The Goat Pen

...Not list folks who have quoted the entire Gospel a few hundred years later. That doesn't help your case, champ. Um, yes it does. Christian theologians and manuscripts of the first two centuries (as well as the centuries later) unanimously quote the Gospel of John as the Word of God. Where do you...

Point conceded. Top QB of all time.

Eagles will need to get to Brady early like the Giants did the two SBs they won. Common sense says that the top QB of this era will best backup Foles, but Philly did run up almost 40 points on a defense ranked higher than NE last week. It could be close.

What does your "overzealous scribe" think? He thinks you've missed the point badly about multiple independent sources. You need to provide sources for that specific passage where Jesus is talking about his kingdom not being of this world. Not list folks who have quoted the entire Gospel a...

At least I can point to SOME 1st-2nd century text to support the proposition that Jesus did not seek an earthly kingdom. What early text can you cite that says otherwise? Maybe Clement of Rome? Josephus? Trajan? Polycarp? Tatian? Who you got? You didn't cite an early text. You cited something that ...

"He did claim the end times would occur in his lifetime and that he would become the earthly ruler of the kingdom of God. " Incorrect: John 18:36 New King James Version (NKJV) 36 Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, s...

hedge wrote:"He did claim the end times would occur in his lifetime and that he would become the earthly ruler of the kingdom of God. "

That's more of less what Charles Manson was peddling. Coincidence?

I was thinking more along the lines of Johnny Cash, but you do you.

Is this an actual theology thread? Just finished Bart Ehrman's "Did Jesus Exist" . Pretty good read and I came away feeling like he hit his general premises out of the ballpark. Almost all of the actual PhD's who have been studying this stuff for decades agree that Jesus did exist and when...

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is boosting its starting hourly wage to $11 and delivering bonuses to employees, capitalizing on the U.S. tax overhaul to stay competitive in a tightening labor market. You can fact check me but the bonuses from what I've heard are only going to employees with 20 years exp or s...

The EC was set up to protect slave states that had good sized populations but fewer eligible voters. That shit needs to go asap. After John Stuart Mill most democracies started using some measure of proportional representation. Not the good old USA though, where FPTP ensures it's physically impossib...

so in this case you side with the government on who is a protected class of citizen to the extent that you'd override the constitutional rights of someone No Constitutional rights are being violated. But yes, I agree with anti-discrimination laws on this one. The idea in an enlightened society is t...

Basically if it's on the menu you need to sell it to anyone, especially any protected classes. The only gray area to me would be if the business offers personalized cakes, I don't think making him write "I love homo gay lifestyle" with rainbow icing would be reasonable. On the other hand, ...

On this rare occasion, I agree with the liberals. Every time I hear a Republican call for "tax cuts" or "tax reform," I have learned by experience that the upper class will benefit, the middle class will not, and the deficit will roar. The trickle down advocates had statistics t...

Sounds like he wants to equate "social justice" with SJW's, which is nothing more than standard right wing propaganda to change definitions of words in order to marginalize movements that are actually important. Any type of identity politicking is going to have the end result of a divide a...

The only people who knew the full contents of the bill were a few GOP senators and several corporate lobbyists. Corker wasn't the only deficit hawk to sound off about the 1.5 trillion but he was the only one who put his vote where his mouth was. So they took care of their benefactors bigly - step o...

Senator John Tester's response to the tax bill.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnsXHBZaML0

http://www.c-span.org/video/?436245-2/qa-daryl-davis Daryl Davis - An American Hero. This guy played with Springsteen and Chuck Berry. Befriended KKK Wizards and Dragons and after intellectual conversations got them to renounce their ways. This is it right here. This is your fairy tale. He's a fat ...

It's a bald-faced grab for power and money that could change life dramatically for most of us and it will happen right in front of us without most of us realizing it. Got some bad news for you, sunshine. The coup de' tat is already over. The game is finished and the losing team has long since trott...

Looks like net neutrality is about to be dismantled. Been nice knowing y'all That's the thing about the "left" today. Even when they win something that actually matters, it will come up again a few years later and go the other way. But when Obama, a supposed lefty, had a completely friend...

By the way, Mike Pence and his shameless shilling for big tobacco have caused far more misery and death in the real world than Moore ever could in your hypothetical example. But that's neither here nor there, I suppose.