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Topic: The God of the Bible is Evil
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pelican
Member (Idle past 5006 days) Posts: 781 From: australia Joined: 05-27-2007
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Message 28 of 190 (402558)
05-27-2007 11:56 PM
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Reply to: Message 5 by jar
05-27-2007 11:12 AM
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Re: Gotta get some of your story straight right from the beginning.
if the bible says god creates both good and evil and it is apparent in our experience, then where is the confusion? If there is a god\goodness then the polarity of god must exist, hence devil\evil. Not much difference is there? We cannot have one without the other. It is all or nothing. Both or neither. Choice!
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pelican
Member (Idle past 5006 days) Posts: 781 From: australia Joined: 05-27-2007
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Message 31 of 190 (402564)
05-28-2007 2:59 AM
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Reply to: Message 29 by jar
05-28-2007 12:16 AM
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Re: Who creates Evil?
Your final sentence is my point. We do give values on everything from good to evil. It has nothing to do with god or satan. It's free will. It is us. We are 'it.' The creators of everything through the mass consciousness. Keep smiling.
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pelican
Member (Idle past 5006 days) Posts: 781 From: australia Joined: 05-27-2007
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Message 32 of 190 (402566)
05-28-2007 3:13 AM
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Reply to: Message 30 by Phat
05-28-2007 12:51 AM
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Re: Mono vs Man-o, or Omni versus Ego
It does seem common sense to have a first cause. We cannot imagine no beginning and no end, but if we are going to believe in one god, then for god's sake let's agree to believe in a loving creator who loves us all equally in the here and right now.
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pelican
Member (Idle past 5006 days) Posts: 781 From: australia Joined: 05-27-2007
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Message 162 of 190 (404328)
06-08-2007 5:03 AM
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Reply to: Message 160 by iceage
06-07-2007 1:10 PM
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Image of god
I absolutely agree that each belief of a god is individual, and is based on one's own learnings and experience. I suggest if we are looking for a god to unify us all, then he\she\it will not be found in our total\collective belief system as it stands at the moment..
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pelican
Member (Idle past 5006 days) Posts: 781 From: australia Joined: 05-27-2007
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Message 188 of 190 (416805)
08-17-2007 10:43 PM
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Reply to: Message 187 by iceage
08-12-2007 6:57 PM
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Re: Same verse only worse
Did god not create evil? The version of god I believe in created everything including evil, but that is not who or what god is. Evil was created so that we may know good, which god also created, but god can only be both or neither. All or nothing.
Categorizing god isn't a good move even if it's good. If you are earnestly seeking god you won't find her in the holy books.
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pelican
Member (Idle past 5006 days) Posts: 781 From: australia Joined: 05-27-2007
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Message 190 of 190 (416855)
08-18-2007 6:32 AM
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Reply to: Message 189 by iceage
08-18-2007 12:19 AM
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Re: Same verse only worse
I think we do need darkness to know light. I think we do need hot to know cold. I think we do need small to know large. However, I see I am off topic as I am not referring to the god of the bible. I'll leave that horror story to you. AARRGGGHHH!
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