From: D from BC on 11 May 2010 20:56 In article <3ne0t5lnkmm1je49i2kfm1c4vk5uuvqke8(a)4ax.com>, jfields(a)austininstruments.com says... > >People didn't make malaria and people did not make a supernatural angel > >that made malaria. > >God is evil in neglecting to eliminate malaria. > > --- > Where does it say that our lives on Earth are guaranteed to be cushy by > a God who'll satisfy our every whim? > If God's rules/aim/goal/behaviour/decision is to not grant every prayer then praying for the instantaneous and magical elimination of malaria is a gambling game. Prayer is like buying one of God's lottery tickets due to God doing the draw. Prayer is like gambling. In regular gambling, it's win or lose. In Christian prayer, it's win or win. Prayer not answered: You lose.. God did it! It's God's will/plan/decision to not grant the prayer. God knows better to not answer the prayer. God is good. Prayer answered: YOu win ..God did it! Prayer works! You are special. God exists. There is eternal life.. Yippee. Praying for the instant elimination of malaria and God does nothing adds to God's capriciousness/incredibility/callousness and negligence. God shows the futility of the request type prayer by not granting prayers that defy science. Pray for 4 legged chickens. Pray for malaria to instantly disappear. Christian engineers are ridiculous to pray when prayer is as effective as a placebo. National Prayer Day should be called National Flip a Coin Day. -- D from BC British Columbia
From: D from BC on 12 May 2010 22:40 In article <FM6dnaGo-pQQmXfWnZ2dnUVZ_jCdnZ2d(a)earthlink.com>, regor(a)midwest.net says... > > God is father. > > Jesus = God > > So > > Jesus = father > > God = Holy Spirit > > So > > Holy Spirit = father > > Therefore 3 fathers. > > But not possible due Christianity using illogic. > > The magical illogic of the trinity. > > http://christianityinview.com/images/trinity.gif > > One God in 3 persons, you think that's incredible look up a 4 in 1 > screwdriver, a boy scout knife would send you over the edge! > The trinity as seen on http://christianityinview.com/images/trinity.gif violates the law of identity. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_identity A multitool is not a good example to explain the illogical trinity as seen on http://christianityinview.com/images/trinity.gif Each tool from a multitool tool is used one at a time. God doesn't morph from one form to another. God is all things at the same time. If God morphed then Jesus wouldn't be the son of God but instead would be called God. Unless son is figurative for a humanoid God. The bible is figurative whenever something needs to make sense. A better example for the trinity is a muppet operator. The operator is God and God has a muppet on each hand. Jesus = Kermit the frog Holy spirit = Miss Piggy God is being 3 things and all can be considered one thing. It's a trinity. Christian engineers are ridiculous to believe in God's muppet show. Kermit got nailed and Miss Piggy sprinkles fairy dust on people. -- D from BC British Columbia
From: D from BC on 12 May 2010 22:40 In article <FM6dnaGo-pQQmXfWnZ2dnUVZ_jCdnZ2d(a)earthlink.com>, regor(a)midwest.net says... > > Christian engineers are ridiculous in believing that the trinity is not > > a violation of the logical law of identity. > > Some of us use a VOM, a 3 in 1 meter that reads volts, ohms, and milliamps. > I realize this is probably over your head, stick to the battery and bulb > continuity tester and you'll be fine :-) > That example works if you have God switching to different modes. This like switching a DMM from volts mode to ohms mode. Do you claim God switches/morphs/converts to different single entities?
From: D from BC on 13 May 2010 19:40 In article <3ne0t5lnkmm1je49i2kfm1c4vk5uuvqke8(a)4ax.com>, jfields(a)austininstruments.com says... > >Christian engineers are ridiculous in believing prayer does something. > > --- > And you're just plain ridiculous. > God is ridiculous for relying mainly on one tool to persuade thinking ape meat that there is a special place for dead thinking ape meat. The one tool used by God is the bible. The bible is an ambiguous book that fails to persuade all thinking ape meat. A good book sells itself. A failed book has to be forced. -- D from BC British Columbia
From: D from BC on 14 May 2010 01:37
In article <mda0t5thhsgqi23u2tvhunc0ckcue8q26n(a)4ax.com>, jfields(a)austininstruments.com says... > >The bible has God doing lots of things in the bible. > >Now God does nothing.. That's a strange change. > > --- > After you've done the big stuff, like create a universe and people it, > what's to do besides maintenance??? > > Besides, God isn't limited to existing in our time and space, so He may > well be doing stuff that you couldn't possibly get your puny mind > around. > --- > Ah.. God the superhider supershy God. Whatever God does, it's natural for God to leave no evidence due to God mirroring the behavior of all things that don't exist. God is powerful enough to turn nonexistent like leprechauns. |