Statistical Reasoning

[Howard Is]

There are millions if not billions of worthless statements out there.

Here’s another one

 

[LuisDantas]

You are either an " original only "
or you don't claim to have scripture
given by inspiration of God.

I don't even know what "being an original only" would mean. But if I have to choose between those two options, the second is certainly applicable to me.

 

[exchemist]

I know.

Did you create the catalogue?

 

[ChristineM]

Why do you care anyway ?

Maybe it's hard for you to understand
academic theology.

There are no original autographs,
so it is impossible to claim them
as an actual final authority.

That's why it so ridiculous for
anyone to take that position.

Bingo

 

[James2028]

How is this thread materially different than the thread begun by the OP in The Biblical debates subforum in September titled Final Authority. That thread has gone on for 14 pages?

Just wondering.

Statistical Reasoning

 

[TagliatelliMonster]

lol, study and compare the texts,
and examine the fruits.

Christians founded Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, Yale and Princeton.
Christians founded the USA and wrote
the Declaration of Independence,
the US Constitution, the Bill of Rights
and the Emancipation Proclamation.

None of this has any relevancy to wheter or not christian beliefs are accurate or even valid.

Christians have full assurance
of everlasting life.

So do muslims. So do most religions.
At least, that is what the religions teach.

They can't all be right.
But they can all be wrong.

 

[exchemist]

Statistical Reason

As you will have gathered from some of the responses, it is hard for us to get an idea of the value of this field of study.

Why don't you give us a taste of some of the statistical work you have done.

 

[TagliatelliMonster]

What do yo teach ?
Vocational college ?
Your questions are junior high school questions or like someone who is talking to
a community college freshman.

Your extreme condescension, arrogance and rather insulting and disrespectfull undertone, destroys any shred of credibility you had to bits. And your credibility in this thread, based on your actual postings, was rather ridiculously low already.


With this specific post, you've shown your colours and it's not a pretty sight.

 

[TagliatelliMonster]

The science is theology,
the topic is final authority
and the issue is final canonization.

Theology is not a science.

 

[TagliatelliMonster]

I've completed eigth year theology courses at both Catholic and Baptist seminaries.

Why didn't you do something usefull with those 8 years?

You don't have to do all that to
understand that there are no
original autographs.

Nore do you need to do that to see that the bible is just superstitious nonsense.

You don't have to be a genius to understand
that the purified text theory produces
the truest sola scriptura theology.

Indeed. A genius would rather recognise the bible for the iron age peasant ramblings that it is.

 

[James2028]

Theology is not a science.

Maybe you should contact Oxford,
Cambridge, Harvard, Yale and Princeton
and let them know.

 

[Polymath257]

Maybe you should contact Oxford,
Cambridge, Harvard, Yale and Princeton
and let them know.

OK. Do any of them list theology as a *science*?

 

[Revoltingest]

You lie.

There are no "copyrights",
registered or otherwise,
in academic qualifications.

The world's first bachelor of science in academic theology curriculum
is word salad
with no meaning whatever.

You have no qualifications
but you seem increasingly familiar.

When will you learn to not get suckered into taking things too seriously?

OK. Do any of them list theology as a *science*?

"Scientology" has the same prefix as "science".

 

[TagliatelliMonster]

Be honest.
You have no idea what the
purified text theory is

Indeed, I don't.
And I dare say that it doesn't matter one bit.

Because theology is irrelevant.

Not one single individual in this thread
knows what the purified text theory is
and are to insincere to admit that
they have been parroting the
original only theory.

I'm pretty sure that most people engaging you in this thread don't care about "original only theory" either.

For pretty much the same reason that you likely don't care about the quran, the bagavad ghita, the book of the dead, the iliad, dianetics, etc .

 

[TagliatelliMonster]

Since you have read this thread you now have a comprehensive orientation.

I wouldn't count on that.

Nothing you presented here was "comprehensive" in any sense of the word.

 

[A Vestigial Mote]

Final authority is the central critical
issue in academic theology.

Be honest.
You have no idea what the
purified text theory is.

I'll admit, I have no idea what it is, but from the looks of it, it must not be much. All you've been doing is posing and beating your chest - saying the same things over and over again. Someone asked for the calculations behind your "probability" numbers. Can you produce this? If not, there is no reason to accept them. None.

Not one single individual in this thread
knows what the purified text theory is
and are to insincere to admit that
they have been parroting the
original only theory.

What if I don't care about the "purified text theory" nor the "original only theory?" What if I think all of scripture is equal to a pile of dog crap? What then? Can you convince me otherwise? So far you haven't even tried to convince anyone of anything. You just keep making claims without evidence/backup. Do you understand that?

 

[James2028]

OK. Do any of them list theology as a *science*?

They offer a Ph.D. in theology.

Maybe you have not examined
the bachelor of science in academic theology curriculum.

 

[TagliatelliMonster]

We should care because the scriptures
are the final authority.

Says who? You? The scriptures themselves?
The quran says that it is the "final" authority.

So why should we care about what biblical scripture, or indeed quranic scripture, has to say?

Jesus Christ repeatedly stated that
there is a heaven and there is a hell.

And Tom Cruise repeatedly stated that if you achieve the level of Operating Thetan, you can manipulate space and time.

Obi Wan Kenobi stated that one must not be tempted by the dark side of The Force.

Darth Vader on the other hand, stated that dark side of The Force is pretty neat.

 

[TagliatelliMonster]

Maybe you should contact Oxford,
Cambridge, Harvard, Yale and Princeton
and let them know.

No need - they know it's not a science.

 

[ratiocinator]

Be honest.
You have no idea what the
purified text theory is.

Not one single individual in this thread
knows what the purified text theory is...

A quick google on this just turns up the same set of words you've used here (mostly on forums, by somebody called makahiya). My provisional conclusion is therefore that it only exists in your head. A proper academic link would, of course, provide evidence to the contrary...