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Here is a interesting thought
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RE: Here is a interesting thought
July 25, 2013 at 6:40 am
what if bitches aint shit but hoes n trix?
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RE: Here is a interesting thought
July 25, 2013 at 6:52 am
Gil, every time I see the gifs in your sig it leads to at least ten minutes of listening to the Attack on Titan theme. Tongue

What if you're hypnotizing me? Wink
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RE: Here is a interesting thought
July 25, 2013 at 7:05 am
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura

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RE: Here is a interesting thought
July 25, 2013 at 7:18 am
I expect more from a religion purportedly inspired by the almighty creator than "what ifs."
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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RE: Here is a interesting thought
July 25, 2013 at 8:17 am
(July 25, 2013 at 1:03 am)The Germans are coming Wrote: It is a masochistic thought which infringes the notion of self determination and demands submission through creating a guilty conciousness and appealing to it.

It is undemocratic, unreasonable and appealing to nothing but emotion.

As such I reject it.

Ps. It is not an interesting thought. It is something I read about countless times and I believe my statement here is almoust the exact copy of what I read in a book by Christopher Hitchen from a part in which he takes on this (very old) protestant notion.

Do you have any links to this "exact copy" that you've seen so many times?
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RE: Here is a interesting thought
July 25, 2013 at 8:20 am (This post was last modified: July 25, 2013 at 8:23 am by Something completely different.)
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RE: Here is a interesting thought
July 25, 2013 at 8:21 am
(July 25, 2013 at 7:18 am)Faith No More Wrote: I expect more from a religion purportedly inspired by the almighty creator than "what ifs."

You'd think that A/S/K would be capable of more...
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
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RE: Here is a interesting thought
July 25, 2013 at 11:22 am
(July 25, 2013 at 12:54 am)Drich Wrote: What if..

Every Soul on this planet elected to be here. what if we begged and pleaded to be here for this chance to prove ourselves. or rather to re prove ourselves as loyal to God?

When Lucifer fell from Heaven he did not goto Hell. He fell on Earth, and 1/3 of heaven's population fell with him. Traditional dogma identifies these fallen "angels" as Demons.

My question is what if 'we' are those fallen? In that We have been falling from heaven in every generation since Adam? What if we Begged to have our minds wiped and placed on trial here for a 'life time' to prove that we/our hearts are worthy and will choose God if given the chance?!? That we would turn and rebuke the deceptive teachings of lucifer who tricked us into following him in heaven orginally? Maybe that is why so many bad things happen here, because we live/Are a brood of Demons, who have been given one last chance to seek salvation/forgiveness of our sins... Someone of us really want that forgiveness while others want to create a hell on earth! To live in a world without God.

That is a spooky thought, but I guess it really does not change anything, other than answer the question why or how God can justify an eternity in hell for one life time of sins.. Answer: our sins are not limited to one life time.

Oh, you mean Mormon doctrine?
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RE: Here is a interesting thought
July 25, 2013 at 9:18 pm
(July 25, 2013 at 11:22 am)BadWriterSparty Wrote: Oh, you mean Mormon doctrine?

Show me book chapter and verse.
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RE: Here is a interesting thought
July 25, 2013 at 9:25 pm
I don't know about Mormon doctrine; this stuff sounds a lot like Scientology to me.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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