10 Questions Biblical Literalists Cannot Honestly Answer

[vorlon13]

divine revelation

[LostLocke]

Every time I see Divine all I can think of is his cover of Walk Like a Man. The video is so 80's camp, but it's kinda cool. Has a Dead or Alive vibe going for it.

[Amarok]

How are you sure of that?

About as sure as I'm an there is a heaven in the first place

[Godscreated]

You are still ridiculous as you have ever been, if you don't understand the intentions of the marriage vows then you should just leave them out of conversations. You also must have a different version of the Bible than Christians around the world because the one we use says nothing like what you're describing about Abraham. You sir are just throwing around unfounded statements to try and prove a point and all the Christians here understand that weakness in you. You might fool some of the atheist here but I doubt you can foll all of them to many here are smart than that even if they do not want to admit it. I do think it's sad when those who know better than to believe such blatant falsehoods agree with you or others, it's just sad to see people throw away their intellect.

GC

Abraham was one of the most despicable main characters in the Bible.  He had no redeeming qualities.  He was a thief, liar, murderer, sexual pervert, stingy, greedy, insane, and he spent his life screwing his sister.  He was eager to kill Isaac for his own personal fame and fortune.  Ishmael should have pissed on his grave.

 You make a lot of claims with no given proof, how am I to respond to such allegations, there blowing in the wind and i'm not chasing them down for you.

GC

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He loves everyone who voluntarily enslaves themselves to him based on how convincing they find his ghostwriters and sales reps, everybody else can go to hell.

Don't you get tired of using the same ol' statement that has been shown to be false. 

GC

[Cyberman]

He loves everyone who voluntarily enslaves themselves to him based on how convincing they find his ghostwriters and sales reps, everybody else can go to hell.

Don't you get tired of using the same ol' statement that has been shown to be false. 

GC

Then I'll ask you directly. Does "God" love everyone or not? Are there conditions on this love or is it uconditional? Why?

[Wyrd of Gawd]

The only major character in the entire biblical fairy tale who is any good is Job, everyone else is a scumbag.

[Godscreated]

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I'm sure the shrieks of the damned are audible in heaven (excepting those sinners God gives throat cancer to before they die) and it's a 'perk' for the heavenly host regardless of how it's defined.

The Bible tells us that the distance between heaven and hell is so great it can't be crossed. Heaven being the place of perfection can not by necessity see or hear what happens in hell. They are locked into an inescapable hell, we're allowed to travel the entire new creation meaning that hell is outside heavens dimension. 

GC

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The only major character in the entire biblical fairy tale who is any good is Job,  everyone else is a scumbag.

Still just jawing around, you're condemning the people in the Bible, use it to defend your statements, you're making it hard to have a discussion.

GC

[vorlon13]

God's omniscience allows Him to hear the shrieks of the damned during their eternal torment.

And since angels have the power to rebel, why wouldn't they have omniscient capability hearing too ?

[John V]

God's omniscience allows Him to hear the shrieks of the damned during their eternal torment.  

So when you said "audible in heaven" that's not really what you meant.

And since angels have the power to rebel, why wouldn't they have omniscient capability hearing too ?

What in the world does power to rebel have to do with omniscient hearing?

[Godscreated]

I've read through your post and a few post responding to this post and I'm not going to read through all 16 pages, forgive me if I repeat things already stated. 

First you call religions philosophy and I can agree to that to a certain extent. However the Christians and Jews who worship the same God do not have a philosophy we have a living relationship with our living God and no I can't give you the proof you want to convince you He's real. On the other hand you can't prove He doesn't exist so your idea of Christianity being a philosophy holds no water. 

New name, same silly arguments.

A new name shouldn't change a person and it surely want change me, besides the truth is eternal, never changing.

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You say the literal interpretation of the Bible limits those Christians who believe the Bible is wholly true. You are wrong we are the ones who can best give a defense for our beliefs. Such as, Christians that do not believe in the Genesis account of creation have a more difficult time of a presenting the gospel of Jesus, why, because Jesus himself believed the account, Jesus the Son of God was the creator and all three parts of the trinity were involved in the creation.

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I think that the poster was implying that it limited you to spouting off inanities and other assorted mental detritus, whereas a person who is not a biblical literalist is under no such obligation.  Their faith does not -have- to conflict with reality, for example..the way that yours does.  

 
I agree that was his intention, however those who believe in the Bible being actual truth doesn't hinder me or anyone who studies the Bible to understand it's literal truths. Literalist can actually use the Bible to distort it's truths because not all verses are meant to be literal and some have twofold meanings. By the way I do not spout falsely about the scriptures, if I have an opinion on what the Bible could be saying on a subject I say so. My faith doesn't conflict with reality, in actuality it is reality, those who tyr to manipulate the Bible are the ones moving away from God's reality and in the end it's His that counts.

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You have an opinion and that's all it is that God can't be omnipotent and not lie, I find this highly unusual. What does omnipotence and lying even have in common, being all powerful has nothing to do with being immoral. God said He doesn't lie, why, because it is outside of who He is, this means it's impossible for Him to lie, not because He isn't omnipotent but just the opposite, His omnipotence want allow Him to lie. You need to discover what God's "omnis" are all about. Can you tell me what omnipresent means as pertaining to God?

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God must use a different word for the bullshit he tells you. Figures that christer god would be as bad at words as literalist christers.

No, He reveals the truth, it's you who wants to distort things to suit your own beliefs. I have no desire to distort the word of God i seek it's truth as God would have me to. You didn't even try to answer the questions posed, so your name change has not help you. Why do you refuse to answer question, do you find that traipsing around them secures your position before your fellow atheist.

GC