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04-01-2010, 05:42 PM | #31 (permalink) |
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It's not like it's some tiny little detail I'm talking about here, the whole thing is rife with inconsistencies both big and small. Maybe an example will help you understand where I'm coming from: How can one possibly reconcile the idea of forgiveness with the flood story?
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04-01-2010, 05:42 PM | #32 (permalink) | ||
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Fair. I don't like taking sides in moral debates or really discussing what I believe in on here. I'm a pretty private person when it comes to that kind of stuff. When I said inconsistencies I meant from more a chronological/arc perspective. Quote:
To be forgiven you must repent. Just because God is forgiving of evil-doers when they sincerely repent of their sins doesn't mean he can tolerate them forever. If that were the case then those who serve him faithfully, by his standards, would see that they didn't really need to. If God, who created the sinners in the first place, wants them to live by his moral standards of what is right and wrong but they repeatedly don't, even after being warned (and in the flood story, they were warned by Noah and his family of the impending flood) - he has to take action. So, although God is, and his subjects are commanded to be, forgiving of people when they er and ask sincere forgiveness from their wrong course... this doesn't mean that when somebody does something wrong and shows no remorse it should be ignored or accepted. This isn't to say human being should take matters into their own hands when it comes to forgiveness. If somebody ers you and doesn't care, ask forgiveness, show remorse, etc - you should let go of that. You, as an imperfect human don't have the authority God has, and you want to be peaceable with your fellow man. Just my understanding. Last edited by someonecompletelyrandom; 04-01-2010 at 05:55 PM. |
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04-01-2010, 07:14 PM | #33 (permalink) |
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To get this thread back on topic, what the fuck? I want to kill these people just for saying this. It's beyond twisted **** to protest anyone's funeral for anything. But this is just... I can't even put into words how much it pisses me off. The worst part about it is, do those stupid fuckers even realize what they're doing? The only reason they have the right to do **** like this is that the Marines are over there, risking their lives every day to protect our freedoms. Matthew Snyder died to defend people like them. And they're going to go to his funeral like that? I'm not going to lie, if any of my friends are killed in action and some little fucks decide to protest their funeral, I don't think I'll be able to hold myself back.
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04-01-2010, 09:34 PM | #34 (permalink) | ||
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It's no different then as it is now, God gave us the Marine who died as an example a person who does his duty; and what happpens? Instead of going in and paying him respect like they should, because that marine deserves respect for giving his life, they stand outside and protest.
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I tend to keep my personal beliefs to myself in these matters.
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04-02-2010, 12:02 PM | #36 (permalink) | |
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04-02-2010, 08:31 PM | #37 (permalink) | |
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Actually, it was the person who made this thread and gave these people one more damned google entry who are giving them the desired effect. But lets not go pointing fingers, this is a discussion forum of current events after all.
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04-02-2010, 09:08 PM | #38 (permalink) | |
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04-02-2010, 09:50 PM | #39 (permalink) | |
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If he's all knowing, then he created existence knowing exactly how many people will die, suffer, and make bad decisions based on "free will", so the choices would be pre-determined by virtue of his knowledge of the outcome prior to creating the circumstances. In effect, he murdered everyone who has ever died or will die and caused the suffering and all future suffering. And if someone brings up the "original sin", it's null via the fact that god knew that would happen too. Instead of letting all the suffering happen, he could simply take it away, create peace, everybody smiling and getting blowjobs and drinking chocolate Yoohoos forever and ever amen. But instead he says "You dudes have free will... You're free to follow my plan or not and go to hell." Meanwhile we're all down here thinking we're making our own choices and he's up there watching us like a fucking House re-run just because we're entertaining, even though he knows the horrible script and more horrible ending. It's simple. If the biblical god exists, he's a real asshole. |
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