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From: Elroy Willis on 29 Mar 2005 11:07 sob(a)sob.com (Sweet Ol' Bob (SOB)) wrote in alt.atheism > The great philosopher-criminologist wrote: >> suppose one person wanted >> to be a correctional officer and that person fails the test to become >> one. It was in the control of God. That person then want on to become a >> lawyer and succeeded. That person would say, "God wanted me to be a >> lawyer all along." That person also has to feel it in his heart too. > Only the Devil can motivate someone to become a lawyer. I think this clinches your troll status... -- Elroy Willis www.elroysemporium.com
From: Icarus on 29 Mar 2005 11:48 Sweet Ol' Bob (SOB) wrote: > On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 13:29:00 GMT, Elroy Willis > <elroywillis(a)swbell.net> wrote: > >>>> So all those people who died on 9/11 died because your god willed >>>> their deaths? And the hundreds of thousands that died in the last >>>> tsunami died because it was your god willed them to die? > >>> Planned it all from the beginning. > >> So you basically worship a mass murderer. How nice. > > You all are assuming that God knows about such events in advance. But > that cannot be the case, because God cannot be expected to do > something that contradicts reality. .... > This line of thinking solves the dilemna of Free Will. You can make > decisions that even God does not know about until you make them. I'm afraid that doesn't let your god off the hook at all. Even *I* can see that if someone locks a hundred people in a shed and reaches for the tap marked "Poisonous Gas", something bad is going to happen. If your god actually existed he would either have to be ignorant of everything that happens in the world (not much of a god) or powerless to change anything (still not much of a god) or chooses not to change anything (a sicko). Which do you think fits the bill best?
From: SOB) on 29 Mar 2005 12:35 On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:18:21 -0500, "Robibnikoff" <witchypoo(a)broomstick.com> wrote: >> You all are assuming that God knows about such events in advance. But >> that cannot be the case, because God cannot be expected to do >> something that contradicts reality. >Why? Because that's what you believe? I stated my reasons. Just because they are over your head does not mean they are not valid. >Hm, not much of a god then, is it. Not in your limited understanding. -- Million Mom March For Gun Confiscation http://home.houston.rr.com/rkba/mmm.html "If you build a man a fire and he will be warm for a day. If you set a man on fire, he will be warm for the rest of his life."
From: SOB) on 29 Mar 2005 12:36 On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:18:49 -0500, "Robibnikoff" <witchypoo(a)broomstick.com> wrote: >> Only the Devil can motivate someone to become a lawyer. >> God would never coerce someone to become evil. >How would you know? Professional courtesy. > Did he tell you this personally? God does not speak to me personally. Does He speak to you personally? Do you hear voiced in your head often - especially when you are posting to Usenet? Or are you merely stoned out of your gourd when you do? -- Million Mom March For Gun Confiscation http://home.houston.rr.com/rkba/mmm.html "If you build a man a fire and he will be warm for a day. If you set a man on fire, he will be warm for the rest of his life."
From: SOB) on 29 Mar 2005 12:40
On 29 Mar 2005 07:34:41 -0800, "The great philosopher-criminologist" <bedford_park2000(a)yahoo.ca> wrote: >> Only the Devil can motivate someone to become a lawyer. >Then explain this, www.lawcf.org/ What is there to explain? -- Million Mom March For Gun Confiscation http://home.houston.rr.com/rkba/mmm.html "If you build a man a fire and he will be warm for a day. If you set a man on fire, he will be warm for the rest of his life." |