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I'm gonna raise a mass theological debate here: God; fact, or fiction
Ragged Dragon Posted Nov 19, 2011
PS - can anyone remember how to do quotes, 'cos I can't...
There you are Josteyn...
Use < with quote and /quote followed by >
I'm gonna raise a mass theological debate here: God; fact, or fiction
~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Posted Nov 20, 2011
Use < with quote and /quote followed by >
<quote Use < with quote and /quote followed by > /quote>
I'm gonna raise a mass theological debate here: God; fact, or fiction
~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Posted Nov 20, 2011
That /quote in the middle of the posting
between my cut and paste of your line and
my enclosing of that cut and paste with the
< quote / quote >
method you suggested
is entirely a mystery.
I did not type that in.
It's some sort of cyber shadow.
~jwf~
I'm gonna raise a mass theological debate here: God; fact, or fiction
TRiG (Ireland) A dog, so bade in office Posted Nov 20, 2011
I vaguely recall that quote tags exist but are turned off. Or something like that. I've never seen them working on h2g2, but I have seen them on some of the BBC messageboards which use the same software.
TRiG.
I'm gonna raise a mass theological debate here: God; fact, or fiction
Josteyn Ward Posted Nov 20, 2011
It is always quite difficult to show how to quote without actually quoting LOL
Here's a nice quote
was done by putting in
[quote] Here's a nice quote [/quote]
but with < and > where the [ and ] are in the explanation.
Does that make sense?
I'm gonna raise a mass theological debate here: God; fact, or fiction
Josteyn Ward Posted Nov 26, 2011
On a message board, 'the atheists' have been accused of resorting to 'wild stuff' to show that there are valid alternatives to believing in the biblical version of the resurrection.
I have answered that
"Even if an atheist postulated that Jesus was rescued from the cross by aliens in invisibility cloaks, who then used hologram technology to achieve the other effects, it STILL wouldn't be as wild as the idea that a god sent his son in human form to be born of a virgin and then get killed, resurrected and then go to heaven!"
Anyone here got any better comebacks? I am open to ideas
I'm gonna raise a mass theological debate here: God; fact, or fiction
Fathom Posted Nov 26, 2011
Which Biblical version of the resurrection?
The simplest explanation is that Jesus wasn't dead when he was put in the cave.
F.
I'm gonna raise a mass theological debate here: God; fact, or fiction
TRiG (Ireland) A dog, so bade in office Posted Nov 26, 2011
There was a whole conversation somewhere here about the resurrection. The simplest explanation, of course, is that the entire story is made up, including the execution.
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TRiG.
I'm gonna raise a mass theological debate here: God; fact, or fiction
Josteyn Ward Posted Nov 27, 2011
I hadn't seen that thread. I don't think I'm up to reading all of that tonight ;(
I'm gonna raise a mass theological debate here: God; fact, or fiction
Josteyn Ward Posted Nov 27, 2011
Considering how long it's been going, it's possible that once it wasn't...
I'm gonna raise a mass theological debate here: God; fact, or fiction
Noggin the Nog Posted Dec 1, 2011
I'm fairly sure it started out on "ask" - and I go back to post 124.
Noggin
I'm gonna raise a mass theological debate here: God; fact, or fiction
Chris Morris Posted Jan 6, 2013
Perhaps Nighthoover dreamt that this thread was a butterfly on Ask but the thread is now dreaming of electric sheep on a forum that, it seems, no longer exists. Perhaps this thread has been around for so long that it has become fiction with its beginnings lost in myth and legend. The Truth is not out there - it's somewhere else
I'm gonna raise a mass theological debate here: God; fact, or fiction
~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Posted Jan 6, 2013
I'm gonna raise a mass theological debate here: God; fact, or fiction
~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Posted Jan 6, 2013
I just remembered. This thread developed a weird mutant
tendency to appear twice in recent conversations lists
around the time the site was moving.
The latest postings were from Nov 2011 and this duplicating
phenomenon was a problem with a couple of threads.
Perhaps in deleting one they deleted the Forum it was
attached to. I would have said it was an old ASK thread
but I'd be wrong wooden eye.
~jwf~
I'm gonna raise a mass theological debate here: God; fact, or fiction
Chris Morris Posted Jan 7, 2013
Interesting - it appears twice in your conversation list but only once in mine. Those who would see this as a sign seem to have deserted this debate...
I'm gonna raise a mass theological debate here: God; fact, or fiction
Rev Nick - dead man walking (mostly) Posted Jan 7, 2013
Ya know, I am thinking that this thread does belong in the "Talking about the Guide".
Over many years, there have been a zillion threads that seem to begin with the assumption that, since DNA was an avid anti-theist, the site should be as well. And happily the throngs have gone about, beating on anyone who has the gall to consider a "God" a real possibility.
And so this thread does define a very definite aspect of the Guide as a whole.
I'm gonna raise a mass theological debate here: God; fact, or fiction
astrolog Posted Jan 7, 2013
After 13 months away doing other things I'm back to say I'm glad to see the thread is still alive. Yes it did start in 'ask'.
I'm gonna raise a mass theological debate here: God; fact, or fiction
Chris Morris Posted Jan 7, 2013
I'm gonna raise a mass theological debate here: God; fact, or fiction
~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Posted Jan 7, 2013
Good to see others are still subscribed.
I wonder if we'll ever get the back-story
about the duplicated listing and why this
thread disappeared during the move away
from the old Beeb servers.
The Forum to which it is attached A451522
also appears to be there now but there has
been no other activity since Nov 2011.
It would be interesting to see how many
are still subscribed to that Forum.
~jwf~
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