stiggy wiggy
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Personally, I don't give a flying fart as to who he was, so this thread is not to renew that crashingly boring topic. But are we to think the motivation is honest curiosity?
Which of these two possibilities do you think are more likely?
"I think this Jesus guy was just a mere man, but I'm curious about his alleged grandfather. I want to know more about him."
"I THINK I found in the Bible what appears to be an inaccuracy. I think I'll go on a Christian internet discussion forum and rub their faces in it?"
The motivation for the first would be just plain weirdness, seeing as how numerous ancestors are listed. Why pick Heli? Does the guy inquiring about Heli just like his name? The second one requires a motivation behind the motivation. WHY would the guy want to rub it in the faces of Christians?
Personally again, I find no inaccuracy but the subject bores me too much to discuss here, so I'm hoping this thread will be confined to speculations about motive. And even if Luke got it wrong, it would not impact my faith in Christ in the least. I will defer all discussions about who Heli was to caroljeen in the other thread. She apparently has a better tolerance for irrelevant nonsense than I and appears to be doing a good job defending Luke without my help.
Meanwhile, even though as an American I have no interest in the sport of cricket. what would you atheists think about me if I went to a cricket discussion board to bash cricket lovers? And PLEASE don't tell me that cricket is not a danger to society (with which I agree) but that:
"People who think Heli was Jesus' grandfather are a danger to society."
Which of these two possibilities do you think are more likely?
"I think this Jesus guy was just a mere man, but I'm curious about his alleged grandfather. I want to know more about him."
"I THINK I found in the Bible what appears to be an inaccuracy. I think I'll go on a Christian internet discussion forum and rub their faces in it?"
The motivation for the first would be just plain weirdness, seeing as how numerous ancestors are listed. Why pick Heli? Does the guy inquiring about Heli just like his name? The second one requires a motivation behind the motivation. WHY would the guy want to rub it in the faces of Christians?
Personally again, I find no inaccuracy but the subject bores me too much to discuss here, so I'm hoping this thread will be confined to speculations about motive. And even if Luke got it wrong, it would not impact my faith in Christ in the least. I will defer all discussions about who Heli was to caroljeen in the other thread. She apparently has a better tolerance for irrelevant nonsense than I and appears to be doing a good job defending Luke without my help.
Meanwhile, even though as an American I have no interest in the sport of cricket. what would you atheists think about me if I went to a cricket discussion board to bash cricket lovers? And PLEASE don't tell me that cricket is not a danger to society (with which I agree) but that:
"People who think Heli was Jesus' grandfather are a danger to society."
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