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how can you say there is no god....
January 17, 2014 at 4:53 pm
Talked with a friend a couple days ago and we got into this conversation

-One point was that we are here for a purpose and all the times I could have died but didn't is proof of that. She also went on to say "What about the people that get impaled in the head and still live "How can you say there is no god"

-Also how she talked to a friend and he said that "Jesus was either crazy,a liar or Christ" and how it makes so much sense. That all the things prophesied in the Old Testament came true in the New Testament even though they were written hundreds of years apart.

-How you have to have faith,and faith is everything. Also brought up the experience she had of hearing gods voice speaking to her. and how that really cemented her faith.

-Went into Joyce Meyers and her book about overcoming obstacles,and how it's helped her. "She been through so much and still believes" I read one chapter on positive thoughts about trusting the lord etc

-she talked about this question and answer at her church where people who doubt or have questions about god can get their questions answered

All this got me thinking,and while I do feel we are here for a purpose I don't really tie that into believing in God. She already mentioned how Christianity is the true religion,but that still doesn't account for Hinduism Islam etc...and what makes them less right(I should have asked this)
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RE: how can you say there is no god....
January 17, 2014 at 4:59 pm
What purpose?
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January 17, 2014 at 5:01 pm (This post was last modified: January 17, 2014 at 5:05 pm by Sword of Christ.)
The unique thing about Christianity is that salvation is through repentance and grace it isn't based on "how good you are" all the other religions are based on doing good works in order to impress God or gain good karma and what have you.

On the other point if there is no God then the universe is a meaning accident without purpose, life is a meaning accident without purpose and you are a meaningless accident without purpose. If there is a God then the situation is reversed as God would have a purpose and he created the universe with a purpose in mind. Therefore you have purpose to exist there is a meaning to life.

(January 17, 2014 at 4:59 pm)truthBtold Wrote: What purpose?

It's the attainment of divinity through a union with God, they call this Theosis. I suppose it's the equivalent of the Hindu or Buddhist Enlightenment.
Come all ye faithful joyful and triumphant.
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RE: how can you say there is no god....
January 17, 2014 at 5:03 pm
(January 17, 2014 at 4:59 pm)truthBtold Wrote: What purpose?

I don't know but she said we have to find out
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January 17, 2014 at 5:04 pm



Life exists for this porpoise.

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RE: how can you say there is no god....
January 17, 2014 at 5:06 pm
No God no purpose we're DNA replication machines we can agree on that.
Come all ye faithful joyful and triumphant.
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RE: how can you say there is no god....
January 17, 2014 at 5:13 pm
Why the rush to say without a god there is no purpose? Maybe the answer is near..
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January 17, 2014 at 5:14 pm
Meh....Life is what you make of it
'The more I learn about people the more I like my dog'- Mark Twain

'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House

“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom

"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
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RE: how can you say there is no god....
January 17, 2014 at 5:15 pm
(January 17, 2014 at 5:04 pm)rasetsu Wrote:


Life exists for this porpoise.

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Mmmmm. I like tuna salad with onions!!!
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RE: how can you say there is no god....
January 17, 2014 at 5:31 pm
Quote:One point was that we are here for a purpose

The egotism of theists never fails to amaze me. They love to think they are so fucking special.
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