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#11
RE: a hypothetical question
October 25, 2014 at 4:06 pm
Nah, handing him the gun and letting him do the shooting is a better choice.
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RE: a hypothetical question
October 25, 2014 at 4:14 pm (This post was last modified: October 25, 2014 at 4:19 pm by jesus_wept.)
I don't think I'd try and save him. Instead I'd try to take a selfie blow job pic with him on the cross, with any luck I might even make it into the bible.

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RE: a hypothetical question
October 25, 2014 at 4:45 pm
(October 25, 2014 at 3:04 pm)dyresand Wrote: you are given a gun and sent back in time before jesus is
going to get crucified would you or would you not save him?


No. And I would shoot all his "disciples".
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RE: a hypothetical question
October 25, 2014 at 4:47 pm
(October 25, 2014 at 4:45 pm)Chuck Wrote:
(October 25, 2014 at 3:04 pm)dyresand Wrote: you are given a gun and sent back in time before jesus is
going to get crucified would you or would you not save him?


No. And I would shoot all his "disciples".

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RE: a hypothetical question
October 25, 2014 at 4:48 pm
(October 25, 2014 at 4:45 pm)Chuck Wrote:
(October 25, 2014 at 3:04 pm)dyresand Wrote: you are given a gun and sent back in time before jesus is
going to get crucified would you or would you not save him?


No. And I would shoot all his "disciples".

that wouldn't help, the book was created by random people long after he is dead and his disciples don't seem to give a fuck about him anyway.
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RE: a hypothetical question
October 25, 2014 at 4:53 pm
(October 25, 2014 at 4:45 pm)Chuck Wrote:
(October 25, 2014 at 3:04 pm)dyresand Wrote: you are given a gun and sent back in time before jesus is
going to get crucified would you or would you not save him?


No. And I would shoot all his "disciples".

Might as well kill Paul while you're at it.
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RE: a hypothetical question
October 25, 2014 at 5:07 pm
I'd save him. The man clearly had a mental illness, and you don't just go around crucifying mentally I'll people, you treat them.
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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#18
RE: a hypothetical question
October 25, 2014 at 5:32 pm
I like this thread. Interesting responses.

As a Christian, I'm not sure what I would do. Of course, I'm going to do my best to save an innocent person because that's what is right. And if I love Jesus I ought to say I'd save him... But then, if I saved him, I wouldn't be given forgiveness through His death. And I think Jesus wanted to die on the cross... So preventing that would mean going against God's will.

It's an interesting question for a Christian or an Atheist to answer Big Grin
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RE: a hypothetical question
October 25, 2014 at 5:50 pm (This post was last modified: October 25, 2014 at 5:52 pm by dyresand.)
(October 25, 2014 at 5:32 pm)graciesings Wrote: I like this thread. Interesting responses.

As a Christian, I'm not sure what I would do. Of course, I'm going to do my best to save an innocent person because that's what is right. And if I love Jesus I ought to say I'd save him... But then, if I saved him, I wouldn't be given forgiveness through His death. And I think Jesus wanted to die on the cross... So preventing that would mean going against God's will.

It's an interesting question for a Christian or an Atheist to answer Big Grin

i applaud you for you moral superiority to other theists.
its selfish to let a innocent man die for your sins. because we know
and everyone knows forgiveness from jesus is exploitable.
that's the bad part about forgiveness. he could forgive either way without him dying.
even if your going against gods will he goes against ours and its plainly written in the bible
so going against him that would be our 1 against his many. god if he existed would need to learn
to forgive instead of needing a human sacrifice to do so. d
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RE: a hypothetical question
October 25, 2014 at 5:52 pm
An even better question:


What if the there was no such thing as a hypothetical question ????
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