Posts by Abaddon

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The Gospel of Judas

by James Free in

judas iscariot's reputation as one of the most notorious villains in history could be thrown into doubt with the release of an ancient text on thursday.

the gospel of judas, a papyrus document from the 3rd or 4th century ad, tells the story of jesus' death from the fallen disciple's point of view.

alleged to be a copy of an even older text, it casts judas as a benevolent figure, helping jesus to save mankind.

Abaddon

All this "who was Jesus' best buddy" stuff is like a camp Spartacus (which would be a thing to see)...

"I'm Jesus' bestest friend!"

"No! I am Jesus' best friend!"

"I'm Jesus' bestest friend!"

"No! I am Jesus' best friend!"

"I'm Jesus' bestest friend!"

Etc., ...

If we're to believe what it might actually mean is true, they're missing the point.

We're ALL Jesus' best buddy.

What next, springtime for Hitler... oh, no, Mel Brookes already did that... how about the senstive, tender side of Torquemada? The celebacy of de Sade? The wit and wisdom of Ronald Raygun?.. oh, someone did that did they? (A blank LP record if I recall)

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Is It Me Or Are There More Sex Crimes Against Kids Like Never Before?

by minimus in

either this has been going on for years and was never talked about or there is a rash of internet child porn, arrangements for sick underage sex, and family sex abuse.

i read 3 news events in the last couple of days with this constantly happening.

how sick!

Abaddon

stillconcerned

Elsewise, the rate of recidivism of sexual offenders is constant, but the population continues to rise, so the corresponding rate of molesters continues to rise, as a statistical constant.

But this doesn't mean a higher percentage of people under 16 are being subjected to sexual acts by adults than fifty years ago.

You mention kid on kid abuse... that needs definiton. Some technically illegal kid on kid sex under 16 is not abuse, but a perfectly normal part of sexual development, albeit one adults don't feel comfortable with.

Some countries deal with this fact, and still attempt to protect teens from sexula predation by setting 'two-stage' AOC's which do not criminalise normal (but early) sexual development with people of the same age whilst criminalising acts if the age gap is too large.

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Is It Me Or Are There More Sex Crimes Against Kids Like Never Before?

by minimus in

either this has been going on for years and was never talked about or there is a rash of internet child porn, arrangements for sick underage sex, and family sex abuse.

i read 3 news events in the last couple of days with this constantly happening.

how sick!

Abaddon

It's not you, it's increased reporting of crime and news media.

With sex crime against older kids there's another driving factor; the raise in the age-of-consent

Not to put too fine a point on it, but even only a generation or two ago if someone was attracted to girls in their early teens one had outlets that either don't exist or are highly risky. Some of our great-grandfathers and even grandfathers were marrying girls fourteen or younger. It was socially acceptable and legal. In the 19th Century it was the plauge in child prostitution which drove the changes in Age-of-Consent, but there was no difference between the punishment for having sex with an 18 year old and a 14 year old prostitute..

We see more because what passed as everyday in our great-grandfathers day is now considered bad, but that hasn't stopped it happening.

Now it's pretty obvious why AOC has risen - education takes longer, society is more complex. A 12 year-old might be considered a worthy apprentice in 1880. He'd be as capable in that world as an eighteen year-old is in ours. Now men attracted to teenage girls screw up young women's lives, rather than probably taking her to tea with the neighbours.

So whilst it appears more prominent, it's probably no more frequent, and quite probably better than most of the 19th Century... and the victims today are freer to speak out... but that doesn't mean there weren't as many in the 50's that suffered in silence.

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Blessed Oh Jehovah - Prince to appear on American Idol...

by TresHappy in

pop superstar prince will reportedly appear on american idol to both coach contestants and perform on the hit tv series - in a bid to maintain high album sales.

the notoriously shy star has just released his latest lp, 3121, which debuted at the top of the us billboard chart.

according to pagesix.com, executives from prince's record company convinced him to appear on the show to keep the album at the top of the charts, after noting a huge spike in album sales when barry manilow appeared on the program earlier this year.

Abaddon

Darling Nikki anyone?

I knew a girl named Dubbie
I guess u could say she was a sex fiend
I met them in a hotel lobby
Distributing a magazine
She said how'd u like 2 waste some time
And I could not resist when I saw little Dubbie grind

She took me 2 the Bethel
And I just couldn't believe my eyes
She had so many magazines
Everything that money could buy
She said sign your name on the dotted line
The lights went out
And Dubbie started 2 grind

Dubbie!

The Bethel started spinning
Or maybe it was my brain
I can't tell u what she did 2 me
But my body will never be the same
Her "lovin'" will kick your behind
Oh, she'll show u no mercy
But she'll sho'nuff sho'nuff show u how 2 grind

Darlin' Dubbie

Woke up the next morning
Dubbie wasn't there
I looked all over and all I found
Was a DF'ing on the stairs
It said thank u 4 a funky time
Call me up whenever u want 2 grind

Oh, Dubbie, ohhhh

Come back Dubbie, come back
Your dirty little Prince
Wanna grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind

[backwards at the end...]
"Hello, how r u? I'm fine. 'cause I know
That the Lord is coming soon, coming, coming soon."

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No fabrication in Gospels

by Shining One in

http://www.rzim.org/publications/jttran.php?seqid=52 .

"what cannot be doubted is that many new testament critics have approached the gospels with an utterly unjustified skepticism--a skepticism that wouldn't be considered justified in any other branch of ancient history.

new testament scholar r. t. france declares that "at the level of their literary and historical character we have good reason to treat the gospels as a source of information on the life and teachings of jesus, and thus on the historical origins of christianity.

Abaddon

Rex

What fun! Now you're talking about despots, when given free reign I think Christian despotism is exactly what you'd vote for given the chance, although you'd probably call it 'theocratic government'.

To get the amount of hate and bile you have for everyone who is not an American Christo-facist into your body is a remarkable feat of minaturisation (let alone hypocracy given your claimed religious beliefs).

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No fabrication in Gospels

by Shining One in

http://www.rzim.org/publications/jttran.php?seqid=52 .

"what cannot be doubted is that many new testament critics have approached the gospels with an utterly unjustified skepticism--a skepticism that wouldn't be considered justified in any other branch of ancient history.

new testament scholar r. t. france declares that "at the level of their literary and historical character we have good reason to treat the gospels as a source of information on the life and teachings of jesus, and thus on the historical origins of christianity.

Abaddon

Slaphead

Abaddon doesn't have the experience nor the longevity to be of the 'old guard'. He wasn't even around for the old H2O board. As far as weasels go, he is a young one....LOL. How's that for an Ad Hominem, Abadacadabra?

Ah Rex... if we could train a chimp to do what you do it would be deemed remarkable and people would pay to see it.

Coming from a supposed human (I've wondered whether you're a poorly written Turing Test) it is is simply dull and depressing, a bit like the street musician people give money to so they go away.

But you 'coming to the rescue' of a kindred spirit - nah, strike that, it's very unlikely XJW4EVR is as bad as you - is funny as you have shown time and time again in disucssions you can't 'fight' your way out of a wet brown paper bag, no matter what self-felatory opinion you have of yourself.

It's like being rescued by Custer at Little Big Horn...

Please, read a few books and have a brain transplant before you try to insult me... you're such a munchkin you use an appeal to antiquity as an insult.

Is it true you once kept an amphiboly in a bowl and fed it until it turned into a frog?

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No fabrication in Gospels

by Shining One in

http://www.rzim.org/publications/jttran.php?seqid=52 .

"what cannot be doubted is that many new testament critics have approached the gospels with an utterly unjustified skepticism--a skepticism that wouldn't be considered justified in any other branch of ancient history.

new testament scholar r. t. france declares that "at the level of their literary and historical character we have good reason to treat the gospels as a source of information on the life and teachings of jesus, and thus on the historical origins of christianity.

Abaddon

XJW4EVR

Of course you don't see how you're out of line... that's the entire point!

I also love, as has been pointed out, that whilst coming high and mighty you haven't contributed anything tangible to the discussion at hand.

If you have a case regarding the authenticity or otherwise of the gospels, state it. Otherwise you are all talk and no trousers. An implied argument from authority ("have you read x type of writers") simply implies they somehow know better, without actually demonstrating it like what people do in conversation. It's no different to saying "well, x says otherwise" and not actually engaging in a debate but using fallacious argumentation to make it look as though you have a point.

Example;

"The Seahawks suck, this guy says so".

Dull. Stupid. Boring. Undiscussable. Unreasoned. Dismissive.

"The Seahawks suck because x, y,z etc..

Reasoned. Engaging. Intellectually challenging. Debatable."

I am sure you are a nice guy who treat animals well etc., but you're really missing the point here...

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How Dodgy Are You?

by misspeaches in

jw
friends

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the maximum penalty for my crimes is 8 years and a potential fine of 5000 pounds!

(must have been evil miss peaches)

Abaddon

Apparently I am crooked; 19 years in prison and 7.5k of fines, plus a possible death penalty...death penalty!

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Why do good looking people turn us on?

by free2beme in

jw
friends

why do good looking people turn us on?

i ask this, as the continuation of the species, is not based on looks.

an ugly human, can produce children as well as a super model or a well built man.

Abaddon

ballistic

Good thoughts Abaddon, but you fail to address the fact that humans who live in welfare states such as England have in effect taken thenselves out of the evolutionary model.

Sorry mate, sixty years cannot overcome thousands. And the welfare state is part of the extended genotype humans have created to increase the average chances of survival of a population, like towns, clean drinking supplies and extinction of dangerous species. What you see taking an organism OUT of the evolutionary model is actually PART of the species evolutionary model.

Cool, eh?

However, 'white trash' (what ever their colour) tend to breed more than well educated people with a decent income. Whether coucil estate brats with criminal fathers would fare better in a neolithic environment than the son of a barrister is an interesting question... maybe Endemol should do their next reality project on exactly that?

greendawn

Yes, they do look alike - to us. But animals can tell each other apart even if we can't. Sheep (a spectaulary stupid animal) can tell bewteen herd members and non herd members when shown their photographs, for example.

carmel

so what is the "reproductive" rationale for two gay people to be "turned on" by each other?

There isn't one. It appears most likely genetic gayness is primarily on the X chomosome, so men having it is just a side working of whatever the bloody genes do elsewhere, not a survival characteristic in itself. Gayness caused by pre-natal hormonal exposure simply makes gender b act like gender a, so again, there's no reproductive rational.

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No fabrication in Gospels

by Shining One in

http://www.rzim.org/publications/jttran.php?seqid=52 .

"what cannot be doubted is that many new testament critics have approached the gospels with an utterly unjustified skepticism--a skepticism that wouldn't be considered justified in any other branch of ancient history.

new testament scholar r. t. france declares that "at the level of their literary and historical character we have good reason to treat the gospels as a source of information on the life and teachings of jesus, and thus on the historical origins of christianity.

Abaddon

XJW4EVR

Ah the smell of hypocrisy in the morning. Where have I been insulting? I have simply asked questions. I did respond that I thought his answers were boring, but I meant that tongue in cheek.

14 years as a JW and 3 years at an unnamed "Evangelical" college does not impress me much.

That's insulting.

... you obviously think there is no need to challenge it. This is intellectual laziness

That's rude too.

There it is, when you have no logical response you begin with the ad hominem attack.

And that is hypocritical considering you started them.

So when you're rude and insulting you're tounge in cheek, but other people are bullies? How convenient for you. Let's face it, there's no point in talking to you as you'll just evade taking personal responsibility for your behaviour.

What would board life be without the customary board bullies putting the newbie back in his place?

I have no need of putting anyone in their place when they do it so well themselves with their own words, LOL. You look so ridiculous trying to be aggressive and intimidatory and then acting all innocent. Keep it up, saves me typing...