The Erotic Apologist wrote: but this is where it manages to get even sillier.
I think shooting that far high of the mark blunts your other criticisms.
You're right, the "I knocked up my own mom" meme is not necessarily in the best taste. But on the other hand, it's difficult to discuss the trinity in detail without making statements that are equally absurd and contradictory. The only difference is that believers say them with a straight face.
You've heard the old joke about how a giraffe is really a horse designed by a committee? Well, the trinity is a god designed by a committee.
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The Erotic Apologist wrote:I think shooting that far high of the mark blunts your other criticisms.
You're right, the "I knocked up my own mom" meme is not necessarily in the best taste. But on the other hand, it's difficult to discuss the trinity in detail without making statements that are equally absurd and contradictory. The only difference is that believers say them with a straight face.
You've heard the old joke about how a giraffe is really a horse designed by a committee? Well, the trinity is a god designed by a committee.[/quote]
It is the belief of Christianity that God fathered Himself.
That said, with the Book of Mormon, we are not dealing with a civilization with no written record. What we are dealing with is a written record with no civilization. (Runtu, Feb 2015)
The Erotic Apologist wrote:I think shooting that far high of the mark blunts your other criticisms.
You're right, the "I knocked up my own mom" meme is not necessarily in the best taste. But on the other hand, it's difficult to discuss the trinity in detail without making statements that are equally absurd and contradictory. The only difference is that believers say them with a straight face.
You've heard the old joke about how a giraffe is really a horse designed by a committee? Well, the trinity is a god designed by a committee.
It is the belief of Christianity that God fathered Himself.
Christ always existed but it was through the Holy Spirit (the 3rd person of the Trinity) that Christ (the 2nd person of the Trinity) was brought to a mortal existence. The Holy Spirit came upon Mary and through a miracle known only to GOD instilled deity in human form within Mary.
LittleNipper wrote:The Holy Spirit came upon Mary...
What an unfortunate phrase.
That said, with the Book of Mormon, we are not dealing with a civilization with no written record. What we are dealing with is a written record with no civilization. (Runtu, Feb 2015)
LittleNipper wrote:The Holy Spirit came upon Mary...
What an unfortunate phrase.
Would You like "came into" better?
- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco - To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
