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Topic: The Results are in...There is a God! - What now?
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Archer Opteryx
Member (Idle past 3626 days) Posts: 1811 From: East Asia Joined: 08-16-2006
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Message 72 of 159 (371971)
12-24-2006 10:20 AM
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Reply to: Message 71 by Rob
12-24-2006 10:01 AM
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Re: Worship Marduk?
U Cookie postulated that we learn for a fact of the existence of a God. He did not stipulate what kind of God. It is interesting--a bit too convenient--that so many have assumed that any deity we discovered would correspond to known Judeo-Christian models. But there are any number of Gods we might find. What if the God he found was Marduk? Guan Gung? Ra? The Triple Morrigan? Something previously unknown? Would scottness get down on his knees and worship Marduk, his creator? Or would he be a 'control freak' who tries to fit the Source of Life into a box that conforms to his past patterns of belief--at least, until Marduk (praised be he) finally leads him to realize how futile all this is? Food for thought. Under the circumstances, call it a candy cane. Merry Christmas to all.  Edited by Archer Opterix, : evolutionary processes.
Archer All species are transitional.
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Archer Opteryx
Member (Idle past 3626 days) Posts: 1811 From: East Asia Joined: 08-16-2006
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Message 94 of 159 (372183)
12-25-2006 1:53 PM
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Reply to: Message 91 by Jon
12-25-2006 9:05 AM
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Re: Worship which God?
Jon: If someone else wants to argue for a different instruction book, they can. But in the end, only the manufacturer can tell us which booklet was supposed to come with the set. You smile at the thought now, but wait until the car pulls up in front of Krishna Manufacturing, Inc. __
Archer All species are transitional.
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Archer Opteryx
Member (Idle past 3626 days) Posts: 1811 From: East Asia Joined: 08-16-2006
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Message 95 of 159 (372184)
12-25-2006 1:59 PM
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Reply to: Message 73 by Jon
12-24-2006 11:47 AM
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Jon: Really, one would need far more information before making any decision about what to do with the discovery of a supreme deity. Do you have it? Sure. The Tao Te Ching. All sane people know this.  __
Archer All species are transitional.
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Archer Opteryx
Member (Idle past 3626 days) Posts: 1811 From: East Asia Joined: 08-16-2006
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quote:
The highest and lowest notes escape our hearing
The largest and smallest forms escape our perception
The Tao exists beyond our ability to see and discuss
The Tao nourishes everything and brings it to fulfillment.
Merry Christmas, Alacrity. ____ Edited by Archer Opterix, : translation.
Archer All species are transitional.
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Archer Opteryx
Member (Idle past 3626 days) Posts: 1811 From: East Asia Joined: 08-16-2006
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Message 111 of 159 (372300)
12-26-2006 12:50 PM
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Reply to: Message 103 by Rob
12-26-2006 9:47 AM
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He doesn't stand on points
Dear Rob, A request. Instead of congratulating yourself on your profundity and feeling sorry for yourself over having to dumb it all down for us, try having a point. A point makes a message much more interesting for your readers. Thanks. ___ Edited by Archer Opterix, : brev.
Archer All species are transitional.
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Archer Opteryx
Member (Idle past 3626 days) Posts: 1811 From: East Asia Joined: 08-16-2006
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Message 122 of 159 (372453)
12-27-2006 2:44 PM
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Reply to: Message 112 by Rob
12-26-2006 1:01 PM
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off-topic & out of context
If we will not learn to eat the only food that the universe grows ” the only food that any possible universe ever can grow ” then we must starve eternally. (Lewis- The Problem of Pain) Quotes are nothing but inspiration for the uninspired. - Richard Kemph ___
Archer All species are transitional.
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Archer Opteryx
Member (Idle past 3626 days) Posts: 1811 From: East Asia Joined: 08-16-2006
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Re: Gift = free will. No strings attached.
anastasia: Sure they can do whatever they want with their toy, but in the end they may regret it because it was valuable, or simply because it hurt their parents. This argument that generosity and engagement might be the incorrect choice is interesting... given the fact that Ringo's parable is practically a paraphrase of the Parable of the Talents (Mt 25). The master in that story took a stern view of the servant who preserved everything without touching it, even though the servant's stated motive was respect for the master. ___
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Archer Opteryx
Member (Idle past 3626 days) Posts: 1811 From: East Asia Joined: 08-16-2006
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Message 131 of 159 (372540)
12-28-2006 11:16 AM
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Reply to: Message 128 by anastasia
12-28-2006 9:52 AM
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Re: Gift = free will. No strings attached.
anastasia: Yes it sounds like the parable of the Talents. It is a bad analogy. On what grounds, other than your own decree, are we to label the Parable of the Talents 'a bad analogy'?
The parable of the talents is in the Bible 1 time, and the parables, stories, and warnings about how to use our free-will are an unending topic. I see. Even though the parable addresses the question of free will and its use, we are not to pay attention to it because Jesus only told the story once. Well, it's obvious you find the Parable of the Talents inconvenient. But you haven't even begun to make a credible case for ignoring it. The discussion, appropriately, proceeds. __ Edited by Archer Opterix, : HTML.
Archer All species are transitional.
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Archer Opteryx
Member (Idle past 3626 days) Posts: 1811 From: East Asia Joined: 08-16-2006
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Message 135 of 159 (372575)
12-28-2006 1:21 PM
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Reply to: Message 132 by anastasia
12-28-2006 12:54 PM
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Re: Gift = free will. No strings attached.
anastasia: It is obvious that you have that disease of reading into a post things that are simply not there. There is nothing inconvenient about the Parable, and why should I make a credible case for ignoring something I don't wish to ignore? I look forward to reading your discussion. __
Archer All species are transitional.
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Archer Opteryx
Member (Idle past 3626 days) Posts: 1811 From: East Asia Joined: 08-16-2006
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Message 147 of 159 (372692)
12-29-2006 2:10 AM
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Reply to: Message 145 by Rob
12-29-2006 1:42 AM
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Re: unaffirmability
I'll assume this is not a joke. I first thought that it was. You were right the first time. 
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The world is a tragedy to those who feel, a comedy to those who think. - Horace Walpole
Archer All species are transitional.
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