tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post644724450436177006..comments2023-05-07T00:48:54.638-07:00Comments on Incongruous Circumspection: Someone Else Noticed that Slavery is Problematic for the BibleIncongruous Circumspectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232186225573312896noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-83068050553109412452014-07-01T06:49:44.628-07:002014-07-01T06:49:44.628-07:00Where is this timeline you reference? and why do y...Where is this timeline you reference? and why do you respond to questions that request your research with ad hominem attacks?<br /><br />You just played the "study it yourself" card, which saves YOU from have to defend your positions. kak shal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-7119854069441009872014-07-01T06:47:12.268-07:002014-07-01T06:47:12.268-07:00I'm disappointed that you didn't provide t...I'm disappointed that you didn't provide the outline requested, as well as the fact that you just stooped to an ad hominen to defend your censuring previous comments (a classic fundamentalist response)<br /><br />In my opinion when someone respectfully requests documentation to support your claims, you respectfully comply instead of attacking the requester. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-41850642372975142502012-07-16T16:01:42.116-07:002012-07-16T16:01:42.116-07:00"We look at tribes in Africa and wonder at ho..."We look at tribes in Africa and wonder at how backwards their thinking is. We raise an eyebrow at how they attribute everything natural to "the gods""<br /><br />Who exactly are 'we'?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-5509387141790201602012-05-14T16:04:01.135-07:002012-05-14T16:04:01.135-07:00I for one am thankful for leaders who have encoura...I for one am thankful for leaders who have encouraged me to ask the tough questions. They've thought it through and aren't afraid to say they don't know. Having an outside perspective is gift I think. It makes you more compassionate and understanding of people who don't agree with you. What is sad is when someone moves from an 'insiders only' view of theism to an 'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-55121709788963889162012-05-09T05:26:21.920-07:002012-05-09T05:26:21.920-07:00Rant? Hardly. Comment away!Rant? Hardly. Comment away!Incongruous Circumspectionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232186225573312896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-71433148267474975242012-05-09T00:58:02.134-07:002012-05-09T00:58:02.134-07:00I am so muddling through some of these same proble...I am so muddling through some of these same problems. And my poor husband has spent the past nine years working towards life in ministry. I completely understand now why all the spiritual leaders in my life tried so hard to keep me from asking the tough questions. It's like pandora's box - once you start, you can't stop. Once you leave the planet of faith you really can never raehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14659411240699818388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-36194154381085457642012-05-07T08:44:48.753-07:002012-05-07T08:44:48.753-07:00So YOU read it without any presuppositions? I don&...So YOU read it without any presuppositions? I don't think you can think/read/evaluate anything without them. Sociology (particularly the sociology of knowledge) points to that. French Philosophers such as Lyotard, Foucault, or Derrida, make compelling arguments for this as well. Science itself has been grappling with this mightily since the 1950's and still doesn't know what to do Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-68329428501150758412012-05-02T20:34:49.782-07:002012-05-02T20:34:49.782-07:00I only delete comments that have no value. Also, ...I only delete comments that have no value. Also, stick around. You'll see more of my thoughts as time goes on. Don't take my word for anything. Study it yourself. And I say that in all sincerity, not snark.<br /><br />If you read the bible without any presuppositions, you will find that the god of most of it is incompatible with the message of the later books.Incongruous Circumspectionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232186225573312896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-16146603197854276302012-05-02T19:37:45.184-07:002012-05-02T19:37:45.184-07:00Could you provide an outline of this so called &qu...Could you provide an outline of this so called "evolution" of religion in the Bible? <br /><br />Also, in regards to the Psalms, you know if it had nothing to do with God, you'd be hailing it as a beautiful demonstration of the human experience.<br /><br />Finally, I commented on one of your blogs a few weeks ago--a comment that never ended up on your page. If you sincerely write Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01460447041297472475noreply@blogger.com