From i have never read the good book so

[Confuzius]

@bismarck

[quote=“Confuzius”][quote=“bismarck”][quote=“Battery9”]Why on earth would you want to read the bible anyways? You should ask the person that was surprised if he has ever read the Quran, or the Torah. It would be like reading a math book to me…if you’re not interested in it, why bother?

The Torah is covering much of the same ground. Read the Quran. It was worse than reading an advanced text book on theoretical calculus. [/quote]

You are confusing books now…[/quote]
Nope. I’m not.
[/quote]

Um, then you said it wrong.

[quote=“Confuzius”]OK, here’s the low down:
For xians,[/quote]

Xians? You lost me? Is that pinyin for 西安 or something?

What, are you 80 yrs old or something and afraid of internet shorthand?

[quote=“Confuzius”] bible=old and new testaments (without getting into apocrypha and pseudapigrapha, just leave that aside, even my mentioning it may make some eyes gloss over)

but
Old Testament=Torah (5 books of moses) Neviim (prophets) Ketuvim (writings, like psalms, song of songs…that sorta shit)

So its not that they “cover the same ground” its that the Torah is within the Bible.[/quote]

Oh, I see. Semantics is what’s bothering you.

No, you mispoke. Did not mean to offend you by calling you on it.

@Confuzius

Now, the Quran, retells many of the same stories but adds a twist to it. The Muslims believe the Old and New Testaments are from God…but that they were corrupted by man and the Quran is sort of the new, revised, original, perfect critical edition which has not been altered by man.

[quote]
Wow. So much new information. Let me go process it all for a few days.[/quote]

I’m glad to be of help! Please let me know if you have any questions.

[urodacus]

Isn’t Xian in western China? or is that east turkmenistan or something?

[Mucha_Man]

[quote=“Confuzius”][quote=“bismarck”][quote]
Xians? You lost me? Is that pinyin for 西安 or something?
[/quote]

What, are you 80 yrs old or something and afraid of internet shorthand?
[/quote][/quote]

I think if he was 80 he would get it. X on a stick, you need to be more patient with people.

[Confuzius]

[quote=“Mucha Man”][quote=“Confuzius”][quote=“bismarck”][quote]
Xians? You lost me? Is that pinyin for 西安 or something?
[/quote]

What, are you 80 yrs old or something and afraid of internet shorthand?
[/quote][/quote]

I think if he was 80 he would get it. X on a stick, you need to be more patient with people.[/quote]

He was being a smartass, he knows exactly what it means:

The Easter/resurrection rumble thread [warning: this is a free for all]

Sorry, I have no idea what “xianity” is. Sounds like it comes from the same educationally challenged school of thought as terms like, “JLo”, “Xtina” or “Brangelina” … Next thing you know we’ll be talking about “xmas”, the birth of “JC”, and I’m afraid I couldn’t keep up. Piesay. Genesis (and elsewhere refers to Him the same way) says Jesus was the Word, and the Word was with God etc. So you could interpret that in many ways. I, for one, wouldn’t go so far as to say “Jesus said” any of the …

Kinda like that guy you know, you know the one, who tells you the same joke over and over again because he forgets he said it?

Well, thats (kinda) ok if the joke was actually funny, but when it was just dumb, well…

You, perhaps MM, give people too much credit (which is a wonderful thing, don’t get me wrong).

[Mucha_Man]

@Confuzius

…You, perhaps MM, give people too much credit (which is a wonderful thing, don’t get me wrong).

Oh not at all. I am for example unsparingly cynical of your motives at all times.

[Confuzius]

@Mucha Man

[quote=“Confuzius”]…You, perhaps MM, give people too much credit (which is a wonderful thing, don’t get me wrong).

Oh not at all. I am for example unsparingly cynical of your motives at all times.[/quote]

You still may be giving me too much credit…

[Mucha_Man]

@Confuzius

[quote=“Muzha Man”][quote=“Confuzius”]…You, perhaps MM, give people too much credit (which is a wonderful thing, don’t get me wrong).

Oh not at all. I am for example unsparingly cynical of your motives at all times.[/quote]

You still may be giving me too much credit… [/quote]

Old habits. Hard to put down.

[bismarck]

@Confuzius

[quote=“bismarck”][quote=“Confuzius”][quote=“bismarck”][quote=“Battery9”]Why on earth would you want to read the bible anyways? You should ask the person that was surprised if he has ever read the Quran, or the Torah. It would be like reading a math book to me…if you’re not interested in it, why bother?

The Torah is covering much of the same ground. Read the Quran. It was worse than reading an advanced text book on theoretical calculus. [/quote]

You are confusing books now…[/quote]
Nope. I’m not.
[/quote]

Um, then you said it wrong.[/quote]
No I didn’t. You were getting hung up on semantics, being obtuse, or both. You knew what I meant.

@Confuzius

He was being a smartass, he knows exactly what it means:

See? I can do that too.

[quote=“Confuzius”][quote=“Confuzius”]OK, here’s the low down:
For xians,[/quote]

Xians? You lost me? Is that pinyin for 西安 or something?

What, are you 80 yrs old or something and afraid of internet shorthand?[/quote]
No, I just think that it’s not necessary to write like an illiterate 18 year old, unless you are, on a forum where “shorthand” is not required, unless you were on a hand held device, which I suspect you weren’t.
What’s next? M’s? J’s? Bdists? Ats? y x j rite laaik dis? lolz! OMG! ok den!!
What are you? Eight?

[quote=“Confuzius”][quote=“Confuzius”] bible=old and new testaments (without getting into apocrypha and pseudapigrapha, just leave that aside, even my mentioning it may make some eyes gloss over)

but
Old Testament=Torah (5 books of moses) Neviim (prophets) Ketuvim (writings, like psalms, song of songs…that sorta shit)

So its not that they “cover the same ground” its that the Torah is within the Bible.[/quote]

Oh, I see. Semantics is what’s bothering you.

No, you mispoke. Did not mean to offend you by calling you on it.[/quote]
No, I didn’t. I suspect you know what I meant. Didn’t mean to get your back up by calling you on eight year old text either. Jesus! Is writing an extra five letters really that hard?

@Confuzius

[quote=“Confuzius”]Now, the Quran, retells many of the same stories but adds a twist to it. The Muslims believe the Old and New Testaments are from God…but that they were corrupted by man and the Quran is sort of the new, revised, original, perfect critical edition which has not been altered by man.

[quote]
Wow. So much new information. Let me go process it all for a few days.[/quote]

I’m glad to be of help! Please let me know if you have any questions.[/quote]
WiLl dO, bUt If I rEaLlY nEeDeD sOmEtHiNg AnSwErEd, I gUeSs GtBk Or FoRtIgUrN wOuLd Be MuCh MoRe QuAlIfIeD tO aNsWeR! LOLZZZZZZ!!! Hahahahah! OMG!!!

[bismarck]

We’re getting temped, right?

Piesay!

[Confuzius]

[quote]
Um, then you said it wrong.[/quote]

[quote]
No I didn’t. You were getting hung up on semantics, being obtuse, or both. You knew what I meant.[/quote]

Nope, said it WRONG, deal with it.

And you bitching about my bitching over what you call “semantics” when you don’t like the word xian? Talk about being nitpicky. At least what I said was right, just now to your liking. You said something incorrect. If you just cant admit it for some reason (like how fucking sensitive are you? sorry I hurt your precious little snowflake feelings! want mama to kiss it and make it better?) then so be it.

[quote=“Confuzius”]
What, are you 80 yrs old or something and afraid of internet shorthand?[/quote]

[quote]
No, I just think that it’s not necessary to write like an illiterate 18 year old, unless you are, on a forum where “shorthand” is not required, unless you were on a hand held device, which I suspect you weren’t.
What’s next? M’s? J’s? Bdists? Ats? y x j rite laaik dis? lolz! OMG! ok den!!
What are you? Eight?[/quote]

Illiterate 18 yr olds cannot, um…“write” as you say buddy boy.

You’re just butt hurt I called you out on something you said wrong, so you got all nitpicky. Don’t worry, mama’s gonna come kiss your booboo for you!

Oh, I see. Semantics is what’s bothering you.

No, you mispoke. Did not mean to offend you by calling you on it.[/quote]

[quote]
No, I didn’t. I suspect you know what I meant. Didn’t mean to get your back up by calling you on eight year old text either. Jesus! Is writing an extra five letters really that hard?[/quote]
Is speaking correctly that hard? You did mispeak, BIG FUCKING DEAL, who cares? You got such thin wittle baby skin. Get over it dude, whether u b a xian or not, idk.

@Confuzius

[quote=“Confuzius”]Now, the Quran, retells many of the same stories but adds a twist to it. The Muslims believe the Old and New Testaments are from God…but that they were corrupted by man and the Quran is sort of the new, revised, original, perfect critical edition which has not been altered by man.

[quote]
Wow. So much new information. Let me go process it all for a few days.[/quote]

I’m glad to be of help! Please let me know if you have any questions.[/quote]

[quote]
WiLl dO, bUt If I rEaLlY nEeDeD sOmEtHiNg AnSwErEd, I gUeSs GtBk Or FoRtIgUrN wOuLd Be MuCh MoRe QuAlIfIeD tO aNsWeR! LOLZZZZZZ!!! Hahahahah! OMG!!![/quote]

Hey, ifya wanna go with amateurs, be my guest. Maybe they wont hurt your feelings.

[bismarck]

:roflmao: :roflmao: