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Anybody here open to Tarot cards? | by EnzoMatrix | 2007-07-03 01:29:06 |
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What force is supposed to act upon the cards? | by jeff_uk | 2007-07-03 01:37:36 |
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Self interpretation. | by EnzoMatrix | 2007-07-03 02:05:38 |
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So they're just dead organic matter? | by jeff_uk | 2007-07-03 02:11:40 |
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And yet still... | by EnzoMatrix | 2007-07-03 02:38:30 |
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For Enzo: a non-secular perspective | by zeitnot | 2007-07-03 04:10:57 |
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IMO the definition of god | by EnzoMatrix | 2007-07-03 04:57:11 |
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here's why. [again, non-secular perspective] | by zeitnot | 2007-07-03 05:08:17 |
| He threw Adam and Eve out of Paradise. |
by CynicalRyan |
2007-07-03 05:21:12 |
For an act he knew would happen. Even more, he punished all of their offspring by making the act of eating of the fruit of knowledge the original sin.
God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. He killed each Egyptian first born (okay, he made his henchman do it). He inflicted the seven plagues on Egypt. He turned Lot's wife into a salt pillar while Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed. He made a wager with the devil about Iob's strength in faith. He inflicted the Great flood on Earth, killing every one who couldn't board Noah's ark.
God, in a nutshell, is not good. |
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Ten plagues, each one after the pharaoh refused to | by toysbfun | 2007-07-03 05:27:41 |
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Justified homicide and genocide, then. | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 05:38:34 |
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It's "Thou shalt not murder". | by toysbfun | 2007-07-03 05:55:16 |
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If I were God, I'd have snapped my fingers | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 06:10:32 |
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With regard to your first sentence *only* | by MatthewDBA | 2007-07-03 06:21:47 |
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Who says I have to allow choice when I'm a god? (n (n/t) | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 06:44:01 |
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What would be the point otherwise? (n/t) | by EnzoMatrix | 2007-07-03 06:53:07 |
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Why should there be a point? | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 07:11:32 |
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Point well taken... | by EnzoMatrix | 2007-07-03 07:19:52 |
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Doesn't have to be boring, either. | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 07:23:12 |
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Ref Constantine? :P (n/t) | by EnzoMatrix | 2007-07-03 07:25:52 |
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Only saw the movie. | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 07:27:37 |
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If you're a god | by MatthewDBA | 2007-07-03 07:05:30 |
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All-loving isn't usually attributed to a god. | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 07:14:01 |
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All-loving | by MatthewDBA | 2007-07-03 07:32:51 |
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Alas, this incarantion of God is not all-loving. | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 07:37:49 |
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This gets into some pretty heavy concepts on | by esbita | 2007-07-03 06:25:21 |
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Teh concept of free will is lead ad absurdum | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 06:33:02 |
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If you were God | by MatthewDBA | 2007-07-03 06:37:34 |
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I would've punished Pharaoh. | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 06:45:57 |
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To be nitpicky | by MatthewDBA | 2007-07-03 06:58:09 |
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No. | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 07:07:56 |
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The overarching theme of Exodus... | by esbita | 2007-07-03 07:45:39 |
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That's the moral of the story, yes. | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 07:57:32 |
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The Nile reeking of blood... | by esbita | 2007-07-03 08:04:00 |
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True. | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 08:20:47 |
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Pharaoh and his officials... | by esbita | 2007-07-03 06:56:16 |
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Yes, but you can safely assume | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 07:09:10 |
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You're making the mistake... | by esbita | 2007-07-03 07:36:33 |
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If free will should have any worth: | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 07:43:15 |
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Again, judge by the standards of the time. | by esbita | 2007-07-03 07:58:02 |
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but the absence of individual rights and | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 08:13:04 |
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But that would have prevented | by MatthewDBA | 2007-07-03 08:16:36 |
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Why? (n/t) | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 08:21:19 |
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You can't have moral responsibility... | by esbita | 2007-07-03 08:26:08 |
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I see. | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 08:36:39 |
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The others were only temporary. | by esbita | 2007-07-03 08:46:25 |
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It's probably the concept of "fear me, | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 08:56:23 |
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Would you feel less uneasy | by MatthewDBA | 2007-07-03 09:08:40 |
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Yes. | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 09:37:57 |
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start | by MatthewDBA | 2007-07-03 09:51:13 |
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Great! Thanks. :D (n/t) | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 10:02:59 |
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Other peoples lived in Palestine at the time. | by toysbfun | 2007-07-03 06:36:31 |
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Only History books. The Old Testament | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 06:52:10 |
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Aside from Hammurabi | by toysbfun | 2007-07-03 07:28:13 |
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Yes, different translations don't make things | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 08:09:21 |
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I thought I answered those. God only made Himself | by toysbfun | 2007-07-03 10:48:40 |
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You're interpreting a metaphor literally | by MatthewDBA | 2007-07-03 05:35:22 |
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God is omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent. | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 05:40:38 |
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Again you're using the word "would" | by MatthewDBA | 2007-07-03 06:04:42 |
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So, I'm using the word "would". | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 06:20:38 |
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If he knows it as it's happening | by MatthewDBA | 2007-07-03 06:30:08 |
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The German saying would equivalent | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 06:39:31 |
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Offcourse we DO realise | by EnzoMatrix | 2007-07-03 06:49:13 |
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Written and passed on by man, right | by MatthewDBA | 2007-07-03 06:59:56 |
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And are probably quite distorted in the Old | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 07:06:28 |
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Quite possibly | by MatthewDBA | 2007-07-03 07:10:36 |
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That, we do. | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 07:14:58 |
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The fact that there is a god maybe... | by EnzoMatrix | 2007-07-03 07:25:13 |
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Yes, there can. | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 07:30:12 |
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Now I see | by MatthewDBA | 2007-07-03 06:50:58 |
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Not a word, but a saying. | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 07:05:16 |
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Again, my interpretation would not | by MatthewDBA | 2007-07-03 07:09:40 |
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No, I didn't refer to God as all-loving. | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 07:18:56 |
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God *wants* people to act | by MatthewDBA | 2007-07-03 07:38:20 |
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Yes, you made this clear. | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 07:51:39 |
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A few nitpicks | by MatthewDBA | 2007-07-03 08:14:41 |
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A few clarifications: | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 08:28:18 |
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That's a really good question | by MatthewDBA | 2007-07-03 09:07:50 |
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RE language: Yes, it does. | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 09:35:18 |
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You *really really* | by MatthewDBA | 2007-07-03 09:49:24 |
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*notes down books* | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 10:01:23 |
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If you're "not in that habit" | by MatthewDBA | 2007-07-03 10:08:08 |
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Well, I'm too fond of certain pleasures | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 10:10:39 |
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*dares CynicalRyan* | by esbita | 2007-07-03 10:17:07 |
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My daughter wanted to walk out to the car | by altordwm | 2007-07-03 06:20:58 |
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That's why the concept of good and bad | by EnzoMatrix | 2007-07-03 06:37:50 |
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The Latins had a great word for that | by MatthewDBA | 2007-07-03 06:56:28 |
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In the eyes of your daughter: | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 07:22:16 |
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But is what the eyes of his daughter sees | by MatthewDBA | 2007-07-03 07:41:44 |
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In the daughter's eyes: | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 07:58:15 |
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I'm not asking about | by MatthewDBA | 2007-07-03 08:04:24 |
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Admit? :P | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 08:19:31 |
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Fair enough | by MatthewDBA | 2007-07-03 08:31:53 |
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That's a fair answer | by altordwm | 2007-07-03 08:35:58 |
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Well, given that I have a bit more information | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 08:41:48 |
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You, in a nutshell, are ignorant about what | by sstacks | 2007-07-03 08:35:00 |
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Good can exist without God. | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 08:44:30 |
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Not if you acknowledge God as the Creator | by sstacks | 2007-07-03 08:47:06 |
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Um, wrong. | by CynicalRyan | 2007-07-03 08:54:12 |
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I'd phrase that differently | by MatthewDBA | 2007-07-03 08:49:37 |
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How can you call a murderous, genocidal, enslaving | by Bellator | 2007-07-03 09:27:55 |
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Wasn't there a belief at some point | by MatthewDBA | 2007-07-03 09:32:46 |
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I don't know | by hej | 2007-07-03 09:57:07 |