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How do you respond to this statement?
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RE: How do you respond to this statement?
July 1, 2013 at 11:33 am
(June 25, 2013 at 7:34 pm)taylor93112 Wrote: "I have faith that god sees the bigger plan".

The plan?
All these fuckers with their grandiose plans.
I don't doubt they see them but when reality threatens the plan,
do they adjust or just ignore it?
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RE: How do you respond to this statement?
July 1, 2013 at 12:24 pm
(June 25, 2013 at 7:34 pm)taylor93112 Wrote: "There are many questions we wont have answers to."

True.

taylor93112 Wrote:"I have faith that god sees the bigger plan".

Stupid.
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RE: How do you respond to this statement?
July 1, 2013 at 12:30 pm
(June 25, 2013 at 7:34 pm)taylor93112 Wrote: "There are many questions we wont have answers to."

There is some truth here.
We will never know what Plato ate on his third birthday for instance.

So it depends on what they are talking about.

Quote:"I have faith that god sees the bigger plan".

This is just making excuses for god not doing what would have been expected if god was real.

Quote:I'm sick of hearing these when talking to religious people. What is the best response to these statements?

Fortunately I live in England where mostly religion is a private thing.



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RE: How do you respond to this statement?
July 1, 2013 at 1:51 pm
(June 25, 2013 at 7:34 pm)taylor93112 Wrote: "There are many questions we wont have answers to."
Or
"I have faith that god sees the bigger plan".

How do you respond to this statement?

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RE: How do you respond to this statement?
July 5, 2013 at 3:07 pm (This post was last modified: July 5, 2013 at 3:18 pm by Donutblade.)
(June 25, 2013 at 7:52 pm)Faith No More Wrote: Ask them how things like this fit into the "bigger plan."

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Picture first, charity later?
(June 25, 2013 at 7:34 pm)taylor93112 Wrote: "There are many questions we wont have answers to."

and there are many ways to solve these questions, which we are yet to discover.

(June 25, 2013 at 7:34 pm)taylor93112 Wrote: "I have faith that god sees the bigger plan".

"God helps them who help themselves."

Being the semi-athiest that I am, i say that god believers are fine, they should turn this belief into an inspiration, rather than anything else which could result in ignorance and mental destruction.
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Expecting something like Head of lizard, body of ape, and fin of fish?
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RE: How do you respond to this statement?
July 5, 2013 at 6:58 pm
(June 25, 2013 at 7:35 pm)cneron Wrote: Why talk to religious people?

Talking to religious people about their cosmic beliefs is the humane thing to do. Unless you think atheism is something you must keep secret and all for yourself, because you are "special" and for the "few", which i can't relate to.
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RE: How do you respond to this statement?
July 5, 2013 at 7:32 pm
(July 5, 2013 at 3:07 pm)Donutblade Wrote: Picture first, charity later?

You're going to have to forgive me, because I can't remember the details of this story and I've been drinking so I can't be arsed to find it.

Anyway, there's a rather famous journalistic photo of a vulture waiting for a bone thin, collapsed child to die so it can do what nature does. The photographer who took the picture continued on his way, and was eaten up with guilt over it.

I have no idea how photographic journalists deal with the things they do, because they are not always humanitarians or in possession of the necessary supplies to help everyone they come across.

Just be grateful they're out there - sometimes risking their lives - to capture things some people would rather you not see. Putting a human face on suffering throws a real wrench in the plans of the power hungry and the social pacifiers who'd rather you continue to live blind lives of middle-class comfort instead of demanding that those in power do something for greater good.
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RE: How do you respond to this statement?
July 6, 2013 at 10:04 am
(June 25, 2013 at 7:34 pm)taylor93112 Wrote: "There are many questions we wont have answers to."

You're correct. However, I choose to live my life as if the possibility of finding these answers exist. None of us know whether or not we will be here tomorrow. You can either cower in fear or move on.

(June 25, 2013 at 7:34 pm)taylor93112 Wrote: "I have faith that god sees the bigger plan".

It's nice that you are afforded this luxury. Because you see, there are millions of innocent lives being tortured with poverty, hunger, and disease. Do you suppose these people share your wonderful faith?

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RE: How do you respond to this statement?
July 6, 2013 at 10:10 am
It's the fountain pen. Dudes love fountain pens.
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RE: How do you respond to this statement?
July 6, 2013 at 10:25 am
(July 6, 2013 at 10:10 am)thesummerqueen Wrote: It's the fountain pen. Dudes love fountain pens.

Well effin played lol.
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