Mickiel
September 28, 2013, 11:57pm
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I said nothing about them being here forever, I said God wants them here now; at least that is what I meant. And in my view, all Atheist will be with God forever. And Christians too. And Buddist, and all humans!
tomndebb
September 29, 2013, 12:04am
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I responded to your actual words. I do not even care what you really were"conscious" of. Your posted words were inaccurate and I corrected the error they portrayed. You posted this:
Mickiel:
There is no such thing as a " Christian bible", that is popular deception, the bible is not owned by Christians and no group on earth holds any legal rights to it. Prove to me that it is " A Christian bible"; I am announcing to you that it is " A bible", and no group of people can lay ownership to it. Produce any legal papers that Christians have on it; produce to me any legal docuements that Christians have on the bible to support your claim that it belongs exclusively to them; I challange you to produce any evidence to back up you giving them exclusive ownership of it.
That paragraph ignores how the phase is used in real life by real humans. The whole “ownership” nonsense is nonsense specifically because no one claims that Christians “own” the bible.
In logic, that is called a straw man argument: setting up a position that one’s opponent does not really hold in order to trash the opinion and pretend that one has defeated one’s opponent.
There is no “deception.” The phrase is used to identify a specific set of books based on who routinely uses them in liturgical celebration. Claiming a “deception” is you trying to be “conscious” of what other people think and failing miserably at the effort.
I have no interest in being conscious of what you were thinking when you posted. This is a discussion forum and I am interested in the factual nature of the statements that are posted. Your straw man about ownership was not factual; I responded.
As to all the stuff about atheists and theists, I have no idea what you were trying to say, but as it did not present any contradictions to actual facts, I have no interest in responding to it.
Mickiel
September 29, 2013, 12:08am
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tomndebb:
I responded to your actual words. I do not even care what you really were"conscious" of. Your posted words were inaccurate and I corrected the error they portrayed. You posted this:That paragraph ignores how the phase is used in real life by real humans. The whole “ownership” nonsense is nonsense specifically because no one claims that Christians “own” the bible.
In logic, that is called a straw man argument: setting up a position that one’s opponent does not really hold in order to trash the opinion and pretend that one has defeated one’s opponent.
There is no “deception.” The phrase is used to identify a specific set of books based on who routinely uses them in liturgical celebration. Claiming a “deception” is you trying to be “conscious” of what other people think and failing miserably at the effort.
I have no interest in being conscious of what you were thinking when you posted. This is a discussion forum and I am interested in the factual nature of the statements that are posted. Your straw man about ownership was not factual; I responded.
As to all the stuff about atheists and theists, I have no idea what you were trying to say, but as it did not present any contradictions to actual facts, I have no interest in responding to it.
Well then don’t respond. I am not chasing you down in any of your threads. Peace on your journey. I enjoyed the dialog.
And who or what created the other parts?
Mickiel:
I don’t know.
What a refreshing thing to have you say in this conversation. However, I would prefer to not go off on a tangent about whether you’ve used the phrase before in this thread, so let’s move on. Would it be fair to infer from what you’ve posted that you believe God has existence in two different phases, so to speak, BEFORE He created parts of Himself, and AFTER He created parts of Himself?
Perhaps god is a work in progress? (In which case, it must by definition not be perfect.)
Mickiel
September 29, 2013, 9:19am
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kaylasdad99:
What a refreshing thing to have you say in this conversation. However, I would prefer to not go off on a tangent about whether you’ve used the phrase before in this thread, so let’s move on. Would it be fair to infer from what you’ve posted that you believe God has existence in two different phases, so to speak, BEFORE He created parts of Himself, and AFTER He created parts of Himself?
Yes, but I personally believe that he exist in Seven different Phases.
Mickiel
September 29, 2013, 9:20am
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No, he is a perfect work in perfect progress.
monavis
September 29, 2013, 11:21am
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Mickiel:
I have proved it to myself, why then should I worry about what you seem to think I cannot prove? And I don’t have a religion, you keep saying I have a religion; what is my religion? Since your giving me religion, what is the religion?
A religion is believing there is a God, so you do have a religion of 1.
monavis
September 29, 2013, 11:27am
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Mickiel:
And it was God who provided it, it did not provide itself, and that is what Theist are saying. You can’t rob credentials of creation. It would make absolutely no sense whatever if someone of reason looked at this earth right now, all the houses and buildings, all the cities and monuments , and try and claim all that built itself and take the credit away from man. Just because they did not believe in man; conversely, its no different than looking at all the great things that God has built, but just because you don’t believe in him, you claim that the universe built itself. That " It grew out from nothing."
Get Real!
To be honest you have to say, “I believe God provided it” Since there is no proof of God or a God it is just belief. And according to the psalmist all are gods and son’s of God.
Existence proceeds the universe, God had no place to exist, before he could exist!
monavis
September 29, 2013, 11:32am
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Mickiel:
And it was God who provided it, it did not provide itself, and that is what Theist are saying. You can’t rob credentials of creation. It would make absolutely no sense whatever if someone of reason looked at this earth right now, all the houses and buildings, all the cities and monuments , and try and claim all that built itself and take the credit away from man. Just because they did not believe in man; conversely, its no different than looking at all the great things that God has built, but just because you don’t believe in him, you claim that the universe built itself. That " It grew out from nothing."
Get Real!
You realize that the God you believe in had to come from nothing So your argument is no different that what you claim are wrong. and there is no proof that God did said or write anything. It is all from the human mind.
monavis
September 29, 2013, 11:42am
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ruben4ruben:
The Bible does not say where God came from and how the Creator came to be.
There is a verse that says “no God was formed before Him”
**Isaiah 43:10 ** “YOU are my witnesses,” is the utterance of Jehovah, “even my servant whom I have chosen, in order that YOU may know and have faith in me, and that YOU may understand that I am the same One. Before me there was no God formed, and after me there continued to be none.
King James 21st Century version:
Ye are My witnesses,” saith the Lord, “and My servant whom I have chosen, that ye may know and believe Me, and understand that I am He. Before Me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after Me
What formed means in the original Hebrew i still have to look up.
But i am not bothered about not knowing (yet) how the Creator came to be.
There are many things we don’t know but perceive to be here or be in effect.
That’s why mankind keeps asking questions and keeps researching stuff. No shame in not knowing everything, otherwise we can close all schools and laboratories.
I believe we will keep learning about God and his works for ever as he is dynamic . Isaiah 40:26
Doesn’t the universe keep expanding as well? It has no walls i’ve heard.
(Future of an expanding universe - Wikipedia )
If you want to think and equate things according to human standards and current scientific knowledge…
…you might have a very hard time understanding or explaining things that are (still) way out of your league.
What is time? Where did time begin? Did it have a begin? If so what was there before time began? Does time only exist for certain lifeforms or in certain places? Is there a dimension outside of time? Will time end?
These are not questions i expect anyone to answer. But they’re a nice example of what i mean.
Humility is a virtue. You were not around forever so maybe just maybe, you missed something and maybe it’s you that needs to catch up.
Your words are not God’s words, just words Men attribute to God a ,or a God. No one can say in truth that God did or said anything.
Mickiel
September 29, 2013, 1:31pm
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monavis:
To be honest you have to say, “I believe God provided it” Since there is no proof of God or a God it is just belief. And according to the psalmist all are gods and son’s of God.
Existence proceeds the universe, God had no place to exist, before he could exist!
This reminds me of a debate I had with Atheist not long ago;
Mickiel
September 29, 2013, 1:49pm
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Mickiel:
This reminds me of a debate I had with Atheist not long ago;
The 100 proofs of God. (atheist, quote, faith, evolution) - Religion and Spirituality -Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Atheism, God, Universe, Science, Spirituality, Faith, Evidence - City-Data Forum
I remember doing it again here;
Absolute nonsense. Have you ever opened a dictionary? Look up the word “perfect”.
Thank you for showing us that you are incapable of accepting any information that doesn’t fit what you already believe, and that this habit of redefining words to suit your needs didn’t start with this thread.
Mickiel
September 29, 2013, 2:34pm
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You quite welcome. What you don’t know is that it was my debates with Atheist that changed my views on churches paying taxes, and evolution.
And a few more changes as well; but what you don’t know, should not hurt your points.
simster
September 29, 2013, 2:34pm
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I remember doing it here - in this very thread - just yesterday.
You lost then too.
Mickiel
September 29, 2013, 2:38pm
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The debate is not about winning or loosing, its about an exchange of views.
And I enjoy that.