RE: Does the award for the greatest evil go to Satan or God?
August 21, 2012 at 1:18 pm
(This post was last modified: August 21, 2012 at 1:33 pm by Greatest I am.)
(August 21, 2012 at 9:01 am)frankiej Wrote: Satan is cool guy. He is the one having all the crazy parties... God isn't going to be the one with the hookers and blow.
Don't Bogart that straw my friend.
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DL
(August 21, 2012 at 9:19 am)Ciel_Rouge Wrote: Since both never existed and are simply emanations of human mind, this could be pointless. However, if we just analyze them as products of Christian culture, Satan definitely seems much more of what we commonly perceive as a good guy. Satan is intelligent and resourceful and invites people to take control of their lives and seek pleasure. God is just a jerk-ish control freak who just wants people to be dumb, submissive and always unhappy and always spoils every party.
No argument.
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DL
(August 21, 2012 at 9:27 am)pgrimes15 Wrote: Apparently Satan is responsible for only 10 deaths in the OT, whereas god is responsible for several million including killing people for things like being rude to their parents or collecting sticks on the sabbath.
True.
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DL
(August 21, 2012 at 10:23 am)festive1 Wrote: I'm in the Hitchens' camp on this one. (Rough paraphrasing...) "There will always be evil people who do evil things, but how do you get good people to do evil things? Religion."
I learn.
I did not think he coined that. Good for him.
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DL
(August 21, 2012 at 12:29 pm)Thor Wrote: Let's see.... "God" floods the planet killing every living thing with the exception of a handful of people and animals on an ark. Think how many toddlers must have bobbed in the floodwaters before drowning! And this being is supposedly "good"? Are you kidding me? This is an act worthy of an EVIL entity! Could Satan have done much worse? What did Satan do to earn such scorn? Supposedly convincing a naieve, young woman to eat a piece of fruit?
Remember the Christian mantra that is above all mantras. Obey.
It matters not if the command is to stay ignorant of almost everything which is what the tree of knowledge represents. Obey God's command and remain as bright as a brick must be followed.
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DL
Thor.
What did Thor say to Zeus the morning after the orgy?
I'm tho Thor I can hardly pith.
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DL
(August 21, 2012 at 12:56 pm)Cinjin Wrote: "More" evil?!??
I'd like to see some evidence that shows that god is even good!
Hands down, Yahweh wins the evil contest. What "good" has god done that wasn't completely self-serving? I submit that the angry abrahamic god of the bible is not only more evil, he is indeed ONLY evil.
Yes. I am hard pressed to see God doing any good in scriptures. Some good advice was put in his mouth but he does not follow it.
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DL
