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Robin · 03-25-2006, 04:02 PM

Dennis McKinsey:

If God kills, lies, cheats, discriminates, and otherwise behaves in a manner that puts the Mafia to shame, that's okay, he's God. He can do whatever he wants. Anyone who adheres to this philosophy has had his sense of morality, decency, justice and humaneness warped beyond recognition by the very book that is supposedly preaching the opposite.

Indy Coug · 03-25-2006, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Robin

Dennis McKinsey:

If God kills, lies, cheats, discriminates, and otherwise behaves in a manner that puts the Mafia to shame, that's okay, he's God. He can do whatever he wants. Anyone who adheres to this philosophy has had his sense of morality, decency, justice and humaneness warped beyond recognition by the very book that is supposedly preaching the opposite.

Is that a problem with God or those that profess to follow him?

Robin · 03-25-2006, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Indy Coug

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Originally Posted by Robin

Dennis McKinsey:

If God kills, lies, cheats, discriminates, and otherwise behaves in a manner that puts the Mafia to shame, that's okay, he's God. He can do whatever he wants. Anyone who adheres to this philosophy has had his sense of morality, decency, justice and humaneness warped beyond recognition by the very book that is supposedly preaching the opposite.

Is that a problem with God or those that profess to follow him?

I don't claim to know the true nature of God. What I know is that I feel a personal moral obligation to reject the 'gods' of most organized religions and the Bible.

Colly Wolly · 03-25-2006, 04:42 PM

Robin,

Do you attend Church services at any organized-religion type Church? Just curious.

Robin · 03-25-2006, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Stick It In Him

Robin,

Do you attend Church services at any organized-religion type Church? Just curious.

Of course not.

I have a lot of respect for the communites that often develop around churches, other than the benefits of community, church is for the birds.

Robin · 03-25-2006, 05:05 PM

I should add a bit more...

Community is the part of church that I miss. It is what I valued most from church. But there are other good aspects of church --

-- for people who don't have the time or patience to work out their own moral and ethical codes, the orthodoxy of organized religion is often a sufficient crutch to help them behave civilized.

Colly Wolly · 03-25-2006, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Robin

I should add a bit more...

Community is the part of church that I miss. It is what I valued most from church. But there are other good aspects of church --

-- for people who don't have the time or patience to work out their own moral and ethical codes, the orthodoxy of organized religion is often a sufficient crutch to help them behave civilized.

Nice.

03-25-2006, 04:02 PM	#1
Robin Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 961	One of my problems with God. Dennis McKinsey: If God kills, lies, cheats, discriminates, and otherwise behaves in a manner that puts the Mafia to shame, that's okay, he's God. He can do whatever he wants. Anyone who adheres to this philosophy has had his sense of morality, decency, justice and humaneness warped beyond recognition by the very book that is supposedly preaching the opposite.

03-25-2006, 04:42 PM	#4
Colly Wolly Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,281	Robin, Do you attend Church services at any organized-religion type Church? Just curious.

03-25-2006, 05:05 PM	#6
Robin Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 961	I should add a bit more... Community is the part of church that I miss. It is what I valued most from church. But there are other good aspects of church -- -- for people who don't have the time or patience to work out their own moral and ethical codes, the orthodoxy of organized religion is often a sufficient crutch to help them behave civilized.