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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 04:30 PM Original message |
A lot of people say a lot of things about God. How can we tell who is right? |
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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 04:31 PM Original message |
I've always been convinced that... |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'll take this up |
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okieinpain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. yeah, i was wondering why the homeless guy that's out on the |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. Stand in the middle of an open field, holding a metal golf club... |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 04:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I think the bad weathers behind us Bishop |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-05-06 12:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
67. Make it a 1-iron, and you'll be safe... |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
4. Believe what you choose to believe |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 04:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. What about people who spend their entire lives studying theology? |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 04:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Sure |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 04:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Nothing, and everything to do with figuring out whether beliefs are true |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:07 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I "believe" there is an incredible difference |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. So the answer to the question "What is God like?" |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. I guess I'm just a slow guy |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:55 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. The Schmidt/Robinson exchange was an example |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 06:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. God Bless Ya |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 06:06 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. a horrendous misspelling, that's what! |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 07:50 AM Response to Reply #31 |
45. Okay I'm trying to keep up |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 09:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
37. Honestly? No. |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 09:11 AM Response to Reply #10 |
46. No, just the opposite in most cases...n/t |
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Nolo_Contendre (259 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
5. Obviously God is on the side of t winners |
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fjc (700 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
6. How can we know? If you say we aren't meant to know, how do you know that? |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
8. If you find that perplexing, this will knock your socks off. |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 04:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Reminds me of William Blake: |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
9. The president of the United States has claimed, |
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Zensea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
12. I know this |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 04:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Why won't I? |
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Zensea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Forgot to say why -- |
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Hulsey13 (64 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Religion/Theology Forum |
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Zensea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. that is your answer :) |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
18. Humans are herd animals. |
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moobu2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 07:22 PM Response to Reply #18 |
33. I agree with you |
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Hulsey13 (64 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
20. Quite the debate, eh? |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
21. Must any one person be right? |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. If there are consequences to getting it right or wrong... |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:49 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. "If there are consequences... |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
24. The way you word your question... |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:58 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. How does it do that? |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 06:49 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Well. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
34. As far as I'm concerned, this is one of the primary pieces of evidence... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 08:59 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Exactly, it's the same Q the OP asks that made me become an Atheist. |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
35. Whatever anyone says about God is just a little piece of the truth. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 09:53 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. So gods both exist and don't exist? |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 12:28 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. They're all right in some way. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 09:41 AM Response to Reply #41 |
47. But the various ideas of god can be in direct contradiction. |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 11:47 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. "God can" |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 12:04 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. So, your god is this vast and incredible and ultimately unknowable thing... |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 01:01 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. The subject of the verb "don't exist" is not "ideas," but "contradictions." |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 01:26 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. OK, but my point still stands. |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 09:36 PM Response to Reply #51 |
66. I agree that some ideas of gods are fear-based indeed. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 01:39 PM Response to Reply #49 |
59. While I agree that |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 02:37 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Just smacks of wanting to have the cake and eat it too. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 01:35 AM Response to Reply #38 |
44. That's what I believe. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
39. Maybe religion isn't really about "answers" to "questions" |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 12:39 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Then what is it about? |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 12:58 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. That sounds like another question to which you want another answer |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
40. Simply put. |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
52. You can't. |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 05:02 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. My medication? |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 06:49 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Nah |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
55. You can't KNOW |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 01:27 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. In your view, why should people have faith? |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. I think perhaps people either do or do not have it. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
56. Each person has his or her own god. |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 01:26 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. In other words, people who say you should worship their god |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 06:33 PM Response to Reply #57 |
64. Not knowingly. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 01:58 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. I disagree pretty completely. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 06:32 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. People are affiliative. They like joining groups. |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
65. I don't think it matters who is right or wrong |
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