Meet my wife, she is always right

It might not have helped because if a woman doesn't want to accept your suggestion she can either just ignore the verse you thought applied saying it is trumped by another verse or the doctrine of her church. She will then pick another verse to prove herself right even if it means writing a new one or misquoting an old one from the original double dutch.

The odd thing about the theory that the Bible is of purely male human origin is how come the 10 commandments don't include, "Make love with your husband three times a day so he doesn't stray" ? Maybe it did and the real story about Moses coming down the mountain was that when Zipporah read it she told him to fuck off and threw the tablets down shattering them ?

Pope Francis' idea of threatening to punch anyone who insults your mother doesn't seem like a good idea in marriage where a wife says severe things of her mother in law, a more diplomatic solution might be needed, such as turn the other cheek or asking them to zip it and focus on something else. Distract them with the promise of a holiday or new clothes. While empathizing with their hurt feelings. [ Corrections welcome ]

The Great Spirit in the sky is a lie

Skrillex & Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley - Make It Bun Dem [OFFICIAL VIDEO] on Youtube has had 124 million views. It shows what you could imagine would happen if there was a real Great Spirit - but how come the supernatural didn't help the native American Indians from the time the Europeans arrived up until now ? This chap is taking a leap over the probabilities if he expects faith in the supernatural to help pay his bills. How is it not imagined that the Great Spirit would give him the winning numbers to the national lottery or just miraculously credit his account, thereby turning the sheriff away peaceably ? Why didn't the Great Spirit give him the skills to get a higher paying job ? Maybe what happened here is that the house occupier tried to follow the parable of the 'shrewd' manager in Luke 16 and found out that if you cancel the debts of your master's customers without asking him he will not commend you but will more likely have you arrested for fraud and that will be a black mark on your reputation making it harder to get a new accounting position ?

John W Loftus Vs David Marshall on the Justin Brierley show

I liked the John Loftus Vs David Marshall debate and could make out everyone clearly enough.
I thought it was a fantastic debate as advertised in the first minute by Justin.
David Marshall agreed at 14:00 that there is value in looking at all the religions then come and see who Jesus is.
The Bible does in fact briefly mention several points of view:
Acts 17v18 mentions the Epicureans & Stoic philosphers but doesn't specify their view.
Acts 23v8 mentions Sadducees who thought there was no resurrection and that there are neither angels nor spirits, But the Pharisees acknowledge them all
It takes skill and a certain temperament or training to stay as calm as Justin in presenting a show.
In daily life many times I see people (myself included) seeing the red mist rage over far less weighty matters; day to day material concerns.
I listened through the "Unbelievable?" show again and John Loftus spoke at the following times:
[ I wonder if John Loftus downloaded an MP3 or itunes which had a bit of the broadcast missing? On the Premier Christianity webpage these times come up]
7:50 Justin Brierley summarized John Loftus' OTF
8:01-11:10 JWL speaks and the following times below
11:41-12:53
13:21-13:33
17:20-19:45
at 27:10 Justin summarized John Loftus's OTF
29:45-34:05
37:01-37:27
38:50-39:45
41:00-41:20
42:16-42:40
42:45-43:05
45:06-46:30
at 48:40 Justin summarized John Loftus position
49:06-50:23
51:30-51:40
1:02:50-1:03:45
1:04:08-1:04:35
1:05:45-1:06:20
at 1:07:40 the debate ended

Parable of the weeds

Which verse in the Bible mentions removing as many weed seeds as possible ? 

Matt 13v29 has Jesus saying that the owner of a field," told his servants to leave the weeds alone in case they pulled up the wheat." How come Jesus never thought of selective herbicides, now that would have been prophetic. How come God didn't influence the genes of the weeds to make them only grow small, that way they could still provide nectar & seeds for wildlife yet not interfere with the crop for human needs.
Matt 13v30 has the owner advise the servants to go at harvest and first collect the weeds, tie them in bundles and then gather the wheat but in real life that would not be sensible. If using a sickle you would cut the whole lot and throw the large weed plants aside as you went along. If using a combine you would spray roundup to kill the whole lot so it would be dry to go through but there might be seeds of a certain size which were difficult to remove from the wheat grains. In Bible times when there was only hand winnowing there would be a whole load of seeds that might have remained in the wheat, some if eaten could be harmful to health.
Matt 13v26 "When the wheat sprouted and formed ears, then the weeds also appeared" but weeds mostly appear around the time of wheat sprouting, certainly long before heading. Also why would it need an enemy to sow weed seeds when there are always so many in the soil seed band. However it does happen eg wild oats among the purchased seed or weeds seeds blowing in or carried in on machinery.

In any case CO2 is essential plant food and the increase so far has mostly been beneficial to plant growth & contributed to crop yields.

The real issue here is why the world has not increased the proportion of nuclear power stations, which are a dispatchable supply. It is pitiful that the total stock of nuclear power stations has actually decreased over the last two decades. People need to make up their mind which is the bigger threat; possible global warming or possible nuclear disaster. For intermittent sources of electricity like from wind turbines or solar there would need to be invention of grid scale batteries - this is not even close to happening. It would be different if all countries were like Norway or Austria with high mountain lakes for hydro-electric or if the wind blew at a constant 20mph. For a national electricity grid supply must match demand at all times. For this reason fossil fuel power stations are on spinning reserve with their boilers running constantly ready for winter & night time when solar doesn't work or ready for calm weather when the wind turbines stop

Mao Tse Tung

In approaching a problem a Marxist should see the whole as well as the parts. A frog in a well says, "The sky is no bigger than the mouth of the well." That is untrue, for the sky is not just the size of the mouth of the well. If it said, "A part of the sky is the size of the mouth of a well", that would be true, for it tallies with the facts.

"On Tactics Against Japanese Imperialism" (December 27, 1935), Selected Works, Vol. I, p. 159.

Let the stones be turned to sand

I think one of the best ideas in the Bible is John 8v7," But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. When they kept questioning him, Jesus said,"If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her." Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. At this, those who heard began to go away, one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left. Jesus asked the woman,"Has no one condemned you?".

She replied,"No one, sir"

"Then neither do I condemn you" Jesus declared"

If Jesus is considered by Islam to have been a prophet then maybe verses like these should be spoken of more often in the Mosques ?

Maybe by writing in the sand Jesus was illustrating how scriptural texts can be blown away in the wind, the winds of change can move the shifting micro sand dunes but love and truth remain. Maybe on the basis of John 16v12 Jesus thought truth could be progressive," I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth."

Romans 13v9 says,""Love your neighbour as yourself". Love does no harm to its neighbour. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law"

How is that during the Medieval Roman Catholic inquisitions to combat heresy there was so much violence done in the name of Christianity? Did priests bring people to focus too much on the tales of Kings, Chronicles & Judges about the Israelites conquest of Canaan and severe laws of Leviticus ? Maybe history would have gone differently if priests had focussed on the verses about forgiveness and love. 1 John 3v14 "We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death. Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life in him"

1 John 4v8 " Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love"

Here is a tolerant verse from the Koran about how to treat those who do not believe its message:
Surah 15:3" Let them eat and enjoy life, and let (false) hope beguile them. They will come to know!"

I think this is similar to that attitude," We have told you what we think and it is up to you to decide, it is at your risk to reject what we say."

Could present day Muslims learn something from studying the history of Christianity and by trying to avoid its mistakes ?

Ally said he has heard the Jehovah Witness story but he failed to mention the important point that Jehovah Witnesses think that there is no hell, instead they think unbelievers cease to exist. In my opinion this is a more compassionate, humane view, if is formally called "Annhilationism"

John 3v17 "For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him."

1Timothy 4v10 we have put our hope in the Living God, who is the saviour of all men, and especially of those who believe.

Surah 15:3 Let unbelievers eat and enjoy life,

According to the Quran, Here is what Mohammad said his fellow arabs said to him.

Surah 15:6 And they say: O thou unto whom the Reminder is revealed, lo! thou art indeed a madman!
Surah 44:14 And they had turned away from him and said: One taught (by others), a madman ?
Surah 37:36 And said: Shall we forsake our gods for a mad poet ?

Surah 8:31 And when Our revelations are recited unto them they say: We have heard. If we wish we can speak the like of this. Lo! this is naught but fables of the men of old.

So how can any present day Muslim claim to be surprised or shocked when they hear such things said now a days ? 

Maybe the moderate reply would be with
Surah 15:3 Let unbelievers eat and enjoy life, and let (false) hope beguile them. They will come to know! 15:43 And lo! for all such, hell will be the promised place.

Why not just shrug and let it go? "It is your risk, we just want to warn you."