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RE: miracles and circumstances
June 1, 2014 at 11:35 pm
More intelligent than what? A rock? A slug? A tomato?
When you're making a comparative statement, you're best served by completing the comparison.
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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RE: miracles and circumstances
June 1, 2014 at 11:37 pm
(This post was last modified: June 1, 2014 at 11:37 pm by BlackSwordsman.)
How I thought the Title read:
Quote:miracles of circumcisions
After reading through the thread I started wondering what on earth circumcisions had to do with the conversation . . .
Need my glasses checked because
What it actually said:
Quote:miracles and circumstances
very scary, why am I driving.
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miracles and circumstances
June 2, 2014 at 12:54 am
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(June 1, 2014 at 11:04 am)Fidel_Castronaut Wrote: (May 30, 2014 at 10:11 am)ThePinsir Wrote: Isiah 45:7
"I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things."
That should settle it. God himself said he creates evil. Why is this even still a thing?
Please pick from the following standard theist rebuttals when confronted with one of the myriad of contradictions inherent in their own belief system/holy book:
1. You're interpreting it wrong
2. Redefine the word
3. Ignore the comment and carry on quotin'
4. Admit the contradiction and reassess as necessary.
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(June 1, 2014 at 11:31 pm)Godschild Wrote: (June 1, 2014 at 7:46 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Actually, the surrounding verses are concerned with righteousness and salvation, so God claiming to commit moral evil fits better than God claiming responsibility for moral evil.
But you (deliberately, I think) didn't address my chief point which is that translation should not matter. God could have easily made the meaning of the Bible in toto clear to everyone. Why didn't he?
Boru
Seems the Christians have no trouble understanding, could it be we're more intelligent.
GC
Yet again, why look it up when you can make ad hoc claims?
Quote:Religious people are less intelligent than atheists, according to analysis of scores of scientific studies stretching back over decades
Study found 'a reliable negative relation between intelligence and religiosity' in 53 out of 63 studies
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/scienc...58046.html
Most of you don't even know your own religion:
Quote:A significant number of Christians don't know the basics about their own professed faith or other major religions, according to the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life survey, while atheists and agnostics have the highest "Religious IQ," correctly answering 20.9 questions in the study's 32-question quiz.
http://m.theweek.com/article/index/20759...christians
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RE: miracles and circumstances
June 2, 2014 at 10:39 am
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(June 1, 2014 at 11:35 pm)Stimbo Wrote: More intelligent than what? A rock? A slug? A tomato?
When you're making a comparative statement, you're best served by completing the comparison.
I knew we are smarter, anyone who could not understand the comparison is not smarter than a rock, slug or tomato.
GC
(June 1, 2014 at 4:19 am)max-greece Wrote: GC,
So you don't believe God created evil?
It has nothing to do with believe, I know God did not create evil, it would be against who He is, simple really.
GC
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
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RE: miracles and circumstances
June 2, 2014 at 12:31 pm
(June 2, 2014 at 10:39 am)Godschild Wrote: (June 1, 2014 at 11:35 pm)Stimbo Wrote: More intelligent than what? A rock? A slug? A tomato?
When you're making a comparative statement, you're best served by completing the comparison.
I knew we are smarter, anyone who could not understand the comparison is not smarter than a rock, slug or tomato.
Merely changing the language does nothing to correct the syntax. Smarter than what? Or who? I really hate it when people don't complete comparatives. I think know what you mean, but to avoid ambiguity as well as accusations of my putting words into your mouse, please stop talking in riddles and say what you mean.
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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RE: miracles and circumstances
June 2, 2014 at 1:06 pm
It has nothing to do with believe, I know God did not create evil, it would be against who He is, simple really.
GC
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Quote:7I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
Isaiah 45.....KJV
You should read your own book, G-C
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