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  1. NulliuSINverba

    God's Judgment of Dead Babies

    I concur wholeheartedly.
  2. NulliuSINverba

    Can a person choose to believe?

    So you're saying that doing God's Will is indistinguishable from believing in God, correct? Unless of course, you're doing nothing. Unless of course, it's an involuntary action. Try to choose to stop the action of your lungs. Go ahead. Let us know how it works out. The record appears to...
  3. NulliuSINverba

    God's Judgment of Dead Babies

    That scripture you cited neglects to unequivocally state that babies (dead or otherwise) automatically go to heaven. It seems more like Jesus was saying that one must become "like a child" to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again, salvation appears to be contingent upon belief and repentance...
  4. NulliuSINverba

    Is there such a thing as Islamic culture?

    <<<ahem>>>
  5. NulliuSINverba

    Is there such a thing as Islamic culture?

    Kind of like how there is no Christian culture, right? Just like how people merely practice Christianity in many different cultures, right? At the risk of upsetting your oddly balanced apple cart, permit me to offer the following bits of evidence to support the notion that there is indeed...
  6. NulliuSINverba

    Easter/Lent (Poll for a nagging question)

    Mi scuso per aver parlato inglese su un forum italiano. Ho dimenticato che l'italiano è una lingua universale. Si prega di perdonare l'intrusione.
  7. NulliuSINverba

    Easter/Lent (Poll for a nagging question)

    You had said that you kept hearing that Lent and Easter were pagan holidays. I tried to supply some evidence that the word "Easter" is indeed derived from a pagan source. ... That's all.
  8. NulliuSINverba

    Do you believe in the mystical?

    He cannot experience it, because (according to you) there is no one to experience anything. You've violated your own rules when you employed the word "you" in relation to the word "experience." BIOYA.
  9. NulliuSINverba

    Do you believe in the mystical?

    OK. But only because you invited it. Don't blame me, by the way. There is no blocker. There is only blocking.
  10. NulliuSINverba

    Easter/Lent (Poll for a nagging question)

    The word "Easter" does appear to be derived from the name of a pagan goddess ("Eostre"). The Christian monk Bede asserted as much in his 8th century treatise De temporum ratione ("The Reckoning of Time"): ~ from De temporum ratione (translated by Faith Wallis, Liverpool University Press 1988...
  11. NulliuSINverba

    Can a person choose to believe?

    Well. Consider this: You choose to believe that the earth is a sphere ... right? You choose to believe that if you are deprived of oxygen long enough, you'll suffocate ... right? You choose to believe that a red hot stove will burn your hand ... right? Yes. Indeed. Religious belief is just...
  12. NulliuSINverba

    Does God send babies to hell?

  13. NulliuSINverba

    God's Judgment of Dead Babies

    According to the Christian doctrine of original sin, all babies are born sinful. No one gets a free pass regarding sin. A typical sinner. Notice the carefree, unrepentant expression? We've already established that babies do not need to grow up and "become evil." Being human, they are...
  14. NulliuSINverba

    Does God send babies to hell?

    It appears that the answer is a resounding YES. ... "Blessed is the one who grabs your little children and smashes them against a rock." ~ Psalm 137:9 The Bible clearly illustrates that there are scenarios where the Christian god has no problem blessing someone who'd grab your little child...
  15. NulliuSINverba

    Do you believe in the mystical?

    Define "meditate." Wrong again. It's quite possible to discuss these unsubstantiated claims with me. However, if you're seeking affirmations or congratulations regarding your "transrational experiences" then you are indeed barking up the wrong tree. You have failed to demonstrate that...
  16. NulliuSINverba

    saudi man asking some questions ..

    Really? When it comes to questions of belief regarding any given proposition, it seems that one can either believe in X or not believe in X. What exactly are the other options concerning belief in X? But "we just don't know yet" isn't a belief statement. In fact, it doesn't even seem...
  17. NulliuSINverba

    Loving God = Eternal Torture?

    It's tough love. Ahem.
  18. NulliuSINverba

    Do you believe in the mystical?

    You've erred. It isn't what I've implied. It's what those etymologies imply. I didn't invent them. I think that "mystic" is a perfectly valid word. I'd never suggest that you couldn't play that word in Scrabble®. Again: I was examining the etymologies of the word. It appears that you're...
  19. NulliuSINverba

    Do you believe in the mystical?

    Perhaps I have. However, given that the topic is as soggy-brained as "mysticism" tends to be ... there may not be an actual point. Mysticism is by nature an ill-defined, irrational, gauzy, and flaked-out subject. Meanwhile, nash8 asked a question and I provided a conditional answer. I'd...
  20. NulliuSINverba

    Do you believe in the mystical?

    Are "mysticism" and "ignorance" to be used interchangeably? Gee. I dunno. But if that's going to be our working definition ... I guess that makes my mother's VCR a mystical object. Along with her digital alarm clock, her lawn mower, and her cable remote's "INPUT" button.
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