God is Not Going To Destroy Us

wohali

Posts: 10,077

"God is a comedian playing to an audience that is afraid to laugh"

Voltaire

Tpaine

Posts: 8,201

May 3, 2012 -- 12:02PM, wohali wrote:

"God is a commedian playing to an audience that is afraid to laugh"

Voltaire

"Les vérités de la religion ne sont jamais si bonnes comprises comme par ceux qui ont perdu la puissance du raisonnement."

"The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reasoning." -- Voltaire: Philosophical Dictionary, 1764

"When it shall be said in any country in the world, my poor are happy; neither ignorance nor distress is to be found among them; my jails are empty of prisoners, my streets of beggars; the aged are not in want, the taxes are not oppressive; the rational world is my friend, because I am a friend of its happiness: When these things can be said, then may the country boast its constitution and its government." -- Thomas Paine: The Rights Of Man (1791)

G.flower

Posts: 2,633

Who cares what anyone worships or not, as long as they follow the laws of the land and don't try to push it on anyone else?

With theinterpreter, none of us care if he worships a time lord with a space ship as long as he doesn't push it on anyone else or insist his god is going to kill everyone else. His reality isn't one that anyone else shares.

Moderated by Adelphe on May 14, 2012 - 11:31AM

Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones. Marcus Aurelius

theinterpreter

Posts: 1,021

May 2, 2012 -- 10:00PM, G.flower wrote:

What has a time lord and fish have to do with each other?

theinterpreter, if you want to worship a time lord with a spaceship, you go right ahead. You get double points if his spaceship looks like the Tardis.

How did God know all the fish in the sea would die? God has to be a time traveler.

theinterpreter

Posts: 1,021

May 3, 2012 -- 6:15PM, G.flower wrote:

Who cares what anyone worships or not, as long as they follow the laws of the land and don't try to push it on anyone else?

With theinterpreter, none of us care if he worships a time lord with a space ship as long as he doesn't push it on anyone else or insist his god is going to kill everyone else. His reality isn't one that anyone else shares.

God is going to kill the bad guys in the Battle of Ar Mageddon

Moderated by Adelphe on May 14, 2012 - 11:34AM

Tpaine

Posts: 8,201

May 3, 2012 -- 6:48PM, theinterpreter wrote:

May 2, 2012 -- 10:00PM, G.flower wrote:

What has a time lord and fish have to do with each other?

theinterpreter, if you want to worship a time lord with a spaceship, you go right ahead. You get double points if his spaceship looks like the Tardis.

How did God know all the fish in the sea would die? God has to be a time traveler.

If God is omniscient he wouldn't need a time machine.

omniscient — adj
1. having infinite knowledge or understanding
2. having very great or seemingly unlimited knowledge
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009

Why do you keep demeaning your God? It's been well documented here that the link you posted was out of date. All the fish are not going to die, their population is increasing.

"When it shall be said in any country in the world, my poor are happy; neither ignorance nor distress is to be found among them; my jails are empty of prisoners, my streets of beggars; the aged are not in want, the taxes are not oppressive; the rational world is my friend, because I am a friend of its happiness: When these things can be said, then may the country boast its constitution and its government." -- Thomas Paine: The Rights Of Man (1791)

Tpaine

Posts: 8,201

May 3, 2012 -- 6:51PM, theinterpreter wrote:

May 3, 2012 -- 6:15PM, G.flower wrote:

Who cares what anyone worships or not, as long as they follow the laws of the land and don't try to push it on anyone else?

With theinterpreter, none of us care if he worships a time lord with a space ship as long as he doesn't push it on anyone else or insist his god is going to kill everyone else. His reality isn't one that anyone else shares. I hope as some point he will get that and start writing science fiction instead of posting it here.

God is going to kill the bad guys in the Battle of Ar Mageddon

Make up your mind. Is God going to kill all the bad guys in your fantasy or are the Christians going to kill them?

"When it shall be said in any country in the world, my poor are happy; neither ignorance nor distress is to be found among them; my jails are empty of prisoners, my streets of beggars; the aged are not in want, the taxes are not oppressive; the rational world is my friend, because I am a friend of its happiness: When these things can be said, then may the country boast its constitution and its government." -- Thomas Paine: The Rights Of Man (1791)

wohali

Posts: 10,077

"God is going to kill the bad guys in the Battle of Ar Mageddon"

But previously you said that "Christians" had to get better weapons. What for, if god is gonna get off his butt and do it?

G.flower

Posts: 2,633

May 3, 2012 -- 7:28PM, Tpaine wrote:

May 3, 2012 -- 6:51PM, theinterpreter wrote:

May 3, 2012 -- 6:15PM, G.flower wrote:

Who cares what anyone worships or not, as long as they follow the laws of the land and don't try to push it on anyone else?

With theinterpreter, none of us care if he worships a time lord with a space ship as long as he doesn't push it on anyone else or insist his god is going to kill everyone else. His reality isn't one that anyone else shares. I hope as some point he will get that and start writing science fiction instead of posting it here.

God is going to kill the bad guys in the Battle of Ar Mageddon

Make up your mind. Is God going to kill all the bad guys in your fantasy or are the Christians going to kill them?

Yep, he's wobbled back and forth on that one.

Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones. Marcus Aurelius

G.flower

Posts: 2,633

May 3, 2012 -- 6:48PM, theinterpreter wrote:

May 2, 2012 -- 10:00PM, G.flower wrote:

What has a time lord and fish have to do with each other?

theinterpreter, if you want to worship a time lord with a spaceship, you go right ahead. You get double points if his spaceship looks like the Tardis.

How did God know all the fish in the sea would die? God has to be a time traveler.

A. All the fish in the sea haven't died and aren't going to die.

B. Either your god the time lord is wrong or you are, which is it?

Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones. Marcus Aurelius

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