My apologies first of all to Satan I am responsible for the resurrection of his thread with the initial intent to attempt a hijack .
While I am not by any stretch to be considered one of the more intelligent, well read, or educated individuals posting I do pride myself on honesty.
Reading Satan’s and more recent threads in this forum I see an extreme double standard exhibited by a very small group of individuals.
There is the possibility that some things are simply unknowable. This should not stop us from searching and questioning, but while so doing, remaining honest in our motives.
Claiming that there is only one valid / logical / truth and then not using the same techniques to examine that conclusion as we use against other’s arguments seems to me to be hypocritical.
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Satan 01-26-2000 05:53 PM
ARGH!
This isn’t in great debates, folks.
It’s a general question!
One that applies since in fact God DID kill people in the Bible.
And except for a reference when God hired Satan as his soldier of fortune, Satan didn’t kill anyone!
I am NOT saying God sucks… I am NOT advocating the worship of Satan (though donations are appreciated).
I merely have a clever tee-shirt idea and would LOVE to have a factually correct number on it.
*If you wish to have a Great Debate, start a thread there.**If you wish to preach, start a thread on LBMB where someone might care.
Other than that, let’s talk about Biblical fatalities caused by God as written, okay?
God bless you all…
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The Jackel 07-22-2000 02:14
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Originally posted by Libertarian
Satan:
Boy, it took some digging, but I finally got you your numbers.
NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE KILLED BY GOD: 1
NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE KILLED BY SATAN: 14,302,800,212
You’ll need to use a pretty small font if you want to list the names. Also, you might want to asterisk the “1” and footnote it as a suicide mitigated by a resurrection.
ENTITY 1 Physical animal not a supernatural being
Genesis 3 : 1 (KJV) Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made …
Genesis 3 : 14 (KJV) So the Lord God said to the serpent : Because you have done this , you are cursed more than all cattle and more than every best of the field; on your belly you shall go …
ENTITY 2 Supernatural being the adversary ( not the Prince of darkness or a (devils plural mentioned in OT)demon or any OT false God )
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and SATAN also came among them
ENTITY 3 NEW Testament The Prince of This World, The Tempter, referred to numerous times too many list
Therefore Only those deaths which can be laid to #3 should count … any lawyers to help on this …
Sorry to bring back and old Thread but there are lots of things I wish to post this weekend and this was the perfect starting point. In the interest of my time limits excuse the shortness and seemingly randomness of this Post
I believe that there is a God … I cannot reconcile the Jewish / Christian God of The Bible with a Loving / Just / Wise / All Knowing / All Powerful God.
http://www.atheists-for-jesus.com/
The Atheist for Jesus link
http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/james_still/critbias.htmland
offer what I thought were good insights / arguements. However I am not interested so much in a exchange of data (Oh yeah well here are six sites with the opposite view sort of thing). I am more concrned with a basic point of respect and integrity.