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If you could have One wish..

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If you could have One wish..
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If you could have One wish..
July 9, 2017 at 10:44 pm
What would it be? 

Right now I'm thinking that I wish guns of all kinds, from all parts of the earth over all periods of time, never existed and would never exist in future. 

I like hunting. I'd kill a deer for a years worth of meat in the freezer. But at some point you have to look at the benefits and the price of human blood and ask, is it worth it? 

A settler in the 1800s might not have gotten eaten by a bear at one point, but too there wouldn't have been rivers of blood spilt in the Revolutionary war. 

Do you think my wish is a good one or would it turn out badly?
If I were to create self aware beings knowing fully what they would do in their lifetimes, I sure wouldn't create a HELL for the majority of them to live in infinitely! That's not Love, that's sadistic. Therefore a truly loving god does not exist!

Quote:The sin is against an infinite being (God) unforgiven infinitely, therefore the punishment is infinite.

Dead wrong.  The actions of a finite being measured against an infinite one are infinitesimal and therefore merit infinitesimal punishment.

Quote:Some people deserve hell.

I say again:  No exceptions.  Punishment should be equal to the crime, not in excess of it.  As soon as the punishment is greater than the crime, the punisher is in the wrong.

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RE: If you could have One wish..
July 9, 2017 at 10:51 pm
Can I wish for more genies?

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RE: If you could have One wish..
July 9, 2017 at 10:54 pm
(July 9, 2017 at 10:51 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Can I wish for more genies?

Lol no. One wish for you! No wishing for things that grant more wishes!
If I were to create self aware beings knowing fully what they would do in their lifetimes, I sure wouldn't create a HELL for the majority of them to live in infinitely! That's not Love, that's sadistic. Therefore a truly loving god does not exist!

Quote:The sin is against an infinite being (God) unforgiven infinitely, therefore the punishment is infinite.

Dead wrong.  The actions of a finite being measured against an infinite one are infinitesimal and therefore merit infinitesimal punishment.

Quote:Some people deserve hell.

I say again:  No exceptions.  Punishment should be equal to the crime, not in excess of it.  As soon as the punishment is greater than the crime, the punisher is in the wrong.

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RE: If you could have One wish..
July 9, 2017 at 10:56 pm
(July 9, 2017 at 10:54 pm)Luckie Wrote:
(July 9, 2017 at 10:51 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Can I wish for more genies?

Lol no. One wish for you! No wishing for things that grant more wishes!

Well, pooo!

Okay, I'd wish for unlimited funding for medical and scientific research, including new technologies to explore space.

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RE: If you could have One wish..
July 9, 2017 at 11:25 pm
That there'd be no more Mondays. Sorry, I'm shallow.
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RE: If you could have One wish..
July 9, 2017 at 11:28 pm
I don't think the world would be better off, no. I mean who knows how many inventions we have thanks to the idea of guns. Not to mention that we'd probably fuck up with some other invention worse than guns anyway.

My wish--I wish that my whole family including myself were Kryptonian--complete with powers with no Kryptonite to be found anywhere. Terrorism solved. And as a bonus we get fucking awesome powers. And if we hear about a school shooting, we can be in and out in a second.
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RE: If you could have One wish..
July 9, 2017 at 11:40 pm
(July 9, 2017 at 11:25 pm)*Deidre* Wrote: That there'd be no more Mondays. Sorry, I'm shallow.
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That's actually been one of mine:  Fewer Mondays and more Fridays in a week.

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RE: If you could have One wish..
July 9, 2017 at 11:40 pm
I wish Jon Snow loved me.
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RE: If you could have One wish..
July 9, 2017 at 11:42 pm (This post was last modified: July 9, 2017 at 11:42 pm by *Deidre*.)
(July 9, 2017 at 11:40 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote:
(July 9, 2017 at 11:25 pm)*Deidre* Wrote: That there'd be no more Mondays. Sorry, I'm shallow.
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That's actually been one of mine:  Fewer Mondays and more Fridays in a week.

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Shallow ...err wise minds think alike? 
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RE: If you could have One wish..
July 9, 2017 at 11:42 pm
If I had only one wish, I'd ask for whatever the fuck it is with the human brain that turns off the reasoning skills and makes it act like an unrepentant willful idiot gets fixed. Everything else would just follow.
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