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Why is God fearing a good thing?
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 (September 7, 2014 at 10:04 am)Drich Wrote:(September 7, 2014 at 12:17 am)FifthElement Wrote: All those actually exist, don't they ? Are you saying there are people that don't believe in gravity, fire or electricity? Oh dear
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. - J.R.R Tolkien
 (September 5, 2014 at 1:06 pm)Elskidor Wrote: Not even a lick of logic in the phrase when it's twisted in such a way that it is suppose to be seen as a good thing. if they can't get you to believe one your own merits, fear is the next best option. Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni: "You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"  (September 8, 2014 at 6:39 pm)Drich Wrote:(September 8, 2014 at 12:04 pm)Bibliofagus Wrote: Actually the term is 'the sublime'. It's applied to the feeling of awe people feel when confronted with awesome natural stuff. We don't worship them. We do know they exist, and can make them work for us. If you want to be a pantheist and say god is the world or the universe, go ahead. We're not talking about that kind of god, though. The biblical god is a person.
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10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason... http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/ Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50 A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh. http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html  RE: Why is God fearing a good thing?
September 8, 2014 at 7:23 pm
(This post was last modified: September 8, 2014 at 7:24 pm by Drich.)
(September 8, 2014 at 6:44 pm)Tobie Wrote:(September 7, 2014 at 10:04 am)Drich Wrote: To some ALL do. To others all do not. Kinda like God. Are you saying the ins and outs of gravity, fire or electricity are taught to everyone on the planet? http://m.shutterstock.com/search?q=third...%20country (September 8, 2014 at 6:54 pm)Chad32 Wrote:(September 8, 2014 at 6:39 pm)Drich Wrote: Here's your mistake. God is not a person. God is God. More a kin to a force of nature, like lightning/electricity or fire.  Book chapter and verse please.  RE: Why is God fearing a good thing?
September 8, 2014 at 7:33 pm
(This post was last modified: September 8, 2014 at 7:34 pm by Madness20.)
Fear of god is never a good thing in my opinion. But i'm not a christian though.
I think fear is always limiting and it's nonsense to think he'd have created us without "trusting" us, so objectively, nothing has to fear god. I really think fear of god is a distortion of churches and institutions willing to impose fear in order for people to comply to their demands and values/morality. Christian God is supposedly omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent, and the source of good "morality". So there's just no way, he'd create people with the fate of fearing him. It's contradiction. (September 8, 2014 at 7:33 pm)Madness20 Wrote: Fear of god is never a good thing in my opinion. But i'm not a christian though. God seems to believe otherwise, the fear of God is a theme that is repeated in the bible in several places. Here's a question. If your unsure about God then how can you say your opinion of God is greater than what is written in the bible? If your picture of God is different than what is in the bible then what makes you think your version is correct?  (September 8, 2014 at 8:02 pm)Drich Wrote: If your picture of God is different than what is in the bible then what makes you think your version is correct? What makes you think the authors of the bible had any better knowledge of god than the one you make up in your own head? They were humans just like you and they told lies just like you, and they defended their ideas with more suppositions and cover stories just like any other con man walking the earth today. There is equal evidence for both.. None. Not one bit of scientific evidence god exists or has ever interacted with humans has ever been found. All you have is the swearing of men from thousands of religions that theirs is the "right" one and god really does talk to them.
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RE: Why is God fearing a good thing?
September 23, 2014 at 4:15 pm
(This post was last modified: September 23, 2014 at 4:15 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Perhaps that should be the focus of the bibles next overhaul. Replacing the word fear with the word respect?
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!
You'd think that an all loving god wouldn't need to spread fear . . .
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