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Author Topic:   If you were God, what kind of God would you be?
Perdition
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Message 95 of 247 (520489)
08-21-2009 5:30 PM
Reply to: Message 90 by Dr Adequate
08-21-2009 4:55 PM


Re: Should I Rape Suzy? Part III
By any morality I could ever accept, I agree, you should not rape Suzy.
Of course, my inferior morality is probably just acting up again and you should feel free to give in to your basal desires to your heart's content.

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Perdition
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Message 230 of 247 (523443)
09-10-2009 11:14 AM
Reply to: Message 229 by Peg
09-10-2009 3:56 AM


Re: God's Morality
So, you're claiming that Jesus couldn't play to a hostile crowd? So, the churches that send out missionaries to "heathens" who don't know God and practice "satanic forms of worship" are somehow better than God is at preparing their missionaries?
Wouldn't it be a better advocation of God's power and rightness if he sent his son (the one he needs to be executed and tortured) to people who didn't know him, and still have him convince a large enough portion of his power and rightness to create a major religion?
How does sending someone to a group of people who are predisposed to believe the types of things he's showing any sign of his power? Is a magician considered better if he can convince a group of kids who are predisposed to believe what they are shown and in magic in general, or if he goes to a group of other magicians who know other ways of doing the same trick, but are still impressed by his tricks?

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Perdition
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Message 241 of 247 (523605)
09-11-2009 11:54 AM
Reply to: Message 237 by Peg
09-11-2009 12:25 AM


Re: God's Morality
Peg writes:
do you really think that God would send his son to a people who participated in vile acts and who practiced satanic forms of worship?
Peg writes:
He did....they are called Gentiles and the christian church today is mostly made up of gentiles.
Ok, here's a contradiction. You said that God wouldn't send his son to unbelievers...then you claim he did. Which is it? If the first one, my point still stands. If it's the second, then why did God need to "favor" Isreal if he could effectively send his son to unbelievers?
Peg writes:
And whats more, Jesus didnt even need to be here to bring them into his church.
So, Jesus was unnecessarily tortured and sacrificed? I'm pretty sure that goes against some pretty strong traditions in the Christian Church.

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