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ToxicSlurpee posted:My theory is that God was just really, really bored. Like any good writer, God understands that an interesting story needs some conflict.
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As usual, I like the Sumerian/Akkadian explanation for mankind's imperfections better than the lame fruit thing. Basically, the reason the gods created mankind in the first place was that they're lazy fucks and wanted servants to toil the fields for them. But to create live they needed divine blood, so they butchered a rebellious god they didn't like and his rebelliousness rubbed off on humans.
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Samurai Sanders posted:Didn't he undermine his own omnipotence by creating humans only to have them displease him? I've seen Process Theologians get around this by arguing that God actually isn't omnipotent. That he's the foundation of all existence but not its puppeteer. Like how a mother births a child but can't make the child do anything it doesn't want to do once it grows up.
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Xanderkish posted:I've seen Process Theologians get around this by arguing that God actually isn't omnipotent. That he's the foundation of all existence but not its puppeteer. Like how a mother births a child but can't make the child do anything it doesn't want to do once it grows up. It's entirely possible for God to be omnipotent and yet not in complete control of everything. It's the basis of free will versus predestination - having power does not commit you to exercising it.
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Jedit posted:It's entirely possible for God to be omnipotent and yet not in complete control of everything. It's the basis of free will versus predestination - having power does not commit you to exercising it. You're just changing the question from "why would god do this dumb thing, assuming omnipotence," to "why would god choose to limit his own omnipotence, leading him to do this dumb thing?"
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That Tamir Rice was blatantly murdered, with video proof of the whole affair, while his killers walk without so much as a trial is something that I avoid thinking of. Have some farts hosted on SRN News: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  Forget plot or substance, did it make money? 8 
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- a homeless man - an employed guy with a roof over his head
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Post 9-11 User posted:That Tamir Rice was blatantly murdered, with video proof of the whole affair, while his killers walk without so much as a trial is something that I avoid thinking of. The whitest of all Middle Easterners.
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"Man, I am tired of all this spending!" *burns a cross in a Muslim person's yard* Cutting government spending is, like, at the core of the Republican platform. Claiming Trump is popular for reasons that make him identical to all the other Republican candidates is next-level nonsensical. 
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dijon du jour posted:"Man, I am tired of all this spending!" *burns a cross in a Muslim person's yard* It does make sense in the "the Republicans are constantly yelling about reducing government spending while spending more on their pet projects - I'll vote for Trump just to piss them off" way.
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dijon du jour posted:"Man, I am tired of all this spending!" *burns a cross in a Muslim person's yard* Trump's platform is that he's gonna make Mexico pay for the US Govt. budget.
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Rushputin posted:As usual, I like the Sumerian/Akkadian explanation for mankind's imperfections better than the lame fruit thing. To settle this, theres only two reasonable options: 1) Following the revelations of Rick and Morty, our universe exist only to power the battery of god car. Gullible life is required to get them to work for you. The universe exist so somebody can take advantage of the idiots that live in it. The universe is not made perfect, to take advantage of the creatures in it. 2) Our universe can be completely simulated in a cheap PC in a universe with 9 dimensions. So maybe our universe is somebody screensaver. Scientist are still tryiing to detect if our universe is a hologram or not. Our whole universe will stop existing if somebody move the mouse or press enter. Our universe exist to protect the 9 dimensional phosphors from burning from too much impression of the same 9 dimensional pixels. The universe is not perfect, is a unintended result of the crappy quality of the simulation. Tei fucked around with this message at 16:36 on Dec 30, 2015 |
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Tei posted:2) Our universe can be completely simulated in a cheap PC in a universe with 9 dimensions. So maybe our universe is somebody screensaver. Scientist are still tryiing to detect if our universe is a hologram or not. Our whole universe will stop existing if somebody move the mouse or press enter. Our universe exist to protect the 9 dimensional phosphors from burning from too much impression of the same 9 dimensional pixels. Oh drat, that would explain why I'm a flying toaster.
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Selachian posted:Is there a Gay Abortion for Most Unreadable? 'Cause I think I have a contender. It's pretty readable, though?
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Horrible Lurkbeast posted:It's completely impossible to claim you were a womanising drinking badass who gave it all up to save us all without looking like a moralising asswipe. I thought that was the point, how can I be smug if I don't lord it over everyone?
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Green Hornet was worth it for the end where they tell Cameron Diaz she's unwittingly been the criminal mastermind and planning their crime wave the entire time.
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eviltastic posted:Odd to chose a guy who literally cannot stand on his own for a mouthpiece here. Those aren't stumps, he's got his legs tucked up around him.
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I Before E posted:Those aren't stumps, he's got his legs tucked up around him. Ah, I saw the left leg as being part of the wall behind him.
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bad reporter is aggressively mediocre and some time in 2016 this thread will turn on it like it did with bennett. Bagley shines eternal
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Xanderkish posted:I've seen Process Theologians get around this by arguing that God actually isn't omnipotent. That he's the foundation of all existence but not its puppeteer. Like how a mother births a child but can't make the child do anything it doesn't want to do once it grows up. That's Deism, which is a form of the sin of atheism. Atheism is a sin because you're denying God's centrality to life, shared belief in which is the basis for a powerful religious community. Saying God isn't central because they don't exist is just a popular sub-form, though probably less popular nowadays than agnosticism. Either way, not the kind of thing which can get you converts and proselytizers like adam4d. Although I bet he would have made an utterly excruciating atheist as well.
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oddium posted:bad reporter is aggressively mediocre and some time in 2016 this thread will turn on it like it did with bennett. Bagley shines eternal Well I would disagree with that but nonetheless respect your opinion and sincerely hope your prediction will not come true.
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Selachian posted:Is there a Gay Abortion for Most Unreadable? 'Cause I think I have a contender. I don't understand the issue here. It's very readable. 
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oddium posted:bad reporter is aggressively mediocre and some time in 2016 this thread will turn on it like it did with bennett. Bagley shines eternal I've always liked Bad Reporter, but it's definitely improved with time. Bennett, on the other hand, has had his ratio of "knock it out of the park" to "inoffensively drawn but lazy" go a long way to the latter this year.
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Doc Hawkins posted:That's Deism, which is a form of the sin of atheism. Not necessarily. You can view God as less than all-powerful without saying He therefore does nothing. It could be that He's working non-stop, but even He has limits.
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Jurgan posted:Not necessarily. You can view God as less than all-powerful without saying He therefore does nothing. It could be that He's working non-stop, but even He has limits. Sure, I guess that would be a kind of monolatrism. "We only worship our god, though we can tell there are other gods, such as Gravity and Quantum Electrodynamics." I am not a priest, but as long as you avoid the g-word and say all the other forces come from "angels" (optionally fallen), you might be able to get away with it. I understood Xanderkish to be describing a scenario where God is only the foundation of everything, and can't make anyone do anything.
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Deism isn't saying that God isn't all powerful just that. He/she/it doesn't do much
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Doc Hawkins posted:Sure, I guess that would be a kind of monolatrism. "We only worship our god, though we can tell there are other gods, such as Gravity and Quantum Electrodynamics." I am not a priest, but as long as you avoid the g-word and say all the other forces come from "angels" (optionally fallen), you might be able to get away with it. Perhaps God as Frankenstein? He created this thing, but now it's out of His control?
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oddium posted:bad reporter is aggressively mediocre and some time in 2016 this thread will turn on it like it did with bennett. Bagley shines eternal Bagley is forever Local Hero (Of Our Hearts) but that is no reason to deride bad reporter. love lookin at that weird little guy in the first panel
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Jedit posted:I've always liked Bad Reporter, but it's definitely improved with time. Bennett, on the other hand, has had his ratio of "knock it out of the park" to "inoffensively drawn but lazy" go a long way to the latter this year. I just have the impression that Bennet is getting old and this year has been sad and exhausting. Wasn't there two major shootings in his state?
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Ambitious Spider posted:Deism isn't saying that God isn't all powerful just that. He/she/it doesn't do much It's part of free will. He started all this poo poo and now he's just kicking back and watching with a detached eye to see what you do.
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