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Open discussion of the Christian Why We're Here thread
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RE: Open discussion of the Christian Why We're Here thread
May 24, 2018 at 2:15 pm
(May 24, 2018 at 1:15 pm)Khemikal Wrote: ...I know that many things bigger than myself truly matter?

Such as?
<insert profound quote here>
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RE: Open discussion of the Christian Why We're Here thread
May 24, 2018 at 2:35 pm
Reread the thread, I discussed some of them along with other posters discussing others for a few pages, just a few pages back.

I'll wait.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: Open discussion of the Christian Why We're Here thread
May 24, 2018 at 3:58 pm
Purpose in life 

https://existentialcomics.com/

Warning a bit of a tear jerker .
Seek strength, not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy -- myself.

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RE: Open discussion of the Christian Why We're Here thread
May 24, 2018 at 5:14 pm (This post was last modified: May 24, 2018 at 5:27 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
(May 24, 2018 at 10:09 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote:
(May 24, 2018 at 10:08 am)mh.brewer Wrote: So you have no intrinsic good or evil?

I don't understand the question.

He's got it backwards.

When you claim that that there would be good and bad, outside of us, regardless of our existence.... that is you claiming that there indeed is intrinsic good and and evil. He's got it backwards.
(May 24, 2018 at 10:14 am)Mathilda Wrote: I find it interesting that theists are so sure that good and evil exists outside of us. If you wiped out all of the human race they seem to think that good and evil would still exist. But they cannot explain how this could be.

Good and evil is not just WHAT God says so, according to Christianity, it's what he WOULD say so, if humans existed, even in a universe where humans didn't exist. Good and evil is embedded into his very nature.

I guess.
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RE: Open discussion of the Christian Why We're Here thread
May 24, 2018 at 5:23 pm
(May 24, 2018 at 5:14 pm)Edwardo Piet Wrote:
(May 24, 2018 at 10:09 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I don't understand the question.

He's got it backwards.

When you claim that that there would be good and bad, outside of us, regardless of our existence.... that is you claiming that there indeed is intrinsic good and and evil. He's got it backwards.

Thanks for telling me what I meant Hammy. You're so smart.
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RE: Open discussion of the Christian Why We're Here thread
May 24, 2018 at 5:24 pm (This post was last modified: May 24, 2018 at 5:24 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
(May 24, 2018 at 5:23 pm)mh.brewer Wrote:
(May 24, 2018 at 5:14 pm)Edwardo Piet Wrote: He's got it backwards.

When you claim that that there would be good and bad, outside of us, regardless of our existence.... that is you claiming that there indeed is intrinsic good and and evil. He's got it backwards.

Thanks for telling me what I meant Hammy. You're so smart.

I'm not telling you what you meant I'm telling you that you're wrong. You're not so smart.
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RE: Open discussion of the Christian Why We're Here thread
May 24, 2018 at 5:26 pm
(May 24, 2018 at 5:24 pm)Edwardo Piet Wrote:
(May 24, 2018 at 5:23 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Thanks for telling me what I meant Hammy. You're so smart.

I'm not telling you what you meant I'm telling you that you're wrong. You're not so smart.

Thanks for telling me that I'm wrong Hammy. You're so smart.
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RE: Open discussion of the Christian Why We're Here thread
May 24, 2018 at 7:57 pm
(May 24, 2018 at 5:23 pm)mh.brewer Wrote:
(May 24, 2018 at 5:14 pm)Edwardo Piet Wrote: He's got it backwards.

When you claim that that there would be good and bad, outside of us, regardless of our existence.... that is you claiming that there indeed is intrinsic good and and evil. He's got it backwards.

Thanks for telling me what I meant Hammy. You're so smart.

Why you bein' mean MH?  Sad
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly." 

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RE: Open discussion of the Christian Why We're Here thread
May 24, 2018 at 8:03 pm
(May 24, 2018 at 7:57 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:
(May 24, 2018 at 5:23 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Thanks for telling me what I meant Hammy. You're so smart.

Why you bein' mean MH?  Sad

I said thanks. I think Hammy should always speak for me.
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RE: Open discussion of the Christian Why We're Here thread
May 24, 2018 at 8:05 pm
EP is just mad because he changed his username to something stupid.
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