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Old 02-22-2008, 08:17 PM   #71
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I'm not God. I don't have any theories on why he set the speed of light to 186,000 mps instead of 1,000,000 mps either.
I do.

His radar gun read 186,000 when he turned on his flash light (in a vacuum, of course).
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Old 02-22-2008, 08:17 PM   #72
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What was the reason why the Gospel was initially withheld from the Gentiles?

http://scriptures.lds.org/en/matt/10/5#5

It wasn't all that long before the green light was eventually given to go beyond the House of Israel anyway, so why not let the disciples go where they may?

Christ didn't preach to the Gentiles either during his mortal ministry, as far we know, other than a brief encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well.

I don't have any good explanation for why God refused to preach to anyone other than those from the House of Israel.

What did God have against the Chinese or the aboriginal Australians? As far as we know, it took them over 1,000 years to learn about Christ's existence.

Whatever reason(s) for the above may or may not be related to the priesthood ban for the blacks, the simple fact remains that I can't come up with adequate rationale for either situation where certain people(s) got preferential treatment from God.
He even compared them to dogs, no?

Oh, this drives the rent-a-intellectuals crazy.
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Old 02-22-2008, 08:19 PM   #73
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He even compared them to dogs, no?

Oh, this drives the rent-a-intellectuals crazy.
I think the standard response to this is that the Gospel writers editorialized and got a little loose with some of the quotes. Or something like that.
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Old 02-22-2008, 08:21 PM   #74
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What was the reason why the Gospel was initially withheld from the Gentiles?

http://scriptures.lds.org/en/matt/10/5#5

It wasn't all that long before the green light was eventually given to go beyond the House of Israel anyway, so why not let the disciples go where they may?

Christ didn't preach to the Gentiles either during his mortal ministry, as far we know, other than a brief encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well.

I don't have any good explanation for why God refused to preach to anyone other than those from the House of Israel.

What did God have against the Chinese or the aboriginal Australians? As far as we know, it took them over 1,000 years to learn about Christ's existence.

Whatever reason(s) for the above may or may not be related to the priesthood ban for the blacks, the simple fact remains that I can't come up with adequate rationale for either situation where certain people(s) got preferential treatment from God.
What about Confucius, et. al. ?
God gave everyone prophets.
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Old 02-22-2008, 08:23 PM   #75
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I think the standard response to this is that the Gospel writers editorialized and got a little loose with some of the quotes. Or something like that.
It's much easier to just admit:
"You know, God really is an asshole.", and move on.
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It's much easier to just admit:
"You know, God really is an asshole.", and move on.
That's a substantive response.
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What about Confucius, et. al. ?
God gave everyone prophets.
So salvation cometh through Confucius?
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So salvation cometh through Confucius?
No more than salvation cometh through GBH or TSM, or any other mortal.
Prophets point us to The Christ, regardless of the name given to "The Christ". God gave teachers to everyone.
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That's a substantive response.
That's the gist of the argument. God kept a bunch of people in ghetto, so to speak. Sounds like an asshole.

He's not.
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No more than salvation cometh through GBH or TSM, or any other mortal.
Prophets point us to The Christ, regardless of the name given to "The Christ". God gave teachers to everyone.
This type of open-mindedness within the LDS Church is so refreshing to me, and I wish there were more like you. (Of course I'm assuming you're LDS, are you?).
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