For Paul -- The Facsimiles of the Book of Abraham

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_Doctor Scratch
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Re: For Paul -- The Facsimiles of the Book of Abraham

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Simon Belmont wrote:
Doctor Scratch wrote:CFR, Simon. Cite a reputable source that says "Kemetic" was the name of "the Egyptian Religion."


Actually, Kemetic is the name of a 1970s version of the Egyptian Religion

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemetism

My mistake.[/quote]

Lol. Well, hey---we all make mistakes. I guess the real question here is why you've been hounding Paul with your wrong-headed question at the same time that you've been dodging the relevant question he posed to you.
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Re: For Paul -- The Facsimiles of the Book of Abraham

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Doctor Scratch wrote:Lol. Well, hey---we all make mistakes. I guess the real question here is why you've been hounding Paul with your wrong-headed question at the same time that you've been dodging the relevant question he posed to you.


I claimed no expertise on this subject, and I do not know the answer to Paul's question.
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Re: For Paul -- The Facsimiles of the Book of Abraham

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I claimed no expertise on this subject, and I do not know the answer to Paul's question.


Really? Go search through apologetic Book of Abraham propaganda and see if you can find the king's name. Please realize that the Egyptian language has been restored in modern times through the instrumentality of science and scholarship.

Paul O
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Re: For Paul -- The Facsimiles of the Book of Abraham

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Paul Osborne wrote:Really? Go search through apologetic Book of Abraham propaganda and see if you can find the king's name. Please realize that the Egyptian language has been restored in modern times through the instrumentality of science and scholarship.

Paul O



I like the critical propaganda better, Paul. It is much more entertainingly stupid.
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Re: For Paul -- The Facsimiles of the Book of Abraham

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Simon Belmont wrote:

I like the critical propaganda better, Paul. It is much more entertainingly stupid.


Ah more confirmation of bias. This is the difference between members like yourself and members like Zee. People like Zee are unbiased enough to want to understand things as they really are and people like yourself have already decided and won't reconsider.
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Re: For Paul -- The Facsimiles of the Book of Abraham

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Themis wrote:Ah more confirmation of bias. This is the difference between members like yourself and members like Zee. People like Zee are unbiased enough to want to understand things as they really are and people like yourself have already decided and won't reconsider.


Double standard. Critics won't see things as they really are, either. They have already decided and will not reconsider.
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Re: For Paul -- The Facsimiles of the Book of Abraham

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Simon Belmont wrote:
Themis wrote:Ah more confirmation of bias. This is the difference between members like yourself and members like Zee. People like Zee are unbiased enough to want to understand things as they really are and people like yourself have already decided and won't reconsider.


Double standard. Critics won't see things as they really are, either. They have already decided and will not reconsider.


Most of us critics have looked at the fence from both sides. That gives a perspective that those that have only ever been on the one side do not.
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Re: For Paul -- The Facsimiles of the Book of Abraham

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sock puppet wrote:Most of us critics have looked at the fence from both sides. That gives a perspective that those that have only ever been on the one side do not.


It is funny how I can do the same thing, yet come back with the exact opposite view.
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Re: For Paul -- The Facsimiles of the Book of Abraham

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Simon Belmont wrote:
sock puppet wrote:Most of us critics have looked at the fence from both sides. That gives a perspective that those that have only ever been on the one side do not.


It is funny how I can do the same thing, yet come back with the exact opposite view.

But you haven't Simon. You have always been on one side. You lack the dimension that a once believing member has over you.

Don't worry, once you disbelieve, you will understand better.
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Re: For Paul -- The Facsimiles of the Book of Abraham

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Simon Belmont wrote:It is funny how I can do the same thing, yet come back with the exact opposite view.


Given your utter lack of knowledge about the Book of Abraham, I'd say it's a safe bet you haven't really looked at both sides.
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