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I was chosen by God as a member of his elect, I don't have/need a better reason than that. If I had grown up elsewhere or under different circumstances then I probably wouldn't believe.
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Jun 10, 2016 02:12
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The Christian conception of God really should be 'they' for a number of reasons.
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Jun 10, 2016 12:34
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Who What Now posted:Actually, no, this is 100% false. It's a very common misconception that evolution is concerned with individuals passing on their genetic lines, when actually evolution is concerned with population groups propagating a new generation. Homosexuality does have several evolutionary benefits to a societal species like us, as it allows for either the homosexuals to focus on non-caregiving tasks while the breeding members focus on child-rearing or for the homosexual members to adopt infants that are abandoned or orphaned, which in both cases increases the rates of infant survival. It's debatable. Especially when you consider the desirability of population growth and the traditional necessity (now largely obsolete) of sexual specialization of the workforce. Historically speaking, children do not die from lack of resources or insufficient levels of care, but from disease. In the case of ancient Israel and most premodern societies, less "breeders" means fewer children, and fewer children means less economic growth: both for the "nation" (an ahistorical term which can be conceptually applied to the Israelites) and for the family unit. E: the effect is marginal with male homosexuality but extremely significant with female homosexuality- one of the reasons why female homosexuality is less culturally acceptable in premodern societies. The Kingfish fucked around with this message at 17:03 on Jun 10, 2016 |
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Jun 10, 2016 16:58
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Bonhoeffer was an amazing man and an inspired theologian. Kierkagard is good too.
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Jun 18, 2016 17:45
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Chomsky is a smart man, but he carried water for the khemer rouge early on, suggesting that refugee reports were fabricated or exaggerated, it's right there in the link you provided.
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Jun 19, 2016 16:36
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Are there any theologians who write about the profound implications that modern physics have on for our conceptions of God the Father? Specifically the concept of time as a spatial dimension?
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Jun 19, 2016 16:44
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Care to elaborate? A name for the branch at least..
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Jun 19, 2016 17:33
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urseus posted:People should want to hope that God doesn't exist. The alternative, that he's there and letting some of this bad stuff go on even if for some grand plan is horrifying. The really bad stuff makes for even greater redemption. God "lets bad stuff happen" because from his perspective, (the correct perspective) these wrongs have already been righted.
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Jun 20, 2016 01:00
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SedanChair posted:It's all right, they know. Very few people now living truly believe in an omnipotent god. The world is too well-explained and too real for such things to matter to the average person. Many Christians would say that few people ever have truly believed in an omnipotent God. Narrow is the road.
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Jun 20, 2016 01:04
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OwlFancier posted:I really don't understand what that means. The final judgment will make right all earthly wrongs. God knows all that will occur and looks towards the end result of creation which is redemption. I'm not saying something vulgar like "all tragedies ultimately serve some earthly end" like what Sedan Chair is suggesting.
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Jun 20, 2016 01:17
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nopantsjack posted:This is the worst thread in D&D. My favourite part was when people were arguing that being gay is a sin and then Orlando happened. Had a good long cry, talked with my pastor and some church leaders who I respect. We all decided that Islam is a trash religion.
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Jun 20, 2016 15:22
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bitcoin bastard posted:This is the point where I sign my ticket to hell, but I think no. God as described is both omniscient and omnipresent, so He already knows what is going on. The Son he sent down was basically a hippie, so maybe he's not into people worshiping in obvious ways. I'm no theologian but I try to live by the golden rule which after multiple translations basically comes out to '"don't be a dick". When God was on earth he made it clear that you worship him by acting as a servant to the meek. E: obviously God the Father can not be subjected to suffering, but God the Son was. The Kingfish fucked around with this message at 19:09 on Jun 26, 2016 |
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Jun 26, 2016 15:30
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Actually people complain because this thread is specifically not about defending theism. But like every other DnD religion thread, the usual suspects show up on page one to toss around their two hundred level philosophy critiques of God.
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Jun 29, 2016 19:17
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Eskaton posted:Op, I know I'm pulling from way back here, but have you considered that Christianity is also a thing outside of the Bible? Or any religion with a holy book? This is the difference between Christianity and Islam.
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Jul 11, 2016 20:10
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Buckwheat Sings posted:It's all like a bloodthirsty episode of Seinfeld. Its really good, yeah.
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Jul 11, 2016 22:10
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Who What Now posted:No, you misunderstand, it's not enough to just say you believe it. Anyone can do that, you have to actually choose to become convinced of it. If beliefs are an active choice (hint: they aren't, there's that whole "convinced" thing I mentioned a second ago) it should be trivial to do. And yet nobody in all of human history has ever been able to do it on command. Gosh, it's almost like you can't! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohNbDnlQp78
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Jul 17, 2016 17:40
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 Arbitrarily choosing to believe is a huge part of the Christian tradition.
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Jul 17, 2016 19:06
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I don't know dick about physics, but it seems like the universe operates according to cause and effect. The infiniteness of a creator God makes sense in the way infinite expansion and collapse of the universe does not.
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