Christmas poll

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Originally Posted by Miner123

That's a good point, besides ridicule or utube video's do you have any?

And by the way, how many people today do you know that worship Ra, Zeus, Jupiter, Odin or Poseidon besides a perhaps a few small cults?

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What????
How would I possibly PROVE that somebody or something did not exist????

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What difference does it make if anyone now is worshiping those ancient Gods, at one time millions did, and millions died in their name, so why would they be less important than Jesus, by all account of the Christian proofs a God just needs to have people believe in them, and die in their name...Right???

And by the definition you just gave then Allah, Buddha, Vishnu, Baal and quite a few more do exist... Right???

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Originally Posted by Miner123

You may kill someone else but dying is another matter.

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That's why religions usually promise better life after suffering first here in real life.
It's easier to ask people to do things (even some irrational ones) if you promise to give them some real goodies later :p

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Originally Posted by gssixgun

What????
How would I possibly PROVE that somebody or something did not exist????

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What difference does it make if anyone now is worshiping those ancient Gods, at one time millions did, and millions died in their name, so why would they be less important than Jesus, by all account of the Christian proofs a God just needs to have people believe in them, and die in their name...Right???

And by the definition you just gave then Allah, Buddha, Vishnu, Baal and quite a few more do exist... Right???

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A lot may have died, but probably not by choice.

Not by definition but it does carry some weight.

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Originally Posted by Miner123

A lot may have died, but probably not by choice.

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Oh I beg to differ there, those Gods were "War Gods" and many went happily to their deaths following them... The promises of rewards in the afterlife for a warrior were many and great... :idea: Hmmmm sorta sounds familiar....

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Originally Posted by gssixgun

Oh I beg to differ there, those Gods were "War Gods" and many went happily to their deaths following them... The promises of rewards in the afterlife for a warrior were many and great... :idea: Hmmmm sorta sounds familiar....

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You are right, wasn't thinking of it in those terms.

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Originally Posted by Miner123

That's a good point, besides ridicule or utube video's do you have any?

And by the way, how many people today do you know that worship Ra, Zeus, Jupiter, Odin or Poseidon besides a perhaps a few small cults?

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What about the church of the flying spaghetti monster (FSM)? They have a HUGE following.

May you be touched by his noodly appendage...

http://n2.nabble.com/file/n3408059/f...ti-monster.jpg

I hope you mean one of the noodly appendages on the right

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Originally Posted by ZMKA

What about the church of the flying spaghetti monster (FSM)? They have a HUGE following.

May you be touched by his noodly appendage...

http://n2.nabble.com/file/n3408059/f...ti-monster.jpg

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As an aside, there is a major error in the follwing graph:
http://www.venganza.org/images/PiratesVsTemp.png

There are indeed still today a large number of pirates. In Somalia alone it is estimated at ~1,000 armed men.

The increase in piracy along the Somali coast alone should have at least cooled things off to the temps of the 1950's. And this does not take into account the other various piracy hotspots of Souteast Asia, and the Carribean. Which also should have added substantively to the cooling, but it did not.

I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Jack Sparrow, peg-leg, eyepatch, funny hat style pirates that say things like "Arrrrr!" and "Avast ye!"
:HJ <--- like that guy.

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Originally Posted by Miner123

The more archaeological evidence that is uncovered the more the bible is supported.

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Not so much, apparently there are Dead Sea Scrolls yet to be released that throw serious doubts on the whole religion that is Christianity