13 Questions

[Statler Waldorf]

Crappy pointless questions.

To be expected really.

Actually they are some of the basic questions in life; I knew you wouldn't be able to answer them given your worldview though.

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I'll definitely participate in pointless threads ---- if they're fun. Hell, I've made several pointless threads for some lighthearted amusement, but this seems like it has an agenda. Most of these queries feel more like loaded questions, and knowing who they came from ... I think I'll pass.

It's kind of humorous you find a thread outlining some of the biggest questions in life to be "pointless".

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It may be childish from me, but a person as dishohest as SW doesn't deserve a straight response IMO, only mockery at best. Proof? Its in the pudding.

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@Cingin Cain: Yeah, most of those questions are loaded...

Dishonest eh? Could you please back your assertion up with some examples where I have been dishonest? Or is this just all talk because my questions point out the weaknesses in your worldview?

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(Remember though, in biblical times, under God, rape was moral, in the context of war and conquest. Small changes can yield profound effects/changes, ala chaos theory and the butterfly effect.)

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I found your post overall very interesting, although this bothered me. The lack of proof backing this assertion up was not something I’d expect from someone as yourself who usually has his ducks in a row. Care to given some evidence?

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This is a stupid question and you know it. Most of these questions are borderline stupid, as most of these have been adequately answered. While I understand you feel compelled to field these stalking horses in hopes of surprising your quarry, don't treat us like fucking idiots. We deserve better than this. If your God is indeed God, a God worthy of worship, he will demand of his elect that they treat their fellow man with love. Treating your fellow man as if he didn't have a brain in his head is not love. It's simply acting like a shit. I can only hope your God shields his eyes and looks away.

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To be candid, I have never seen an atheist give a thought out response to this question. You would think that if it is such an “intelligence insulting” question then the answer should be easy. So I will just assume you folded on this one (given your pretended outrage and intentional dodging of the question). I don’t blame you one bit, non-rational events never give rise to rational minds.

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Likely for reasons privy only to them -- assuming they did so. You have no window on their souls. Do you know for absolute certain that they are in fact who they say they are? No, you do not. Only God knows what is written in their hearts and in the Book of Life. Do you know that the reasons they give in public and private are the reasons written in their hearts? No, you do not. I wasn't aware Carl had jumped ship, but there are as many good reasons to be a Christian as there are good reasons not to be one. And I'm sure the bad reasons for both outnumber the good. I'll tell you what. You explain why I became a Taoist, and I'll take a stab at understanding Carl's public confessions on the matter. Failing that, don't be a hypocrite and ask us to do what you aren't willing to face going the other direction. But then, I have every confidence that you are sure you know why I no longer believe in God and follow the Tao (if you are indeed Calvinist, that would be arrogant in the extreme, claiming to know what God has written in his heart. How obscene!).

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You put up a pretty good front, but I am starting to believe you are not as “informed” as you pretend to be. Considering that Carl Wieland has been a professing Christian since 1979 and the managing editor of “Creation” magazine since 1984 and you say you didn’t know he had jumped ship leads me to believe you didn’t know who I was even talking about in the first place. As to whether he is an actual Christian or not is not up to me. He professes to be one, and I have seen nothing in his actions to doubt him. As to the validity of your supposed salvation, all I can say is, if you die a non-believer you were never a believer. God finishes all the saving work he starts in His creatures. I am not aware of any Calvinists who profess to know what God has written in people's hearts. Seems like someone is knocking down straw men to me.