Comments on: Annie Banno is My Friend http://ravingatheist.com/2004/05/annie-banno-is-my-friend/ Dedicated to Jesus Christ, Now and Forever Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:54:53 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: hermesten http://ravingatheist.com/2004/05/annie-banno-is-my-friend/comment-page-4/#comment-6478 hermesten Thu, 03 Jun 2004 20:22:56 +0000 http://ravingatheist.com/wp/?p=658#comment-6478 Fellow atheist? Ok. I contend that claims of Fellow atheist? Ok. I contend that claims of

]]> By: Kevin http://ravingatheist.com/2004/05/annie-banno-is-my-friend/comment-page-4/#comment-6477 Kevin Thu, 03 Jun 2004 18:42:03 +0000 http://ravingatheist.com/wp/?p=658#comment-6477 Godidiots are such... um... idiots. The above is the most convoluted argument I've seen outside of the vatican. God fearing damn well did mean god-fearing. Read your old testament, girl; that god of your is jealous and vindictive, and he admits it. He was to be feared, not loved and respected. Godidiots are such… um… idiots. The above is the most convoluted argument I’ve seen outside of the vatican. God fearing damn well did mean god-fearing. Read your old testament, girl; that god of your is jealous and vindictive, and he admits it. He was to be feared, not loved and respected.

]]> By: hermesten http://ravingatheist.com/2004/05/annie-banno-is-my-friend/comment-page-4/#comment-6476 hermesten Thu, 03 Jun 2004 17:52:06 +0000 http://ravingatheist.com/wp/?p=658#comment-6476 sub sub

]]> By: Eva http://ravingatheist.com/2004/05/annie-banno-is-my-friend/comment-page-4/#comment-6475 Eva Thu, 03 Jun 2004 16:52:52 +0000 http://ravingatheist.com/wp/?p=658#comment-6475 hmmmm.....interesting.....so, if fear is not fear, then love is not love, and death is not death, and sin is not sin, and hell is not hell, and so on.... very convenient, i would say.... try again, annie.... hmmmm…..interesting…..so, if fear is not fear, then love is not love, and death is not death, and sin is not sin, and hell is not hell, and so on….

very convenient, i would say….

try again, annie….

]]> By: Annie Banno http://ravingatheist.com/2004/05/annie-banno-is-my-friend/comment-page-4/#comment-6474 Annie Banno Thu, 03 Jun 2004 13:22:32 +0000 http://ravingatheist.com/wp/?p=658#comment-6474 One last clarification: the translation "God-fearing" doesn't refer to literal fear of God and was never supposed to. It means "is in awe of" or "has respect for." From one Bible dictionary: "The 'fear of God' is not to be understood as the dread that comes out of fear of punishment, but as the reverential regard and the awe that comes out of recognition and submission to the divine." One last clarification: the translation “God-fearing” doesn’t refer to literal fear of God and was never supposed to. It means “is in awe of” or “has respect for.” From one Bible dictionary: “The ‘fear of God’ is not to be understood as the dread that comes out of fear of punishment, but as the reverential regard and the awe that comes out of recognition and submission to the divine.”

]]> By: from a fellow Athiest http://ravingatheist.com/2004/05/annie-banno-is-my-friend/comment-page-4/#comment-6473 from a fellow Athiest Tue, 01 Jun 2004 20:09:44 +0000 http://ravingatheist.com/wp/?p=658#comment-6473 <p>Hate is hate be it coming from a Christian, an Athiest or anyone else. Throwing in name calling just makes you look childish which ever side of the argument you are on.</p> <p>Everybody take a pill and calmn down a bit. Reading this thread has been just as bad as reading the 'everybody who doesn't believe like we do is going to hell' threads on Christian websites.</p> <p>If you can't make your argument without injecting your own hate into it then maybe your argument isn't as strong as you'd like it to be. Arguing ad baculum or ad hominem doesn't help anyone or make any converts. If anything it just puts everyone on the defensive and generates more anger. Do we really want a whole thread devoted to namecalling to prove a point?</p> Hate is hate be it coming from a Christian, an Athiest or anyone else. Throwing in name calling just makes you look childish which ever side of the argument you are on.

Everybody take a pill and calmn down a bit. Reading this thread has been just as bad as reading the ‘everybody who doesn’t believe like we do is going to hell’ threads on Christian websites.

If you can’t make your argument without injecting your own hate into it then maybe your argument isn’t as strong as you’d like it to be. Arguing ad baculum or ad hominem doesn’t help anyone or make any converts. If anything it just puts everyone on the defensive and generates more anger. Do we really want a whole thread devoted to namecalling to prove a point?

]]> By: Daniel http://ravingatheist.com/2004/05/annie-banno-is-my-friend/comment-page-4/#comment-6472 Daniel Sun, 30 May 2004 04:23:05 +0000 http://ravingatheist.com/wp/?p=658#comment-6472 I guess heather isn't going to respond to my question. I guess heather isn’t going to respond to my question.

]]> By: Stephen http://ravingatheist.com/2004/05/annie-banno-is-my-friend/comment-page-4/#comment-6471 Stephen Fri, 28 May 2004 09:09:48 +0000 http://ravingatheist.com/wp/?p=658#comment-6471 Viole >> Thank you kindly for the tip, and the very helpful compact reference! Cheers! Viole >> Thank you kindly for the tip, and the very helpful compact reference! Cheers!

]]> By: Daniel http://ravingatheist.com/2004/05/annie-banno-is-my-friend/comment-page-3/#comment-6470 Daniel Fri, 28 May 2004 08:14:49 +0000 http://ravingatheist.com/wp/?p=658#comment-6470 Heather, what do you think about 2 Corinthians 6:14? Heather, what do you think about 2 Corinthians 6:14?

]]> By: hermesten http://ravingatheist.com/2004/05/annie-banno-is-my-friend/comment-page-3/#comment-6469 hermesten Thu, 27 May 2004 17:12:22 +0000 http://ravingatheist.com/wp/?p=658#comment-6469 Heather, obviously there are Christians who not only don Heather, obviously there are Christians who not only don

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