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Dec 19, 2006, 10:37 pm
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 Ready to Rok  Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,932 | Well if we get to "Ask Zharvic"...... Being the "Ask Zharvic" thread is so...popular? I think it would cool if those who would like to "throw a tomato at Theists" or who consider the implications of religious doctrine beyond rational thinking. Now is your chance to hear from a Christian on how he views religion and why he views it as such. (OH SHIT I'VE REVEALED MY SEXUALITY) hee hee. Anyways, I believe that my theories are somewhat unorthodox asfaras their religious applications. So please feel free to ask me about anything, life, they universe, and perhaps God. I am waiting to answer your questions, and please dont start with a "Dear LD", because that was bullshit not to be tolerated in this thread. more hee hee. "I believe Christianity as I believe the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it, I see everything else." -C.S. Lewis- |
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Dec 20, 2006, 02:16 am
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| Possibly edible?  Posts: 783 | Where does God get his morality, being without a higher power of his own and all? Side effects may include gastrointestinal homicide, theft of luck, apocalyptic hallucinations, and demonic possession. Please do not soak in milk as doing so will result in death. |
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Dec 20, 2006, 02:36 am
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  formerly Isherwood  Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 14,163 | What am I legally allowed to do to heckle someone for saying "hee hee" in a forum post? The Forum Rules Radical Atheist Heathen Queer Let's agree to respect each others views, no matter how wrong yours may be. (Ashleigh Brilliant) |
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Dec 20, 2006, 03:29 am
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| 9/11: Inside Job  Location: Hawai'i, Big Island Posts: 10,453 | Quote:
"Arms in the hands of the citizens may be used at individual discretion for the defense of the country, the overthrow of tyranny or private self-defense." -- John Adams | |
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Dec 27, 2006, 12:23 pm
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| Ready to Rok Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,932 | Quote:
I believe I have the correct answer. http://membres.lycos.fr/fcbfan/owls/lol.jpg "I believe Christianity as I believe the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it, I see everything else." -C.S. Lewis- | |
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Dec 27, 2006, 12:38 pm
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| Ready to Rok Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,932 | Quote:
Well I think God is real because at first my parents told me so. I went to Church every Sunday with them and listened to people tell me that He was real day after day. However, this was when I was younger. As many other decisions in my early life, religion was decided for me by my parents. When I was older it became time for me to decide whether or not I should accept what my parents and faith community had told me or not. This is my conclusion: For all my life has been worth, the people I have met and the occurances that have happened have played out in such a way that I feel random probability could not have pushed them all of them together into a sequence called life. Let's pretend that each event in my life worth remembering is a piece of paper. Each of these pieces of paper are individual and not mixed together. I can assure you all the important parts of my life are not all one happening. (I would feel very sad if my birth and my death were to be linked in one event.) Something has connected these pieces of my life so they can fit together. Something inexplicably good and true that has been constantly strung throughout each event I have experienced. In short. My life has happened in such a way that simply chalking it up to good fortune ( i can assure you it is not determination) seems rather unfitting. I don't claim that God does all good things for me, rather I believe He exists and is present during each of these events and helping me see that He indeed is the string tieing these parts of my life together. From birth, to open heart surgery, to the death of a loved one, through school, in my first relationships with girls, the events I have partaken in, so on and so forth, something connects all of these things together. My answer is the Love of God and His Son Jesus Christ. "I believe Christianity as I believe the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it, I see everything else." -C.S. Lewis- | |
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Dec 27, 2006, 01:03 pm
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| Ready to Rok Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,932 | Quote:
I would like you to think of Morality much like the weather. Humans do not create their own weather, but rather generally gain a knowlege of what types of weather exist from observation. Much the same, humans do not create their own morals, rather mearly observe the general preserves of human obligation towards right and wrong. Now, we can all agree that the weather patterns around general atomopheric laws and conditions. For instance, if the earth is farther away from the sun, then it stands to reason that the weather will be of colder nature and if closer to the sun then warmer. The same is true with God. God is Love. Agape. His Laws revolve around love and much the same as weather works with atmospheric law, Morality works with God's Laws. God does not "get" Morality, he creates it. Morality is a result of His laws of love and kindness. I hope this answer will suffice. "I believe Christianity as I believe the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it, I see everything else." -C.S. Lewis- | |
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Dec 27, 2006, 01:14 pm
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| Ready to Rok Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,932 | Quote:
No one created God. God has always existed. There we go. That's my simple answer, however if I dont explain this, then sound much like T Man for those of you who knew him from earlier on the forums. So let me further explain. Much like our reason, the answer is not clear. Who created our reason? We cannot say for sure who created it or where it came from. While there are many theories of how it develped, it is still a mystery. Much is true with the existence of God. We believe that He always was and always will be. It is a mystery that our human logic cannot fully understand. This is something gradually revealed to us through Abramham when God said, "I Am Who Am." God, the eternal who always was and who always will be. Telling you who created God is one thing, but the explination is completely another thing. My answer is that no one created God, but explaining his timelessness is very hard. The best I can tell you is that it is a gradual mystery yet to be fully revealed to us at this time. "I believe Christianity as I believe the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it, I see everything else." -C.S. Lewis- | |
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Dec 27, 2006, 01:17 pm
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| Ready to Rok Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,932 | Quote:
Let's try this one then.... http://www.orlyowl.com/upload/files/lollerskates.jpg And it would help if some one could tell me how to post these automatically without having to link it. "I believe Christianity as I believe the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it, I see everything else." -C.S. Lewis- | |
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