What Does It Actually Mean?

[The Handyman]

Try anything that has been carbon dated to millions of years ago, .... you know, back when the earth was just a dream of someone, ....

Why edit out the word "wet", .... what is the problem with using it in this post?

[KDawg]

Why edit out the word "wet", .... what is the problem with using it in this post?

Good question.

What's wrong with the phrase, "Try anything that has been carbon dated to millions of wet years ago, .... you know, back when the earth was just a dream of someone, ..."

[Soundbear]

Good question.

What's wrong with the phrase, "Try anything that has been carbon dated to millions of wet years ago, .... you know, back when the earth was just a dream of someone, ..."

Excuse me, KDawg, but are you unaware of what a wet dream is?? In that context, it is just crude, and IMO intentionally offensive.

And the way YOU phrase it is A: not the way it was, and B: kinda meaningless.

[Soundbear]

http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=24000

Shh, no one tell Soundbear, but his ignorance is showing.

Uh, I'm pretty aware of carbon dating. My apologies, but I was thinking of the "millions of years ago" part of the comment.

Not seeing why you bring it up, though. It ain't proving anything in this discussion.

[The Handyman]

Since when is a naturally occurring biological function such as a "wet dream" crude and offensive? You led a very sheltered life, .....

[Soundbear]

Since when is a naturally occurring biological function such as a "wet dream" crude and offensive? You led a very sheltered life, .....

A sheltered life?? That's freakin' hilarious!!

I find that very little is offensive to most folks here.

But if it's offensive to me I'll remove it. I don't really think that removing one little word is going to cause a huge problem.

Mind you, we both know who thinks that doing that is removing an opinion that I disagree with!!

Now we'll go back to our discussion, if any wish to continue.

[The Left Sock]

"They weren't (Jews), so it didn't (affect them). Abraham was the first Jew, well after the flood."

So, God wipes out all of humanity, except for one family, but because it has been strategically decided that Abraham was the first Jew, it doesn't 'affect them', ergo, it doesn't matter. Wow, how convenient!

So then by logical extension, the 12 books of the Old Testament written prior to the Flood, for example Jonah and Malachi, were actually written by 'non-Jews', so nothing in those books actually affects Jews, ergo, they don't matter! Makes you wonder why the Jews still bother to read it, huh?

I'm starting to see the twisted logic that leads modern Christians to believe that the Old Testament is irrelevant. All the careful documentation of generations from Adam onward, all the careful timelines for the actual age of the earth that the Creationists so doggedly cling to, are all really just the ravings of a bunch of non-Jewish misfits, who God saw fit to drown like rats. Boy, you sure can cook up your own set of beliefs out of the ashes of someone else's beliefs, with this kind of reasoning!

Wow, biblical scholarship can be fun!

[The Left Sock]

Oops, forgot to add: 'Real Jews', who actually live in Israel, can't even agree on what a 'real Jew' is, but as long as Soundbear is certain who the original Jew was, we'll keep running with that.

[Soundbear]

Well boys, I hope you've learned that your opinions can be stated, at least!!

Sock, there's more silliness in your post than content. You've leraned, not the bible, but what the world thinks is in the bible.

Blunt, you too, and as I've said before, there ARE rules for interpreting ancient texts, and no book has ever been studied as much as the bible.

But you guys don't want to know about that, so, ya'll have a good evening and we'll chat about some other of your suppositions next time!!

[riggs]

I find that very little is offensive to most folks here.

But if it's offensive to me I'll remove it.

I find the above statement very offensive. It suggest you think you are or know better than the majority. I would hope after it's been pointed out, you reconsider your position.

[Soundbear]

I find the above statement very offensive. It suggest you think you are or know better than the majority. I would hope after it's been pointed out, you reconsider your position.

Sorry, the removal of one word that in no way changes the opinion stated isn't going to hurt anybody. It's just like our **** remover. That's just the way it is.

[Anapeg]

Why are there so many Christian groups? Perhaps a problem agreeing on the colour of the cover of the Bible? No. Rather they can not agree on the contents of the Bible and what this that and the other thing means. So, this being said what you put forward is your interpretation or your groups interpretations of the Bible. There are others that you do not consider or at least do not consider correct. We may not be wrong but we are wrong according to your branch of Protestantism. It may receive a different interpretation from another distant group who believe different to you.

[riggs]

Sorry, the removal of one word that in no way changes the opinion stated isn't going to hurt anybody. It's just like our **** remover. That's just the way it is.

Much the same as leaving it in there...........no one gets hurt. Which brings us a full 360 back to my original point. It only offended you which makes it very personal and a self centered edit.

Hopefully you reconsider your position.

[Roll The Bones]

round and round we go...

where it stops???

when SB says so...

[Soundbear]

Much the same as leaving it in there...........no one gets hurt. Which brings us a full 360 back to my original point. It only offended you which makes it very personal and a self centered edit.

Hopefully you reconsider your position.

Ok, why don't you define for me what you think that comment actually meant, and who it was directed to, who it was speaking about.

Re-phrase it in your own words.

[Soundbear]

round and round we go...

where it stops???

when SB says so...

If you were the mod it would be "Where RB says so."

Let's see what Riggs says.

[riggs]

Since when is a naturally occurring biological function such as a "wet dream" crude and offensive?

Ok, why don't you define for me what you think that comment actually meant, and who it was directed to, who it was speaking about.

Re-phrase it in your own words.

I think Handyman said it quite well. I can't see myself saying it any differently. We were created this way by design. It would just be a part of God's work whether we understand it or not.

In regards to meaning and direction by another poster.........I can't read another's mind. That question might be better suited for the OP.

[Roll The Bones]

If you were the mod it would be "Where RB says so."

dead wrong SB... that is not keeping to the spirit and intentions of this website...

when i signed up last year, i thought this was an open forum where people could share ideas while not having to worry about censorship or the grammar police, and individuals weren't expected to be able to hog the microphone...

since that time, i've seen a lot of everything that i thought wasn't part of this site... but the most troubling are the the constant "prove your opinion is right" statements from the same persons which is fine in a sense... but when those same individuals close off the discussions after admonishing individuals for their opinion, i have to wonder... why are any of us really signed up at this forum?

to those who believe that their opinion is the only correct one and there is no discussion permitted, why not just start a blog on another site? that way, you can cut off any statements other than your own... i'm guessing it would be a bit more lonely that way, but at least you'd be right...

[Soundbear]

I think Handyman said it quite well. I can't see myself saying it any differently. We were created this way by design. It would just be a part of God's work whether we understand it or not.

In regards to meaning and direction by another poster.........I can't read another's mind. That question might be better suited for the OP.

That's not quite the way I read it. I didn't think you'd see it.

Handyman said, "when the earth was just a wet dream of someone, ...."

You know what a wet dream is. Who do you suppose the "someone" would be??

Do you understand NOW why I see that as the crudest blasphemy??

[Soundbear]

dead wrong SB... that is not keeping to the spirit and intentions of this website...

when i signed up last year, i thought this was an open forum where people could share ideas while not having to worry about censorship or the grammar police, and individuals weren't expected to be able to hog the microphone...

since that time, i've seen a lot of everything that i thought wasn't part of this site... but the most troubling are the the constant "prove your opinion is right" statements from the same persons which is fine in a sense... but when those same individuals close off the discussions after admonishing individuals for their opinion, i have to wonder... why are any of us really signed up at this forum?

to those who believe that their opinion is the only correct one and there is no discussion permitted, why not just start a blog on another site? that way, you can cut off any statements other than your own... i'm guessing it would be a bit more lonely that way, but at least you'd be right...

Look back Bones, ain't no opinions, reasonably stated, being blown away just because I don't like them.

And you won't find any "admonishment" either. Unless disagreement bothers you that much.