Now for the “Bonus” round -

How many “Apostles”, and who were they?

Ms. Oddie found it implausible that Ms. Xin kept her church attendance secret from her husband for the first seven months of their marriage. When her husband, who was not a Christian, learned of it he was afraid it would lead to trouble but she continued attending over his protests, she said.

“The claimant’s evidence is that as a Christian she understood the ten commandments, yet she allegedly withheld information on her underground religion during an extended period in which she met and then married her husband thus breaking the commandment, ‘Thou shalt not lie,’” Ms. Oddie said in her IRB ruling.

This was further into the story. Find me Christian that hasn’t lied and I’ll show you a liar.

Ms. Oddie also asked about Jesus and his disciples. Ms. Xin correctly stated that Jesus had 12 disciples but could name only eight of them.

How many Moslem refugees could name all of Mahomet’s wives?

I’m located in the great lakes,we are a border town with are twin sister Sault Ste Marie,Michagan.It almost seems
the further Canadians get from an American border,the stupider they become!

Horse, barn, door….

For the record, I’ve been a Christian for many years. Between my son-in-law, my daughter and myself, we could only name 7. (Daughter and her husband are both graduates of Liberty University)

For the full roster, see Luke’s Gospel, chapter six, verse 12.

TheSitRep on January 21, 2008 at 5:53 PM

Tunderin’, if you please.

I have lost all faith in the Canadians.

You better get to the club early, because they might drink all of the beer.

darkpixel on January 21, 2008 at 5:33 PM

And what fine beer it is, too.

Never has my hate for Canada felt more vindicated.

JayHaw Phrenzie on January 21, 2008 at 2:05 PM

I find that statement silly, and self-fulfilling. If one hates a thing, a country, a person or whatever, their perception will be such that any evidence is likely to reinforce their opinion, regardless of how silly it is.

I think Canada has issues – too many of their citizens didn’t pay close enough attention until it was too late. In some ways their form of government might make it easier to turn the tide. But not likely.

In any event, I have served with Canadians many times. My only “criticism”? You better get to the club early, because they might drink all of the beer.

As it happens, a parabola with coincident loci* is a perfect representation of the IQ of the questioner.

*- A circle, for those of you in Rio Linda…

And now we find he’s posting all sorts of racist stuff? Do tell! Vanceone on January 21, 2008 at 2:19 PM

But his motives are pure.

Make Canada American Again!

It would be better to ask them about how and why they became a Christian and what it means to be one since any Christian should be able to answer that. Only the more educated ones would know random bible trivia like that and there are plenty of non-Christians who do too.

Having a Christian ask questions about theology seems fairer than having some secularist asking about biblical literacy.

Of course, anyone can make up a story to justify any apparent contradiction.

thuja on January 21, 2008 at 2:49 PM

Yeah, because there must be some nefarious story to explain why one person would have two names. It’s not like we do that these days.

I mean sure, I say that call my husband David, his middle name, even though his first name is James. But that’s really just a cover for my secret affair. I’m actually married to James and sleeping with another man altogether.

Also, just so it’s clear, the “contradictions” are about two of the twelve, unless you count Simon, the man Jesus renamed Peter. It’s not as though every apostle had a second or third name a gospel writer knew him by.

The bola, or boleadora is a primitive hunting tool that was originally used by the Chinese, Eskimos and South American Indians. Bolas are a throwing device made of weights on the ends of interconnected cords, designed to capture animals by entangling their appendages (legs, wings).

So, being Chinese, she thought he was talking about a pair of bolos. I can see where the misunderstanding took place.