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Topic: If god has a plan, then doesn't that make prayer worthless?
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tsig
Member (Idle past 2938 days) Posts: 738 From: USA Joined: 04-09-2004
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Message 32 of 63 (198056)
04-10-2005 12:41 PM
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Reply to: Message 22 by Phat
04-09-2005 4:05 AM
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Re: God has a plan and we have a rational mind.
He is wise beyond our comprehension. If he is beyond comprehension, how do you know he is wise?
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tsig
Member (Idle past 2938 days) Posts: 738 From: USA Joined: 04-09-2004
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Message 35 of 63 (198060)
04-10-2005 12:50 PM
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Reply to: Message 26 by riVeRraT
04-09-2005 12:48 PM
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Plan failure
I think God planned for us to have eternal life. So god's plan failed?
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tsig
Member (Idle past 2938 days) Posts: 738 From: USA Joined: 04-09-2004
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Message 37 of 63 (198067)
04-10-2005 1:02 PM
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Reply to: Message 34 by Phat
04-10-2005 12:48 PM
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Re: God has a plan and we have a rational mind.
Lets put it this way....If He is stupid, than we are all in a heap of trouble! Why?
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tsig
Member (Idle past 2938 days) Posts: 738 From: USA Joined: 04-09-2004
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Message 39 of 63 (198071)
04-10-2005 1:09 PM
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Reply to: Message 33 by crashfrog
04-10-2005 12:45 PM
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Oh, don't you know? He's beyond comprehension until something happens that they can credit to God to stick it to the atheists; when that happens suddenly all the believers are experts about God. Yeah, first the believers tell us what god wants, then when pressed says we cannot understand god's mind. Doublethink in action.
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tsig
Member (Idle past 2938 days) Posts: 738 From: USA Joined: 04-09-2004
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Message 41 of 63 (198077)
04-10-2005 1:19 PM
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Reply to: Message 36 by Phat
04-10-2005 1:01 PM
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Re: Plan failure
I think that God foreknew the result from Eden. It is not as if He slapped His almighty forehead and said "Doh". Those humans! Now what do I do? He foreknew that sending His Son to bail us out was the original plan to begin with! Eternal life is an option and a choice. If one fervantly believes in no God and that when they die they become wormfood, Eternal life will STILL be an option upon their death. To reject it then on the grounds that freedom of rational thought supercedes truth would be ludicrous yet allowable. God will not force anyone to play nicely in Heaven with the other children. Your god seems anthropomorfic
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tsig
Member (Idle past 2938 days) Posts: 738 From: USA Joined: 04-09-2004
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Message 43 of 63 (198085)
04-10-2005 1:43 PM
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Reply to: Message 42 by Phat
04-10-2005 1:25 PM
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Re: the anthropomorphic Almighty
Well how else can He relate to us? That is why His character is Jesus and not Flipper or Gentle Ben. So god's plan is to give us a choice that he knows we will screw up, then kill himself to correct the problem and afterwards burn all those who can't see it?
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tsig
Member (Idle past 2938 days) Posts: 738 From: USA Joined: 04-09-2004
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Message 45 of 63 (198106)
04-10-2005 4:35 PM
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Reply to: Message 44 by Phat
04-10-2005 2:30 PM
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Re: the anthropomorphic Almighty
He never killed Himself but, rather, gave His life over and allowed that same stubborn spirit that thought that it knew the answer to kill Him through those people who were themselves zealous know-it-alls. Still, He never sends people to Hell. People send themselves there by continuing to follow that deifying spirit of know-it-all that proclaims itself to be as god. Jesus allowed satan to kill him?
Still, He never sends people to Hell. People send themselves there by continuing to follow that deifying spirit of know-it-all that proclaims itself to be as god. So he just creates hell and greases the skids under all who do not believe as you do and is not responsible?
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tsig
Member (Idle past 2938 days) Posts: 738 From: USA Joined: 04-09-2004
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Message 47 of 63 (198118)
04-10-2005 5:34 PM
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Reply to: Message 46 by Phat
04-10-2005 4:54 PM
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Re: the anthropomorphic Almighty
It would be as if I made a hangmans noose in the backyard for evil people and you chose not to listen to me and went and hung yourself. Sounds like a lawsuit. Puting dangerous things in the backyard?
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tsig
Member (Idle past 2938 days) Posts: 738 From: USA Joined: 04-09-2004
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Message 49 of 63 (198200)
04-11-2005 1:21 AM
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Reply to: Message 48 by Phat
04-10-2005 6:04 PM
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the alternative
Yeah I know. I suppose that there should be a class action suit against God for not allowing any alternative options to be allowed besides Him. In that sort of a court case, however..Who would be the Judge? God Almighty v. People Well there is always the alternative.
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tsig
Member (Idle past 2938 days) Posts: 738 From: USA Joined: 04-09-2004
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Message 54 of 63 (198436)
04-12-2005 2:18 AM
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Reply to: Message 53 by Phat
04-12-2005 12:50 AM
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Re: The Celestial Hangman
There is a level of Faith that you must accept. been there, done that, got the scars.
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