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Original Sin?
| February 25th, 2015 at 5:55:28 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25013 |
But you do. What are his most lovable traits. I missed them in the Bible. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| February 25th, 2015 at 6:02:29 PM permalink | |
| FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 | God is love. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
| February 25th, 2015 at 6:35:43 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25013 |
So god has no lovable traits, then. You can't love something that isn't lovable, it's not possible. Fear and respect them, but never love. 'God is love' has no meaning. My dog is love, french toast is love, love is love. Meaningless words. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| February 26th, 2015 at 5:25:57 AM permalink | |
| FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 | There is no lovable trait that God does not possess. Think of anything you love about someone and God is the perfection of that trait. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
| February 26th, 2015 at 10:54:53 AM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25013 |
You really want to slip and slide around this don't you. So loving my dog is loving god? My dog is god? I don't think so. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| February 26th, 2015 at 11:52:44 AM permalink | |
| FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 |
Remember God is dog spelled backwards. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
| February 26th, 2015 at 12:41:40 PM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
Tolerance of disagreements Lack of desire to impose his wishes, by force if necessary, on everyone That's just two of God's missing traits off the top of my head. And the second one is a deal breaker. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
| February 26th, 2015 at 2:16:34 PM permalink | |
| FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 | Free will is one of the greatest gifts that God has given us. There is no imposition of His will. You are completely free to reject it and follow your own if you wish. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
| February 26th, 2015 at 2:27:01 PM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
Free will is an integral aspect of the minds of all people.
This is absolutely, 100% true insofar as there is no God, therefore there is no God's will either, much less the ability to impose it on anyone. But in the portrayals of God by believers, it's submission all the way. Otherwise you suffer terrible consequences. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
| February 26th, 2015 at 2:35:10 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25013 |
Sigh. Again, you think you see a 'gift', so you look for a 'giver' till you find one. Free will doesn't exist, it's a non sensical term, like 'sin'. We are who we are, within the parameters of who we are. Our so called 'free will' only applies to morality issues, which doesn't exist either. Our bodies are very limited; we can't fly, we can't jump twenty feet in the air, we can't see thru opaque objects, we can't stay under water for long without air. If universal morality doesn't exist, and it doesn't, free will is meaningless. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |