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Genocide in the Old Testament
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RE: Genocide in the Old Testament
September 22, 2013 at 4:48 pm
Oh hey guys, I know this will surprise you, but God didn't do shit.
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RE: Genocide in the Old Testament
September 22, 2013 at 4:51 pm
(September 22, 2013 at 3:25 pm)Lion IRC Wrote:
(September 22, 2013 at 11:48 am)Minimalist Wrote: You are all... [disgraceful gender-specific expletive deleted]

I'm GLAD you dislike me.

And don't ever fucking forget it.
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RE: Genocide in the Old Testament
September 23, 2013 at 5:35 am
(September 22, 2013 at 8:01 am)John V Wrote:
(September 22, 2013 at 7:51 am)Tonus Wrote: And we think we have the right to judge him..

That strikes me as utterly nonsensical.
Fixed that for you.

If he is going to torture me for all eternity because I couldn't properly decipher his idiotic rules as listed in his sloppily-written book, then you'd better believe I have the right to judge him. If god is offering the ultimate reward and the ultimate punishment to his creation, he owes it to us to reveal himself and his intentions with utmost clarity and not in the bizarre cloak-and-dagger manner that his followers seem to accept as sufficient. That by itself should be a clear indicator that he doesn't exist, or that he is as cruel and malevolent as he is powerful.
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RE: Genocide in the Old Testament
September 24, 2013 at 1:00 am
Still judging God. He's been so silent about it, it's almost like he isn't even there.
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RE: Genocide in the Old Testament
September 24, 2013 at 1:52 am
Your god is a bashful god, Ryan. Big Grin
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RE: Genocide in the Old Testament
September 24, 2013 at 2:12 am
(September 24, 2013 at 1:52 am)Esquilax Wrote: Your god is a bashful god, Ryan. Big Grin

Isn't it quite the coincidence how science figured out how natural disasters and disease really work, and all of a sudden, God developed laryngitis from which he has yet to recover?
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RE: Genocide in the Old Testament
September 24, 2013 at 2:16 am
If only his followers would STFU, too.
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RE: Genocide in the Old Testament
September 24, 2013 at 4:27 am
(September 24, 2013 at 2:12 am)Ryantology Wrote:
(September 24, 2013 at 1:52 am)Esquilax Wrote: Your god is a bashful god, Ryan. Big Grin

Isn't it quite the coincidence how science figured out how natural disasters and disease really work, and all of a sudden, God developed laryngitis from which he has yet to recover?

That reminds me of missluckie's sig.
every time we find out the answer it is god didn't do it.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
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RE: Genocide in the Old Testament
September 25, 2013 at 4:41 am (This post was last modified: September 25, 2013 at 4:42 am by Lion IRC.)
Quote:Isn't it quite the coincidence how science figured out how natural disasters and disease really work, and all of a sudden, God developed laryngitis from which he has yet to recover?

Great. I look forward to the next scientific advance warning for a tsunami so 250k human lives can be saved.
Actually, I would settle for a guarantee about the exact location of lightning striking.
Actually, just tell me what date I will die. Can you tell me that oh wise oracle of Delphi?
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RE: Genocide in the Old Testament
September 25, 2013 at 5:02 am
(September 25, 2013 at 4:41 am)Lion IRC Wrote: Great. I look forward to the next scientific advance warning for a tsunami so 250k human lives can be saved.
Actually, I would settle for a guarantee about the exact location of lightning striking.
Actually, just tell me what date I will die. Can you tell me that oh wise oracle of Delphi?

Wow, you found things that science doesn't know! That must mean god is real! I mean, claims about him have never been right once in all of recorded history, but since science doesn't know everything, god must be the default position somehow!

Need I say more? Because I actually can, if you still think what you've just said counts as an argument for anything.
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