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RE: Questions for theists.
November 2, 2011 at 5:46 am
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Maybe God does, but Frodo has said that he does not. I assume he has a less mystical explanation for this that actually addresses the question, rather than avoiding it by way of platitudes.
Otherwise its the good old might makes right, isn't it? Pol Pot is smiling.
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RE: Questions for theists.
November 2, 2011 at 9:03 am
An antient mystic discovers a red rubber ball. He writes down the description for posterity. Christians come along and find his description, and celebrate the red ball. Atheists also come along and declare the red ball to be a Unicorn. They argue that a Unicorn looks like a horse with a pointy horn on it's nose. No matter how the Christians argue, the atheist just will not accept that the red rubber ball is a red rubber ball. It is a Unicorn. Everyone is wrong. Everyone else lulz.
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RE: Questions for theists.
November 2, 2011 at 9:05 am
Oh fr0d0.
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RE: Questions for theists.
November 2, 2011 at 9:07 am
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Platitude:A platitude is a trite, meaningless, biased, or prosaic statement, often presented as if it were significant and original.
It would help if said christian had a convincing argument that the object in question actually was a red rubber ball. If it's a red rubber ball with a single horn, equine features, and hooves I'm going to side with the unicornists on this one. If it is only a red rubber ball by redefinition of the terms red, rubber, and ball, then I'm going to treat the argument, and the arguer, with something alot less like respect and alot more like ridicule.
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RE: Questions for theists.
November 2, 2011 at 2:28 pm
(November 2, 2011 at 3:52 am)fr0d0 Wrote: It's you ElD who seems to want to misinterpret what I'm saying. I'm making it as clear and direct as I possibly can, and like a twat you keep coming back with your twisted agenda.
I cannot tell you what bad you're doing. Rhythm spotted it: to me God = good. Sure if I want to depart from my Christian belief for a moment and suppose that God =/= good, then I would agree. But then you want me to tell you what I believe as a Christian right???
YES, ONCE MORE: IT IS JUST THAT ANYONE SUFFERS FOR DOING BAD STUFF.
It's an easy question to answer with a yes or no. Your inability to do that is hardly my fault, is it sugarplum?
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RE: Questions for theists.
November 2, 2011 at 4:53 pm
(November 2, 2011 at 5:24 am)Rhythm Wrote: Believe many posters have been trying to understand why god is good, why disbelief is bad, and why said disbelief (in the absence of any other "bad") would land one in the same jail cell as a mass murdering fucker with a penchant for human flesh?
Nobody is completely innocent apart from their disbelief, so the point is rather irrelevant.
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RE: Questions for theists.
November 2, 2011 at 5:21 pm
stat, unless you already have could you answer the op, pretty please. ty.
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RE: Questions for theists.
November 2, 2011 at 5:24 pm
(November 2, 2011 at 5:21 pm)5thHorseman Wrote: stat, unless you already have could you answer the op, pretty please. ty.
I did in post #66.
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RE: Questions for theists.
November 2, 2011 at 5:25 pm
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Thank you Stat. Much appreciated.
Also, thanks for answering them concisely and not doing a lucent and making something out of nothing and turning thread to something else.
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RE: Questions for theists.
November 2, 2011 at 5:35 pm
(November 2, 2011 at 5:25 pm)5thHorseman Wrote: Thank you Stat. Much appreciated.
Also, thanks for answering them concisely and not doing a lucent and making something out of nothing and turning thread to something else.
No problemo, thanks for the interesting thread.
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