Originally posted by jimmyb270Maybe He gave us brains and we choose to ignore Him? Perhaps He has given enough already that would compel someone to believe He created it in the first place. Like the wonders all around you.
Okay, so god puts us on this earth, plays around with plagues and smiting people and stuff, and then disappears for 2000 years or so.
But he still expects us to believe in him.
He has given us brains that question the world and universe around us, and he has fueled these brains with much evidence to suggest that he doesn't exist.
But he still expects us to believe in him.
Man, that's just cruel
Originally posted by KellyJayIs it cruel to demand that a father sacrifice his son for reasons other than crops? e.g. Genesis 22:1-12.
Cruel is seeing one human murder one they do see.
Cruel is breaking one's word to one's advantage to anothers hurt
they do see.
Cruel is sacrificing one's own children to gods for a good crop.
Cruel is using one's brains to find ways to steal from people one
does and does not see, but knows they are real.
Cruel is sending things into other people ...[text shortened]...
require for life, we just don't share what we have and blame God
for our selfishness.
Kelly
Originally posted by NordlysOpen your eyes and see the many miracles he still works today they are proof enough in his existence
I have my eyes wide open...
I have yet to see any solid evidence saying the Flying Spaghetti Monster doesn't exist. Or Muffy. Or a bluespotted dog with horns and wings.
And jimmyb270 said that God gave us evidence he didn't exist; I simply haven't seen any examples of this evidence
And unlike God there is no evidence to support your Flying Spaghetti Monster
Besides there are dogs named Muffy.
Originally posted by RBHILLAnd just how long has Satan been talking to you personally ?
Wrong,
All evil is because people listen to satan's lies.
I have known several Satanists but none have risen to such a level as to receive personal communications as you claim.
Do you receive messages from any other lifeforms, and if you do, do they keep telling you to do evil things ?
Originally posted by caissad4sorry to interupt but if you do not act and do gods word then your lisning to the decivers of the world.
And just how long has Satan been talking to you personally ?
I have known several Satanists but none have risen to such a level as to receive personal communications as you claim.
Do you receive messages from any other lifeforms, and if you do, do they keep telling you to do evil things ?
Originally posted by The Chess ExpressSuppose I lose all attachment to material things. If you then sever my particulars with a rusty knife, will I therefore not suffer?
In Buddhism the four noble truths say that to end suffering we must loose desire and attachment to material things.
I believe that this is what Jesus refers to when he says not to store up our treasures on earth but rather in Heaven; also, seek God first and all other things will be added unto us.
Originally posted by specs57Calvinists believe that God predestines most people to everlasting torment in hell, whatever they do in this life, because it pleases him to do so, and being God, he can do what he likes.
A rapist's "love" is destructive and purely for the sexual pleasure of the rapist
God however wants what’s best for us, and fallowing his laws only increases the quality of life
This makes the rapist look like an amateur.
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Originally posted by PawnokeyholeBelieve it or not, there are those who can control their pain. There are documented, verifiable medical cases where surgery was performed on patients with no anesthetic.
Suppose I lose all attachment to material things. If you then sever my particulars with a rusty knife, will I therefore not suffer?
In regards to the attachment to material things, I think this is more about our spiritual suffering. We never find lasting happiness/satisfaction in material things, so ending our suffering happens when we loose our attachment to material things.
Why desire the finite when we are eternal?
…or something like that. Ask a Buddhist.
Edit: This by the way is what Jesus refers to when he says to store up our treasures in Heaven instead of on earth, and also when he tells us to seek first the kingdom of God and all things shall be added unto us.
