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Poll: If a god were real, could this god create a married bachelor?
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Yes, a real god would not be bound by logic
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If you learned that the god of [insert religion] is real, would all bets be off?
#51
RE: If you learned that the god of [insert religion] is real, would all bets be off?
Neither of those boys is white, but if you add christ..then..yeah...sure. You could probably get away with using the lilly scale.
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#52
RE: If you learned that the god of [insert religion] is real, would all bets be off?
(January 8, 2024 at 8:07 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Neither of those boys is white, but if you add christ..then..yeah...sure.  You could probably get away with using the lilly scale.

is that directed at h4ym4n?
did you post to the wrong thread accidentally? I don't see how that could be a response to anything that's recently been said in this thread
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#53
RE: If you learned that the god of [insert religion] is real, would all bets be off?
You don't see how the/a difference between yahweh, christ, and allah was/is the practical need to appeal to disparate ethnocentric cultures over time and distance?

It's not like god was changing it's mind or character. It just kept getting rebooted for different crowds.
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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#54
RE: If you learned that the god of [insert religion] is real, would all bets be off?
(January 9, 2024 at 11:40 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: You don't see how the/a difference between yahweh, christ, and allah was/is the practical need to appeal to disparate ethnocentric cultures over time and distance?

It's not like god was changing it's mind or character.  It just kept getting rebooted for different crowds.

oh my bad. Makes sense now
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#55
RE: If you learned that the god of [insert religion] is real, would all bets be off?
(January 7, 2024 at 9:56 pm)Sicnoo0 Wrote: Some of my fellow atheists have told me that if they learned that god is real, they would not assume anything about the god's capabilities or limitations. I find this to be really strange.

Personally, if I found out god was real, I would assume a lot of things about his limitations:
  • I'd assume he can't create a married bachelor.
I graduated college as a Bachelor of Business Administration. I was single, i.e., an unmarried bachelor.

Next.
... but I know none, and therefore am no best.
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#56
RE: If you learned that the god of [insert religion] is real, would all bets be off?
(January 7, 2024 at 9:56 pm)Sicnoo0 Wrote: I'd assume he can't create a married bachelor.

There are a few possible options:
  • God is bound by the rules of logic and can't create paradoxes. For obvious reasons a limited God is unpalatable to certain mindsets.
  • God can create paradoxes but not in our universe. Not unless God wants to destroy it. The underpinnings of our universe are incompatible with the existence of logical paradox.
  • God can create paradoxes and hold them in our universe but your mortal mind would be incapable of perceiving them. Your mind would either block them out in self-defense or shatter under the conflicting inputs.
  • God can and already has done all of the above. We call it quantum mechanics.
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#57
RE: If you learned that the god of [insert religion] is real, would all bets be off?
(February 24, 2024 at 12:16 pm)Huolpoch Wrote:
(January 7, 2024 at 9:56 pm)Sicnoo0 Wrote: Some of my fellow atheists have told me that if they learned that god is real, they would not assume anything about the god's capabilities or limitations. I find this to be really strange.

Personally, if I found out god was real, I would assume a lot of things about his limitations:
  • I'd assume he can't create a married bachelor.
  • I graduated college as a Bachelor of Business Administration.  I was single, i.e., an unmarried bachelor.

    Next.
  • I think you may have misunderstood.

    Boru
  • ‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
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    #58
    RE: If you learned that the god of [insert religion] is real, would all bets be off?
    If one god exists thrn, in all likelihood, others exist.

    Why should I limit myself to one?

    Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:

    "You did WHAT?  With WHO?  WHERE???"
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    #59
    RE: If you learned that the god of [insert religion] is real, would all bets be off?
    Xhe already does and yes FSM has made a married bachelor, Giving him a squared circle as a gift.
    "For the only way to eternal glory is a life lived in service of our Lord, FSM; Verily it is FSM who is the perfect being the name higher than all names, king of all kings and will bestow upon us all, one day, The great reclaiming"  -The Prophet Boiardi-

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    #60
    RE: If you learned that the god of [insert religion] is real, would all bets be off?
    I believe God isnt bound by things that we are bound by, just like we have the ability to improve something God does.
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