Posts by funkyderek

sir82:

'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'

That one won't work, per WTS ideology, "Jesus' brothers" are the 0.0001% of the human population that fit their definition being "anointed Christians".

If that's the response, then simply show Matthew 5:43-48:

43"You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' 44But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? 48Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Lady Zombie, some more scriptural examples to show your mother:

Matthew 25:34-46

34"Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'

37"Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'

40"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'

41"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.'

44"They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?'

45"He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.'

46"Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."

Luke 13:10-17

10On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, 11and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. 12When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, "Woman, you are set free from your infirmity." 13Then he put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God.
14Indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, the synagogue ruler said to the people, "There are six days for work. So come and be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath."

15The Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Doesn't each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it out to give it water? 16Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?"

17When he said this, all his opponents were humiliated, but the people were delighted with all the wonderful things he was doing.

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scotsman:

If they're behviour was linked to their race it would be worth reporting, but I don't think that being black made them stab someone. Maybe you know better.

If these crimes are being commited by a disproportionate number of people from any group, then that's obviously worth investigating. Certainly, correlation is not causation and I think we can all agree that there's nothing about being black that makes someone inherently more likely to commit a violent crime but it would be irresponsible in the extreme to ignore such a statistical anomaly. Whether it is the result of black youths being disenfranchised by a racist society or some aspect of "black culture" that is to blame, any attempt to reduce the incidence of such crimes must take into account the facts of the matter, whether or not those facts accord with our preconceived beliefs or desires.

I think the youth of the Parisian rioters was relevant. Just as the youth of those carrying knives is relevant. The race of the disenfranchised youth is irrelevant... unless we believe that we live in an inherently racist society and thereby all the evil deeds are being carried out by racial minorities who are suffering because of endemic racism.

Certainly the temperament of young men is an obvious factor in both cases, in a way that race is not. But there is clearly something that is skewing the statistics. In the case of the Parisian rioters, it seems to be an issue of the children of mostly North African immigrants who live in what are effectively ghettos feeling antipathy towards a country that they believe treats them as second-class citizens. The policies of the French government no doubt play a part but so too do the beliefs and attitudes of the culture in which these young people have been raised. There are numerous and complicated issues at work and the same is no doubt true of the stabbings in London, but ignoring any potentially relevant data is unlikely to help in attempts to resolve these matters.

snowbird:

On another thread, I put forth my thought that the Flood occurred when the Earth was one single landmass - Pangea or Pangaea. Of course, this was ridiculed by JWD Resident Nobel Laureate, FunkyDerek.

I'll take that sniping as a compliment. People of a certain disposition are often so offended by my knowing things that they could and should know but don't, that they resort to comments like the above. It's bad enough that you could imagine that your ignorance is equal to my knowledge but to apparently think that it's somehow better, that it's my knowledge and not your ignorance that should be an object of derision is something that baffles me. Frankly, I'm embarrassed for you.

Regarding your thought that a clearly mythological account that is purported to have occurred some 4,000 years ago is not only real but contemporaneous with events that took place more than quarter of a billion years ago, then of course I ridiculed it. It's an absurdly ridiculous idea - on a par with saying that Hamlet rode a dinosaur.

It's almost a pity the whole flood story is made up. The idea of some guy and a bunch of animals floating around in a 450 foot boat for a year while everyone else just moved to higher ground is simply hilarious!

Gill:

...to call a spade a spade...

Perhaps not the best turn of phrase!

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