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riVeRraT
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Message 16 of 122 (566975)
06-28-2010 11:30 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Jumped Up Chimpanzee
06-28-2010 12:12 PM


"Jumped Up Chimpanzee" writes:
Where are all the gods?
Deuteronomy 12:2
Destroy completely all the places on the high mountains and on the hills and under every spreading tree where the nations you are dispossessing worship their gods.
I can't speak for all the other gods, shit I can't even speak for God. But the God I believe in, aka Christian God is one that cannot be proven, and resides in your heart. He told us we have to believe by faith, and love people, and love Him.
So if you are looking for a sign, then it's most likely going to be a subjective one at best. Being a sarcastic Atheist probably won't help you, but who am I to judge, we each have our own paths. I know my path was pretty fucked up.

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Jumped Up Chimpanzee
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Message 17 of 122 (566988)
06-29-2010 4:25 AM
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06-28-2010 11:30 PM


But the God I believe in, aka Christian God is one that cannot be proven, and resides in your heart. He told us we have to believe by faith, and love people, and love Him.
But that's my point, as you say, "he told us...". It is claimed that your Christian God told us things many times, even made a physical appearance for 30 odd years in the form of Jesus. How else could we have known about him if he hadn't appeared in some form?
Therefore, if it is true that he appeared before, it is true that he can prove his own existence. And with ease.
So why not appear now?

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caffeine
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Message 18 of 122 (566989)
06-29-2010 5:27 AM
Reply to: Message 7 by Rahvin
06-28-2010 2:51 PM


Re: Oh, gods definitely exist...
Reality-warping in response to prayer, somebody who cares, and a free ticket to eternal Disney World, remember! I'm going to ride "It's a Small World" infinity times!
Balls to that - Disney World was awful. Two or three decent rides, spread out amidst acres of wrongness.

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Jumped Up Chimpanzee
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Message 19 of 122 (566992)
06-29-2010 5:49 AM
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06-28-2010 7:33 PM


You mean these guys?
As you can see, I even managed to take a picture of them. All you atheists out there will get that big thunderbolt up your asses.
I can see from your photo that the gods are German.
Holy Scheiss!
All of a sudden, everything makes perfect sense!!!!

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Straggler
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Message 20 of 122 (566993)
06-29-2010 5:52 AM
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06-28-2010 7:47 PM


Re: "True Perfection Has To Be Imperfect"
Wait, I'm god?
Of course you are. As am I. Message 4
Now the question is can we both be atheists and gods simultaneously?
Straggler writes:
Or serenely wanking himself into blissful oblivion. Who knows?
I will leave it to your imagination to work out how we establish which one of us is the superior god.

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Taq
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Message 21 of 122 (567025)
06-29-2010 10:48 AM
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06-29-2010 5:52 AM


Re: "True Perfection Has To Be Imperfect"
Now the question is can we both be atheists and gods simultaneously?
Perhaps we have low self esteem so that we don't believe in ourselves.

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AZPaul3
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Message 22 of 122 (567026)
06-29-2010 10:51 AM
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06-29-2010 5:52 AM


Re: "True Perfection Has To Be Imperfect"
I will leave it to your imagination to work out how we establish which one of us is the superior god.
You cannot leave such a decision to one of the interested parties, even if they are gods.
I, on the other hand, being merely mortal and independent of such interests do have the most perfect contest.
wanking himself into blissful oblivion
And ya gotta do it on your own. No help from Hera, Aphrodite, George, no help or porno of any kind. Completely on your own psyche and volition.
First one to fill a 5-gallon bottle.

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Straggler
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Message 23 of 122 (567030)
06-29-2010 11:09 AM
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06-29-2010 10:51 AM


Re: "True Perfection Has To Be Imperfect"
First one to fill a 5-gallon bottle.
Holy spunkfest!

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Straggler
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Message 24 of 122 (567031)
06-29-2010 11:10 AM
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06-29-2010 10:48 AM


Re: "True Perfection Has To Be Imperfect"
I have no faith in Oni

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Rahvin
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Message 25 of 122 (567035)
06-29-2010 11:51 AM
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06-29-2010 5:27 AM


Re: Oh, gods definitely exist...
Balls to that - Disney World was awful. Two or three decent rides, spread out amidst acres of wrongness.
Well, okay, so I haven't been there since I was a kid. But remember all the resort stuff? Faith in the god in my closet rewards you to an all-expenses-paid eternity of everything Disney World has to offer, including all of the adult stuff! It's more than just rides, they have great food and shows and other cool stuff!
And really, it's competition is eternity stuck in a Teletubbies episode. Even if Disney World isn't your idea of heaven, wouldn't you at least want to avoid that?

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Hyroglyphx
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Message 26 of 122 (567044)
06-29-2010 12:25 PM
Reply to: Message 8 by Taq
06-28-2010 3:04 PM


Have you read the Old Testament?
That was my satirical way of saying the bible is nonsense.

"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from mistaken conviction." — Blaise Pascal

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Hyroglyphx
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Message 27 of 122 (567049)
06-29-2010 12:32 PM
Reply to: Message 17 by Jumped Up Chimpanzee
06-29-2010 4:25 AM


So why not appear now?
To add to the mystique!!! God loves a good mystery novel.

"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from mistaken conviction." — Blaise Pascal

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onifre
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Message 28 of 122 (567108)
06-29-2010 4:54 PM
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06-29-2010 10:51 AM


Re: "True Perfection Has To Be Imperfect"
First one to fill a 5-gallon bottle.
Done. Next...
- Oni

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onifre
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Message 29 of 122 (567111)
06-29-2010 4:58 PM
Reply to: Message 20 by Straggler
06-29-2010 5:52 AM


Re: "True Perfection Has To Be Imperfect"
Now the question is can we both be atheists and gods simultaneously?
As a god we can be anything. But not believing in gods, while still being one, doesn't make you an athiest. It makes you selfish.
Straggler writes:
Or serenely wanking himself into blissful oblivion. Who knows?
I will leave it to your imagination to work out how we establish which one of us is the superior god.
I say we go the oppposite direction to establish godlyness. The power to withhold said task from my daily ritual would take all the power in the universe. Thus if I am "master of my domain" for a longer period than you, I'm god.
- Oni

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Straggler
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Message 30 of 122 (567115)
06-29-2010 5:17 PM
Reply to: Message 29 by onifre
06-29-2010 4:58 PM


Re: "True Perfection Has To Be Imperfect"
Thus if I am "master of my domain" for a longer period than you, I'm god.
I have just wazzed on my screen.
You win.

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