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My Inquiry
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RE: My Inquiry
June 17, 2015 at 1:03 pm (This post was last modified: June 17, 2015 at 1:06 pm by onmytablet512.)
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RE: My Inquiry
June 17, 2015 at 1:06 pm
(June 17, 2015 at 3:13 am)onmytablet512 Wrote: Hello all! I was scrolling through the Internet tonight
So that's why the damned internet wouldn't stay still.

As for arguments for/against, the simplest remains the best: until someone produces a god, I consider them made up. I'm good with you believing in one, as long as that doesn't lead you to sacrifice babies or starve your kid or ask that they teach your beliefs in school or make your god's pet peeves into law. But I'm good without one.
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RE: My Inquiry
June 17, 2015 at 1:08 pm
Erm, you jumped pretty fast from "creator" to "Jesus" there. Why on earth would you think a story book character just happens to be God?
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RE: My Inquiry
June 17, 2015 at 1:12 pm
(June 17, 2015 at 1:08 pm)robvalue Wrote: Erm, you jumped pretty fast from "creator" to "Jesus" there. Why on earth would you think a story book character just happens to be God?

He was just waiting for the opportunity.  If he had a towel on his head it would have been "allah."  You know these types are all the same!
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RE: My Inquiry
June 17, 2015 at 1:13 pm
(June 17, 2015 at 1:03 pm)onmytablet512 Wrote: Mmmmm. All these logical fallacies make my head hurt.

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June 17, 2015 at 1:15 pm
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RE: My Inquiry
June 17, 2015 at 1:15 pm
Evidence points to a cummulative chaos in the universe, that may create pockets of what we call 'order'. It was not the glass that was made for the beer, the beer adjusted to the glass.
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June 17, 2015 at 1:20 pm (This post was last modified: June 17, 2015 at 1:21 pm by abaris.)
(June 17, 2015 at 1:15 pm)onmytablet512 Wrote: Why do you say story book character? Jesus raised people from the dead, walked on water, etc.

Or so you say because your bible says so. Which brings us back to the story book issue.
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June 17, 2015 at 1:25 pm
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June 17, 2015 at 1:30 pm
(June 17, 2015 at 1:20 pm)abaris Wrote:
(June 17, 2015 at 1:15 pm)onmytablet512 Wrote: Why do you say story book character? Jesus raised people from the dead, walked on water, etc.

Or so you say because your bible says so. Which brings us back to the story book issue.

Right, my bad. I can't reference the Bible here. But Roman reports state that He was called the Messiah, which we can take to mean that He did indeed exist and evidently performed wonders for people to start calling Him Messiah and to later go through persecution and martyrdom for Him.
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