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A prayer to God ...
May 2, 2019 at 6:12 am
Dear God, some mean atheists keep telling me that you exist only in my mind.
I want to prove them wrong. I want to prove to myself that you are not just a figment of my imagination.
I know in my heart that you are real and so I will ignore all my thoughts and feelings of you and just wait for you will show yourself to me soon.
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear.
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RE: A prayer to God ...
May 2, 2019 at 7:11 am
A related conundrum for Christians: If Jesus told you to stop believing in him, would you?
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‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
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RE: A prayer to God ...
May 2, 2019 at 9:02 am
Yes I would... but I would continue to feed the trolls
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RE: A prayer to God ...
May 2, 2019 at 9:57 am
A solipsist told me that I was god.................. so I got that going for me.
I don't have an anger problem, I have an idiot problem.
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RE: A prayer to God ...
May 2, 2019 at 11:03 am
(May 2, 2019 at 9:02 am)tackattack Wrote: Yes I would... but I would continue to feed the trolls
Best. Answer. EVER.
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RE: A prayer to God ...
May 3, 2019 at 8:13 am
He is not the one in need of you, you are in need of him.
Also; you will interact with him directly after you die -and death is a matter of...days or even less for all of us-.
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RE: A prayer to God ...
May 3, 2019 at 8:24 am
days? You OK man?
Talk.
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RE: A prayer to God ...
May 3, 2019 at 8:34 am
(May 2, 2019 at 9:02 am)tackattack Wrote: Yes I would... but I would continue to feed the trolls
If you stopped believing in Jesus would you stop obeying him?
God thinks it's fun to confuse primates. Larsen's God!
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RE: A prayer to God ...
May 3, 2019 at 9:04 am
chimp.. no. Sans my obedience to God's word, the morality and example of Jesus would still mean that I am obeying His instructions, even if the person is no longer the reason I'm obeying them. ie. I don't intentionally obey my suicidal friends crazy life advice, because he's literally insane, but sometimes he has a nugget or two of advice that's helpful. Like all archetypal hero worship, we utilize from the good and be wary of the bad.
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