04-11-2008, 06:34 PM | #21 | |
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You will just sit and wonder why they keep on going and going and going like the energizer bunny, but of course you know the answer....you are smarter than us, right?
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04-11-2008, 06:35 PM | #22 | |
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It's ridiculous to me to think humans can begin to describe or comprehend god (or god-like substance).
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04-11-2008, 06:36 PM | #23 | |
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The irony comes from the immaturity of that position.
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04-11-2008, 06:39 PM | #24 |
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Is it ridiculous to individually experience God and ascribe characteristcs to Him based on that individual experience?
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04-11-2008, 06:42 PM | #25 | |
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1. Allow us to make our own decision without any influence, regardless of the outcomes of that decision. 2. Allow us to make a decision, and intervene if that decision is the wrong one. 3. Intervene immediately by revealing to us His preference. Is it possible that, for those like Archaea who "are unable to discern His involvement", God has chosen only options 1 & 2, and that they have managed to always choose His preference in the case of #2? Further, is it possible that there are individuals who will be better off going through this life without that personal involvement? Not being God, and not knowing all things, I refuse to constrain God to any specific actions taken with any individuals.
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04-11-2008, 06:44 PM | #26 | |
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Perhpas for you this is true, and yet it seems most un-God-like by almost any measure to ridicule or condemn somone who has found truth and comfort in their own view of deity.
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04-11-2008, 06:44 PM | #27 | |
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Anyone willing to look at the issue while understanding that eternal consequences are far more important to God than momentary suffering on this world can easily see through such a simplistic red herring.
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04-11-2008, 06:46 PM | #28 | |
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We pretend that we know what kind of being god is (all-wise, all-knowing, just, merciful, etc.), then rationalize instances where god breaks out of character (He lets kids starve in Africa because of XYZ). In my opinion, we don't know anything about god. But to each his/her own.
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I might agree with you, except he keeps appearing to people.
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