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Oh, and if you believe Jesus had father's spirit within him, why do you call him "brother"? Shouldn't you be calling him father instead?
Originally posted by 3NL1GHT3N3D1
reply to post by jhill76
But you would know the difference?
See what I mean?
Originally posted by 3NL1GHT3N3D1
reply to post by jhill76
How do you "know" though?
I don't think you do know, you just say you do. You may believe you do but that doesn't mean it is so. It's an easy scapegoat for you to say so to fit your argument, which is convenient.
Originally posted by pthena
reply to post by Akragon
Ultimately its Gods choice... He gives what is needed for each person to learn... If you take your own path... You will run into various issues along the way... How you deal with said issues helps your learning
This sounds like you're thinking of God as a micro-manager. And it sounds like what children's Sunday School teachers might say.
I like the guardian angel version better. If you're going to be anthropomorphize-ing spirit beings, it seems safer to do it about the daemons rather than God.
Originally posted by 3NL1GHT3N3D1
reply to post by Akragon
So you are just assuming that god made you trip over that rock?
No offense, I usually really enjoy your thoughts on most things and agree with you on almost everything, but you are coming off like a Christian on this particular issue. I respect your opinion, you know that, I hope, but it seems like you are making excuses to justify your belief. Just my opinion of course, hopefully that will not make you think any differently of me.
How would you explain not tripping over that rock and ending up being mauled by the bear? Unfortunate things happen to people every single day that lead to death.
What if you tripping over that rock lead to another hiker running into that bear instead of you? Why would god choose to save you over the other hiker and then allow him to suffer a horrible death instead of you?
We are dealing with "ifs" here, aren't we?
You say that you can't know what's going on behind the scenes yet act like you know that god chooses for us sometimes. If you don't know then you don't know.
Originally posted by 3NL1GHT3N3D1
reply to post by jhill76
Have you ever heard of hallucinations or schizophrenia? That's what that sounds like to me. They are very real phenomena.
Not saying you have either of them, but I can't fathom how mermaids could exist, especially those that only a particular person sees.
These things arn't easy to explain to someone else without sounding all high and mighty...
If god sets things in motion as you say, and he doesn't approve of killing, then why doesn't he set in motion things to stop all killings and genocides?
On the other hand i know God "micro manages" as you've put it... I have seen it with my own eyes many times... Almost daily these days actually...
Originally posted by 3NL1GHT3N3D1
reply to post by jhill76
See what I mean? You have an answer for everything.
You state that as if it is a fact. Is it fact or just your opinion?
Originally posted by 3NL1GHT3N3D1
reply to post by jhill76
Have you ever heard of hallucinations or schizophrenia? That's what that sounds like to me. They are very real phenomena.
Not saying you have either of them, but I can't fathom how mermaids could exist, especially those that only a particular person sees.