anything? nothing?

the gospels are the most copied books of antiquitiy and late antiquity

For most of the history of Christianity in the West I am sure you would be slain for denigrating the Bible publicly

isn't that true?

no

The Church just makes you say the church is right in manners of doctrine.

just ordinary people would lynch you I mean

Orindary people couldn't fucking read

doesn't matter

and even if they could, they often had different ideas of god than the churches

plural intended

seems pretty irrelevant to what I said

whether they did or didn't, they wouldn't take kindly to someone dissing the bible

would they just let that go?

Did I diss the bible as a text?

The bible is a much better example of it's time period in late antiquitiy and the dark ages

than the koran is

there are exponentially more manuscripts

Good afternoon, gentlemen

hi @MRB

@Death Strike's Bat you made a reference about inbred jawas having an unkind reaction to someone questioning their religious text, in this case the Quran

yes

I responded that this was the case for most of the history of Christianity in the west

essentially

no

present a disagreement then

the bible is not the word of god

irrelevant

the christian god transcends human experience

despite being human

irrelevant again

why don't you just clearly say

"No, if someone cast aspertions on the bible throughout most of Christian history, they wouldn't suffer harm"

is it not true perhaps?

Muslims can still be inbred idiots, with that being true/false

Christianity doesn't ordain killing heretics as a religious tenet.

furthermore Orthodoxy and Heresey have different implications

than in Islam

You're not addressing the issue

Why is that

for what they do cosmologically

It doesn't matter what either religion says about heresy

yes it does

No, it doesn't, because you could get lynched by angry people over much more minor shit than that

but frankly the christian mobs are usually more interesting in forcibly baptizing heathens

and killing jews and muslims

I just don't understand why you cannot acknowledge the simple logic

it's not like it affects your position

or forcibly baptizing them and then killing them

so at least their souls would be saved

be that as it may, how would they respond to someone casting aspertions on the bible in public

would they let it go

would they respond with mild censure

or would they be madder

it's really simple I think?

What is there to textually criticize about hte historiocity of the gospels?

okay, you're just not going to answer are you

suit yourself

Other than matthew, mark, luke, and john didn't write them?

and they didn't know jesus?

"It's all bullshit"

the critique doesn't have to be true or false.

http://www.sfgate.com/business/technology/article/Cyborgs-at-work-employees-getting-implanted-with-11046009.php

Will such a thing ever catch on? I think it's a pretty big jump from even wearing such stuff

to actually implanting it in your body

I think it won't take

not as things currently stand at least

would any of you accede to such a device if let's say you were sure there was nothing shifty going on?

A few months ago I saw a common core question (language arts) asking students to write a paragraph supporting a new microchip implant. I think it may be more palatable in the future as it's already being normalized now.

Looking for the article now.

Really? Fascinating

I believe it was a part of the US Common Core curriculum. I could be mistaken though.

I can't find anything googling offhand, where did you encounter it?

I'll take your word for it but I'm curious

Ill find it - I'm equally curious where I saw it and the context.

http://i.imgur.com/rZJDGZI.jpg

Meme magic

@devolved I'm reading AnonCon

I'll paste a section as an example of where his worldview just falls apart, totally inconsistent

One worrying aspect is leftist r-strategists tend to have high creativity, perhaps as an outgrowth of an evolved drive to create and exploit alternative resource streams as a way of avoiding direct conflict. As a result leftists tend to operate in these fields, and exhibit some measure of competence.

So r-"strategists" tend to have higher creativity? Woudn't you expect higher creativity from K-selected populations that have to make do with limited resources or poor conditions?

this kind of incoherence pops up every time I see r/K stuff applied directly to liberal vs. conservative

Indeed

But would you say it works, loosely

That it's more true than not

no, I wouldn't, but I would say you can use it as a framework to understand other stuff

for example, the situation of black people in America and welfare

certainly you can make an argument that this is a population that is "r-selecting"

more false than not I would say

one more thing about AnonCon @devolved

he has this certain tone

"pssst, hey guy, yeah, you there"

dark alley dude with secret tonic

Yeah

He's an asshole

@fallot Haven't got to the reference I mentioned earlier, but here is an example: Poems to Play with (in Class) Sample Unit of Study for Grades 3-5 suggests “Baby Ate a Microchip” by Neal Levin

http://schools.nyc.gov/documents/teachandlearn/Poems_to_Play_With_in_Class_final.pdf

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/47159

It could be a figurative reference, but reference in a positive light just the same.

This is ubiquitous in larger city schools too. https://www.rt.com/usa/texas-school-id-hernandez-033/