While you were on your religious retreat beating children with sticks, subjugating women, and selling your daughters into slavery in the name of Jesus, all with your nudist companions, I had a revelation: you are a cult leader. Cited:
https://www.debateart.com/forum/topics/9913/posts/411421
BrotherD., you may tell yourself that you are not a cult leader, so take a moment to look in the mirror and tell yourself, "If it walks like duck and talks like duck, it is a cult leader."
BrotherS., you may tell yourself that you are not an acolyte, so take a moment to look in the mirror and tell yourself, "If it walks like duck and talks like duck, it is an acolyte."
BrotherD., I'm glad you found me a comedian, otherwise I may not have had an opportunity to share my comedy script with you.
"You know, in some cults, they've got these wild beliefs. It's like they're playing a game of 'let's one-up the Bible.' They'll stand there with a straight face and declare, 'I hereby say in the name of God that the new Webster's dictionary is the true word, for it has all the meaning to fill in the emptiness of the words in the Bible.' So, our salvation now depends on Merriam Webster? Is that what we're saying?
And they're dead serious about it! They'll gather 'round and chant, 'Let us praise our lord Merriam Webster for giving our empty script meaning that can guide us to salvation.' I don't know about you, but I think even Webster would find this concerning.'
But hey, to each their own, right? If you find meaning in the dictionary, more power to you. Just remember, when you're a cult leader, 'Webster' might be your savior, but 'Spellcheck' is your best friend."
I think it's only fair that the one who is always dubbing others must be dubbed, otherwise he lacks the credentials to do so. Therefore, I hereby dub you BrotherD.CultLeader, and BrotherS.Acolyte, the CultBrothers.
BrotherD.CultLeader, if you think this is a joke, I'm sorry to tell you it is not. It is as literal as your literal translation. You are, in your own words, literally... a cult.
In regard to all BrotherD.CultLeader's comments, both in the Buddhist forum and this one, you have two foundational axioms within your arguments:
- There is no valid interpretation of God's direct words, they are exactly as God intended, literal.
- The English 1611 KJV Bible is the only true word of God, no other scripture before or after is relevant.
The 'Table Alphabeticall' by Robert Cawdrey, published in 1604, served as the standard dictionary used to interpret the 1611 King James Version (KJV) Bible. This dictionary contained around 2,500 words, providing concise definitions for commonly used English words, including those borrowed from various languages.
Therefore, not only is the 1611 KJV an interpretation of God's original words based on the dictionary standard, but not even the direct source of his words, as the KJV was a translation (interpretation) from words that were not English. Your foundation is quicksand at best BrotherD.CultLeader. Next time you choose a cult, choose one that is set upon a hill, like "The Church of SubGenius."
You claim the interpretation is valid over his original words, then you claim no interpretation is valid. Your claim is paradoxical, self-contradictory, and illogical. Don't try to escape this claim and muddle up the water by simply quoting many scriptures without context or a point to make, as you have done till now. You are out of rope, as it all comes down to this simple point: you contradict yourself.
Simply put, you cannot claim all interpretations are invalid and base the source of your claim on that very interpretation.
Don't try to weasel your way out of this fact by asking me to address your other scriptures also derived from the very interpretation you renounced until you acknowledge your whole foundation is ripped from beneath you by your own words. You must interpret the Bible, for all that we have is interpretations without a God given dictionary.
Your comments are hereby to be known as self-contradictory and paradoxically invalid. They hold no value and are therefore worthless, since they are blatantly irrational.
CultBrothers, with this, I bid your paradox farewell...
Woooooow, I feel so uncomfortable for you, literally. I couldn't even imagine how embarrassed I'd feel being in your shoes when you read this. I almost feel bad for you, if you hadn't treated everyone the way you did every step of the way, but all bully cult leaders meet the same fate, humiliation.
If only there was a scripture that could have warned this would happen, perhaps even a proverb that would literally apply to this situation as clearly as day, like a huge neon sign flashing in the dark of night. Oh wait! Proverbs 16:18, says: "Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall."
This comment will forever be a monument of why one should not forcibly proclaim their cult doctrine to a community of people that actually think.
Good luck CultBrothers, literally.