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RE: Why, God? Why?!
February 9, 2018 at 2:25 pm
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(February 9, 2018 at 1:54 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: It's really not all that hard.
Your answer to the question: ‘How does an Omni-everything, perfectly complete and self-fulfilling entity lack something?’ is, ‘It’s really not that hard?’
Thanks, man. A blank post would have been equally as vacuous.
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RE: Why, God? Why?!
February 9, 2018 at 3:24 pm
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(February 9, 2018 at 8:00 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I believe the short answer is because God wanted to share His love with other beings.
For an omnipotent god this would be trivially easy so why didn't he create such a universe. He obviously failed in this attempt insomuch as 'I' do not even acknowledge his existence let alone accept (Barf) his love.
It's amazing 'science' always seems to 'find' whatever it is funded for, and never the oppsite. Drich.
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RE: Why, God? Why?!
February 9, 2018 at 3:27 pm
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A god who is perfectly self fulfilled cannot desire things or want things .Wants and desires are built on absence. So no a god had no reason to create life . Any addition to itself could only mare it's perfection .
Quote:I believe the short answer is because God wanted to share His love with other beings.
If the bible is suppose to demonstrate said beings live then . I hope never meet him in a dark alleyway.
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RE: Why, God? Why?!
February 9, 2018 at 3:47 pm
(February 9, 2018 at 2:25 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: (February 9, 2018 at 1:54 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: It's really not all that hard.
Your answer to the question: ‘How does an Omni-everything, perfectly complete and self-fulfilling entity lack something?’ is, ‘It’s really not that hard?’
Thanks, man. A blank post would have been equally as vacuous.
Firs off those are your descriptions, is God perfect? yes... but what do you mean by perfectly complete? If God is Alpha thru Omega, or omni-everythig as you put it then things have to exist to fill those criteria.
In God was the attribute of creator, which meant he had to create
If he's the Father, then he must have children
If he's the Healer, then there must be sickness
If he's the savior, then there must be something to save.
If God is light then darkness must exist.
Like I said, it's really not that hard.
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RE: Why, God? Why?!
February 9, 2018 at 3:52 pm
Dumb dum dumb Huggy
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RE: Why, God? Why?!
February 9, 2018 at 4:02 pm
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As Steve explained earlier on in the thread, it is precisely because God IS perfectly good that He would desire to share His love with other beings. The 2 go together. They are not mutually exclussive.
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RE: Why, God? Why?!
February 9, 2018 at 4:02 pm
Unrequited love is stalking.
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RE: Why, God? Why?!
February 9, 2018 at 4:07 pm
(February 9, 2018 at 4:02 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: As Steve explained earlier on in the thread, it is precisely because God IS perfectly good that He would desire to share His love with other beings. The 2 go together. They are not mutually exclussive.
How does that make sense? How can you be perfectly good if nothing exists whereby to measure goodness?
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RE: Why, God? Why?!
February 9, 2018 at 4:07 pm
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Quote:As Steve explained earlier on in the thread, it is precisely because God IS perfectly good that He would desire to share His love with other beings. The 2 go together. They are not mutually exclussive.
Nope that does not follow it assumes goodness would want to share love . Of course has yet to even be established that god is good . And does not resolve the problem that god is perfect in love thus would have no need to share it nor any reasonable desire too.
(February 9, 2018 at 4:02 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Unrequited love is stalking.
Or worse
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RE: Why, God? Why?!
February 9, 2018 at 4:17 pm
(February 7, 2018 at 10:17 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: I have a question for our Christians: Why did God create people? Further, why did he create anything at all?
To any reader,
the answer to this question begins with recieving the love of God, and the response to this information can only be resistance or surrender.
Habits of thinking determined what you thought about it.
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