and, BTW, if Jesus' "house divided" point is just "common sense", how come
"Yugoslavia" happened? how come "Northern Ireland" happened? how come the
"Crusades" happened? how come the "Inquisitions" happened? how come "WWI"
happened? how come "WWII" happened? how come the "Holacaust" happened? how
come the "Korean War" happened? how come "Vietnam" happened? how come the
"Cold War" happened? how come the "U. S. Civil War" happened? how come the
slaughter of the "Native Americans" happened? how come "Slavery" happened?
how come "Columbine High" happened?
guess "common sense ain't so 'common'", eh?
look at =any= tragedy, and you'll see, within it, a "house divided"... all
the way from couples and families, to Humanity as a whole.
you're just doing what folks so-often accuse me of doing... "trivializing",
after the fact of having been given understanding, and acting as if you
'understood' all along.
in face of reality within documented history, if you can say Jesus' Teaching
with respect to "house divided"-ness is nothing more than "common sense",
you haven't the foggiest idea re. "common sense", do you?
but, oh yeah, you "know it when you see it"...
..."right"...
so "did" all the purveyors of slaughter, throughout the course of history...
and then, they went right out and divided their "houses"...
good grief, you've been posting your B. S. in a =Neuroscience= NG... but,
yeah, sure, you "understand" that it's just "common sense", and then go
right on and dump your divisive B. S. on this "house" (you've got plenty of
company in this NG, just now, sharing your view on "common sense").
so let's try another one... Jesus said [paraphrase] "I've not come for
peace, but division."
more "common sense"?
if it is, then what about the the first thing?
hint: to "get it", you'll have to think for yourself, instead of
regurgitating platitudes.
K. P. Collins
Ken Collins wrote in message ...
>so how about hearing the rest in-person, before fair witnesses?
>>K. P. Collins
>>Malcolm McMahon wrote in message <379efce6.2418687 at news.demon.co.uk>...
>>On Tue, 27 Jul 1999 05:53:54 -0400, "Ken Collins" <KPaulC at email.msn.com>
>>wrote:
>>>>>>So give us, for example, a solid testable (in this world) prediction
>>>>based on beliefs about Christ.
>>>>>>>>>>there's one in AoK's Epilogue...
>>>>>>"A house divided against itself cannot stand."
>>>>>>>Oh, come off it! Nobody claims that Christian ethics is wholy devoid of
>>commonsense truths. That has absolutely no implications for the reality
>>or otherwise of the supernatural theories associated with it.
>>>>
