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Topic started on 1-3-2003 @ 06:03 AM by pacman
For anyone who hasn't heard John F. MacArthur, Jr. speech, read his voice of reason.

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And she made him sleep on her knees, and called for a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his hair. Then she began to afflict him, and his strength left him. And she said, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" And he awoke from his sleep and said, "I will go out as at other times and shake myself free." (Then this line) But he did not know that the Lord had departed from him.


reply posted on 20-3-2003 @ 10:48 AM by Antichrist
Originally posted by Truth

"" to proclaim the death of god ""

your not sincere, by these statements you proclaim your hate for faithful believers while having
the slightest clue why people have faith.


you cant even have respet for why i believe because (you) hate god and (dont) even want
to acknowledge why we have faith and miraces hes given.


You hate me, i love you, i love you, you hate me.


See i llove my enemies, while you hate those who you dont even know which makes you no better
than satan himself.


which would be called flat out (evil).


So tell me, and be honest. when the time comes for christians to be put to death because of evil
will you solute these evil men who do?

and if your answer is yes in your heart than you are the above qoute.


peace.



the "death of God" is an expression that Nietzsche came up with to summarize is nihilistic views, something like this, there is no god->there is no unviersal truth->there are not universal values, morals ethics->the only honest way in life is by acknowledging this and beeig one's own God creating one's own values.

That expression does not have anything to do with the christian God directly or with christian religion or believers for that matter.

You don't have a clue about me having a clue about why you believe in christ. I do understand why people believe in christ, what is not honest is you using my supposed lack of knowledge on the reasons you embrace christian faith to mask the truth that you can't seem to point out any reasons why my thought is wrong.

It's not like I hate you, and I am being sincere, I feel offended by christian faith, I feel offended for humankind.

satan does not exist.
I don't hate people I don't know.
I am offended by the simple fact that people are christian. yes.

"So tell me, and be honest. when the time comes for christians to be put to death because of evil
will you solute these evil men who do?"

I don't understand what you are saying (poor english here :\ )


reply posted on 20-3-2003 @ 01:56 PM by MidnightDStroyer
Originally posted by Antichrist
the "death of God" is an expression that Nietzsche came up with to summarize is nihilistic views, something like this, there is no god->there is no unviersal truth->there are not universal values, morals ethics->the only honest way in life is by acknowledging this and beeig one's own God creating one's own values.

Here's where that particular chain of logic falls short: If every individual has their own choice as to what values he/she will hold dear, what about those people who see the inflicting of pain & death as being good for themselves?

I believe that everyone *should* have the freedom to decide what they believe in, but it should also be tempered with the basic understanding that others are going to be doing the same & should make their value-systems compatible with the basic needs & desires of humankind as a whole.

In other words, Nietzsche's chain of logic tries to instill a person with a sense of individual freedom *without* addressing the fact that this freedom also carries responsibility...In other words, it denies a person's basic responsibility to recognize the same amount of freedom in other people. Sure, people *should* have the freedom...But they should also be responsible enough with that freedom to see that "Your freedom ends where my nose begins".
This is, IMO, how a lot of the "conspiracy" in the structures of organized religions have failed to serve the God/Allah/whatever...Too many of those who've had high positions of influence within a church structure have tried (& many times succeeded) in pushing a value sustem upon their followers by *rejecting* that basic responsibility to consider the needs of other people. In other words, they've pushed an idealistic system to "justify" the use of violence against "non-believers"; Hence came the crusades/jihads/inquisitions, etc.

IMO, the "conspiracy" itself is beginning to fail...I see evidence of an increasing number of people *recognizing* where such lack of responsibility has been harming the religions & taking steps against that conspiracy. IMO however, there are still far too many who do not question the ones who try to maintain the "conspiracy" & still commit atrocities on their fellow human beings, even against the very foundation of the religion that they're following...There's still too many sheep following the wrong shepards.


[Edited on 20-3-2003 by MidnightDStroyer]
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