all
so basic.

No not up to him. He can say and do what he wants. He doesnt have to prove
anything. This is a free country. If youre that concerned with proof, go
find it yourself. You wouldnt ask your employer to prove something to you
when he makes a statements. Because hed fire you. You would go look it up
yourself, hipocryte. So basic huh?

Hypocryte? Pot, kettle, black. And this isn't an employee/employer
relationship here. He made an insulting claim, and can't back it up. It's
over. You lose.

Now lets put the shoe on the other foot. You
asked him for proof.

Are you willing to back up your allegation that there
are NOT any on the ng that would rejoice at the death of a real
Christian?

I made no such allegation, theist. Show me where I did, or retract the
statement. You think you know where I was headed with Al; you're wrong.
Hell, boy...there are probably Christians around here that rejoice at
the
death of a real Christian. By the way...your use of that term frightens
me.
People that think like that are dangerous. "Real" Christians? You ought
to
know the dangers of that kind of thinking.

Sure you did. You did so in a reverse manner in asking Al to prove that
there were folks here that felt that way.

I'll repeat myself: "You think you know where I was headed with Al; you're
wrong."

For what it's worth, though, I don't think he could do it anyway. It was
more theistic hand-wringing, a display of the Christian persecution complex,
and he got called on it.


Your wanting proof only shows a
wanting to silence anyone anytime you want them to be silenced.

This is Usenet; I can't silence anyone. On top of that, I don't want to
silence him. You're being awfully judgemental. Isn't that a no-no for you?
Apparently not. Hypocryte. (sic)

Thats
hogwash. Its obvious you dont know what Im talking about when I say real
Christians so I wouldnt pretend if I were you.

And if you can't see the dangers inherent in a group of people deciding who
are "real christians" and who aren't, then you're a hopeless fool and I have
no use for you.

Statistics show that through the centuries, there are more that do
rejoice
at the death of Christians than there are of those that don't. That is
an
obvious historical fact, no one even has to look that up.

That's a good thing, because it -can't- be looked up. Statistics?
Please.

Go read a history book. Go read the Sudanese newspapers. Do it yourself
you
lazy lout.

Ah, name calling. Nice. I like that. Incidents in the Sudan today have
little to do with your assertion, by the way. "Statistics show that through
the centuries," is what you said. There are no statistics like that for me
to look up. It's more of that persecution complex.

There are plenty that rejoice at the deaths of Christians, and there
always
has been. They're are plenty that rejoice at the deaths of atheists, and
there always has been. There are always going to be people that rejoice
at
the death of someone that they see as being on the other side. Your
assertion that more people rejoice at the deaths of Christians than
don't
is
hyperbole. It's not an obvious historical fact, and you need to take a
long
hard look at the history of your faith before you start making remarks
like
that.

Again, go read a history book. Christians are the most persecuted people
in
the world.

That may be the case today; I don't know. I think that'd be pretty hard to
quantify. There's also a difference between history and today; your sentence
incorrectly conflates the two. As for being true throughout history, you may
be selling but I'm not buying. And I mustn't forget to add that Christians
have brought it on themselves. There's a reason why they're persecuted; you
guys have a lot of making up to do.

And seek some help with persecution complex of yours.

Dont have a complex sir. I see adhominim attacks are all you know how to
do.

Another misstatement, since the only thing that I can recall that could even
remotely be characterized as ad hominen was my sneering use of the word
"theist", and since it's an accurate use of the word your whine about ad
hominism doesn't really apply. By the way...if ad hominem is wrong, and you
obviously think it is and that I'm engaging in it, why are you engaging in
it as well? Because you're not perfect, just forgiven?

Go to debate school. Might learn something about free speech while youre
there as well.

I can assure you, with the utmost sincerity, that I am certain I know more
about free speech than you -think- you know. Unlike you, I've been known to
look at books other than the Bible. And as for going to debate school, you
must think you're doing pretty good here, huh?