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jar
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Message 800 of 1086 (872470)
02-27-2020 6:29 PM
Reply to: Message 798 by GDR
02-27-2020 6:12 PM


Re: The point of Christianity
GDR writes:
I say it does because if we are the result of blind chance then it is my contention that there is no frame of reference for understanding morality.
Yes, I imagine that you would say that but again, it is an assertion with no basis in reason, logic or reality.
Morality can be is all evidence show it to be a learned behavior.

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jar
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Message 811 of 1086 (872501)
02-28-2020 8:18 AM
Reply to: Message 810 by Phat
02-28-2020 8:12 AM


Re: No God Needed?
Phat writes:
For me personally, a disinterested aloof god would be superfluous.
Yet that is exactly the God described in Genesis 1.

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jar
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Message 845 of 1086 (872974)
03-07-2020 4:25 PM
Reply to: Message 844 by Phat
03-07-2020 3:52 PM


Re: The point of Christianity
Within the Book of Common Prayer outline of a service is an offertory, a time to present offerings. There are even some sentences that might suggest answers "Why has he any right to everybody's spare change any more than you or i do?"
quote:
If you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember
that your brother has something against you, leave your gift
there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your
brother, and then come and offer your gift. Matthew 5:23, 24
But do not neglect to do good and to share what you have,
for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. Hebrews 13:14, 15
And the lesson is repeated at the end of the service:
quote:
And now, Father, send us out
to do the work you have given us to do,
to love and serve you
as faithful witnesses of Christ our Lord.
Let your light so shine before others,that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
It really is about what you do.

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jar
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From: Texas!!
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Message 847 of 1086 (872978)
03-07-2020 5:06 PM
Reply to: Message 846 by Phat
03-07-2020 4:43 PM


Re: The point of Christianity
Phat writes:
The nation is already far in debt.
The nation decided to go into debt to enjoy really stupid pleasures like foriegn wars and tax cuts to billionaires and defining money as a form of speech.
If there is debt it is because US citizens decided they wanted to waste the money instead of spending on health care or infrastructure or food for the hungry or shelter ...
But the bill WILL get paid. The issue is whether you want to pay it through more pain or wiser decisions.
Edited by jar, : fix quote box
Edited by jar, : appalin spallin

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jar
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Message 933 of 1086 (907346)
02-21-2023 6:11 PM
Reply to: Message 932 by Phat
02-21-2023 5:02 PM


Re: Answering For The Peanut Gallery
Damn few Christians will ever find it.

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