Questions for Jesus-Freak

slingblade said:
So, did I get it all? What do you think? Can I be god? :D
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I like your version of "How to be god" much better than most I have seen. I would only add one thing: If someone breaks something (or someone), it is up to them to "fix it", not you as god. If they do not "fix it" or if it is taking too long, give them ulcers and ingrown toenails until they clean up their mess.

Then send them back to diapers.

So, does that make me a "slingbladist"?
 
Every time I open this topic I think I will find more questions... this has gotten waaaaay off course. Anyone have a question for me? I will try to answer it as best I can...and if I don't reply right away I am not trying to avoid it if it is a legit question.
 
OK, here is a question for you. Do you feel that atheists are amoral? Do you think that an atheist could or could not have as strict a moral code as as some one of your denomination? Please understand, I am not trying to make fun of your beliefs or shake your faith, I am simply hoping you can understand my perspective and respect the choices I have made.
 
Hokulele said:
OK, here is a question for you. Do you feel that atheists are amoral? Do you think that an atheist could or could not have as strict a moral code as as some one of your denomination? Please understand, I am not trying to make fun of your beliefs or shake your faith, I am simply hoping you can understand my perspective and respect the choices I have made.
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No I think an atheist can have morals because God gave us all a conscience...and yes I am sure that some atheist would be considered more moral than myself...the big differance between us is that I ask for forgiveness of my sins...before I was a born again Christian I think I was still a pretty moral person, only because of my conscience
 
jesus_freak said:
No I think an atheist can have morals because God gave us all a conscience...and yes I am sure that some atheist would be considered more moral than myself...the big differance between us is that I ask for forgiveness of my sins...before I was a born again Christian I think I was still a pretty moral person, only because of my conscience
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Thank you for your honest response. I have posed this question to other christians, and have been saddened by some of the responses I have been given.
 
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jesus_freak said:
Every time I open this topic I think I will find more questions... this has gotten waaaaay off course. Anyone have a question for me? I will try to answer it as best I can...and if I don't reply right away I am not trying to avoid it if it is a legit question.
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I'll try mine again, if that's ok. Here's a quote of yours from near the start of the thread:

I believe that a black lab and a poodle have a common ancestor...it was a dog, not a duck or a elm tree, but a dog! as far as I know no dog has ever givin birth to a mouse
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My question was,

Jesus Freak, do you believe that evolutionary theory states anywhere that a dog has or ever would give birth to a mouse? Has anyone ever defended that (frankly bizarre) statement?
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I really didn't know if you were stating your genuine view of evolution when you were talking about dogs and mice.

ETA I also think it's appropriate that I post in R&P for my 666th post :)
 
Hokulele said:
I like your version of "How to be god" much better than most I have seen. I would only add one thing: If someone breaks something (or someone), it is up to them to "fix it", not you as god. If they do not "fix it" or if it is taking too long, give them ulcers and ingrown toenails until they clean up their mess.

Then send them back to diapers.

So, does that make me a "slingbladist"?
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By "fix it," I meant if your brain gets damaged, I (as God) would repair it. Bad brains cause a lot of problems, you know.

And start tithing immediately.

:D
 
jesus_freak
Every time I open this topic I think I will find more questions... this has gotten waaaaay off course. Anyone have a question for me? I will try to answer it as best I can...and if I don't reply right away I am not trying to avoid it if it is a legit question.
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Does this mean you’ll go back and answer the question you’ve been ignoring? Have you bothered to read any of the links posted that actually describe evolution or the simple examples and not the fundy misinformation you’ve been spouting? Misinformation, i.e. lies, which should, at the very least, cause you to question the source.

Or, how about the numerous questions edge has refused to answer?

No I think an atheist can have morals because God gave us all a conscience...
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False. A conscious is a result of nurture and environment. Otherwise you have to propose at least two gods or a second power capable of changing the conscious of entire cultures.

the big differance between us is that I ask for forgiveness of my sins
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But do you actually work to make recompense or do you just ask god for forgiveness and go on with your life?


RationalReverend
The concept of the virtuous sinner comes up in Pastoral Theology.
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And your point, oh irrational one?

Ossai
 
Or, how about the numerous questions edge has refused to answer?
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I need no questions I work in the back. “Shades of Bruce Almighty.”
I'm a busy man.
I can't give you the answers that you want, most of mine come from within and experiences that just happen as I go along through life.
If you are not a believer than you won’t have the same experiences.
Some one else said this, Nathyn,

{quote] Any romantic, existential, or mystic description of these facts and they have to angrily rant. Deep down, they are upset about death and feel the need to drag everybody else with them, because misery loves company. To truly probe truth with the strongest skepticism yields the fact that all that we know is founded upon intuition, in which case it's hard to even really condemn one idea or another.

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http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=2442617#post2442617

There are truths we will never fathom.
 
Slingblade is describing Heaven, or the after life, or possibly the way it will be.
Things are going to change that's the promise.
The when is on us too.
The way I see it we are pushing it.
 
RationalReverend said:
It is why it is important for us to stress the nature of righteous and unrighteous, not as a standard of works, but as covered by the cross and uncovered.
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Does this mean that some one who is coverd by the cross, but performs occasional unrighteous works is some one you would rather have in your community than one who is uncovered but righteous?
 
edge said:
Slingblade is describing my self-delusional belief in Heaven, or the after life, or possibly the way it will be.
Things are going to change that's the promise.
The when is on us too.
The way I see it we are pushing it.
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Pah! No, I'm not. Fixed it for you, bolded.

And if the Christian god did exist, I'd hope I am pushing it. I'd hope I'm pushing every cosmic button he's got.
 
edge
I can't give you the answers that you want, most of mine come from within and experiences that just happen as I go along through life.
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Stuff that you make up in order to feel justified in your bigotry.

Ossai
 
Ossai said:
edge
Stuff that you make up in order to feel justified in your bigotry.

Ossai
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Maybe this depends on how you define your terms.

Edge is certainly very opinionated, and very sure of beliefs that most of us find untenable, and I enjoy hammering on him in all sorts of ways, but I do not recall seeing anything from him that I would have called bigotry.
 
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