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RE: The problem with prayer.
July 27, 2016 at 9:39 am
(July 27, 2016 at 6:12 am)popsthebuilder Wrote: (July 27, 2016 at 3:16 am)ignoramus Wrote: 3,500 Gods and GC thinks he's onto the right one ...Because it feels nice! Must be real!
I get nice boners looking at nice chicks but it isn't true love! Sorry... It's your natural instincts making you feel secure. There is only one creator GOD. The different names are due to cultural differences and time. All religious writings I have read thus far all describe the same things for the same reasons. And yes, the conscience and instinct do play a part.
Faith in selfless Unity for Good.
wut ?
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RE: The problem with prayer.
July 27, 2016 at 9:42 am
(This post was last modified: July 27, 2016 at 9:43 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Quiet down Irr, that's the sort of blasphemy that god kills people for. GC obviously has the batphone.
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RE: The problem with prayer.
July 27, 2016 at 9:46 am
They all use the same word, and it's equally meaningless every time.
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RE: The problem with prayer.
July 27, 2016 at 10:07 am
(July 27, 2016 at 9:42 am)Rhythm Wrote: Quiet down Irr, that's the sort of blasphemy that god kills people for. GC obviously has the batphone.
The bat shitphone.
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: The problem with prayer.
July 27, 2016 at 1:43 pm
(July 27, 2016 at 3:44 am)Godschild Wrote: (July 26, 2016 at 7:20 am)Irrational Wrote: This is just desperate talk, GC.
No it's not the Bible states that everyone would be on their knees confessing Christ.
GC
You may not have noticed, G-C but few people here give a flying fuck what the bible says.
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RE: The problem with prayer.
July 27, 2016 at 2:12 pm
except when the self described "believers" decide to edit out big chunks of it they find inconvenient
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RE: The problem with prayer.
July 27, 2016 at 11:09 pm
Why shouldn't they?
They're all licensed to extrapolate God's word.
That, my friends, is what makes them "special".
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear.
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RE: The problem with prayer.
July 28, 2016 at 7:55 pm
(July 20, 2016 at 9:52 am)Gawdzilla Wrote: The Bible says something about "if you pray sincerely your prayer will be answered" or some such.
So, why has no "good and true Christian" ever prayed for an end to war, hunger, disease, or atheism?
Or for an end of child abuse?
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RE: The problem with prayer.
July 28, 2016 at 8:39 pm
(July 27, 2016 at 11:09 pm)ignoramus Wrote: Why shouldn't they?
They're all licensed to extrapolate God's word.
That, my friends, is what makes them "special".
Oh, I dunno.
Anyone professing to know more or know better than God Almighty about what is and isn't relevant in Holy Inerrant Scripture seems kinda hinky to me. If they be in charge of determining relevancy I think the temptation to pick only the verses they find convenient would be overwhelming.
Better to subscribe to ALL of the Bible than risk taking a chance with God getting the idea you're horning in on His turf. After all, He is in charge of His religion, not you.
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RE: The problem with prayer.
July 29, 2016 at 2:25 am
(July 27, 2016 at 1:43 pm)Minimalist Wrote: (July 27, 2016 at 3:44 am)Godschild Wrote: No it's not the Bible states that everyone would be on their knees confessing Christ.
GC
You may not have noticed, G-C but few people here give a flying fuck what the bible says.
That statement still does not say that it will not happen and you have no proof to the contrary of the Bibles statement.
GC
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
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