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Author Topic:   Is God good?
jar
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Message 3 of 722 (660588)
04-27-2012 9:43 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by frako
04-27-2012 7:01 AM


Two different questions.
You seem to be asking two different and unrelated questions; one related to God and the other related to some Bible stories.
To address my beliefs on the former ("Is God good?") I would point you to a post I made some years ago in yet another iteration of the topic. You can find that post at Message 49 in the thread How do we know God is "Good"?.
In the Bible stories again the answer would be "Of course that God is good" because that is the nature assigned to that character in that story.

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jar
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Message 7 of 722 (660675)
04-28-2012 10:22 AM
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04-28-2012 6:34 AM


That is called trolling.

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jar
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Message 13 of 722 (660716)
04-28-2012 6:16 PM
Reply to: Message 11 by Phat
04-28-2012 5:34 PM


Re: Questioning
Phat writes:
But its nice to imagine a Divine Dad that can spellcheck my decisions and inspire me to greater heights.
Blooregard "Bloo" Q writes:
Kazoo Oh, thank you, helpful trail of clothes. I love you.
It's a lot easier when YOU don't have to do it, isn't it?

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jar
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Message 49 of 722 (681743)
11-27-2012 4:25 PM
Reply to: Message 48 by Larni
11-27-2012 4:18 PM


Re: Character
Do the laws of one state or one society or one culture apply to other states, societies or cultures?

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jar
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Message 151 of 722 (682830)
12-05-2012 3:55 PM
Reply to: Message 150 by jaywill
12-05-2012 3:52 PM


Re: Enough blame and salvation to go around
So let me ask this? So let me see if I have this correct (a simple yes or no will suffice): you believe that a real character in a book that, according to the book, wiped the face of the earth clean of nearly all living things, has a better moral fiber than Rahvin, an person that you only know via his postings on this website but via those postings has indicated a generally high moral standard? Is that correct?

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Message 181 of 722 (682948)
12-06-2012 9:02 AM
Reply to: Message 180 by Kairyu
12-06-2012 8:48 AM


Re: God's goodness in the Garden of Eden.
The God of Genesis 2&3 should be held liable for creating an attractive nuisance.

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jar
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Message 190 of 722 (683014)
12-06-2012 4:06 PM
Reply to: Message 189 by jaywill
12-06-2012 3:55 PM


Re: Military Bravado
Same Bible, same Old Testament, same God. Here God knows the count of the number of humans who don't yet know the difference between their right and left hand.
See if you can give me a answer that is not a wise crack. How come we see God here taking great care not to judge the immature ?
That is easy. It is a different story written by a different author meant to serve a different purpose describing a different God.

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jar
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Message 192 of 722 (683016)
12-06-2012 4:34 PM
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12-06-2012 4:10 PM


Re: Military Bravado
But it is on topic. There is no one God found in the Bible rather a whole series as the concept of God evolved and each writer created a new God.
The God that is associated with the Flood Myth is an evil critter. The God in the Jonah myth is an entirely different critter.

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jar
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Message 213 of 722 (683090)
12-07-2012 12:07 PM
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12-07-2012 12:06 PM


Re: Military Bravado
Jesus was a Jew.

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jar
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Message 215 of 722 (683092)
12-07-2012 12:24 PM
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12-07-2012 12:10 PM


Re: Military Bravado
But what does that have to do with the topic?
You want God to be good, but what does the evidence say?

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jar
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Message 281 of 722 (683273)
12-09-2012 11:18 AM
Reply to: Message 279 by Faith
12-09-2012 11:09 AM


Re: oh yes they were actual witnesses
Perhaps you can provide some evidence to support your assertion that "You're all being killed by lies, convoluted lies."

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jar
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Message 297 of 722 (683325)
12-09-2012 5:41 PM
Reply to: Message 296 by Faith
12-09-2012 5:26 PM


wish in one hand ...
Are you aware that many Christians are expecting the final Antichrist soon?
That's been true for over 2000 years now.
Now on topic, Ganesha is definitely good, removing obstacles, assuring success, Lord of Letters and Learning.
Edited by jar, : fix smilie

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jar
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Message 300 of 722 (683328)
12-09-2012 6:15 PM
Reply to: Message 299 by Faith
12-09-2012 6:09 PM


Re: wish in one hand ...
Hey, there's money in selling doomsday theories. Always has been.

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jar
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Message 303 of 722 (683333)
12-09-2012 8:02 PM
Reply to: Message 302 by Faith
12-09-2012 7:50 PM


Re: Again, I'm arguing for MAINSTREAM BASIC BIBLE CHRISTIANITY
That includes the doctrine of the TRINITY, which is rejected by Unitarian universalism, and excludes all those religions that deny that Christ is God who came to die for us.
As a Protestant Christian though I need to point out that that belief simply cheapens Jesus Christ and Christianity and turns it into a really selfish "What's in it for me" con job.
It also makes God look like a fool and Jesus as little more than a burnt offering.

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jar
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Message 306 of 722 (683336)
12-09-2012 8:11 PM
Reply to: Message 305 by Faith
12-09-2012 8:07 PM


Re: Again, I'm arguing for MAINSTREAM BASIC BIBLE CHRISTIANITY
But that is only some Protestants and it still makes God look like a fool, Jesus worth little more than a burnt offering and diminishes all of what Jesus' life was worth.

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