The God and the Goddess
Very true nasake, We are right and they are wrong. Thank You for standing up for your beliefs! Two thumbs up.
It's what people want, power over others and the ability to get those others to conform with the way they see things, with the way they believe things should be. We don't conform unless forced to because God/the supreme being/the Goddess-God(or any other way you want to name the 'supreme example of life') wants Infinite Diversity.I'm sorry you feel that way.
thanks for playing.
Goodness, people! Not that I care if random muggles reply to this forum post, but I was hoping to have a conversation specifically with the God and Goddess believers. Thanks to Nasake, Tlherald85, and cresentmoon, as well as janesix, we can have a conversation of the god and goddess and what they mean to us...we can start another thread elsewhere with a less conspicuous name...what do you say?
Secret meetings in public forums, a true testament to the times we live in.
"If your belief system(concept of God) is so full of holes, that in order to not see the holes you have to meet in the dark... It's probably a belief system unworthy of belief."I understand your position. But jumping to an assumption that his definition of god is the same as yours, would put you in the same boat at him. He seems to think that his definition is absolute, because he has supposedly proven without a shadow of doubt that a god exists. The irony that you both don't see things that same is my point.
Christianity isn't actually worthy of belief. It's a religion that was originally created to control people. Before the book was ever written, it's contents were manipulated by other people who didn't agree with certain aspects and wrote their own version.
As has been pointed out repeatedly this thread wasn't about my beliefs it was about the OP's. I came seeking an understanding. I came to ask questions and to better understand other people's beliefs.
I was promptly told to shut up. I was called names, berated, called more names including hypocrite, told I had no manners, and was generally judged as unworthy to have, let alone express, an opinion.
But hey I had fun... want to do again sometime???
I understand both the bible and quoran very well thank you.
Both are the psychotic ramblings of sexist old men.LOL! As if context is going to explain away the command, "kill non-believers".
It is a pretty uncompromising statement isn't it?
uncompromising. Thats an interesting word to use here.
God does not compromise.
It's his game and his standards, this is the way he rolls.
Death penalty for breaking rules
Nations went to war when God needed to shake them up
Nothing has changed.
People will go to the lake of fire
Tribulation will appear upon the earth
Yah i would say uncompromising.
BUT
Do i argue with it? Do i get mad at God for handling things this way? Do i deny He exists because i don't 'get' the economy or protectionism or deterrent abilities and quite probably other reasons I can't understand about all the intricacies involved in this type of situation. Do I worry about the content of a dispensation that is over with 2,000 yrs ago? - that would be pretty stupid
In the things (works and actions) of God i have to admit, I do not know more than Him nor do i understand better than Him. When dealing with people and trying to produce a nation that actually works I cannot claim this to be a simple task. Just seeing people on the surface and knowing them in a superficial way, makes me a lesser candidate and puts me in certainly no position to criticize - that would just be ego talking.
No, what would be ego talking is claiming to have an invisible friend that others should be afraid of.
Now that is ego talking big time!
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