ultimate777,
As I promised, I now took the time and wrote some longer post to you.
So, below are quotes in chronological order:
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ultimate777 wrote:
There is a book: Divinity of Doubt: The God Question by Vincent Bugliosi, which few true believers can read. Of those few, few can sincerely try to understand it. Of those few, few can understand it. Of those few, few can refute it. Maybe the best thing for you to do is just take the easy way out and not even try. But maybe, just maybe, in ways I cannot articulate, if you don't take the easy way out you can accomplish many things worthwhile.
ultimate777 wrote:
I would be relieved to be wrong about the level of the criticism of Bugliosi would be here, but so far
I am not. The critics here have quite carefully stepped in his "trap". If you don't know what I mean I won't do your work for you. Read the book and hopefully you'll find out.
ultimate777 wrote:
I'm not promoting it, I'm just telling you all its out there, and its existence should be recognized. What I really hope is someone can make a case against it that is not just satisfactory to the rest of the world but is satisfactory to me. In fact to be told that its satisfactory to others, therefore it should be satisfactory to me will be most unfelpful. If you want to make a hostile act against me, you could do worse
Any hair splitting might even be worse. I'm not as good at dealing with hair splitting as some
ultimate777 wrote:
Hiding, what's that about?
I am interested in Bugliosi. I think he has done more for the welfare of the human race and to thwart the devil than many of his detractors here can even dream about. I met him once.
A couple of weeks ago I was listening to an old Art Bell "Coast to Coast" radio show. Bugliosi was on it promoting his book about his dismay at the O.J. Simpson verdict. On the internet I went to my public library's web page to see about getting that book. I found out about the agnosic book there.
ultimate777 wrote:
1over137 wrote:
Tell us please, if for you it was really worthwhile to read it and why.
The verdict is still out.
ultimate777 wrote:
1over137 wrote:
And last question: do you consider yourself to belong to the few of the few?
Not now, maybe if people can handle this stuff to my satisfaction, which I would welcome.
ultimate777 wrote:
Read the book if you really want to know. I cannot speak for him, because I am bad at that sort of thing.
1over137 wrote:
I suppose you have read that book, so we all expected that you say some Bugliosi's ideas. But we haven't seen them yet. Or, you just wanted to make a post that such book exists and hoped that someone has read it and would express his opinions? If so, why you did not tell in the initial post? We are confused about what your point was?
You have to anticipate that when you say A, esp. present non-Christian book, we would like to hear also B. This is Christian forum, so do not expect that we will just leave here publicity for such book and leave it. NO!
I hope you understand.
ultimate777 wrote:
I think I have already talked a lot about it and its time for you all to do some research about it or admit you are unable or unwilling to do so.
ultimate777 wrote:
My point is refute this book if you can to my satisfaction. However if you think I am leading with an ambigious opening post then expecting you to decipher what it is all about, then insulting you for not getting me, maybe that's just the way I do things like this, and if you feel this thread should be deleted because of that and you can do so, then do what you think you have to do. Maybe if you all can't take me on my own terms I don't need to be here.
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Now the core of my post to you:
Well, what are your own terms? Should we now buy the book and as we read some wrong statements there put our posts on that? Please, answer.
Also, if you sincere wish that someone refutes the book to your satisfaction, then it would be expected you gave that person a chance.
Saying that you are "bad at that sort of thing" does not free you from the responsibility to say what the (non-Christian) book says or share quotes from that book.
Well, before I said that it sounds that you are hiding, because you are unwilling to share Bugliosi's statements from that book. Question is what are you really afraid of. Maybe, of being not understood by posters on this forum. In that case, it is nothing unusual that people of different personalities do not understand each other. (Note: this not understanding should be only initial, as Christians are to behave like brothers and try to understand each other and help each other.) (Mmm, such a question to you: do you have some fellow member here on the forum? When I joined I found one and that one helped me with issues arised)
I am giving you 2 options:
1. You tell finally something from that book.
2. You do not tell us. But in that case I will put a note in your initial post sounding like this:
[note by moderator: poster did not share his own views on the non-Christian book, nor he quoted from the book. The thread is moreless only the discussion of the poster's attitude.]
You choose.
Lastly, I will make you a mirror and say following words resembling your attitude:
There is a Christian book: Kris Lundgaard: The Enemy Within: Straight Talk About the Power and Defeat of Sin, which not all true believers can read. Maybe the best thing for you to do is just take the easy way out and not even try. But maybe, just maybe, in ways I cannot articulate, if you don't take the easy way out you can accomplish many things worthwhile.
Well, ultimate777, I tell you in advance: the book is about exposing our own sins and providing ways to defeat them. Hope you take that book one day.
May God bless you in your following steps in your life,
1over137.
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