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RE: 40 awkward Questions To Ask A Christian
July 16, 2013 at 4:40 pm
I read all forty questions and the whole time it kept occurring to me, this sounds like a 12 year old putting forth these questions, kinda fits with the maturity of those who adopt them.
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RE: 40 awkward Questions To Ask A Christian
July 16, 2013 at 4:45 pm
(July 16, 2013 at 4:08 pm)Godschild Wrote: Unlike the relationship you have with your wife, God wants to hear from us, that's how relationships work.
Don't you even fucking comment on my relationship with my wife.
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RE: 40 awkward Questions To Ask A Christian
July 16, 2013 at 4:54 pm
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(July 16, 2013 at 4:08 pm)Godschild Wrote: Unlike the relationship you have with your wife, God wants to hear from us, that's how relationships work.
I don't know about you, but most "relationships" don't involve an invisible entity who responds "in mysterious ways" if they feel like it, or is "part of their plan". Unless you're a psychopath anyway.
Quote:Scriptures say that begging has no place in prayer, faith is what God desires, faith is the opposite of begging you know.
Faith is the opposite of several things, but begging is not one one of them. The opposite of begging would be demanding.
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RE: 40 awkward Questions To Ask A Christian
July 16, 2013 at 4:59 pm
(July 16, 2013 at 4:45 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote: (July 16, 2013 at 4:08 pm)Godschild Wrote: Unlike the relationship you have with your wife, God wants to hear from us, that's how relationships work.
Don't you even fucking comment on my relationship with my wife.
You're the one who brought up how you would treat her for asking you to go to church, like I've been told you don't want it commented on don't bring it up. I was being told all is fair game on this site, if those rules apply to me they apply to you, you're no one special.
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RE: 40 awkward Questions To Ask A Christian
July 16, 2013 at 5:00 pm
I just want someone to be invested enough in the conversation to take the time to write out what they are asking no matter how simple it may be. There is nothing worse than someone letting a website do all of their thinking and or questioning for them.
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RE: 40 awkward Questions To Ask A Christian
July 16, 2013 at 5:03 pm
(July 16, 2013 at 4:54 pm)MindForgedManacle Wrote: (July 16, 2013 at 4:08 pm)Godschild Wrote: Unlike the relationship you have with your wife, God wants to hear from us, that's how relationships work.
I don't know about you, but most "relationships" don't involve an invisible entity who responds "in mysterious ways" if they feel like it, or is "part of their plan". Unless you're a psychopath anyway.
Quote:Scriptures say that begging has no place in prayer, faith is what God desires, faith is the opposite of begging you know.
Faith is the opposite of several things, but begging is not one one of them. The opposite of begging would be demanding.
Seems DT's relationship does include God and not indirectly when his wife if part of both relationships.
Yeah, let me see you demand something of a world leader and see where you get.
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RE: 40 awkward Questions To Ask A Christian
July 16, 2013 at 5:25 pm
(July 16, 2013 at 5:00 pm)Drich Wrote: I just want someone to be invested enough in the conversation to take the time to write out what they are asking no matter how simple it may be. There is nothing worse than someone letting a website do all of their thinking and or questioning for them.
Umm...no one really gives a shit how you would answer them. The point of the questions is to get a Christian to think about their beliefs, not receive Christian answers. We're all well aware that you've swallowed the charade wholeheartedly and no amount of questioning will put a dent in your delusions.
But please, go ahead with the condescension. I'm sure that really makes people want to ask.
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RE: 40 awkward Questions To Ask A Christian
July 16, 2013 at 5:37 pm
(July 16, 2013 at 1:09 pm)Faith No More Wrote: (July 16, 2013 at 12:57 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote: If God can read your mind and knows what you need, why is prayer necessary?
Because it's not enough for god to know what you want. You have to beg him for it, too.
He's petty like that.
God's a dick.
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RE: 40 awkward Questions To Ask A Christian
July 16, 2013 at 5:38 pm
(July 16, 2013 at 5:25 pm)Faith No More Wrote: (July 16, 2013 at 5:00 pm)Drich Wrote: I just want someone to be invested enough in the conversation to take the time to write out what they are asking no matter how simple it may be. There is nothing worse than someone letting a website do all of their thinking and or questioning for them.
Umm...no one really gives a shit how you would answer them. The point of the questions is to get a Christian to think about their beliefs, not receive Christian answers. We're all well aware that you've swallowed the charade wholeheartedly and no amount of questioning will put a dent in your delusions.
But please, go ahead with the condescension. I'm sure that really makes people want to ask.
Did you even read the questions asked? As G/C pointed out the questions asked are of a 'simplistic' nature to put it mildly. I don't see any Christian being shaken to their core or made to reconsider their faith by anything asked here. So what are you talking about? At best to me it looks like someone has taken a weak grade school understanding of Christianity and point out 40 contradictions as they see them. I simply asked that if these are real questions that people are struggling with then simply write them out. or even just cut and paste the questions they are having trouble with, because I seriously doubt that anyone person even on yourside of the fence considers all 40 of these questions to be legit.
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RE: 40 awkward Questions To Ask A Christian
July 16, 2013 at 5:41 pm
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(July 16, 2013 at 5:38 pm)Drich Wrote: Did you even read the questions asked? As G/C pointed out the questions asked are of a 'simplistic' nature to put it mildly. I don't see any Christian being shaken to their core or made to reconsider their faith by anything asked here. So what are you talking about? At best to me it looks like someone has taken a weak grade school understanding of Christianity and point out 40 contradictions as they see them. I simply asked that if these are real questions that people are struggling with then simply write them out. or even just cut and paste the questions they are having trouble with, because I seriously doubt that anyone person even on yourside of the fence considers all 40 of these questions to be legit.
What you fail to realize is that nobody's struggling with it. That is not the point of the questions.
All 40? No. But there were some good ones in there.
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