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Blithe Spirit
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By this, Apollo's golden harp began
To sound forth music to the ocean,
Which watchful Hesperus no sooner heard
But he the bright day-bearing car prepared
And ran before, as harbinger of light,
And with his flaring beams mocked ugly night,
Till she, o'ercome with anguish, shame, and rage,
Danged down to hell her loathsome carriage.
How very coolly you make these statements, as if their logic were unassailable, their sentiments laudable, their fulfillment desirable.
But of course, you anticipate being one of God's chosen survivors. You expect to sashay through one of the new model towns built upon nuclear wasteland, enjoying its many glowing amenities with your--what was it, ten?--new concubines. No wonder the absolute failure of your prophecy last month, in your own words, devastated you.
I do not for one moment believe that you "do not want any war."
If there is free will, then the future cannot be predicted. If there is true prophecy, then there is no free will in any meaningful sense.
You keep telling us your god is omnipotent, omniscient, beamingly good--and yet simultaneously both impotent and evil. You really need to study theodicy.
An aside here: I find it very odd how you pick and choose amongst Bible stories, savoring some and rejecting others, like a man pawing through a box of cheap chocolates.
There is no need to indoctrinate people against "God". You have only to tell them of prophecies such as yours, and the evil vengeful deity who inflicts them--and people will reject the idea all on their own.
To sound forth music to the ocean,
Which watchful Hesperus no sooner heard
But he the bright day-bearing car prepared
And ran before, as harbinger of light,
And with his flaring beams mocked ugly night,
Till she, o'ercome with anguish, shame, and rage,
Danged down to hell her loathsome carriage.
The prophecies include a world war from the Philippines. Much that I do not want any war, the prophecies say so. Are we overpopulated? If so, how can you reduce the population of this world? God said in Genesis 9:12-13, “And God said, this is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.” The bow in the cloud is the rainbow.
How very coolly you make these statements, as if their logic were unassailable, their sentiments laudable, their fulfillment desirable.
But of course, you anticipate being one of God's chosen survivors. You expect to sashay through one of the new model towns built upon nuclear wasteland, enjoying its many glowing amenities with your--what was it, ten?--new concubines. No wonder the absolute failure of your prophecy last month, in your own words, devastated you.
I do not for one moment believe that you "do not want any war."
So God will not annihilate mankind by flood forevermore. It will be man who will kill his fellowmen, which God cannot control except to warn us. That is why there is prophecy, which John 16:13 states, “he will show you things to come.”
If there is free will, then the future cannot be predicted. If there is true prophecy, then there is no free will in any meaningful sense.
You keep telling us your god is omnipotent, omniscient, beamingly good--and yet simultaneously both impotent and evil. You really need to study theodicy.
An aside here: I find it very odd how you pick and choose amongst Bible stories, savoring some and rejecting others, like a man pawing through a box of cheap chocolates.
Can you not see the waste of spending on military hardware and personnel? Can you not see how man is polluting the environment? Have you not read how the garbage thrown by man in the river system ended up along the seawall in Roxas Boulevard in Metro Manila recently? Do you know how people are being indoctrinated that there is no God?
There is no need to indoctrinate people against "God". You have only to tell them of prophecies such as yours, and the evil vengeful deity who inflicts them--and people will reject the idea all on their own.