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Author Topic:   Do Christians Worship Different Gods?
hooah212002
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Message 80 of 286 (631305)
08-31-2011 3:05 PM
Reply to: Message 78 by iano
08-31-2011 2:33 PM


Re: Everyone has their own god.
Let us take actual, recorded acts of genocide (not good to assume the bible as a historical document) since you see genocide as being god's way of ridding the world of sinners.
Are the individuals who led the campaigns of genocide acting on your god's behalf? Were they just causes? Were the people who died sinners? If so, why?
Did your god actually choose Hitler, Pol Pot and Stalin to do his dirty work?
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hooah212002
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Message 105 of 286 (631388)
08-31-2011 8:22 PM
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08-31-2011 8:03 PM


Re: Everyone has their own god.
However, when I use the term, I mean:
"the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group" (wiki)
..which is devoid of moral commentary.
No, then, I think that makes you immoral if you can't see the immorality in that statement/act. You think you can just hide your immorality behind a figment of your imagination and it's acceptable.
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Message 133 of 286 (631575)
09-01-2011 7:47 PM
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09-01-2011 7:23 PM


Re: Everyone has their own god.
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So genocide is "always immoral" because jar says so.
No...genocide is bad because taking the lives of others is bad, mmkay? See, rational people have their own moral compass, usually derived from societal standards. Rational people don't derive their morals from deranged lunatics that use murder and mayhem as a means to get a point across. (the god you are marketing). Basically (as a social animal/species) standards that help bolster the numbers. The more members of a society (to a degree), the better.
The fact that you seem to think this sort of character is not only acceptable, but something to be sought after, worshipped and bowed down to, something you want to spend eternity with....says something about yourself.
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hooah212002
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Message 139 of 286 (631700)
09-02-2011 2:06 PM
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09-02-2011 12:55 PM


Re: Everyone has their own god.
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So genocide is "bad" (a.k.s. "always immoral") because hooah says so?
What you will notice that I did was to provide factors for which rational beings derive their morality from. This is different than deriving them from a singular entity.
What you will notice I did NOT do, however, is label myself as any arbiter of morality.
It is only you, and people like you (the religious) who seem to think morality comes from a singular entity. This is demonstrably not the case.
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Message 174 of 286 (632697)
09-09-2011 2:34 PM
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09-09-2011 2:15 PM


Re: Everyone has their own god.
In the end of the Genesis fable the god character says: " 22And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil".
Right. And as soon as they did, he gave 'em the boot from eden. I don't think the god character particurlarly liked the fact that "they had become one of us" a whole lot. Especially since it was due to this that, according to the legend, we are all born of sin.
and the charge to do so.
I didn't see that part. It goes "they are like us now....now GTFO of eden!"

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Message 177 of 286 (632702)
09-09-2011 2:41 PM
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09-09-2011 2:36 PM


Re: Everyone has their own god.
Right...because they had already eaten from the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

"Why don't you call upon your God to strike me? Oh, I forgot it's because he's fake like Thor, so bite me" -Greydon Square

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Message 241 of 286 (634295)
09-20-2011 2:22 PM
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09-20-2011 1:34 PM


Re: different gods for different bods
Where do the "false" god concepts originate from......?
Simply put: "different god concept than I believe in or have been taught". At least, IMO, that is what it essentially boils down to.

"Why don't you call upon your God to strike me? Oh, I forgot it's because he's fake like Thor, so bite me" -Greydon Square

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