david@ssc-vax.UUCP (David Norris) (01/07/84)
Alan Driscoll: > For thousands of years, man has been pondering the nature of the universe. > Now, it turns out all anyone has to do is talk to David Norris. He knows > all the answers. He even knows what God's going to do to Tim Maroney! > > Dave, you're full of crap. How dare you accuse Tim of being overly proud! > Why don't you look at the kind of spiritual pride you're sitting on? *Doesn't this belong in net.flame?* Alan, I never said I had all of the answers. I have to spend more time than most people think doing research in the Bible, concordances, interlinear translations, and other Christian material to come up with reasonable responses to some arguments. (I am not sure that I can keep up at this pace anyway; it is taking up a lot of time). If I have portrayed an image of "all- knowledgable", I apologize. When I say I know what God is going to do to Tim Maroney, I didn't mean that God happened to mention it to me during lunch. I am stating that if Christianity is correct, then Tim was going to hell. But Tim has said the same thing; so, in a sense, both Tim and I know what God is going to do to Tim (again, if Christianity is correct. But that was not Tim's point, nor was it mine). Do you mean I am proud of my God? That is true. If, however, you mean that I am proud of my own self, well, that is true of everyone in some degree. I suspect that wounded pride produces more net articles (esp. religion) than we believe. I am sorry if my words made it appear that I was proud of my religious knowledge. If anything, I am sorely lacking in knowledge of matters religion. Hopefully, Alan, your statement is not based on my seeming ability to come up with reasonable arguments for Tim's arguments. There is a difference between echoing others words and accusing; I may as well "accuse" a river of being wet. When I say Tim is proud, I am just stating that which he has said himself. Tim boasts that his morals are better than Gods, he would walk proudly into Hell, and that he could do a better job than God. You and others may continue to attack me personally if you wish; my feelings may be hurt (I am still human) but hopefully God has removed enough of my pride that I will not try to take revenge on the attacker. I have looked at myself to see if my response to Tim was done out of revenge; but I don't think so. I responded for the sake of any Christians on the net who are not as well-read as Tim, or who are new and haven't heard the whole story yet. Come to think of it, I am full of c--p, so if you will excuse me...:-). -- David Norris -- uw-beaver!ssc-vax!david