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Thom_Fuleri
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03 Jun 2011, 5:16 pm

iamnotaparakeet wrote:
Really? Just vague threats about the afterlife and nothing such as Ezekiel 38 or Zechariah 12 or 14? Nothing specific about, say the rise and decline of empires such as in Daniel? Or the destruction of a particular city state such as the Phoenician city of Tyre which Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the mainland city of and Alexander scraped up the rubble from the mainland city's ruins to make a road to the island fortress off the coast of the former city?


Nebuchadnezzar and Alexander were not God. Empires rise and fall anyway - it's just how they work. And you'll have to be more specific with the bible references.



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03 Jun 2011, 10:31 pm

iamnotaparakeet wrote:
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If God was omnipotent would he be able to summon an army of skeleton warriors that throw fire?

Better question:
If God is omnipotent, why HASN'T HE summoned an army of skeleton warriors that throw fire?


Why would God want to? Granted omnipotence axiomatically, God could very well do such, but even so it is also a question of not only capability but also volition. Also, whether any action is best for God's purposes should be a consideration as well. Could, would, should, you know? Being capable of doing something does not automatically require that something will be done or must be done.


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So if your deity can do anything, why doesn't it feed starving children or stop it's priests from raping children?



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04 Jun 2011, 2:27 am

Im and Agnostic-Atheistic-Antitheist meaning im an Atheistic-Antitheist to the God of Man, its all one big lie as far as im concerned but to a "God" in general im Agnostic but i find that a "God" in general is HIGHLY improbable but NOT impossible


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04 Jun 2011, 11:56 pm

TheKing wrote:
Im and Agnostic-Atheistic-Antitheist meaning im an Atheistic-Antitheist to the God of Man, its all one big lie as far as im concerned but to a "God" in general im Agnostic but i find that a "God" in general is HIGHLY improbable but NOT impossible


Technically I think that is the stance of most atheists (assuming most atheists are scientifically literate), unfortunately theists read "HIGHLY improbable" as 50/50. Because of this when communicating to lay-people I base my definitions around functionality not technical accuracy this is the reason I call evolution a fact and myself an atheist.



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05 Jun 2011, 12:02 am

Awesomelyglorious wrote:
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Sure. Hours of reading about the Philosophy of Mind definitely helped.

Boy, how nostalgic this thread is! Froma bygone era, a time when WP wasn't supersaturated with Far-Right Extremists.

Eh.... not really. Didn't you see the Ragtime reference? We've always had some number. Now we have less racists in that population.


There are still several posters on WP who are racists and they flare up, especially around election season. I think a few months before the 2010 midterms the racism on this forum flared up to absurd, comical levels.


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05 Jun 2011, 11:45 am

I qualify for relevant intents and purposes.


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