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In article <b9b3de8.0402270533.6080f790@posting.google.com>,
branchofjesse@hotmail.com (Jerzy Jakubowski) wrote:
> eros_talk_origins@hotmail.com (Eros) wrote in message
> news:<ab0de77f.0402262024.16c3ac25@posting.google.com>...
> > "Jason Gastrich" <newsgroups@jcsm.org> wrote in message
> > news:<Le__b.2503$Bb5.698@twister.socal.rr.com>...
> > > Snowbird wrote:
> > > > Jason Gastrich wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Even if all of those quotes were fabrications or exaggerations, it
> > > >> still wouldn't help the theory of evolutionism any.
> > > >
> > > > There is no theory of evolutionism. You are not doing Christians any
> > > > favours by parroting nonsense like this.
> > > >
> > > > > On its own merits, it
> > > >> requires tons of faith.
> > > >
> > > > Since when has tonnes of evidence required faith?
> > > >
> > > > > It requires belief in things that have never been
> > > >> seen or proven.
> > > >
> > > > Apart from that fact that this is false, doesn't your faith in God
> > > > require belief in things never seen or proven?
> > > >
> > > > > This quote rabbit trail is a convenient somescreen for the
> > > >> ones that don't want to confess that there is precious little
> > > >> evidence for the theory of evolutionism.
> > > >
> > > > 1) There is no theory of evolutionism.
> > > > 2) Even if there were, it would be different from the theory of
> > > > *evolution*. 3) There is a huge mountain of evidence for evolution.
> > > > Creationists just deny it.
> > > >
> > > > It's sad that you can't see the true beauty and reality of creation.
> > >
> > > Yeah, believing I have a common ancestor with a banana and came from a
> > > rock.
> > > Now that's true beauty and reality! Not.
> > >
> > > Jason
> >
> >
> > Yeah, it's much better to believe you have a common ancestor with
> > nothingness and came from a pile of dirt, like the Bible says. Now
> > that's true beauty and reality! Not.
> >
> > EROS.
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > --
> > "The next day..., Jesus was hungry. Seeing in the distance a fig tree
> > in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it,
> > he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs.
> > Then he said to the tree, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again."
> > ... In the morning..., they saw the fig tree withered from the roots.
> > Peter ... said to Jesus, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree ... has
> > withered!"" -- Mark 11:12-14, 20-21 (NIV)
> >
> > Points to remember:-
> > Jesus was hungry.
> > He looked for figs on a tree.
> > But it was not fig season.
> >
> > Questions to ponder:-
> > If it wasn't fig season, why would even a moron look for figs?
> > Is talking to a tree and then killing it for not bearing fruit out of
> > season a reasonable response, by any standard?
>
>
> Don't worry about the tree, the LORD was just making a point. Worry about
> your soul.
>
> Uncle Davey
>
*
Why don't you explain the Lord's point, Uncle Davey. He walks up to a
fig tree out of season and is obviously pissed and begins to talk to
the tree: "May no one ever eat fruit from you again."
And the poor tree withers and dies.
Now, Davey, please explain the point.
earle
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