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Post by fatpaul on Apr 8, 2018 18:41:27 GMT
Now, as I understand those who are acquainted with the Big Bang Theory, it involves some nerds, one of them a super nerd, who get women to like them, while converting more people to their nerd community. Well I can only heed to your authority on all things nerd because I was more truant than jock or nerd. |
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Apr 8, 2018 19:09:09 GMT
If the Earth were capable of regret, it would regret creating humans That's the crux of why the Gnostic is on the correct trail, and the fundamentalist is way off the trail. Obviously, God, being perfect and good, didn't create the Earth we know. The fundamentalist preacher will claim God created all these things, but that's obviously not the case, since it's all inferior in design. Even life is inferior in design. One couldn't come up with a more inferior set of laws for Physics, which in essence translates into inferior laws of Biology and life. If "intelligent design" was the case, it would be the same design as "evolution", but that's why neither is correct, because of the inferior design. One couldn't come up with a more inferior set of laws of Physics, which in turn translates into an inferior set of laws for Biology. Proof of this is the fact that despite all our technology and research, doctors and other so called "professionals" haven't made the human body much better. Therefore, we're left with the inevitable conclusion that it is proven that the "enemy" (Satan, Devil, demons, or combination of such critters) did the job which we see. Nonetheless, there is a superior Universe we call Heaven or Paradise, created by the true good God, which by the words of Jesus we can only begin to understand through the Holy Ghost, the lone critter he left us. That's why no one knows how to even pronounce the real name Jesus had, because in his words, it was only blasphemy of the Holy Ghost that wouldn't be forgiven. Since the world is proven to be of the work of the prince of this world (identified by most as Satan), and the perfect "world" is out of our reach, ergo the Gnostic path is the correct path, but also "ergo" the prince and his demons have enabled tools to thwart any attempt at organized Gnosticism to function properly. ERGO, there can never be a functioning Gnostic church in this existence. We have seen it tried and doomed to failure in broad scope due to inner squabbling provided by the enemy. Some will say that inner squabbling hurts the present day Christian churches, too, and that's true, with the squabbles enabled by the enemy, but they are very mild compared to squabbles the enemy thoroughly works against Gnosticism. So, it is best to attend the well meaning services of fundamentalists and let each person act with love to each other. Despite what is often said, camaraderie is very strong among the fundamental Christian churches. Can we make, the world a better place? As Tony Christie said of demonic forces, 'can we ever stop them, some of us are gonna try!" insert code hereGod isn't perfect and good. The Earth is our God. |
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Post by goz on Apr 8, 2018 20:36:52 GMT
I’m sure a platypus has a purpose and is “cute.” However, the title was “Did God ever regret something He did?” The main reason for his regret is that he took some parts from stockpile A, some from B and some from C. He had a shortage of some parts in each pile when he was done with the platypus. He had to choose between making additional mixed-matched creatures or throw some parts away. In the end, it was all about the money lost....just like his bet at the race track. Well, I think the extra parts could have gone to the camel, except that having stuffed up the platypus,(in your view) he needed some help, so he got a few other gods to come and help and that is why 'the camel is the animal designed by a committee'. |
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Post by FilmFlaneur on Apr 9, 2018 15:36:02 GMT
Well, there was this one time.  Genesis 6:6Off and on for years I've been trying to figure out what makes the hateful atheist different from the nice atheist, and maybe the answer is here. Much better to think of oneself as the result of some kind of "Big Bang" fluke rather than a deliberate creation that got out of hand, not unlike Dr. Frankenstein's monster. Actually, God has cause to "repent", (or sadly change His mind, or relent, depending on the apologetics) several times in the Bible:
And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people. (Exodus 32:14)
And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing place of Araunah the Jebusite. (2 Samuel 24:16)
And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not. (Jonah 3:10)
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Apr 9, 2018 17:05:06 GMT
Well, there was this one time. Genesis 6:6Off and on for years I've been trying to figure out what makes the hateful atheist different from the nice atheist, and maybe the answer is here. Much better to think of oneself as the result of some kind of "Big Bang" fluke rather than a deliberate creation that got out of hand, not unlike Dr. Frankenstein's monster. Actually, God has cause to "repent", (or sadly change His mind, or relent, depending on the apologetics) several times in the Bible:
And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people. (Exodus 32:14)
And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing place of Araunah the Jebusite. (2 Samuel 24:16)
And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not. (Jonah 3:10)
Thanks, FilmFlaneur. Your knowledge of scripture is admirable for someone who doesn't believe in it. |
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Post by FilmFlaneur on Apr 10, 2018 9:15:30 GMT
Actually, God has cause to "repent", (or sadly change His mind, or relent, depending on the apologetics) several times in the Bible:
And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people. (Exodus 32:14)
And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing place of Araunah the Jebusite. (2 Samuel 24:16)
And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not. (Jonah 3:10)
Thanks, FilmFlaneur. Your knowledge of scripture is admirable for someone who doesn't believe in it. And your replying to an atheist is endearing as you don't believe in atheism.
More interesting though is the consideration as to why an omniscient all-good god would ever have started "evil" in the first place and then relented once the likely consequences were apparent.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2018 14:20:37 GMT
Yes... letting humans write the bible for him  |
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Apr 10, 2018 16:56:56 GMT
Thanks, FilmFlaneur. Your knowledge of scripture is admirable for someone who doesn't believe in it. And your replying to an atheist is endearing as you don't believe in atheism.
More interesting though is the consideration as to why an omniscient all-good god would ever have started "evil" in the first place and then relented once the likely consequences were apparent.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Apr 10, 2018 16:59:24 GMT
Yes... letting humans write the bible for him If you've got anything better than the Bible to explain our existence here, go for it. The Sumerian tablets perhaps? If the Anunnaki were so advanced, why couldn't they make their own gold? And why did they split?  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2018 17:09:23 GMT
If you've got anything better than the Bible to explain our existence here, go for it. Wowie |
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Post by johnblutarsky on Apr 10, 2018 20:34:29 GMT
If you've got anything better than the Bible to explain our existence here, go for it. So you mean, better than: *POOF* man appears.....and..... Man minus one rib = *POOF* woman appears ? |
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Apr 10, 2018 20:54:07 GMT
Yes... letting humans write the bible for him If you've got anything better than the Bible to explain our existence here, go for it. The Sumerian tablets perhaps? If the Anunnaki were so advanced, why couldn't they make their own gold? And why did they split? I'll go with "Earth's Survival Instinct Insisted That Earth Needed Humans". |
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Apr 10, 2018 21:08:00 GMT
Yes... letting humans write the bible for him I can't do anything with a picture. can I assume I'm not supposed to do anything but marvel at its cleverness?  I do like how they think KJV is the standard.  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2018 22:35:39 GMT
Yes... letting humans write the bible for him I can't do anything with a picture. can I assume I'm not supposed to do anything but marvel at its cleverness? There are even hundreds of words and references on the picture... you could try reading them. Ah, so you read a couple of the words, but apparently you're having a bit of difficulty comprehending them- The King James Bible was used due to its popularity, perceived authenticity, lack of copyright restrictions and the fact that it has not been subjected to cosmetic editing, as some of the more modern versions of the Bible. |
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Apr 11, 2018 7:46:43 GMT
If you've got anything better than the Bible to explain our existence here, go for it. So you mean, better than: *POOF* man appears.....and..... Man minus one rib = *POOF* woman appears ? Yeah. |
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Post by FilmFlaneur on Apr 11, 2018 9:02:40 GMT
So you mean, better than: *POOF* man appears.....and..... Man minus one rib = *POOF* woman appears ? Yeah. I've found it a rule of thumb in the real world that almost any explanation is better than assuming magic is at work. |
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Post by Eva Yojimbo on Apr 11, 2018 9:07:34 GMT
I've found it a rule of thumb in the real world that almost any explanation is better than assuming magic is at work. You mean like... The Carbonaro Effect? |
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Apr 11, 2018 9:19:57 GMT
I've found it a rule of thumb in the real world that almost any explanation is better than assuming magic is at work. Magic is just science that we don't understand. |
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Post by FilmFlaneur on Apr 11, 2018 9:27:19 GMT
I've found it a rule of thumb in the real world that almost any explanation is better than assuming magic is at work. Magic is just science that we don't understand. If that is the case, then it would explain away religious miracles, placing it all neatly in the real of the natural - and technological, to boot. Assuming of course we can say such things actually happened in first place... |
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Post by johnblutarsky on Apr 11, 2018 15:00:27 GMT
I've found it a rule of thumb in the real world that almost any explanation is better than assuming magic is at work. Magic is just science that we don't understand. No. It’s not. Magic is getting people to believe in something even though it’s not true. Magic is misdirection and illusion. When a magician saws a person in half and then puts the person back together....or walks through a wall...or pulls a rabbit out of a seemingly empty hat, this is NOT science that we don’t understand or hasn’t been discovered. If your best baseline for human existence is “dirt man” and “rib woman”, you’ve set the bar pretty low. |
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