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	<title>Comments on: The Bible’s Abraham suffered from schizophrenia.</title>
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		<title>By: theBEattitude</title>
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		<description>Good and evil is defined by every culture. It is not unique to Christianity. Otherwise the other 70% of the non-Christian earth would live in a state of lawless chaos.

Human beings create laws and moral codes to define what is good and what is evil. The Bible did not invent the concept of morality.</description>
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<p>Human beings create laws and moral codes to define what is good and what is evil. The Bible did not invent the concept of morality.</p>
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		<title>By: Mr Z</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mr Z</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>oops, the reference to temperature was incomplete. We have a globally and scientifically accepted perspective on temperature in several scales (Centigrade, kelvin, Fahrenheit etc.) We do not have such for morality or even ethics, never mind the amorphous terms &#039;good&#039;, &#039;bad&#039;, and &#039;evil&#039;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>oops, the reference to temperature was incomplete. We have a globally and scientifically accepted perspective on temperature in several scales (Centigrade, kelvin, Fahrenheit etc.) We do not have such for morality or even ethics, never mind the amorphous terms &#8216;good&#8217;, &#8216;bad&#8217;, and &#8216;evil&#8217;.</p>
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		<title>By: Mr Z</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mr Z</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sean,
good, evil, and bad are all fairly subjective classifications of something. One man&#039;s trash is another man&#039;s treasure as they say, making the trash/treasure both good and bad depending on perspective. I can say anything is good and it will always be a subjective evaluation. You can say a thing is evil, and that is a subjective evaluation. It&#039;s not like temperature, there is no thermometer for good and evil.

from the MW dictionary:
evil - : morally reprehensible : sinful, wicked  b : arising from actual or imputed bad character or conduct &lt;a&gt;

good -  1 a (1) : of a favorable character or tendency  (2) : bountiful, fertile  (3) : handsome, attractive  b (1) : suitable, fit  (2) : free from injury or disease  (3) : not depreciated  (4) : commercially sound &lt;a&gt; (5) : that can be relied on    (6) : profitable, advantageous  c (1) : agreeable, pleasant  (2) : salutary, wholesome  (3) : amusing, clever &lt;a&gt; d (1) : of a noticeably large size or quantity : considerable  &lt;a&gt; (2) : full  (3) —used as an intensive &lt;a&gt; e (1) : well-founded, cogent  (2) : true  (3) : deserving of respect : honorable  (4) : legally valid or effectual  f (1) : adequate, satisfactory  —often used in faint praise  (2) : conforming to a standard  (3) : choice, discriminating  (4) : containing less fat and being less tender than higher grades —used of meat and especially of beef
2 a (1) : virtuous, right, commendable &lt;a&gt;  (2) : kind, benevolent  b : upper-class &lt;a&gt; c : competent, skillful &lt;a&gt; d (1) : loyal &lt;a&gt; &lt;a&gt; (2) : close &lt;a&gt; e : free from infirmity or sorrow &lt;I&gt;

bad - 1 a : failing to reach an acceptable standard : poor &lt;a&gt; b : unfavorable  c : not fresh : spoiled  d : not sound : dilapidated 
2 a : morally objectionable : evil  b : mischievous, disobedient &lt;a&gt;
3 : inadequate or unsuited to a purpose &lt;a&gt; 
4 : disagreeable, unpleasant 
5 a : injurious, harmful &lt;a&gt; b : serious, severe  &lt;a&gt;
6 : incorrect, faulty 
7 a : suffering pain or distress  b : unhealthy, diseased 
8 : sorrowful, sorry 
9 a : invalid, void &lt;a&gt; b : not able to be collected &lt;a&gt;

So, to answer your generic question, to me good is what I define as good, and bad to me is what I define as bad. Something judged good is something that is &#039;not bad&#039; and something bad is something that is &#039;not good&#039;. Without a common framework of perception the terms are totally subjective.

By your question, you seem to be asking me to prove some kind of moral stance. Ethics is not morality. Both ethics and morality as judged in general by society are roughly agreed upon codices of character or behavior. Morality requires ethics while an ethical person need not have a code of morality, where morality is inextricably linked to religion. If you are asking me to prove something is evil you&#039;re out of luck. That too is subjective. There is nothing to prove, that I can see.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sean,<br />
good, evil, and bad are all fairly subjective classifications of something. One man&#8217;s trash is another man&#8217;s treasure as they say, making the trash/treasure both good and bad depending on perspective. I can say anything is good and it will always be a subjective evaluation. You can say a thing is evil, and that is a subjective evaluation. It&#8217;s not like temperature, there is no thermometer for good and evil.</p>
<p>from the MW dictionary:<br />
evil &#8211; : morally reprehensible : sinful, wicked  b : arising from actual or imputed bad character or conduct <a></p>
<p>good &#8211;  1 a (1) : of a favorable character or tendency  (2) : bountiful, fertile  (3) : handsome, attractive  b (1) : suitable, fit  (2) : free from injury or disease  (3) : not depreciated  (4) : commercially sound </a><a> (5) : that can be relied on    (6) : profitable, advantageous  c (1) : agreeable, pleasant  (2) : salutary, wholesome  (3) : amusing, clever </a><a> d (1) : of a noticeably large size or quantity : considerable  </a><a> (2) : full  (3) —used as an intensive </a><a> e (1) : well-founded, cogent  (2) : true  (3) : deserving of respect : honorable  (4) : legally valid or effectual  f (1) : adequate, satisfactory  —often used in faint praise  (2) : conforming to a standard  (3) : choice, discriminating  (4) : containing less fat and being less tender than higher grades —used of meat and especially of beef<br />
2 a (1) : virtuous, right, commendable </a><a>  (2) : kind, benevolent  b : upper-class </a><a> c : competent, skillful </a><a> d (1) : loyal </a><a> </a><a> (2) : close </a><a> e : free from infirmity or sorrow <i></p>
<p>bad &#8211; 1 a : failing to reach an acceptable standard : poor <a> b : unfavorable  c : not fresh : spoiled  d : not sound : dilapidated<br />
2 a : morally objectionable : evil  b : mischievous, disobedient </a><a><br />
3 : inadequate or unsuited to a purpose </a><a><br />
4 : disagreeable, unpleasant<br />
5 a : injurious, harmful </a><a> b : serious, severe  </a><a><br />
6 : incorrect, faulty<br />
7 a : suffering pain or distress  b : unhealthy, diseased<br />
8 : sorrowful, sorry<br />
9 a : invalid, void </a><a> b : not able to be collected </a><a></p>
<p>So, to answer your generic question, to me good is what I define as good, and bad to me is what I define as bad. Something judged good is something that is &#8216;not bad&#8217; and something bad is something that is &#8216;not good&#8217;. Without a common framework of perception the terms are totally subjective.</p>
<p>By your question, you seem to be asking me to prove some kind of moral stance. Ethics is not morality. Both ethics and morality as judged in general by society are roughly agreed upon codices of character or behavior. Morality requires ethics while an ethical person need not have a code of morality, where morality is inextricably linked to religion. If you are asking me to prove something is evil you&#8217;re out of luck. That too is subjective. There is nothing to prove, that I can see.</a></i></a></p>
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		<title>By: Sean</title>
		<link>http://thebeattitude.com/2009/03/31/the-bible%e2%80%99s-abraham-suffered-from-schizophrenia/#comment-10117</link>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How do you know good is good and evil is bad! Lets see your proof on that Mr. Z.</description>
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		<title>By: Mr Z</title>
		<link>http://thebeattitude.com/2009/03/31/the-bible%e2%80%99s-abraham-suffered-from-schizophrenia/#comment-10116</link>
		<dc:creator>Mr Z</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Okay OAFA,

I&#039;ll bite. How do you &#039;know&#039; they are chosen by your deity? Did &#039;god&#039; give you a copy of the list? How do you know? I&#039;m going to assume it is something you read in your bible and not just something you heard at a meeting. As for it being in your bible, where is it in there? Even if it was in there, you can&#039;t know it&#039;s true. That&#039;s right, I&#039;m saying that you cannot know that what is in the bible is true.

As you should know, the early Christian church had many books and many leaders. This was not good enough for Constantine who wanted to rule the world. World domination takes some organization, and in that regard Constantine chose the story books he considered &#039;official&#039; and real. Later, the official church accepted his version and canonized it. Basically this is tantamount to going to a religious library, picking out your favorites and calling it a bible.

You and your ilk tell me that it&#039;s god&#039;s own words. Why did such a powerful creator being require the help of Constantine and others? If your deity is so powerful and his words so true, why are there so many versions of his followers? Surely there can only be one version of truth? Why is your deity so capricious as to allow so many well meaning people to get it wrong? Go ahead, explain that and tell me you&#039;re right because your deity tells you that you are. That would make you as schizophrenic as Abraham. When you speak for your god you remove any need of me thinking that your god is anything more than a thought in your head. If your god truly is an omnipotent, omniscient, all present supernatural being you would not have to be the spokesperson.

It is not I who makes claims of supernatural events and beings. It is not required of me to explain such claims. The burden is on you and your ilk to explain how they know such things to be true and real.

I do not have to seek gravity for it to become evident to me. I do not have to seek your deity. If your deity wants me to submit and worship then your deity can stop being a capricious, contemptible, uncaring, megalomaniac and take a minute or two to explain things to me. If your god has no time for me, I have no time for your god.

Now stop telling me that I have to do something and start finding actual proof that you&#039;re not schizophrenic, as I think you seem to be suffering some mental issues.

Speaking of the past, you have no proof that supernatural events happened, and none are happening now. If your god had time for showing off in the past, why does your god not have time now for miracles and such? Are humans born after christ&#039;s death superior to those born before? Don&#039;t we also need proof of such claims? It&#039;s pretty convenient that all the &quot;evidence&quot; you have of such a deity is historical, and arranged so that we should simply believe it to be true because your bible says it&#039;s true. I say prove it. Prove your claims of supernatural events and beings, don&#039;t just tell me I have to believe. When you are explaining it, stick to facts and provable things. Don&#039;t give us any wild stories that we must take on faith.

Your explanations should include a valid understanding of why I should believe such claims and why the claims of others are invalid. Yes, please explain why Jesus is real and Vishnu is not. Please explain why your sacred text is true and the Koran and others are not. Also find an explanation for why there are so many christian sects if there is only one truth as well as why your version of Christianity is right and others are wrong. Yes, explain all your bs before you tell me to simply accept it as right. 

I&#039;m not making wild unprovable claims, there is nothing for me to explain. This blog started out with a thought that this story from your holy text is inspiring to many, but hey... that Abraham guy seems to fit the classic symptoms of schizophrenia. Why don&#039;t you start with that story. Use facts to explain that to us. Facts! Not simply what you have been taught to believe, but facts. Something that can be investigated and validated and verified. If all you have is the story itself, then all you have is a story about a schizophrenic who heard voices and told enough people that it got written down for all to hear about. 

Facts. Really, I mean it. Facts that can be verified and validated. None of this &#039;I have to seek him out&#039; crap. If you have no facts would you please then be quiet and go away. I grow weary of listening to unwarranted and unfounded apostolic rhetoric. There is far too much that needs doing in this world to justify you preaching at, instead of helping, your fellow man.

Prophet is a name given to those who claim to have spoken with a supernatural deity or who claim to know the future. Your holy text also claims there are and will be false prophets. So what&#039;s the trick to figuring out which ones are false?

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Okay OAFA,</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll bite. How do you &#8216;know&#8217; they are chosen by your deity? Did &#8216;god&#8217; give you a copy of the list? How do you know? I&#8217;m going to assume it is something you read in your bible and not just something you heard at a meeting. As for it being in your bible, where is it in there? Even if it was in there, you can&#8217;t know it&#8217;s true. That&#8217;s right, I&#8217;m saying that you cannot know that what is in the bible is true.</p>
<p>As you should know, the early Christian church had many books and many leaders. This was not good enough for Constantine who wanted to rule the world. World domination takes some organization, and in that regard Constantine chose the story books he considered &#8216;official&#8217; and real. Later, the official church accepted his version and canonized it. Basically this is tantamount to going to a religious library, picking out your favorites and calling it a bible.</p>
<p>You and your ilk tell me that it&#8217;s god&#8217;s own words. Why did such a powerful creator being require the help of Constantine and others? If your deity is so powerful and his words so true, why are there so many versions of his followers? Surely there can only be one version of truth? Why is your deity so capricious as to allow so many well meaning people to get it wrong? Go ahead, explain that and tell me you&#8217;re right because your deity tells you that you are. That would make you as schizophrenic as Abraham. When you speak for your god you remove any need of me thinking that your god is anything more than a thought in your head. If your god truly is an omnipotent, omniscient, all present supernatural being you would not have to be the spokesperson.</p>
<p>It is not I who makes claims of supernatural events and beings. It is not required of me to explain such claims. The burden is on you and your ilk to explain how they know such things to be true and real.</p>
<p>I do not have to seek gravity for it to become evident to me. I do not have to seek your deity. If your deity wants me to submit and worship then your deity can stop being a capricious, contemptible, uncaring, megalomaniac and take a minute or two to explain things to me. If your god has no time for me, I have no time for your god.</p>
<p>Now stop telling me that I have to do something and start finding actual proof that you&#8217;re not schizophrenic, as I think you seem to be suffering some mental issues.</p>
<p>Speaking of the past, you have no proof that supernatural events happened, and none are happening now. If your god had time for showing off in the past, why does your god not have time now for miracles and such? Are humans born after christ&#8217;s death superior to those born before? Don&#8217;t we also need proof of such claims? It&#8217;s pretty convenient that all the &#8220;evidence&#8221; you have of such a deity is historical, and arranged so that we should simply believe it to be true because your bible says it&#8217;s true. I say prove it. Prove your claims of supernatural events and beings, don&#8217;t just tell me I have to believe. When you are explaining it, stick to facts and provable things. Don&#8217;t give us any wild stories that we must take on faith.</p>
<p>Your explanations should include a valid understanding of why I should believe such claims and why the claims of others are invalid. Yes, please explain why Jesus is real and Vishnu is not. Please explain why your sacred text is true and the Koran and others are not. Also find an explanation for why there are so many christian sects if there is only one truth as well as why your version of Christianity is right and others are wrong. Yes, explain all your bs before you tell me to simply accept it as right. </p>
<p>I&#8217;m not making wild unprovable claims, there is nothing for me to explain. This blog started out with a thought that this story from your holy text is inspiring to many, but hey&#8230; that Abraham guy seems to fit the classic symptoms of schizophrenia. Why don&#8217;t you start with that story. Use facts to explain that to us. Facts! Not simply what you have been taught to believe, but facts. Something that can be investigated and validated and verified. If all you have is the story itself, then all you have is a story about a schizophrenic who heard voices and told enough people that it got written down for all to hear about. </p>
<p>Facts. Really, I mean it. Facts that can be verified and validated. None of this &#8216;I have to seek him out&#8217; crap. If you have no facts would you please then be quiet and go away. I grow weary of listening to unwarranted and unfounded apostolic rhetoric. There is far too much that needs doing in this world to justify you preaching at, instead of helping, your fellow man.</p>
<p>Prophet is a name given to those who claim to have spoken with a supernatural deity or who claim to know the future. Your holy text also claims there are and will be false prophets. So what&#8217;s the trick to figuring out which ones are false?</p>
<p>good luck with that</p>
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		<title>By: Once And for all</title>
		<link>http://thebeattitude.com/2009/03/31/the-bible%e2%80%99s-abraham-suffered-from-schizophrenia/#comment-10115</link>
		<dc:creator>Once And for all</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To Mr.Z

These Living beings as of men were gods chosen people, led to follow the instructions god has commanded to them before hand. Thats why they are given the name &quot;Prophets&quot;.  Gods chosen people were to have witnessed and Envisioned events that have passed or are yet to come  as that is their purpose.That in the lord trusts simply because he himself knows and created that person.But due to your misinterpretation, I Know for a fact and believe that Jesus Christ WAS and IS gods only son, ask why? Its clearly written. But you ask why has&#039;nt god shown himself to the world? Simply because that prophecy is yet to be fulfilled. You may believe it or not but only time will tell. Back to Referring to these men that you berate to have schizophrenia, such as abraham, this was one of gods chosen people, as so god does not sin, nor he does command any instructions that lead a person to sin. See you clearly need scientific explanation or Proof that &quot;god&quot; exists simply why? You have not seen God nor of his actions, that is why faith comes through hearing “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God&quot;. And so why Has&#039;nt the Lord explain himself to you personally??? Hmm...That is because I believe you do not seek him, You must seeketh to findeth right? And from what I am reading I believe you are not seeking him for what reasons you do not believe in this merciful god for. Yet i Believe that you do not understand and fail to understand but why? Because of these miracles and supernatural events that you believe to not be true and why? Yourself nor the world have not seen these miraculous events take place and NEED such proof that these events are true and must witness but never will because such events have passed.</description>
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<p>These Living beings as of men were gods chosen people, led to follow the instructions god has commanded to them before hand. Thats why they are given the name &#8220;Prophets&#8221;.  Gods chosen people were to have witnessed and Envisioned events that have passed or are yet to come  as that is their purpose.That in the lord trusts simply because he himself knows and created that person.But due to your misinterpretation, I Know for a fact and believe that Jesus Christ WAS and IS gods only son, ask why? Its clearly written. But you ask why has&#8217;nt god shown himself to the world? Simply because that prophecy is yet to be fulfilled. You may believe it or not but only time will tell. Back to Referring to these men that you berate to have schizophrenia, such as abraham, this was one of gods chosen people, as so god does not sin, nor he does command any instructions that lead a person to sin. See you clearly need scientific explanation or Proof that &#8220;god&#8221; exists simply why? You have not seen God nor of his actions, that is why faith comes through hearing “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God&#8221;. And so why Has&#8217;nt the Lord explain himself to you personally??? Hmm&#8230;That is because I believe you do not seek him, You must seeketh to findeth right? And from what I am reading I believe you are not seeking him for what reasons you do not believe in this merciful god for. Yet i Believe that you do not understand and fail to understand but why? Because of these miracles and supernatural events that you believe to not be true and why? Yourself nor the world have not seen these miraculous events take place and NEED such proof that these events are true and must witness but never will because such events have passed.</p>
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		<title>By: Mr Z</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mr Z</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Once and for all?
Science does &#039;approve&#039; of human evolution. Read the news a bit, would ya? It&#039;s not that I don&#039;t understand Christianity, I was raised that way as a preacher&#039;s son. I don&#039;t speak blasphemy, as there is no god, and you have NO proof that there is except your faith in one. The answers to the origins of humans is not in Genesis. There are MORE questions than answers in Genesis. I probably know more about the Christian bible than you can hope to... I was raised with it day and night. It was on examining what it shows that led me to my current position. Don&#039;t berate me for not having faith in a deity that has not ever shown itself to the world. Don&#039;t even start... the words chosen by Constantine from available fairy tales do not equate to deeds witnessed by living beings.

You, sir, can advise me all you wish to but when you berate me because I do not suffer the same afflictions of thought that you do, you open yourself to criticism. Of that I have plenty. How do you know it was his only son? How do you know your god is loving and merciful? Can you preach to the citizens of Haiti about that? How do you know his only son died? The simple answer is that you do not, you are trusting in the words of men, written long after this &#039;son&#039; was supposed to have lived, and codified by a man who sought ultimate power around the world. Yes, that is surely how your god meant for his &#039;word&#039; to be spread, by megalomaniacs and schizophrenics rather than do it himself. I guess being omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent does allow time to tell each human individually. No, it must not be so because your deity has left it up to you to tell me how powerful it is. Never mind third string kickers, you are not even on the team and you feel it is your right to explain to me how an all powerful being should be worshiped but can&#039;t be bothered to explain it to me himself? Step away from the punch bowl.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Once and for all?<br />
Science does &#8216;approve&#8217; of human evolution. Read the news a bit, would ya? It&#8217;s not that I don&#8217;t understand Christianity, I was raised that way as a preacher&#8217;s son. I don&#8217;t speak blasphemy, as there is no god, and you have NO proof that there is except your faith in one. The answers to the origins of humans is not in Genesis. There are MORE questions than answers in Genesis. I probably know more about the Christian bible than you can hope to&#8230; I was raised with it day and night. It was on examining what it shows that led me to my current position. Don&#8217;t berate me for not having faith in a deity that has not ever shown itself to the world. Don&#8217;t even start&#8230; the words chosen by Constantine from available fairy tales do not equate to deeds witnessed by living beings.</p>
<p>You, sir, can advise me all you wish to but when you berate me because I do not suffer the same afflictions of thought that you do, you open yourself to criticism. Of that I have plenty. How do you know it was his only son? How do you know your god is loving and merciful? Can you preach to the citizens of Haiti about that? How do you know his only son died? The simple answer is that you do not, you are trusting in the words of men, written long after this &#8216;son&#8217; was supposed to have lived, and codified by a man who sought ultimate power around the world. Yes, that is surely how your god meant for his &#8216;word&#8217; to be spread, by megalomaniacs and schizophrenics rather than do it himself. I guess being omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent does allow time to tell each human individually. No, it must not be so because your deity has left it up to you to tell me how powerful it is. Never mind third string kickers, you are not even on the team and you feel it is your right to explain to me how an all powerful being should be worshiped but can&#8217;t be bothered to explain it to me himself? Step away from the punch bowl.</p>
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		<title>By: Once And for all</title>
		<link>http://thebeattitude.com/2009/03/31/the-bible%e2%80%99s-abraham-suffered-from-schizophrenia/#comment-10113</link>
		<dc:creator>Once And for all</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear Mr Z. 

Your words and thoughts are as arrogant as your weak mind, lacking the faith and good principles of god almighty. I believe your understanding of god and his principles are wrong. How could you accuse the creator, of not guiding us human beings to choose from eternally living in heaven or perishing in the depts of hell. The Bible is simply and understandable for us to recognize the rules and good moral teachings which we call the &quot;Word of the Lord&quot;. Its just that many people such as your self are arrogant and ignorant to these simple understandings, which we all know that you simply need scientific evidence to prove that the miraculous miracles of god exist.  Yes i understand science cannot prove the existence of god nor of his miracles but the existence of god goes way beyond science, yet we humans cannot or will not ever understand. We could never understand the ways of god almighty only god almighty is able to know and understand. Science can&#039;t even yet approve of human evolution, and why is that? Its simply because god created human beings. You speak blasphemy against our so loving and merciful god that so loved the world that he sent his only son to die for our sins. You talk of false understandings that I believe you fail from the real and respectable understanding of the bible. So I advise you to read the bible to get a better understanding from when WE humans were first created to when our lord will deliver us from this corrupt world that already has your mind consumed and filled with false teachings and blasphemy that have already led you astray. And if you cannot yet read the bible then how could you speak or accuse of false acts?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Mr Z. </p>
<p>Your words and thoughts are as arrogant as your weak mind, lacking the faith and good principles of god almighty. I believe your understanding of god and his principles are wrong. How could you accuse the creator, of not guiding us human beings to choose from eternally living in heaven or perishing in the depts of hell. The Bible is simply and understandable for us to recognize the rules and good moral teachings which we call the &#8220;Word of the Lord&#8221;. Its just that many people such as your self are arrogant and ignorant to these simple understandings, which we all know that you simply need scientific evidence to prove that the miraculous miracles of god exist.  Yes i understand science cannot prove the existence of god nor of his miracles but the existence of god goes way beyond science, yet we humans cannot or will not ever understand. We could never understand the ways of god almighty only god almighty is able to know and understand. Science can&#8217;t even yet approve of human evolution, and why is that? Its simply because god created human beings. You speak blasphemy against our so loving and merciful god that so loved the world that he sent his only son to die for our sins. You talk of false understandings that I believe you fail from the real and respectable understanding of the bible. So I advise you to read the bible to get a better understanding from when WE humans were first created to when our lord will deliver us from this corrupt world that already has your mind consumed and filled with false teachings and blasphemy that have already led you astray. And if you cannot yet read the bible then how could you speak or accuse of false acts?</p>
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		<title>By: yo</title>
		<link>http://thebeattitude.com/2009/03/31/the-bible%e2%80%99s-abraham-suffered-from-schizophrenia/#comment-10091</link>
		<dc:creator>yo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 04:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is interesting that Islam doesn&#039;t believe in vicarious sacrifice or a sacrifice that takes the place of the sinner in dying (as orthodox Christianity believes in), yet Abraham ends up sacrificing a ram as a vicarious sacrifice in place of himself and Isaac even in the Islamic version of the story.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is interesting that Islam doesn&#8217;t believe in vicarious sacrifice or a sacrifice that takes the place of the sinner in dying (as orthodox Christianity believes in), yet Abraham ends up sacrificing a ram as a vicarious sacrifice in place of himself and Isaac even in the Islamic version of the story.</p>
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		<title>By: Mr Z</title>
		<link>http://thebeattitude.com/2009/03/31/the-bible%e2%80%99s-abraham-suffered-from-schizophrenia/#comment-10083</link>
		<dc:creator>Mr Z</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>sizer?
Was that Haiku?

No religion is right. There might be one that is right for you, but not one that is right for all people. That a religion claims to be right for all is probably the biggest hint that it is not right at all.

Simply stating that you know the true god or true religion is not much different than going before the United Nations to proclaim yourself a deity. Both actions would be greeted with the same amount of belief.

Off hand, I&#039;d have to say that proof of a god, any god would require proof of a soul. So start small, prove that we humans have souls. Also prove that animals do not while you are at it. If we have no soul there is no need to worry about what happens after death, only how we behave in this life.

Islam is based on the same deity as several other religions. How can it be right when they are wrong? How did such a powerful being allow his pets to get it so confused and messed up? Oh, did that deity give us free will and choice? Then why do we need a god? Oh yeah, to save our eternal souls.... errmmm where do we keep those again?

If the prophet was born today, when he said he spoke to god he would be put on lithium or other anti-psychotic drugs. Without evidence it&#039;s all just voices in your head. Good luck with that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>sizer?<br />
Was that Haiku?</p>
<p>No religion is right. There might be one that is right for you, but not one that is right for all people. That a religion claims to be right for all is probably the biggest hint that it is not right at all.</p>
<p>Simply stating that you know the true god or true religion is not much different than going before the United Nations to proclaim yourself a deity. Both actions would be greeted with the same amount of belief.</p>
<p>Off hand, I&#8217;d have to say that proof of a god, any god would require proof of a soul. So start small, prove that we humans have souls. Also prove that animals do not while you are at it. If we have no soul there is no need to worry about what happens after death, only how we behave in this life.</p>
<p>Islam is based on the same deity as several other religions. How can it be right when they are wrong? How did such a powerful being allow his pets to get it so confused and messed up? Oh, did that deity give us free will and choice? Then why do we need a god? Oh yeah, to save our eternal souls&#8230;. errmmm where do we keep those again?</p>
<p>If the prophet was born today, when he said he spoke to god he would be put on lithium or other anti-psychotic drugs. Without evidence it&#8217;s all just voices in your head. Good luck with that.</p>
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