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If God exists but doesn't do anything, how would we know? And would it matter?

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If God exists but doesn't do anything, how would we know? And would it matter?
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RE: If God exists but doesn't do anything, how would we know? And would it matter?
January 25, 2013 at 1:44 pm
(January 25, 2013 at 1:30 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Honestly, if the angry desert god existed in any of his alleged forms I think we would know it. He was portrayed as too much of a prick. He'd always be fucking with somebody.

Well, the god of the Bible does *NOT* qualify as a hands-off God. Not a day went by that he didn't kill someone for not doing some detail right. The god I'm thinking of in this question would be more of a deist god than anything.
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RE: If God exists but doesn't do anything, how would we know? And would it matter? - by TaraJo - January 25, 2013 at 1:44 pm

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