What Can A God Do Than A Man/Men Cannot?

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   Lady Guinevereposted 9 years ago

   What Can A God Do Than A Man/Men Cannot?
   
   Not just a religious question.
   
   

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   Sri Tposted 9 years ago

   Create other planets with other creatures. Organize the cosmos. Eliminate the dinosaurs on earth. Decide how long human existence will last.

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      Austinstarposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      I don't see a problem with doing all that you have listed. We will be able to terraform planets, create robotic creatures, the cosmos is already organized.  BTW - dinosaurs are already extinct. We can also decide to save ourselves from doom.

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      Sri Tposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Dinosaurs are extinct but humans did not do it to them. The planets are already there, with or without us. We don't create them in this form. If we access a higher knowledge we can.

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      Austinstarposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Iam quite sure that humans will be able to do these things and more. We have all the time in the universe to accomplish anything we want.

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      Joseph O Polancoposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      That would only be true if man were infallible and omniscient. As is the case, he is anything but.

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      temptor94posted 9 years agoin reply to this

      I agree with Sri T here. We humans did not make any evolution decisions, nor any planetary decisions. The cosmos is already organized but it's definitely not the work of humans. Maybe in future we'll able to do these things, but not as an individual.

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      Austinstarposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      How little your minds are, to not be able to see the future. You see obstacles everywhere instead of opportunities. As long as you think you can't do these things, you will be correct. But one day, we will be able to do this and more.

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      Lady Guinevereposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      ...and Jesus said that we would do more than he...and so we are but we are blinded from those who wish to keep us controlled and in the dark about lots of things.  See behind the curtain of social pressures, religion and politics.

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      temptor94posted 9 years agoin reply to this

      @Austinstar Everyone is entitled to their opinion. If you don't like disagreement, too bad. Calling other's minds as little is just a reflection on yourself.

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      Austinstarposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      If you think I am looking into a mirror by calling your mind 'little' , then your mind is even smaller than I can say. Why not try the opposite and make your mind larger? Or is it just too much trouble for you guys to learn new things?

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       Stargrrlposted 9 years agoin reply to this

       Satan would have us think we were like God.  That is what got him into trouble in the first place.  To think of yourself as a god is to be proud, and God hates that sin above all.  We are men, and there are limits as to what we can do.

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       Austinstarposted 9 years agoin reply to this

       And that's why you'll never win a Nobel prize.

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       Lady Guinevereposted 9 years agoin reply to this

       Star, U R being lied to.  I want to more fights or arguments from you.

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       Joseph O Polancoposted 9 years agoin reply to this

       @Debra
       
       If Satan isn't real then who tempted Jesus to sin three times? (Luke 4:1-13)

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       Lady Guinevereposted 9 years agoin reply to this

       @Joseph, I suggest that you read your Bible moe deeply and learn about the History of the times that it was written and the plight of the people, not just Israel, but Rome and England and all those mixed up in those times. Older Versions on Bible too

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       Joseph O Polancoposted 9 years agoin reply to this

       @Debra
       
       Thank you for your reply, however, I fail to see how it answers my simple query. Can you elaborate?

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       Omer123posted 9 years agoin reply to this

       hhahah amazing @sir  T
       we can't do a single work from your this list  .. @ L.A why creating robotic creatures if man is so genus then create a man like structure .. these all are just your reasons to live and to enjoy an atheist live just .

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       Lady Guinevereposted 9 years agoin reply to this

       @Joseph, I refuse to go around and around and around with you.  Just do it and stop the insanity. I will not spon feed an adult what they should know ho to do themselves.

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       Austinstarposted 9 years agoin reply to this

       Theists love to quote their bibles! How many books does it take for an atheist to make a good argument? Answ: ALL of them!

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       Joseph O Polancoposted 9 years agoin reply to this

       If you were unwilling or simply unable to explain your bizarre reasoning, why answer the question in the first place?

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   cjhunsingerposted 9 years ago

   What god, which god and by what ascribed attributes?
   I would think, to answer the question directly and to use the Christian gods as examples, they are very good at killing what they have created.
   
   Life is credited to these gods and in the godly design, life is engineered to die from old age and nature. All this is, of course,  fore known and, in that, obviously planned. It would be like a robotics engineer designing a robot to self destruct at a given age or to succumb to a natural disaster that the robot had no defense for.
   
   If one accepts the Watch Theory as a proof of the gods and Intelligent Design as further evidence, the intelligent designer, as the robotics engineer, has to take responsibility for the design and the designed end result and too, design flaws..

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      Joseph O Polancoposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Jehovah God created man to live eternally. Death was only introduced as a result of man's defiance of God's sovereignty. See Genesis 2 & 3.

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      cjhunsingerposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Joseph--Did this god know or not know of Mans defiance prior to the act?  It would appear that your god did not know what Man would do--how then is he a god?

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      Joseph O Polancoposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Jehovah God had no good reason to suspect his creation would betray him. Why would he? He had been nothing but a perfect loving father to Adam and Eve!

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      Lady Guinevereposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Sos a perfect "loving" father would push them out for something they were set up for?  That makes no sense man and a father would never do that to his own children.  That is a MAN thing, not GOD.

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      Joseph O Polancoposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Adam and Eve weren't set up. Like Christ Jesus they too were merely tested. The only difference is that Christ was loyal to his loving Father while those two chose not to be.

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      cjhunsingerposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Joseph--In your admission, " no good reason to suspect." your god is not all-knowing. This does not  qualify as a god.  You need to rethink your position.

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      Joseph O Polancoposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      The ONLY thing God does not know is how we individually choose to live our lives and the ONLY reason He doesn't know is out of respect for our Free Will.

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   Stargrrlposted 9 years ago

   What can a God do?  ANYTHING.  Redeem, for starters.  Save us from ourselves.

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      Austinstarposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      We don't NEED to be "saved". And if we need help, we need to look within ourselves.

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      Joseph O Polancoposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Sure we do. If let purely to man's designs we will all perish in a thermonuclear war or some other peril caused by man.

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      Lady Guinevereposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Why is everyone so negative about people and about oneselves?  Jesus told us that the answers and the Kingdom that we seek is within us.  Why the resistance and who is putting it there and why?

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      Stargrrlposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      It is also said in the bible that the heart is wicked.

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      Lady Guinevereposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Old or New Testament and if it is of anything St. Paul says, then it is not true.  What comes from the heart is wicked if you so chooe it to be.  If you have no idea what I am talking about check your thoughts and your heart.

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      Stargrrlposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Are you saying Paul is a liar?  The same Paul who wrote ACTS?

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      Lady Guinevereposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      He had a different agenda that Jesus did, put it that way.

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      Joseph O Polancoposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      @Debra
      
      Really? Are you really so oblivious to all of the violence, mayhem and terrorism going on in the world right now? That's all MAN'S doing.

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      Lady Guinevereposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      @joseph, are that blind to not be able to see all the good that we are doing? Try reading NatGeo, Smithsonian, Mother Earth News, Science and Tech stuff. Open your eyes!

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       Joseph O Polancoposted 9 years agoin reply to this

       Until man can learn to live in peace and harmony with his fellow man all of those "accomplishments" are worthless.

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       Lady Guinevereposted 9 years agoin reply to this

       @joseph, and it all begins with Self and no one else.  Find peace and love WITHIN, not outside.  One persons peace will never be like anothers. Peace Be With You...Jesus said.  My Peace I give To You..in your Heart WITHIN you. Find Your Peace.

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       Joseph O Polancoposted 9 years agoin reply to this

       And what of those who love violence and death? No, only when Christ Jesus as Heavenly King of God's Kingdom brings these to account for their wrongdoing at Armageddon will we all finally have true peace and security.

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       Omer123posted 9 years agoin reply to this

       come on .. God is the one who is the creature of every thing we cant neglect Him

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       Stargrrlposted 9 years agoin reply to this

       Amen Joseph!  To say we need to look within ourselves to find God--that is buddhist or yoga or something.  We need Jesus!

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       Joseph O Polancoposted 9 years agoin reply to this

       Thanks Star!

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       Austinstarposted 9 years agoin reply to this

       Aw jeez, why didn't your all powerful, all knowing god just do it right in the first place? Was he just too mean? Or too stupid to figure out that mankind was going to mess everything up? And you guys just keep waiting around for him to fix his mess?

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       Lady Guinevereposted 9 years agoin reply to this

       Luke 17:20-22 And having been questioned by the Pharisees, when the reign of God doth come, he answered them, and said, `The reign of God doth not come with observation;
       21 nor shall they say, Lo, here; or lo, there; for lo, the reign of God is withi

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       Austinstarposted 9 years agoin reply to this

       Yep, take some personal responsibility and quit waiting for a god to fix you.

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       Joseph O Polancoposted 9 years agoin reply to this

       Man cannot thwart God's original purpose. He most certainly will fulfill his intent to convert the entire Earth into a paradise filled with only the good. The time that elapses until then serves to answer THE most important question of the universe.

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   temptor94posted 9 years ago

   I would say everything. God whom we see as the Almighty can do everything and has knowledge of everything that humans don't. For example, we humans don't understand the laws of the Universe, how and why times runs and why does it control us to such an enormous extent, why is past, present and future beyond our control (even though we like to think it is), what is the purpose of our existence.
   The questions are endless and I like to believe that God is the one and only super power who has the answer to everything. We don't even know if we are meant to ever find out these answers. We humans are so clueless and powerless about everything that we need to believe in a super power who does have the control over things that we don't.
   Humans are blessed with rationality, emotions and ability to think, but these also make us sensitive to suffering. God is the one we turn to when we don't know how to eliminate our suffering or how to fix our problems.

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      Austinstarposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      I should think you would do better to turn to a doctor to eliminate your suffering and to your own self to fix your problems. We will one day be able to answer your questions on everything, no god needed.

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      Sri Tposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      God is not outside. God lives in the body of everyone.

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      Omer123posted 9 years agoin reply to this

      @temptor94 you are right we don't have any knowledge about any thing God is the one having the knowledge and command over every thing .. we should be thankful to Him for every thing very blessings we have instead of being an atheist

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      Lady Guinevereposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      @Omer, if God was in charge of everything then why did Jesus tell s us to Heal Ourselves?  He also admonished many when he told us that we are of little faith (in ourselves).

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      Joseph O Polancoposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      And just where in the Bible did Jesus say any of that? Are you just making stuff up again while hoping nobody dares challenge you on it?

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   Austinstarposted 9 years ago

   The only thing that limits us to being 'god-like' is us! We have the brains to accomplish anything we set out to do. Look how just one TV show - Star Trek - changed the world!
   We are making huge strides in all the areas of science and philosophy. The only thing holding us back is the limited thought processes of un-educated people.
   Someday, quite soon, we will be able to instantly update everyone via the internet and perhaps implantable memory.
   To the stagnate thinking humans of today, tomorrow will be magic. We will be able to do anything and everything that they assume a 'god' can or can't do.
   It's just a question of education and application.

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      Lady Guinevereposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      @Joseph, we always find solutions and without those "evil" thigs and people we would never grow spiritualy and learn tohelp others.  We would become stagnant. The planet and ppl do not work that way.

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      Austinstarposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Debra, could you please delete all of JOPs comments? If not, please delete my answer entirely. His copy/pasted diatribes make me ill. I choose to ignore everything he says and would rather not have him associated anywhere near my name.

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      Joseph O Polancoposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      "There is simply no greater fool than the one who refuses to accept what has been revealed to be true ." - Unknown

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      Lady Guinevereposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Sorry AS for not getting this sooner.  The thing is with these types of ppl they can do no research on their own.  His last statement proves it.  They think it is Love but it is only HATE. He goes round and round with and never is satisfied.

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      Austinstarposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you. I really do have little regard for people who limit themselves. That's one reason that I like you so much! You have such an open mind!

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      Lady Guinevereposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Oh and I have been told my brains are falling out. lol  Some ppl are so afraid of learning new things, it is ridiculous.  When I was told about the Banned Books and how you will go to Hll if you read them...I read them! They have cuz 2 B afraid. TRTH

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      Joseph O Polancoposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      See Ezekiel 33:8, 9.

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      Lady Guinevereposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      @Joseph and others,  I do NOT want to see Bible Scripture on my ?'s unless I aks for them.  I will not play the mery-go-round of scripture.  You have brains, so use them.

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      Joseph O Polancoposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Last I checked, only Atheists and Antichrists despise the sublime Word of God. Which one are you again?

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   one2get2noposted 9 years ago

   I would have thought that was obvious.....create a universe.

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      mybrianthe fixerposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Get me his/her email address and we wil have a debate. Phone number. Or postal address, also ok. Does he/she. Have a twitter account  contact me on any of the above. Or talk to my mind to me personally and this hopeful believer will send the word out

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   Joseph O Polancoposted 9 years ago

   Only God can create life and resurrect our dead loved ones by recreating them.

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      Lady Guinevereposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      I guess you never heard of The Testube Baby, that lives even today and has her own children, or how we are growing body parts from our own genes, or Stem Cell Therapy....

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      Stargrrlposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      God provided the means by which the test tube baby was born, and God is the one who granted the knowledge of stem cell therapy.  If God wills it, it happens.

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      Joseph O Polancoposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Are you seriously suggesting man created the spermatozoa, female egg and uterus used in in vitro fertilization? Boy, you Atheists are a hoot!

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      Lady Guinevereposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      @Joseph. hahahahahaha!  I am NOT an Atheist.  Go on with urself and Star too.  U 2 are the biggest comediens I have ever met. hahahahaha!

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      Joseph O Polancoposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      If it quacks like an Antichrist Atheist, waddles like one and bears the fetor of one  ...

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      Lady Guinevereposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      @Joseph your ignorance and stupidity are showing.  I will not have any of your derogatory remarks.
      @Star read your bible and tell us where Jesus said the Kingdom of heaven is and where God resides and all the laws are....WITHIN all of us. I no lie!

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      Stargrrlposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Jesus never said that the kingdom of God was within us; He said we had to look for it; that no one could get to the Father except through Him; Heaven is a place, and we need to choose Jesus and invite Him into our hearts!

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      Lady Guinevereposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Star is that waht your preacer told you?  Look a bit further.  It is there I promise.

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      Stargrrlposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      It says that right in the bible!  John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."

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       Lady Guinevereposted 9 years agoin reply to this

       That is not the verse tha I am talking about.

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       Stargrrlposted 9 years agoin reply to this

       Then what is the verse you are talking about?  Quote it, please.

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       Lady Guinevereposted 9 years agoin reply to this

       I will not, you look for it.  Look Within up on Biblegateway do com in the Young's Literal Translation. It is in the NT.

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       Stargrrlposted 9 years agoin reply to this

       The only thing that pops up is Nehemiah 6:10.  Other than that, I type in "Kingdom of God within us" and I get no results.

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       Lady Guinevereposted 9 years agoin reply to this

       Star, Luke 17:21

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       SirDentposted 9 years agoin reply to this

       Luke 17:21  Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. (KJV)

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       Stargrrlposted 9 years agoin reply to this

       You've interpreted it wrong.  Read the whole paragraph, not just the verse line.  Jesus is saying that the kingdom of God is not going to come the way we'd expect.

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       Lady Guinevereposted 9 years agoin reply to this

       *I* have interpeted it wrong???  I have read the whole paragrapn and the whole chapter.  He said the kingdom is within you not outside of you....church will teach you the it is outside and that is wehre you get your confusion from.

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       Stargrrlposted 9 years agoin reply to this

       He meant that the kingdom of God is among you--when you pray with others, God is in your midst.

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       Lady Guinevereposted 9 years agoin reply to this

       It does not say anything like that!  Boy I don't know about you.  He also mentions himself as the son of man and not of God..interesting eh?

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       Joseph O Polancoposted 9 years agoin reply to this

       Actually, the passage correctly reads,"ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐντὸς ὑμῶν ἐστιν" that is to say, "For look! the Kingdom of God is ***IN YOUR MIDST***.”"(Emphasis mine) Christ was referring to himself as the King of God's Kingdom.(cf. Mt. 6:9,10)

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   hvk940posted 9 years ago

   God can do anything ....can destroy the whole world but a man can't

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      Austinstarposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Oh, it is a certainty that man CAN destroy the whole world. Ever since the development of the atomic bomb. Or haven't you ever heard of it?

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      Medusa13posted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Man can and is destroying the world! Man could destroy the world very quickly with the bombs that have been created.

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      Omer123posted 9 years agoin reply to this

      @hvk940 exactly we can't do any thing you are right ..
      @ L.A Cargill you are right man can destroy the world but are you not familiar that who creates the atom which man is using in atomic reaction .. can you or any man can create the atoms never ..

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      Joseph O Polancoposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      You make a great point Omer!

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      Dmitry Kresinposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      God can't destroy the whole world since Whole World and God is the same. God can't destroy himself

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      Austinstarposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Omer, ask yourself, why are humans so obsessed with the idea of "creation". You can accept that "a god" was never created, but you can't accept that the whole universe was never created?

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      Joseph O Polancoposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Because the universe is 13.70 billion +/- years old. Whatsoever begins to exist always has a cause. The cause of the universe's beginning was God.

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      Austinstarposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      So, how old is this god and where did it come from and where does it live?

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      Joseph O Polancoposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      God is timeless, which necessarily means he's always existed, and, because he created the universe, he naturally exists outside of it. Here are the details: http://bit.ly/10j5YgK

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       Austinstarposted 9 years agoin reply to this

       Have you looked up the meaning of the word "universe"? There is no "outside" of it.

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       Joseph O Polancoposted 9 years agoin reply to this

       So the singularity which supposedly birthed our universe 13.70 +/- billion years ago existed where exactly?

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       Austinstarposted 9 years agoin reply to this

       String theory is no longer considered a workable model for the universe. You need to keep up.

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       Joseph O Polancoposted 9 years agoin reply to this

       Medice, cura te ipsum.
       
       String? Puhlease. Try Borde-Guth-Vilenkin.

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       hvk940posted 9 years agoin reply to this

       why we are fighting here.....

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    Rosualdo Ponceposted 9 years ago

    Look at yourself at the mirror and you will see the beauty of God's creation, a simple work of God that the holder of beauty can't do. Look around you and you will see more works of the Lord. Look at Jesus' death on the cross by faith and you will see the best work of God that no one can do.

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    Dmitry Kresinposted 9 years ago

    Well, the main and big difference is that God doesn't break his own rules (or rules of our Universe). God is our system... we are inside the system, we are just a part of it. God is not a part .. it is everything. So, we can leave in a balance with the system or break this balance. God doesn't have this choice - he is always in a balance with everything around.

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    Sojourner1234posted 9 years ago

    God can create 'ex nihilo' for starters.

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