>>
>>The things you've been taught about Christianity have been taught by an enemy who uses bits of truth in false ways to teach confusion and mislead, making God seem distasteful and wicked. He is lying about all of it to mislead people, to keep them from the truth that God is the most amazing, most astounding of anything in the universe
>
>This is so offensive on so many levels it is almost not worth responding to. I have cited no "teacher" other than to question your understanding of a text you have declared literally true to the point of claiming a universe that was created within the last 10000 years.
>
>It would be interesting, however, for you to cite your teachers, pastors, congregations etc so those who find your message resonant can seek out further knowledge. Liberty College? Pat Robertson? Harold Camping? David Pack? Light Hope and Truth? David Jeremiah?
>
> Your ignorance of the historical underpinnings of Judeo-Christian culture has been amply demonstrated in many of your posts, and I am absolutely sure you have no understanding of the linguistic or cultural issues involved in Biblical exegesis.
>
>Most disturbing is your arrogance in selectively using a text as holy writ but being quit selective in your choosing whether to use that text literally or poetically or just to ignore it altogether whenever it conflicts with whatever tent preacher, internet apocalypic sect or radio evangelist has imprinted your obviously malleable belief system and created this amazing need to display arrogance and pride in the guise of holiness and loving certitude. It is a bit like arguing with Maoists in the 60s.
>
>I do not imagine god as distateful and wicked as I find any anthropomorphic representation of whatever is currently beyond understanding to be so ridiculous as to be unworthy of any truly spiritual person who would seek understanding rather than smug self satisfaction and a sense of being of The Elect.
>
>I realize you believe I have been mislead by Satan - another anthropomorphism - but please understand that as long as you continue to display pride and ignorance, which is of course your right - I will not feel my usual reluctance to mock those who are probably well-meaning, most definitely harmless but somewhere along the way have suffered a psychotic break and are no longer functioning in a way that I find worthy of consideration.

Oh my.... :)

OK I hate to admit it, but I'm chuckling.....

no, I'm laughing out loud... :)

Shame on me.