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Christian Paradox
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RE: Christian Paradox
(February 12, 2010 at 1:45 pm)tackattack Wrote: It is out of his character to directly reveal himself too us, unless he's about ready to punish us. He gave us Jesus and the holy spirit to learn his ways and therefore has no need to come down himself ain a "chariot of fire" or whathave you, that's soooo OT Big Grin
There is actually very little dissent as to the universal and beneficial attributes of God relative to population. The only dissent is how we can achive said goal. It's attestable to man's smallness and lack of understanding in a universe so vast.

Here's a rib tickler:

Given that science for the most part has increased steadily since the dawn of humanity, would you not think a benevolent and purposeful God would provide evidence of his existence?

Excuse me for being frank, but sending his son (who was also himself) to the most superstitious part of the world, where many others shared the same claim (son of god, born of a virgin, performed miracles), and then having a few people write about it decades after the fact with contradictory accounts isn't evidence. If God is angered when people are unbelievers or believe false prophets, it would be no fault but his own, for providing such a crappy standard of verifiability. My point was: If the existence of God was knowledge based in verifiable claims and evidence rather than faith, we would have much less dissent. Not all religions believe in the same concept of a benevolent God, and the details are vastly different.

Man's lack of understanding has decreased because of reasoned logic and an understanding of the scientific method. We know more about the universe than we ever did, and this wealth of knowledge is expanding rapidly. All of scientific understanding works perfectly well without a celestial guide to help us along the way. It is not an absolute that there is nothing controlling us from beyond the scope of the known universe, but to believe something without a basis of evidence, especially when making claims of his actions and intentions, is illogical and somewhat delusional.
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Christian Paradox - by tackattack - December 16, 2009 at 6:01 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by Dotard - December 16, 2009 at 9:50 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by Darwinian - December 16, 2009 at 1:19 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by Minimalist - December 16, 2009 at 1:33 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by Edwardo Piet - December 18, 2009 at 10:23 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by Minimalist - December 16, 2009 at 11:36 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by Eilonnwy - December 16, 2009 at 11:49 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by tackattack - December 16, 2009 at 4:42 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by Eilonnwy - December 17, 2009 at 11:05 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by Tiberius - December 17, 2009 at 4:44 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by Eilonnwy - December 17, 2009 at 9:39 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by rjh4 - January 3, 2010 at 9:54 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by Eilonnwy - January 3, 2010 at 1:05 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by rjh4 - January 4, 2010 at 10:43 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by leo-rcc - January 4, 2010 at 11:15 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by A897 - January 4, 2010 at 12:08 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by Ace Otana - January 4, 2010 at 8:13 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by Eilonnwy - January 5, 2010 at 10:45 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by rjh4 - January 5, 2010 at 11:42 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by Eilonnwy - January 6, 2010 at 12:05 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by theVOID - January 4, 2010 at 8:41 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by rjh4 - January 5, 2010 at 9:23 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by theVOID - January 5, 2010 at 10:21 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by rjh4 - January 7, 2010 at 10:12 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by KichigaiNeko - January 12, 2010 at 5:23 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by rjh4 - January 12, 2010 at 8:44 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by Tiberius - December 16, 2009 at 1:28 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by Rhizomorph13 - December 16, 2009 at 2:38 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by Violet - December 17, 2009 at 2:50 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by fr0d0 - December 17, 2009 at 4:43 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by Violet - December 17, 2009 at 5:18 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by binny - December 16, 2009 at 1:48 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by Minimalist - December 16, 2009 at 5:09 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by LEDO - December 16, 2009 at 10:15 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by padraic - December 17, 2009 at 12:06 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by chatpilot - December 17, 2009 at 1:18 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by fr0d0 - December 17, 2009 at 7:58 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by A897 - January 3, 2010 at 10:10 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by rjh4 - January 3, 2010 at 11:09 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by leo-rcc - January 3, 2010 at 11:23 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by A897 - January 3, 2010 at 3:11 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by Dotard - January 4, 2010 at 10:39 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by Tiberius - January 5, 2010 at 10:45 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by rjh4 - January 7, 2010 at 12:30 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by theVOID - January 5, 2010 at 11:21 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by Purple Rabbit - January 6, 2010 at 1:46 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by Xyster - January 6, 2010 at 2:03 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by LEDO - January 9, 2010 at 11:34 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by tackattack - January 12, 2010 at 12:30 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by Ace Otana - January 29, 2010 at 8:08 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by Edwardo Piet - January 12, 2010 at 12:43 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by tackattack - January 13, 2010 at 8:58 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by fr0d0 - January 29, 2010 at 8:55 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by Ace Otana - January 29, 2010 at 9:10 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by fr0d0 - January 29, 2010 at 9:27 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by Ace Otana - January 29, 2010 at 9:43 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by fr0d0 - January 29, 2010 at 9:59 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by Ace Otana - January 29, 2010 at 10:07 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by fr0d0 - January 29, 2010 at 10:18 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by Ace Otana - January 29, 2010 at 10:29 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by tackattack - January 30, 2010 at 1:59 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by LEDO - January 31, 2010 at 5:30 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by KichigaiNeko - February 1, 2010 at 1:04 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by tavarish - February 12, 2010 at 1:57 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by tackattack - February 12, 2010 at 3:24 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by tavarish - February 12, 2010 at 9:36 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by tackattack - February 12, 2010 at 1:45 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by tavarish - February 12, 2010 at 3:05 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by tackattack - February 13, 2010 at 3:02 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by tavarish - February 14, 2010 at 11:19 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by Rhizomorph13 - February 13, 2010 at 12:11 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by Minimalist - February 14, 2010 at 2:35 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by tackattack - February 15, 2010 at 1:17 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by tavarish - February 15, 2010 at 11:56 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by Minimalist - February 15, 2010 at 12:10 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by Watson - February 15, 2010 at 12:19 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by leo-rcc - February 15, 2010 at 3:30 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by Watson - February 15, 2010 at 3:32 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by tavarish - February 15, 2010 at 7:02 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by Watson - February 16, 2010 at 12:54 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by tavarish - February 16, 2010 at 3:03 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by Watson - February 17, 2010 at 2:14 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by tavarish - February 17, 2010 at 3:05 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by fr0d0 - February 17, 2010 at 5:57 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by tavarish - February 17, 2010 at 6:26 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by fr0d0 - February 17, 2010 at 9:22 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by tavarish - February 17, 2010 at 10:53 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by fr0d0 - February 18, 2010 at 4:39 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by tavarish - February 18, 2010 at 5:06 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by fr0d0 - February 18, 2010 at 5:26 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by Xyster - February 18, 2010 at 1:49 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by leo-rcc - February 15, 2010 at 3:34 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by Watson - February 15, 2010 at 3:44 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by Tiberius - February 15, 2010 at 4:42 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by Watson - February 15, 2010 at 4:46 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by Tiberius - February 15, 2010 at 4:51 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by Watson - February 15, 2010 at 4:52 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by Minimalist - February 15, 2010 at 8:52 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by Rhizomorph13 - February 16, 2010 at 12:43 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by Rhizomorph13 - February 16, 2010 at 1:00 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by Watson - February 16, 2010 at 1:03 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by Rhizomorph13 - February 16, 2010 at 1:14 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by Watson - February 16, 2010 at 1:31 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by fr0d0 - February 16, 2010 at 5:12 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by tavarish - February 16, 2010 at 10:19 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by Rhizomorph13 - February 16, 2010 at 11:51 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by rjh4 - February 16, 2010 at 12:52 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by tavarish - February 16, 2010 at 1:46 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by fr0d0 - February 16, 2010 at 6:04 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by Autumnlicious - February 16, 2010 at 9:37 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by tavarish - February 17, 2010 at 12:33 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by Rhizomorph13 - February 17, 2010 at 1:03 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by fr0d0 - February 17, 2010 at 4:58 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by Autumnlicious - February 17, 2010 at 5:43 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by Ace Otana - February 16, 2010 at 1:23 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by Purple Rabbit - February 16, 2010 at 2:16 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by tavarish - February 16, 2010 at 2:24 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by Purple Rabbit - February 16, 2010 at 2:38 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by Watson - February 16, 2010 at 8:38 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by Purple Rabbit - February 17, 2010 at 4:56 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by Minimalist - February 16, 2010 at 9:38 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by fr0d0 - February 17, 2010 at 8:59 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by tavarish - February 17, 2010 at 10:18 am
RE: Christian Paradox - by fr0d0 - February 17, 2010 at 1:39 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by tavarish - February 17, 2010 at 1:56 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by fr0d0 - February 17, 2010 at 2:14 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by Minimalist - February 18, 2010 at 2:33 pm
RE: Christian Paradox - by downbeatplumb - February 18, 2010 at 3:42 pm

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