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Re: Just supposing...........
« Reply #25 on: July 03, 2015, 09:27:08 PM »
Quote from: trippymonkey on July 03, 2015, 05:46:42 PM
Only in PRIVATE ?!?!!?!?!?

SO why are you lot on forums like this?????
Probably because we all disagree with the oft-made suggestion that belief systems should only be practised in private.
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Re: Just supposing...........
« Reply #26 on: July 05, 2015, 10:00:44 AM »
Quote from: Floo on July 01, 2015, 02:41:39 PM
The crazy 'you must be 'saved', or go to hell', dogma was true. How would you, as a 'born  again'Christian, feel if someone as wicked as Hitler made a deathbed conversion, having never done anything decent in his life, yet an atheist who died trying to save others from his evil regime went to hell?

I just can't get my head around how anyone could find anything loving about a deity who created such an unfair scenario. >:(

Can anyone be sincere and truly repentant on a death bed?

How does saving people land you in hell?
Do you really think about what you are saying?
When you have murdered so many as Hitler did.. would you really be able to repent if you believed what you did was the right thing?

You are not thinking this through....

To see the error of your way and truly repent because you see how wrong you were is not a bad thing...
But to think you can repent just in case there is a God is not true repentance you have to be sorry for what you have done.
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Re: Just supposing...........
« Reply #27 on: July 05, 2015, 11:48:43 AM »
When the evil deity, if it exists, repents of its wickedness it will be a good day for humankind!
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Re: Just supposing...........
« Reply #28 on: July 05, 2015, 11:51:21 AM »
Quote from: Floo on July 05, 2015, 11:48:43 AM
When the evil deity, if it exists, repents of its wickedness it will be a good day for humankind!
There would still be human wickedness. Any evidence of how that is ''less wicked''?
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Re: Just supposing...........
« Reply #29 on: July 07, 2015, 08:58:44 PM »
Quote from: Floo on July 05, 2015, 11:48:43 AM
When the evil deity, if it exists, repents of its wickedness it will be a good day for humankind!

Floo, is it at all possible, do you think, that the deity exists and is not guilty of the things which you are so angry about?
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Re: Just supposing...........
« Reply #30 on: July 07, 2015, 09:19:48 PM »
AAH So we DO have a God Of Evil too ?!?!!?!?!?

I JUST KNEW IT !!!!!
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Re: Just supposing...........
« Reply #31 on: July 07, 2015, 09:38:18 PM »
Quote from: trippymonkey on July 07, 2015, 09:19:48 PM
AAH So we DO have a God Of Evil too ?!?!!?!?!?

I JUST KNEW IT !!!!!
Does she go by a name beginning with F, by any chance?   ;)
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Re: Just supposing...........
« Reply #32 on: July 07, 2015, 10:06:05 PM »
F ??????????? :o
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Re: Just supposing...........
« Reply #33 on: July 07, 2015, 10:39:50 PM »
Quote from: trippymonkey on July 07, 2015, 09:19:48 PM
AAH So we DO have a God Of Evil too ?!?!!?!?!?

I JUST KNEW IT !!!!!

What led you to that conclusion? Sounds like Freemasonry to me!
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Re: Just supposing...........
« Reply #34 on: July 08, 2015, 07:11:56 AM »
WELLL
We have all these 'Christians' here trying to convince us THEIR God has naff all to do with all the bad things that occur on earth so SOMEONE - SOMETHING'S responsible, no????  ;)
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Re: Just supposing...........
« Reply #35 on: July 08, 2015, 09:42:30 AM »
Quote from: trippymonkey on July 08, 2015, 07:11:56 AM
WELLL
We have all these 'Christians' here trying to convince us THEIR God has naff all to do with all the bad things that occur on earth so SOMEONE - SOMETHING'S responsible, no????  ;)
Nick, several religions teach that a rebellion, either in heaven or amongst humans, led to the arrival of evil.  So, in a sense, yes there is a 'God' of Evil - though whether the use of the term 'God' is appropriate in the context is open to debate. In Judeo-Christianity, that rebel is called Satan.  I believe that Hinduism doesn't have a single equivalent but rather a number of beings that add up to a sort of equivalent.  http://www.humanreligions.info/satan.html  provides an interesting review.
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Re: Just supposing...........
« Reply #36 on: July 08, 2015, 05:14:24 PM »
Quote from: Hope on July 08, 2015, 09:42:30 AM
Quote from: trippymonkey on July 08, 2015, 07:11:56 AM
WELLL
We have all these 'Christians' here trying to convince us THEIR God has naff all to do with all the bad things that occur on earth so SOMEONE - SOMETHING'S responsible, no????  ;)
Nick, several religions teach that a rebellion, either in heaven or amongst humans, led to the arrival of evil.  So, in a sense, yes there is a 'God' of Evil - though whether the use of the term 'God' is appropriate in the context is open to debate. In Judeo-Christianity, that rebel is called Satan.  I believe that Hinduism doesn't have a single equivalent but rather a number of beings that add up to a sort of equivalent.  http://www.humanreligions.info/satan.html  provides an interesting review.

The only evil deity, where Christianity is concerned, is the one in the Bible!
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Re: Just supposing...........
« Reply #37 on: July 08, 2015, 05:31:38 PM »
Hope
Thanks for that but Floo has a good point too.....
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Re: Just supposing...........
« Reply #38 on: July 08, 2015, 08:22:28 PM »
Quote from: trippymonkey on July 08, 2015, 05:31:38 PM
Hope
Thanks for that but Floo has a good point too.....
Where does Floo get her idea of Good and evil from. Does she like other moral non realists pull it ex rectum?
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Re: Just supposing...........
« Reply #39 on: July 08, 2015, 08:23:37 PM »
Quote from: trippymonkey on July 08, 2015, 07:11:56 AM
WELLL
We have all these 'Christians' here trying to convince us THEIR God has naff all to do with all the bad things that occur on earth so SOMEONE - SOMETHING'S responsible, no????  ;)

Mostly from PEOPLE!!
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Re: Just supposing...........
« Reply #40 on: July 08, 2015, 08:24:52 PM »
Quote from: BashfulAnthony on July 08, 2015, 08:23:37 PM
Quote from: trippymonkey on July 08, 2015, 07:11:56 AM
WELLL
We have all these 'Christians' here trying to convince us THEIR God has naff all to do with all the bad things that occur on earth so SOMEONE - SOMETHING'S responsible, no????  ;)

Mostly from PEOPLE!!
God is powerless to prevent them, then?
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Re: Just supposing...........
« Reply #41 on: July 08, 2015, 08:32:42 PM »
Quote from: Shaker on July 08, 2015, 08:24:52 PM
Quote from: BashfulAnthony on July 08, 2015, 08:23:37 PM
Quote from: trippymonkey on July 08, 2015, 07:11:56 AM
WELLL
We have all these 'Christians' here trying to convince us THEIR God has naff all to do with all the bad things that occur on earth so SOMEONE - SOMETHING'S responsible, no????  ;)

Mostly from PEOPLE!!
God is powerless to prevent them, then?

God doesn't prevent anybody doing what they choose, evil, or otherwise.
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Re: Just supposing...........
« Reply #42 on: July 08, 2015, 08:35:34 PM »
Quote from: BashfulAnthony on July 08, 2015, 08:32:42 PM
Quote from: Shaker on July 08, 2015, 08:24:52 PM
Quote from: BashfulAnthony on July 08, 2015, 08:23:37 PM
Quote from: trippymonkey on July 08, 2015, 07:11:56 AM
WELLL
We have all these 'Christians' here trying to convince us THEIR God has naff all to do with all the bad things that occur on earth so SOMEONE - SOMETHING'S responsible, no????  ;)

Mostly from PEOPLE!!
God is powerless to prevent them, then?

God doesn't prevent anybody doing what they choose, evil, or otherwise.
Sounds like a monumental ad hoc cop-out, as usual.

It does point up Dan Barker's famous point, however, that so many - in fact most - humans are vastly, vastly, vastly morally better than God is depicted.

If I (a) knew evil was going on and (b) knew how to stop it and (c) was actually able to stop it, I would.
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Re: Just supposing...........
« Reply #43 on: July 08, 2015, 08:37:58 PM »
Quote from: Shaker on July 08, 2015, 08:35:34 PM
Quote from: BashfulAnthony on July 08, 2015, 08:32:42 PM
Quote from: Shaker on July 08, 2015, 08:24:52 PM
Quote from: BashfulAnthony on July 08, 2015, 08:23:37 PM
Quote from: trippymonkey on July 08, 2015, 07:11:56 AM
WELLL
We have all these 'Christians' here trying to convince us THEIR God has naff all to do with all the bad things that occur on earth so SOMEONE - SOMETHING'S responsible, no????  ;)

Mostly from PEOPLE!!
God is powerless to prevent them, then?

God doesn't prevent anybody doing what they choose, evil, or otherwise.
Sounds like a monumental ad hoc cop-out, as usual.

It does point up Dan Barker's famous point, however, that so many - in fact most - humans are vastly, vastly, vastly morally better than God is depicted.

Sentimental old cobblers.
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Re: Just supposing...........
« Reply #44 on: July 08, 2015, 08:40:37 PM »
There's nothing like a well-thought-out, tightly-argued, logically sound reply ... and there's always Vlad to show you how not to make one :)
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Re: Just supposing...........
« Reply #45 on: July 08, 2015, 08:43:56 PM »
Quote from: Shaker on July 08, 2015, 08:35:34 PM
Quote from: BashfulAnthony on July 08, 2015, 08:32:42 PM
Quote from: Shaker on July 08, 2015, 08:24:52 PM
Quote from: BashfulAnthony on July 08, 2015, 08:23:37 PM
Quote from: trippymonkey on July 08, 2015, 07:11:56 AM
WELLL
We have all these 'Christians' here trying to convince us THEIR God has naff all to do with all the bad things that occur on earth so SOMEONE - SOMETHING'S responsible, no????  ;)

Mostly from PEOPLE!!
God is powerless to prevent them, then?

God doesn't prevent anybody doing what they choose, evil, or otherwise.
Sounds like a monumental ad hoc cop-out, as usual.

It does point up Dan Barker's famous point, however, that so many - in fact most - humans are vastly, vastly, vastly morally better than God is depicted.

I guess Barker didn't notice the holocaust, or genocide in Rwanda, Idi Amin, or Da'ish, or Auschwitz-Birkenau, or Srebrenica, Hitler, Stalin, Genghis Khan, thousands of murderers, rapists, crooks and cheats, etc, etc, etc.  Apparently, there have only been 12 years in recorded history when there has not been at least one war somewhere on the planet!! 
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Re: Just supposing...........
« Reply #46 on: July 08, 2015, 08:47:56 PM »
I guess you didn't notice how many people - to put it mildly - didn't or don't like those things and endeavour(ed) to stop them, which is very considerably more than you can say for God isn't it?
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Re: Just supposing...........
« Reply #47 on: July 08, 2015, 08:50:29 PM »
Quote from: Shaker on July 08, 2015, 08:40:37 PM
There's nothing like a well-thought-out, tightly-argued, logically sound reply ...
You're welcome Sooty.
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Re: Just supposing...........
« Reply #48 on: July 08, 2015, 08:51:20 PM »
You should have carried on reading after the word 'reply.'
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Re: Just supposing...........
« Reply #49 on: July 08, 2015, 08:52:35 PM »
Quote from: Shaker on July 08, 2015, 08:47:56 PM
I guess you didn't notice how many people - to put it mildly - didn't or don't like those things and endeavour(ed) to stop them, which is very considerably more than you can say for God isn't it?

And I've answered that old chestnut comment already.
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