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How many has god killed?
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RE: How many has god killed?
(December 1, 2014 at 11:18 pm)JesusChristLover Wrote: Now this is the most misunderstood notion in the whole of Christian Theology.

God created a world, a wild and free world, to be the breeding ground for things God values in human beings — things like courage, devotion, loyalty, self-sacrifice, kindness, generosity, hope, trust.

You must have read a Bible that was missing Genesis, because that's not what happens at all.

Quote:By anybody’s reckoning these are a few of the noblest features of humanity. Would such qualities exist in a world without risk, danger, calamity — and death?

Not in a world that exists because of natural forces, no. Now, a world created by a being unlimited by any constraints of knowledge or capacity logically must be able to create a world in which such qualities exist, without the threat of death and danger. Either that god is significantly limited in his capabilities, or he gets a thrill out of making sentient creatures suffer and die.
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How many has god killed? - by IATIA - December 1, 2014 at 10:12 pm
RE: How many has god killed? - by The Valkyrie - December 1, 2014 at 10:32 pm
RE: How many has god killed? - by Violet - December 2, 2014 at 9:17 am
RE: How many has god killed? - by IATIA - December 2, 2014 at 10:02 am
RE: How many has god killed? - by dyresand - December 1, 2014 at 10:54 pm
RE: How many has god killed? - by Thumpalumpacus - December 1, 2014 at 11:03 pm
RE: How many has god killed? - by JesusChristLover - December 1, 2014 at 11:18 pm
RE: How many has god killed? - by Nope - December 1, 2014 at 11:56 pm
RE: How many has god killed? - by JesusChristLover - December 1, 2014 at 11:59 pm
RE: How many has god killed? - by dyresand - December 2, 2014 at 12:38 am
RE: How many has god killed? - by Nope - December 2, 2014 at 1:01 am
RE: How many has god killed? - by dyresand - December 2, 2014 at 1:32 am
RE: How many has god killed? - by IATIA - December 2, 2014 at 12:02 pm
RE: How many has god killed? - by Ryantology - December 2, 2014 at 12:55 am
RE: How many has god killed? - by Tonus - December 2, 2014 at 9:49 am
RE: How many has god killed? - by Astrogod07 - December 8, 2014 at 4:21 am
RE: How many has god killed? - by vorlon13 - December 1, 2014 at 11:37 pm
RE: How many has god killed? - by MechViking - December 1, 2014 at 11:44 pm
RE: How many has god killed? - by Chad32 - December 1, 2014 at 11:51 pm
RE: How many has god killed? - by JesusChristLover - December 1, 2014 at 11:53 pm
RE: How many has god killed? - by Chad32 - December 1, 2014 at 11:58 pm
RE: How many has god killed? - by Nope - December 1, 2014 at 11:59 pm
RE: How many has god killed? - by IATIA - December 2, 2014 at 1:24 am
RE: How many has god killed? - by IATIA - December 2, 2014 at 1:35 am
RE: How many has god killed? - by dyresand - December 2, 2014 at 1:42 am
RE: How many has god killed? - by abaris - December 2, 2014 at 10:14 am
RE: How many has god killed? - by Huggy Bear - December 6, 2014 at 11:08 pm
RE: How many has god killed? - by Ryantology - December 6, 2014 at 11:56 pm
RE: How many has god killed? - by Huggy Bear - December 7, 2014 at 12:33 pm
RE: How many has god killed? - by abaris - December 7, 2014 at 12:50 pm
RE: How many has god killed? - by Huggy Bear - December 7, 2014 at 1:07 pm
RE: How many has god killed? - by abaris - December 7, 2014 at 1:10 pm
RE: How many has god killed? - by Huggy Bear - December 7, 2014 at 1:11 pm
RE: How many has god killed? - by IATIA - December 7, 2014 at 2:15 pm
RE: How many has god killed? - by Huggy Bear - December 7, 2014 at 3:50 pm
RE: How many has god killed? - by Drich - December 4, 2014 at 12:04 am
RE: How many has god killed? - by strawdawg - December 7, 2014 at 3:59 pm
RE: How many has god killed? - by IATIA - December 7, 2014 at 4:29 pm
RE: How many has god killed? - by robvalue - December 8, 2014 at 4:23 am
RE: How many has god killed? - by IATIA - December 8, 2014 at 7:56 pm
RE: How many has god killed? - by robvalue - December 9, 2014 at 5:30 am
RE: How many has god killed? - by strawdawg - December 19, 2014 at 9:44 pm
RE: How many has god killed? - by dyresand - December 19, 2014 at 11:16 pm
RE: How many has god killed? - by IATIA - December 20, 2014 at 1:39 pm
RE: How many has god killed? - by CapnAwesome - December 19, 2014 at 9:46 pm
RE: How many has god killed? - by robvalue - December 20, 2014 at 4:45 am
RE: How many has god killed? - by dyresand - December 20, 2014 at 10:54 am
RE: How many has god killed? - by Chad32 - December 20, 2014 at 11:06 am
RE: How many has god killed? - by robvalue - December 20, 2014 at 1:40 pm

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