(August 23, 2021 at 1:42 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: Um, the Bible isn't actually presented as multiple choice: Christians are supposed to follow ALL the prophets, Jesus, his Disciples in Good Standing, and Paul. Maybe you should be talking to your priest instead of us.Catholics don't put as much stock in the Bible as you would think.
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Benevolent Creator God?
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  (August 23, 2021 at 11:22 am)Ahriman Wrote: He knows some people will not even want to try to live by His standards, but He doesn't care about that. Well, if God does not care, why should you?
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
(August 23, 2021 at 2:00 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote:Why should I care that some people won't live by God's standards? I really don't. I just think it's asinine to disrespect the rules of a God who is literally the reason you exist.(August 23, 2021 at 11:22 am)Ahriman Wrote: He knows some people will not even want to try to live by His standards, but He doesn't care about that.  (August 23, 2021 at 1:45 pm)Ahriman Wrote:(August 23, 2021 at 1:42 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: Um, the Bible isn't actually presented as multiple choice: Christians are supposed to follow ALL the prophets, Jesus, his Disciples in Good Standing, and Paul. Maybe you should be talking to your priest instead of us.Catholics don't put as much stock in the Bible as you would think. Um, yeah they do. Boru
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RE: Benevolent Creator God?
August 23, 2021 at 2:16 pm
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(August 23, 2021 at 2:11 pm)Ahriman Wrote:(August 23, 2021 at 2:09 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Um, yeah they do.How would you even know that? I was raised Catholic. You think you know better than me? I was raised in a Catholic family, I was baptized and confirmed in the Church, attended Catholic school (for 12 horrifying years) and did post-graduate work at a largely Catholic university. So, yeah. I think I know better than you. Boru
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(August 23, 2021 at 2:16 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:The "horrifying years" part means you didn't learn anything from 12 years of Catholic school.(August 23, 2021 at 2:11 pm)Ahriman Wrote: How would you even know that? I was raised Catholic. You think you know better than me?
It's pretty strange this has to be said..but..yes, the catholic religion is certainly centered around the contents of a magic book.
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August 23, 2021 at 2:28 pm
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(August 23, 2021 at 10:36 am)Ahriman Wrote:(August 23, 2021 at 10:32 am)arewethereyet Wrote: So, way back when God was concerned about robots?God always knew what a robot would be, how it would behave, how it would think.......God does things a certain way, to avoid the possibility of humans becoming robots, because He knows that would not be a good thing for humanity. Your gawd didn't even know where Adam and Eve were hiding after they chowed down on the apples. (August 23, 2021 at 11:56 am)Ahriman Wrote:(August 23, 2021 at 11:53 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I see. You feel free to reject those parts of the Bible that make you uncomfortable. That’s a VERY hopeful sign. I mean, it makes you a steaming great hypocrite, but it’s still hopeful.I'll be a hypocrite if I want. I refuse to believe God would encourage something nasty. You've never read that nasty book of iron age myths... er.... the buy-bull, have you?
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RE: Benevolent Creator God?
August 23, 2021 at 2:33 pm
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(August 23, 2021 at 2:28 pm)Ravenshire Wrote:Yes He did. When He asked, "Where are you?", it wasn't that He didn't know where they were or what had happened, it was said as a confirmation that He did, in fact, know what Adam and Eve had done.(August 23, 2021 at 10:36 am)Ahriman Wrote: God always knew what a robot would be, how it would behave, how it would think.......God does things a certain way, to avoid the possibility of humans becoming robots, because He knows that would not be a good thing for humanity. Quote: You've never read that nasty book of iron age myths... er.... the buy-bull, have you?Yes, I've read it. |
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