That was me quoting scripture" please dont hate me for it...
we can all get along!...

Relative truth AND absolute truth?!?!? Either truth is universal or it is not, and to say that it is not is self-refuting. One can not logically make the universal truth claim that truth is not universal.

Is the statement "Literal truth is not possible," literally true? If not, why believe it? If it is literally true, it is self-defeating.

Is it absolutely true that falsehood exists?

DP YOU CANNOT ESCAPE ABSOLUTE TRUTH!!!

Your worldview cannot account for it.

HOLY SHYTE! (no pun intended) I got on yesterday, and there were 30 replies by the end of the day...I get on this afternoon, and there's over 100? sheesh...So much for keeping up on this thread...

Canuck: I respect your views. I do not wish to engage anymore about who's right or wrong or which system of belief is the correct one. I am beginning to practice Buddhism wholeheartedly because I find the notion of your religious views to be very disconcerting. Next thing you'll probably say is that "Jesus is coming...He's coming soon"...yeah...I've heard that one for the last 35 years...I ain't seen him yet. I never will. It seems that you're so busy trying to ask everyone else why they believe what they believe, what is your truth as opposed to mine...The only truth right now is that the more this thread continues, the more hostile you're apt to become. I was merely stating a few simple facts about Buddhism and you're all "God does exist because the Bible says so"...The Bible is a book. Would you believe that The Tooth Fairy existed just because you read it somewhere? Or the Easter Bunny? Where is the open-mindedness, the love for one another that is supposedly the basis of Christianity? My belief is that there is no God. God would not have allowed a woman as selfish and sorry to lie on the witness stand and take the children that I have raised for the past 6 years. God, would not have put my children through such an ordeal and kept them in the one place they were truly happy...with me. Your God is a wrathful and vengeful God. That, i do believe is in the Bible...that we are to FEAR him...Why? Why should I be so afraid of someone or something that supposedly is so wonderful?
My belief is that the power to be/live God-like lives inside all. I do not knock your views, if indeed they work for you. Please stop trying to knock what I believe by asking all of these questions that would be pointless of me to answer, simply because you're too unwilling to see things from my point of view. Why is so hard for some people to see through someone else's eyes?

I also requested the closing of THiS off-topic thread:
http://photoshopcontest.com/boards/viewtopic.php?p=107104&highlight=#107104
http://photoshopcontest.com/boards/viewtopic.php?p=104445&highlight=#104445

But hey, don't let things like facts get in the way of making your typically obnoxious pronouncements. Scion was 100% correct: I want this thread locked because conversations about politics and religion (if we can even call this thread a "conversation" at this point) serve only to inflame passions, generate hostility, and generally sour the community atmosphere.

I was trying to help you out by suggesting the thread be locked, because I felt bad that you were getting constantly attacked for your beliefs. But judging from your subsequent comments, it seems that you're really just LOOKING to argue with people, as you usually are.

Again, this is a photoshopping website. Sure, discuss or post whatever you feel like. But when threads like this one become progressively more contentious, painfully drawn-out, and without any hope of resolution, i'd suggest that it's time to lock it.

I second the vote for Thread-Locking...All in favor say "Aye"

Ok Feral, I have no problem admitting when I am wrong. You have requested that other threads be locked. I apologize for not knowing this and for claiming otherwise.

I am not looking to argue with people - I want them to know the truth and ask honest questions. Your comments are more inflammatory than any of mine have ever been.

And Feral, respectfully, thanks for your help, but in this case, I don't need it.

Canuck <º)))><, ,,,,
give up, god never was, jesus was the son of a whore, ( i do not deny that some guy called jesus started all this pain) mary,,, what the fuck was she on, comes to that what the fuck was josef on,,,,,, you are a virgin, and now you are pregnant with the son god,,,,,,,, who the fuck is this god guy, i'm gonna kick his ass, and how come you are my wife amd i never had sex with you???
even the nazi pope gave up on that one (your current pope was a nazi prison gaurd) like judas,
your pope quited most of the "miricals of christ" as imposible, why wont you,
you always come back with "where is your proof" then quote that fiary tail bible as proof, heap of shit, it was wrote 200 years after that christe guy was alive,
christ was a jew, a pagan (as it happens) WTF happened there? we are spozed to hate jews, noone knows why,,, jesus the king of jews, christians hate jews????????
OK I backed myself into a corner here, Rienman,help me, this is all so f*cked up.
i'll go back to my original thoughts, christians are to lazy to think for them selves, some book tells them what to think, bunch of morons to me, weak minded, lazy morons,
P.S. i've been drinking

I think it's pretty clear.
Splodge is sick of this subject.
You could just say your sick of this subject

Hmph!

Not until you learn to spell my name right, you Son of Satin!

Um...you mean "Satan" right? I don't picture Splodge in satin even when he's this polluted.

Now is also a touchy time for AAmerican christians.
Hollywood, land of "Free Speech" has decided that
any movie with christian characters is the same as sex and violence and
adult language....it's automatically rated PG13..
Kids under 13 are no longer allowed in the movie theatres if characters in the movie are playing the role of a Christian.

DOG BLESS DAN BROWN

Aye