Originally posted by rooktakesqueen wouldn't it just be a lot easier if god and the devil had a game of chess to decide who wins once and for all... what a game that would be!
The devil would be so dumb that God would win in to moves.
i dont think so, the devil cant be that dumb, he's lasted a long time and given god a good run for his money! who knows, maybe the devil will even win at chess, maybe he will win and rule the world, what then, war, famine, hatred, rape... etc.... oops, looks like he's already found the check mate!
see...to my knowledge, your god is all omnipowerful and such whilst Satan...well Satan is just an angel (not a god), a fallen one that he has decided to let rule hell and then (just for the crack) tries to undermine his ability to do this...To me it seems like this god thing you seem to believe in is playing chess with a back rank starting with 7 queens and he still can't bloody win!
Originally posted by jaywill It is not that easy to explain how the Pharisees could point to the exact place that the Messiah would be born based on a prophecy of Micah 500 years before.
I believe it's very easy to write accurate prophesies using hindsight. I also believe that if you keep any prophesy woolley enough then it'll be interested what ever way any individual chooses to do so.