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Why won't god do something incredible that will compell non-believers to believe NOW? Why won't god do something incredible that will compell non-believers to believe NOW?

06-17-2010 , 11:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Gunth0807
So nowhere does the Koran say fight and slay all the Christians?
1. Were not talking about the Koran.

2. I don't think the Koran itself really says that, unless you interpret (misinterpret) it that way.

3. Were not talking about the Koran, were talking about Christianity-neutral religions which don't have homicidal aggression towards Christianity.

4. You're still closing your eyes to my argument for no real reason.



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Originally Posted by Gunth0807
Except most atheists have not put nearly as much effort in understanding and following God's Word as they do with their beliefs.
How do you know Atheists don't put effort into understanding the Bible? I bet there's Atheists out there that know the Bible better than you do. I know there is. And following God's word? Why would they do that as an Atheist? That makes no sense. Oh and way to ignore the reality of how Atheists have a questioning personality and that's why they're Atheists. But I guess that's the plan with you. Ignoring reality.

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Originally Posted by Gunth0807
Proof of this outrageous statement please.
It's not outrageous, It's how off and on Atheists are.



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Originally Posted by Gunth0807
Are you kidding me? I search for truth almost every second of every day of my life.
"Searching for the truth" (truth in Christ), in your case means validating God. It's hard to question God and the validity of Christianity when you're trying to validate him by finding "the truth" (Christianity) which is different from "the truth" (dictionary). And please spare me the attempt at saying you meant the dictionary. We both know what "truth" means to a Christian and what you meant.



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Originally Posted by Gunth0807
And when and why does that instinct go away?
When they mature into adulthood obviously. Why does it matter? They don't have an innate faith in any specific ideas was my point.



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Originally Posted by Gunth0807
Free pass huh? You try being a disciple in those days.

I'd take the proof to get into Heaven, even if it meant having a hard life. What's a lifetime compared to eternity? I have a hard life right now, the only difference is I would be going to Hell if your God existed whereas I'd be going to Heaven if I had proof. So yeah I really wouldn't mind the proof. Although I highly suspect that even if God exists, there is no Hell anyway. But I digress.



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Originally Posted by Gunth0807
I never claimed this at all, this is one of your lies. I have actually claimed the exact opposite. I do not know everything.
But I'm not saying you know everything. Just everything about the meaning of life and our purpose and the nature of our eternal being. Which is a whole lot more than I claim to know. As an Atheist all I claim to know is that there isn't a God. That's it. As an Atheist, I know nothing else.


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Originally Posted by Gunth0807
Yes i have pointed out a couple lies. Feel free to prove me wrong.
Already have. I haven't been lying, you just haven't understood what I've been saying.

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Originally Posted by Gunth0807
Another lie is you claiming you have been honest this entire discussion.
I have been.

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Originally Posted by Gunth0807
I am not ignoring anything but it would be a lot easier to have an actual discussion with you if you didn't lie and make outrageous statements like Thomas had a free pass. There are no free rides in life.
You said that Atheists are Atheists "because they're know-it-alls that have stopped questioning". That's far more ignorant and outrageous than anything I've said. You have been ignoring the core of my argument which is that the same faith which would supposedly grant Heaven would also grant Hell to an unlucky person. Your only response to that is "The Koran says to kill Christians". Come on man.
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06-18-2010 , 12:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Gunth0807
Christians do not teach that they have dominion over the earth, or the universe. God has dominion. We do have dominion over the animals though, whether you believe in God or don't. But when it comes to man, we are all equal. So there is nothing wrong or dishonest about what i stated.
Some Christians say the universe was made for us and we are the end all be all and the greatest of Gods creation. We rule it all baby (after God of course).

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But if you believe in earth was created from chance and we all evolved from apes, that pretty much does away with every person is created equal.
Atheism doesn't say we're created by chance but even if it did i don't see how that affects equality or has anything to to with what we are talking about.

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That is not what he said, nor what i said. It would be so much easier to discuss with you if you stick to the points instead of making your own up.
Ok ill try.

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Even a primitive man like myself could see that evil would rather enslave then kill. DUCY?
No im not to worried about human theory's of our enslavement because they have no impact on if we will get enslaved or not.
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Can you show me where i claimed this? This is the dishonesty i am talking about with you. You twist words around, then call me a liar. Again, please stop doing this.
I said seems since i have no idea what you are talking about. Maybe it will clear things up if you tell me how atheistic science has an affect on us when it comes to aliens?

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Well maybe you didn't do it intentionally, but i think i made it clear what you did. If you are still wondering i will lay it out again.
I already corrected your layout here.

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Please share more.
Ask a theists it i believe Pletho holds this view.
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06-18-2010 , 12:22 AM
Batair, you are too all over the place for me tonight.

Same for you soontobepro. Your post is also wrong on so many levels. Not sure if you are intentionally being that dishonest but i will give you the benefit of the doubt in the morning. Sleep well.

Last edited by Gunth0807; 06-18-2010 at 12:27 AM.
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06-18-2010 , 12:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Gunth0807
Batair, you are too all over the place for me tonight.
kool
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06-18-2010 , 01:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Gunth0807
Batair, you are too all over the place for me tonight.

Same for you soontobepro. Your post is also wrong on so many levels. Not sure if you are intentionally being that dishonest but i will give you the benefit of the doubt in the morning. Sleep well.
See ya then. I've not been dishonest about anything. I think at least one of your responses has been somewhat dishonest as it's irrelevant/avoiding answering my point. I don't know if you're being dishonest with yourself, or me, or both of us, but it does seem so. Cheers.
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06-18-2010 , 05:38 AM
Genesis 1:26
Then God said, 'Let us make humans in our image—in our likeness. And let them rule over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the livestock, and all the creatures that creep along the ground.'
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06-18-2010 , 08:40 AM
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Originally Posted by soontobepro
1. Were not talking about the Koran.
Be more specific then.
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2. I don't think the Koran itself really says that, unless you interpret (misinterpret) it that way.
Yea and i am sure you have a great interpretation of that book along with the books of all religions you are trying to discuss. Who tries to discuss all religions at once anyways?
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3. Were not talking about the Koran, were talking about Christianity-neutral religions which don't have homicidal aggression towards Christianity.
You made this clear nowhere.

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4. You're still closing your eyes to my argument for no real reason.
Because you are all over the place.

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How do you know Atheists don't put effort into understanding the Bible? I bet there's Atheists out there that know the Bible better than you do. I know there is. And following God's word? Why would they do that as an Atheist? That makes no sense. Oh and way to ignore the reality of how Atheists have a questioning personality and that's why they're Atheists. But I guess that's the plan with you. Ignoring reality.
You don't know what reality is. I have a questioning personality just as much as any other. That didn't stop me from putting effort into finding God. If anything, it helped.

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It's not outrageous, It's how off and on Atheists are.
So you can provide proof then...



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"Searching for the truth" (truth in Christ), in your case means validating God. It's hard to question God and the validity of Christianity when you're trying to validate him by finding "the truth" (Christianity) which is different from "the truth" (dictionary). And please spare me the attempt at saying you meant the dictionary. We both know what "truth" means to a Christian and what you meant.

No, your wrong. Truth has 2 meanings. There is truth, which is exactly what i was referring to, and there is The Truth, which is not what i was referring to.
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When they mature into adulthood obviously. Why does it matter? They don't have an innate faith in any specific ideas was my point.
When they mature into adulthood...that is no real answer. There are many adults that have had faith in their parents from the moment they were born. There is no connection between growing hair on your chest and losing their innate faith. And your wrong, they specifically have innate faith in their parents.

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I'd take the proof to get into Heaven, even if it meant having a hard life. What's a lifetime compared to eternity? I have a hard life right now, the only difference is I would be going to Hell if your God existed whereas I'd be going to Heaven if I had proof. So yeah I really wouldn't mind the proof. Although I highly suspect that even if God exists, there is no Hell anyway. But I digress.
Satan had proof, is he in heaven? Oh and i am pretty sure the anti-Christ does not get into heaven...Read Mark 8:12 and Matthew 16:4. You are trying to find God, but you are putting no effort in whatsoever. What you are doing here is not what you are supposed to do. The proof is there, but for some reason you think you are going to find it arguing with Christians about 100 topics at once, while you put words in their posts. GL with that.


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But I'm not saying you know everything. Just everything about the meaning of life and our purpose and the nature of our eternal being. Which is a whole lot more than I claim to know. As an Atheist all I claim to know is that there isn't a God. That's it. As an Atheist, I know nothing else.
So you did not say this:
"Sure, but as a Christian you claim to know all of the hard questions as I said, the entire nature of existence, and the meaning of everything and why everything happens."

I never claimed to know all the hard questions about anything. You just said i claimed that, which is dishonest.

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Already have. I haven't been lying, you just haven't understood what I've been saying.
Well it doesn't get more clear then above.
And when you say Thomas had a free ticket into heaven, that is a lie also.

Honestly you are not someone anyone can have a big discussion with. Feel free to make points one at a time and i may respond. Until then you are using these big discussions to twist words around and i am not going to waste hours of my day keeping you on track. One topic at a time.

Last edited by Gunth0807; 06-18-2010 at 09:10 AM.
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06-18-2010 , 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by soontobepro
See ya then. I've not been dishonest about anything. I think at least one of your responses has been somewhat dishonest as it's irrelevant/avoiding answering my point. I don't know if you're being dishonest with yourself, or me, or both of us, but it does seem so. Cheers.
So because you try to discuss every topic at once and i have a hard time finding out what point you are exactly trying to make, i am being dishonest...

Get real.
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06-18-2010 , 09:16 AM
And Batair, i am not going to play your game today, and maybe not ever again.

After our discussion up to this post (216):
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I got to say its amazing you can say atheists see themselves as the end all be all of the universe and then pout when there is a possibility we're not the end all be all because there might be more intelligent life in the universe. Just wow...
You had no business typing that. I made it clear several times i was talking about on earth.

I also made it clear several times that i agree with atheists that the atheist view we are not the end all be all because of the possibility of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe, is correct, in their eyes.

There are mirrors if you wanna go lie to yourself. But keep it out of threads.
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06-18-2010 , 09:57 AM
Matthew 5:8
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06-18-2010 , 10:37 AM
Exodus 33:20-23
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06-18-2010 , 11:15 AM
Timothy 2:3-4
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06-18-2010 , 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by MelchyBeau
Exodus 33:20-23
Directly at His face...
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06-18-2010 , 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Funology
Timothy 2:3-4
Your only stopping yourself.
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06-18-2010 , 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Gunth0807
And Batair, i am not going to play your game today, and maybe not ever again.
Good.
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After our discussion up to this post (216):


You had no business typing that. I made it clear several times i was talking about on earth.
And i made it clear atheists dont think they rule the earth, that's a Christan position.
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I also made it clear several times that i agree with atheists that the atheist view we are not the end all be all because of the possibility of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe, is correct, in their eyes.
No you never said that till now but ok.
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There are mirrors if you wanna go lie to yourself. But keep it out of threads.
Ill post whatever i want but ty for the advice.
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06-18-2010 , 12:36 PM
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And i made it clear atheists dont think they rule the earth, that's a Christan position.
Oh no, atheists don't consider man at the top of the food chain, not at all. People aren't working all day at sweatshops for change, not at all.

And like i said batair, i made it clear that i was talking about on earth several times. Do i really need to show you the posts which are before your little post 216?

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Ill post whatever i want
Duh
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06-18-2010 , 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Gunth0807
Oh no, atheists don't consider man at the top of the food chain, not at all. People aren't working all day at sweatshops for change, not at all.
Well that clears that up. People in sweatshops means atheists think they rule the earth. Who would of thought, you should right a book.
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And like i said batair, i made it clear that i was talking about on earth several times. Do i really need to show you the posts which are before your little post 216?
Wow you really are not all there. I get that and you are still wrong. Some Christians think God made the universe and EARTH for us. Atheism has no teachings on our place on earth or in the universe. Its some Christians who feel humans are the Chosen ones above all else but God, not atheists.
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Duh
dito
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06-18-2010 , 01:16 PM
Yea, your right batair, it is people following Christ who are making people work in sweat shops.

Ignored.
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06-18-2010 , 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Gunth0807
Ignored.
Praise be to God.
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06-18-2010 , 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by rizeagainst
God knows that I don't believe in him. He knows that I don't believe in him based on the lack of compelling evidence as I see it.

Why doesn't he do something miraculous that would leave me no doubt that he exists? If he appeared before me right now and started having a conversation with me, that could be a start. My eyes and ears are open, I don't see anything, I don't hear anything. Are you really going to try to tell me that he is there talking to me and I'm just not doing enough to hear him?

I don't understand why god wouldn't do this if he does exist. Obviously I don't see ample reason to believe based on the evidence as I see it. God knows that. Doesn't he want to save my soul? Why won't he personally make an effort? Does he just not care? Does he want me to go to hell?

I don't see why this is an unreasonable request for an entity that knows everything, can do anything, loves everyone, and transcends time.

Shouldn't we all have the ability to witness things like Jesus' miracles, not just that fraction of people that happened to be lucky enough to be born at that time, in that place?

Why can't your god try? He created fallible human beings and then blames them at the end of their lives for having made a fallible decision in regards to existence?

Religious people always appeal to their personal experience as to why they think or "know" that god exists. Well I don't have any personal experience with god. I don't see anything in the world that leads me to believe that god exists. My eyes function like yours do. My ears function like yours do. Yet I don't see him and I don't hear him. What's the matter? I guess you're just the special chosen one that god cared enough about to interact with?

Or maybe, just maybe, you've read too far into some event(s) in your life and saw something that wasn't there.
Two possibilities come to mind:

God doesn't exist.
God exists but He doesn't give a rat's posterior whether you believe in Him or not.
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06-18-2010 , 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by CORed
Two possibilities come to mind:

God doesn't exist.
God exists but He doesn't give a rat's posterior whether you believe in Him or not.
Or you miss the 3rd possibility which is the true one:

You are fighting God right now, and you don't give a rat's posterior to find out whether or not He exists, therefore He is turned away from you just as you are turned away from Him.
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06-18-2010 , 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Gunth0807
If what i stated was false, there would be more tickets selling for movies where humans travel to other galaxies visiting life forms more primitive then us. It is a known fact this world is more bent on the idea that if there was other life, they would be more advanced then us. Show us otherwise.

Humans really are not as advanced as they think they are.
What in the **** are you trying to talk about?

I feel like I'm trying to grade a third grader's book report here, at least give me something to work with man. I can't understand this dribble.
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06-18-2010 , 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by einbert
What in the **** are you trying to talk about?

I feel like I'm trying to grade a third grader's book report here, at least give me something to work with man. I can't understand this dribble.
Why don't you actually read and figure out what i was talking about.
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06-18-2010 , 06:10 PM
Does anyone believe Gunth when he say's he's walked into a bank many times with his hood on and never been asked to take it off?

I'd bet my entire net worth that's he's lying. Don't know why I care enough to point this out, but it's just so LOL I couldn't help myself.
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06-18-2010 , 06:17 PM
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Does anyone believe Gunth when he say's he's walked into a bank many times with his hood on and never been asked to take it off?

I'd bet my entire net worth that's he's lying. Don't know why I care enough to point this out, but it's just so LOL I couldn't help myself.
I am not lying.
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