The problem with God's Role in the election

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  1. rstones199

    rstones199 Well-Known Member

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    God being pefect is a falsehood.

    If god created man, and man is inperfect, then so is god.

    A perfect craeture can only perfect beings. If he doesn't then he is not perfect.
     
  2. Wolverine

    Wolverine New Member Past Donor

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    I did, by allowing you to trip over the shoe laces of Omnipotence.
     
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    Omnipotence is perfection, humans are not omnipotent, your spelling proves it.
     
  4. rstones199

    rstones199 Well-Known Member

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    IF god created me, then he is not perfection. Perfection can only produce perfection.

    PS: Omnipotence is all powerful not perfection :roll:
     
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    did you miss the question rstones.
    it's an important one by the way and could lead to a greater discussion.

    what does that mean rstones.
    the statement has no meaning!!!!
     
  6. gophangover

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    It's very amusing to see a silly human try to tell God what God is.

    Again, another silly human trying to tell the omnipotent that created all that is, that it isn't perfect. It's the pot asking the pot maker, why he was made like a moron. Answer, God likes seeing you whine about silly stuff. I enjoy Gods humor. BWAH HA HA HA HA!
     
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    Humans invented both Omnipotence and 'god'. Its funny watching silly humans try to limit themselves on their own creations.
     
  8. Durandal

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    Problem #1 with God's role in the election: God isn't real. Whoopsies..
     
  9. Durandal

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    The concept of perfection is also a funny one. It is far more an intangible ideal than reality, and judgment of what is perfect vs what isn't is always subjective anyway.

    One man's perfect god is another man's Iron Age political tool gone horribly, horribly wrong.
     
  10. The Wyrd of Gawd

    The Wyrd of Gawd Well-Known Member

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    Romney believes that he's going to become a god when he croaks. He thinks that he's going to have his own planet and harem and produce rugrats like termites. As you know he lost the election so he's going to have to do some serious work on becoming Omnipotent. Maybe the god of this world is like Romney. He's still working on getting the kinks out of the god gig.
     
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    You don't know anything about the science of "cause and effect" do you.
     
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    bump it
     
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    Romans 13:1 Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.
     
  14. Durandal

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    And it's sad to watch an ignoramus act smug.

    Christianity is the perfect religion for ignoramuses. It allows them all to believe that they're the world's real wisemen, all based on emotion rather than knowledge and reason.
     
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    Ever read "The Reasonableness of christianity" by John Locke? Or "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine, using biblical doctrine to demonstrate the illegitimacy of the divine rule of monarchs? Government of by and for the people because kings ordained by the church with gods authority to govern was bs.
     
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    Not sure why you would say that.

    Because of Hitler, the Soviets took over Eastern Europe for half a century and were transformed into a military superpower.

    Stalin was busily destroying his own country -- wrecking the economy, purging his military, starving his people -- until Hitler invaded.
     
  17. Durandal

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    Communism was growing regardless; it was threatening to take over European countries through revolution at that time. The Nazi rise to power is actually reflective in no small part of a popular backlash against that threat. They got one form of monstrous dictatorship in response to the threat of another.
     
  18. The Wyrd of Gawd

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    In the ancient world kings were considered to be gods. That's what most of the Old Testament is about. It's about the various god-kings and emperors.
     
  19. dixon76710

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    Yep. People used to be ruled by gods. Then rulers ordained by god. Christianity and the Protestant reformation lead to government of, by and for the people. The Christian god never gave authority to the church to ordain rulers. His authority belongs to the individual all along.
     

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