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Topic: Am I the only one who believes in God?
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Percy
Member Posts: 22479 From: New Hampshire Joined: 12-23-2000 Member Rating: 4.7
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Message 31 of 44 (90477)
03-05-2004 8:36 AM
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Reply to: Message 15 by Phat
02-27-2004 5:18 AM
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Re: Gods Character
Phatboy writes: What type of characteristics does your God have? Other than that he doesn't reveal himself in any objectively measurable way, so far as we know at this time, I know nothing about him. --Percy
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nator
Member (Idle past 2190 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: 12-09-2001
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Message 32 of 44 (90484)
03-05-2004 9:22 AM
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Reply to: Message 31 by Percy
03-05-2004 8:36 AM
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Re: Gods Character
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I know nothing about him.
...except that he's male? 
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Percy
Member Posts: 22479 From: New Hampshire Joined: 12-23-2000 Member Rating: 4.7
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Message 33 of 44 (90488)
03-05-2004 9:36 AM
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Reply to: Message 32 by nator
03-05-2004 9:22 AM
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Re: Gods Character
Schraf writes: ...except that he's male? Oh, you're right, I forgot about that! We know he's male. Other than that, we don't know anything about him.  --Percy
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nator
Member (Idle past 2190 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: 12-09-2001
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Message 34 of 44 (90906)
03-07-2004 7:36 AM
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Reply to: Message 33 by Percy
03-05-2004 9:36 AM
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Re: Gods Character
LOL!
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Phat
Member Posts: 18298 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: 12-30-2003 Member Rating: 1.1
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Message 35 of 44 (90921)
03-07-2004 10:02 AM
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Reply to: Message 33 by Percy
03-05-2004 9:36 AM
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Re: Gods Character
We know that God Incarnate, Jesus christ is male. I will point out, however, that as far as gender issues go in heaven, the Bible says that God is a Spirit...and there is no gender specifically attached. God is beyond gender.
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1.61803
Member (Idle past 1524 days) Posts: 2928 From: Lone Star State USA Joined: 02-19-2004
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Message 36 of 44 (90933)
03-07-2004 10:53 AM
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Reply to: Message 35 by Phat
03-07-2004 10:02 AM
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Re: Gods Character
Phat, I am not 100% sure but I think Percy was using sarcasm in regards to god's sex.
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Phat
Member Posts: 18298 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: 12-30-2003 Member Rating: 1.1
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Message 37 of 44 (90936)
03-07-2004 11:05 AM
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Reply to: Message 36 by 1.61803
03-07-2004 10:53 AM
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Re: Gods Character
I am a bit dense at times. Ogg see forest..{BUMP!} Oww. Ogg no see tree!
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Sarde
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Message 38 of 44 (91334)
03-09-2004 8:45 AM
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Reply to: Message 4 by mark24
12-12-2001 7:43 PM
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Petty, vindictive bastard...?
However, what I AM sure of, is that I'd rather no God at all than the petty, vindictive, bastard you call God. I don't think God is a petty, vindictive bastard. I think God is pure Goodness and therefore hates evil. He hates it when people do evil. He has given us our conscience to tell what's right and what's wrong. We ignore that little voice all the time. At least I have recently realized that I ignore it on a daily basis.
Youre judged on someone elses failings. sometimes, but curiously, not always, killed shortly after birth for Adams sins. Even you admit that its wrong for humans to kill other humans for the crime of being human, but its OK for God to do it. He gave us free will as individuals, but still judges the entire species for the crimes of one. This is not the way I see it. But then again, I do not believe in the literal truth of the Adam and Eve story. I believe that story to be a myth which is metaphor for the fall of all of mankind. 'Original sin' is not that we are punished for someone else's sin, it is that we are born with the tendency to sin (disregard our inner voice) due to the fact that mankind has turned away from God. I think people can only be punished for things they themselves did.
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Sarde
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Message 39 of 44 (91337)
03-09-2004 8:50 AM
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Reply to: Message 8 by nator
12-19-2001 1:11 PM
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Creationism / Evolutionism
What is the mechanism or process or force that prevents many small changes in a population to accumulate enough to produce speciation? None. Why could speciation not have taken place under divine guidance?
If the fossils are sorted by Noah's flood, then why do flowering plants appear so late in the fossil record? Did they run for high ground? In my eyes it is pretty silly to think that Noah's flood actually happened. It is a myth. A similar myth is seen in the Gilgamesh epos. Why do Christian fundies insist that all of the Bible must be literally true? A friend of mine said something beautiful: "Just because something didn't actually happen, doesn't mean it's not true".
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crashfrog
Member (Idle past 1487 days) Posts: 19762 From: Silver Spring, MD Joined: 03-20-2003
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Message 40 of 44 (91487)
03-09-2004 10:47 PM
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Reply to: Message 39 by Sarde
03-09-2004 8:50 AM
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A friend of mine said something beautiful: "Just because something didn't actually happen, doesn't mean it's not true". Word. Just because Romeo and Juliet isn't a true story doesn't mean that it's not saying something true about love.
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shyangel
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Message 41 of 44 (94879)
03-26-2004 12:33 AM
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No I beleave in God, I beleave God's word (the bible). For me, it doesn't matter who tries to disprove Him because I know He's there and that gives me peace. I won't try to debate because I know too little about some things and wouldn't bother besides, why do I need to? I know the truth, in my heart.
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Jackal25
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Message 42 of 44 (96045)
03-30-2004 4:12 PM
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Reply to: Message 41 by shyangel
03-26-2004 12:33 AM
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Right there with you shyangel. Its good to hear that from somebody on this forum. I have been reading here a lot and debating does nothing. Hopefuly the truth will find them before its too late.
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shyangel
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Message 43 of 44 (96272)
03-31-2004 7:59 AM
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Thankyou Yes I hope they find the truth before it's too late also. A lot of people think that Christians think they are better when in fact they just don't want to see anyone left behind when Jesus returns God Bless You
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thgar
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Message 44 of 44 (160827)
11-18-2004 12:32 AM
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belief in god
It is wonderful what having a background in philo. as well as the sciences can do for you. Do I believe in God? Of course. I also believe God is unique and without equal. What does not do for my science? Answer: not too much... It means I see a personage in the background, but the science itself does not deal with that issue. Religions and Philo. deal with such matters, and I leave that behind when I attempt to understand the workings of the universe itself from a physical view. It is my job when I start to consider the math behind the motions not to subscribe them to God, but rather to attempt to address the rules (which I may or may not believe God wrote) of the motions at hand. For in finding the rules instead of simply saying God made it that way knowledge is gained.
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