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Originally posted by @badradgerEdit: I've removed what I had typed here. Sorry, I had you confused with karoly.
you are suggesting that god thinks in a different way to humans, to the best of my knowledge there is no other thought than human thought, any other would be incomprehensible.
Originally posted by @wolfgang59I think god has been hanging about for eternity the poor old bloke is probably having a bit if R&R, a snooze possibly a holiday in one of one of his more rest full dimensions.lol
Well I would but there are millions ahead of me in the queue all waiting .... and waiting ... and
Originally posted by @suzianneIf I prevented them from getting a terminal illness, yes.
Would you say that, as a parent, you would be doing your child a beneficial service if you kept them from ALL harm?
Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeThe thing is this life isn't it, there is an appointed time for each of us. That means that we
If I prevented them from getting a terminal illness, yes.
all are going to have something terminal occur and there isn't any age that is immune to that.
Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke
Sometimes in life, bad things happen that are not a result of personal consequence. If God is truly merciful and all-powerful, why doesn't he intervene in these instances?
Originally posted by @kellyjayA tad corny old chap.
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Yep, I get 'God did something' in that he created us, and that I have the ability to comfort someone dying of a terminal disease. I do lack, however, the omnipotence to prevent someone from developing such a disease.
God doesn't.
Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeTrue, but He is working toward an eternal Kingdom where those things no longer are part
A tad corny old chap.
Yep, I get 'God did something' in that he created us, and that I have the ability to comfort someone dying of a terminal disease. I do lack, however, the omnipotence to prevent someone from developing such a disease.
God doesn't.
of our lives. This life is the way it is because we are torn between His Kingdom, and the
god of this world.
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Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeOn the way home from church I heard this song and thought of your question, which is why
A tad corny old chap.
Yep, I get 'God did something' in that he created us, and that I have the ability to comfort someone dying of a terminal disease. I do lack, however, the omnipotence to prevent someone from developing such a disease.
God doesn't.
you got that as a reply. 🙂
Originally posted by @kellyjayAh, I see. 😆
On the way home from church I heard this song and thought of your question, which is why
you got that as a reply. 🙂
Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeYep, you were in my head...what was I to do. LOL
Ah, I see. 😆
Originally posted by @kellyjayBetter your head than your refrigerator.
Yep, you were in my head...what was I to do. LOL
Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeMy wife is a great cook, she had a cooking column in a newspaper for awhile when we lived
Better your head than your refrigerator.
in Illinois, you'd be a happy camper being in our refrigerator. 🙂
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Originally posted by @badradgerWell he made you didn't he?
If he exists he is rubbish at his job, think a career move is in order.
Oh wait, that just helps your argument.
Curses!