South Park Rising

TechCentralStation ^ | 11/14/2002 | Stephen W. Stanton

[Is2C]

""How do you know that Bible is the word of God, and not just some made up mysticism?"

I'll bite. For many reasons but the one that I think will interest you most is archeological and historical. Every year more and more historical information in the Bible is proven to be accurate when they were previously declared mythical by the scientific community. The city of Ur (from which Moses came) it was said never existed until they found references to it in unearthed historical documents. The story of Jericho was said to be a myth until the remnants of the walls were unearthed in positions consistent with that of a great earthquaked. These are relatively (in our lifetimes) recent discoveries. Over the centuries, more and more biblical history is proven true and accurate. And then you have the prophets which predicted historical events that happend hundreds of years after they predicted them (fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians, etc.).

The monthly publication "Biblical Archeology" has enormouse amounts of information on this type of thing if you are interested.

[Britton J Wingfield]

Now, what were you gentlemen saying about my intellect and my political principles? And from behind pseudonyms, no less?

Go get 'em.

[NeoCaveman]

Oh, yeah. Mapping the One Ring to a porn film was a piece of absolute parodic genius

Butters put that episode over the top....I won't spoil it for people watching this weekend for the first time.

[B-Chan]

Remember one of the first ones when his mom's on the cover of CrackWhore magazine. And the German Scyster film......

Uh, that's Schießer film, I think...

[walkingdead]

"How do you differentiate between religion and church?"

Religion is/was around to one: explain the unexplainable, and two: act as a social control.

Church is generally the people who saw and used this social control as a power base.

My two cents. Flame away!

[weikel]

Alex P Keaton would be a South Park Republican. I loved Alex.

[Bella_Bru]

I really liked last week's episode too, with Cartman drinking the "chocolate milk powder".

[walkingdead]

"Uh, that's Schießer film, I think..."

Uh, ok. Mines spelin aint aways de bst....

[Dog Gone]

Absolutely.

[NeoCaveman]

I really liked last week's episode too, with Cartman drinking the "chocolate milk powder".

The most ingenious way to bring back a dead character.

[Bella_Bru]

And now to have Cartman and Kenny arguing in Cartman's body.....

[Billthedrill]

Butters put that episode over the top....

"Precioussssssssss..."

[HairOfTheDog]

Thanks for that Reminder! I had heard it was coming and then forgot to catch it Wednesday!

For all LOTR and South Park fans, this week's new episode is a must see. If you were not able to watch it Wednesday night, make sure you see it over the weekend. You gotta love Cartman, but this episode has the perfect part for Butters.... "My precious."

[Johnny Shear]

Very interesting piece. If anything, this is the sign of a new breed of conservative: rougher, less ideological, more hip. An interesting fusion, I think.

That describes me to a T!! I thought maybe "NeoCon" worked but it only got close.

This is great information! Now, if we can just get the "ALL OR NOTHING" Conservative Republicans to just stop calling us "RINOs". I prefer "Broken Glass Republican" myself.

[MSgt Smith]

The city of Ur (from which Moses came)

????? Abram/Abraham ????

[Is2C]

"How do you differentiate between religion and church?"

Oh boy . . . Not to offend anyone but . . .

To me, religion is what people call anything that fills a void in their life - stuff from New Age-ism to fitness, shopping or gambling.

Church (at least in the U.S.) for the most part is where people go to get filled with a warm and fuzzy feeling that they equate with sprituality and to sing happy slappy songs with their hands up in the air.

My definitions are based on my considerable life-experience and are, of course, only my opinion. Flame-retardent suit in place . . .

[Is2C]

"None of that proves that these writings originate with a deity. That is the part that can only be taken on faith."

True, but even to an intelligent atheist, the record is pretty amazing. Nothing (that I'm aware of) in the Bible proven decisively incorrect but I've no idea how many (remarkable and previously disbelieved) things proven accurate . . .

I think it takes more faith to believe that all these different authors across so many different time frames and compiled by so many different editors thousands of years later could just coincidentally end up being so accurate. Again, just mho.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Religion requires you to supress your intellect.

Quite the opposite! Religion requires that you expand your mind to possibilities other than the viewable and repeatable scientific process. Quantum physics and religion have more in common than quantum physics and Newtonion mechanics.

[Is2C]

"To: Is2C

The city of Ur (from which Moses came)

????? Abram/Abraham ????

176 posted on 11/15/2002 12:17 PM EST by MSgt Smith"

EEK! Forgive my (major) faux pas - you are correct, sir. Thanks (blushing)