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RE: Atheist surprised when god answered his prayer
March 14, 2015 at 2:47 pm
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(March 14, 2015 at 2:41 pm)robvalue Wrote: And have been keeping up your blasphemy count?
Naturally.
I promise I'll try not to go away for so long again.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Atheist surprised when god answered his prayer
March 14, 2015 at 2:49 pm
Welcome back!
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
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RE: Atheist surprised when god answered his prayer
March 14, 2015 at 4:22 pm
(March 14, 2015 at 2:25 pm)Stimbo Wrote: (March 13, 2015 at 10:02 am)ronedee Wrote: aka Ignorance is bliss!
No, complete the idiom if you intend to use it:
"Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise."
You revel in your ignorance if it gives you comfort. Some of us grownups want more substance to our lives than your fantasies offer.
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RE: Atheist surprised when god answered his prayer
March 15, 2015 at 9:00 am
(March 14, 2015 at 1:21 pm)Godschild Wrote: (March 13, 2015 at 11:15 am)pocaracas Wrote: Because, to give that credit to a god, as generally defined (in christianity, or islam or judaism), would mean that we'd also have to give credit for many or even all other things that happen - good things, bad things irrelevant things...
And yet, you only want to attribute a few select good things to the god you think exists.
You ever think about that?
I've been reading through the post from my last one and the blindness is astounding to me, it really is.
Your post is no exception, I said why do you only blame (give credit to) God for bad things and never the good, you totally ignored it or your blind to it, I chose the latter. You only see the things here I attribute to God, I know God is involved in more than we could ever imagine, God is even involved in many every day events in our lives, yes your's too. I give more thought in a few days about what God does, than you will ever do.
GC
Of course I ignored it... of course.... -.-'
I said I wouldn't only attribute the good things to a god, but also the bad and the the seemingly irrelevant.
You're the blind one who only wishes to attribute the good to this god... and what is good? whatever you want to be good.
If your team wins, god had a hand, if it loses.... the other guy thinks god had a hand in their team winning., but you won't say that god had a hand in your team losing, will you?
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RE: Atheist surprised when god answered his prayer
March 16, 2015 at 11:11 am
(March 15, 2015 at 9:00 am)pocaracas Wrote: (March 14, 2015 at 1:21 pm)Godschild Wrote: I've been reading through the post from my last one and the blindness is astounding to me, it really is.
Your post is no exception, I said why do you only blame (give credit to) God for bad things and never the good, you totally ignored it or your blind to it, I chose the latter. You only see the things here I attribute to God, I know God is involved in more than we could ever imagine, God is even involved in many every day events in our lives, yes your's too. I give more thought in a few days about what God does, than you will ever do.
GC
Of course I ignored it... of course.... -.-'
I said I wouldn't only attribute the good things to a god, but also the bad and the the seemingly irrelevant.
You're the blind one who only wishes to attribute the good to this god... and what is good? whatever you want to be good.
If your team wins, god had a hand, if it loses.... the other guy thinks god had a hand in their team winning., but you won't say that god had a hand in your team losing, will you?
It's actually more insidious than that. Something good happens, and it's because of god. Something tragic happens, and it's actually part of god's mysterious plan which will prove itself good at the end anyway. So, no matter what, god's good and any hardship is just a test that will improve one's character, which will ultimately result in going to heaven.
No matter what happens, god's off the hook. Why? Because god is good. How do I know that? Page 1 of the bible. And round and round we go, down the spiral of circular logic.
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