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Old 07-21-2014, 09:34 AM
 
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If the universe was created why would its creators not make it possible for us to be much smaller?
If we were much smaller we would eat much less, we would be able to lift many times our own body weight, and we might even be able to fly.

I believe the answer is that most people in the universe are indeed much smaller than we are.
I believe we must be living on some kind of prison planet

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7 Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. 8 But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. 9 The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.

10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say:

“Now have come the salvation and the power
and the kingdom of our God,
and the authority of his Messiah.
For the accuser of our brothers and sisters,
who accuses them before our God day and night,
has been hurled down.
11 They triumphed over him
by the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their testimony;
they did not love their lives so much
as to shrink from death.
12 Therefore rejoice, you heavens
and you who dwell in them!
But woe to the earth and the sea,
because the devil has gone down to you!
He is filled with fury,
because he knows that his time is short.”
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Old 07-21-2014, 11:48 PM
 
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fortunately or unfortunately we humans can believe anything we want, or just think stuff up when we are bored..!
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Old 07-21-2014, 11:52 PM
 
Location: Someplace Wonderful
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fortunately or unfortunately we humans can believe anything we want, or just think stuff up when we are bored..!
Amen, my brother!
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Old 07-22-2014, 01:50 AM
 
Location: Montreal, Quebec
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If the universe was created why would its creators not make it possible for us to be much smaller?
If we were much smaller we would eat much less, we would be able to lift many times our own body weight, and we might even be able to fly.

I believe the answer is that most people in the universe are indeed much smaller than we are.
I believe we must be living on some kind of prison planet
How do you know we already aren't much smaller?
It's entirely possible that most beings in the universe are bigger than we are.
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Old 07-22-2014, 06:16 AM
 
Location: Northeastern US
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Indeed, size is not the only variable in how much we need to eat or other resource requirements. Gravity strength, the abundance or lack of nutrient density in available food, atmospheric composition, and more, all play a role.

Stating that most people in the universe must be smaller than us is a meaningless statement by itself. It'd be like saying most people pay less for gasoline, ignoring that they might be using nuclear or solar power and have little need for it in the first place.
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Old 07-22-2014, 09:13 AM
 
Location: USA
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If the universe was created why would its creators not make it possible for us to be much smaller?
If we were much smaller we would eat much less, we would be able to lift many times our own body weight, and we might even be able to fly.

I believe the answer is that most people in the universe are indeed much smaller than we are.
I believe we must be living on some kind of prison planet
So, we're satan's angels? Are we just here to serve our time, or is it a rehabilitation program?
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Old 07-22-2014, 09:51 AM
 
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were we cast down from heaven?
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Old 07-22-2014, 09:59 AM
 
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were we cast down from heaven?
I'm trying to connect the dots of your op. You say we're in prison, and then you posted passages saying that satan and his angels were cast from heaven to earth. So, it sounds like you're saying this earth is prison for those beings, and those beings are us.

If not, why do you believe we're in prison? And what for?
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Old 07-23-2014, 02:29 PM
 
Location: Someplace Wonderful
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I'm trying to connect the dots of your op. You say we're in prison, and then you posted passages saying that satan and his angels were cast from heaven to earth. So, it sounds like you're saying this earth is prison for those beings, and those beings are us.

If not, why do you believe we're in prison? And what for?
Just because there are dots, that does not always mean they can be connected ....
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Old 07-23-2014, 04:28 PM
 
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Comeback granpa and do some more dot connecting! Please do not let any of the satanic angels run you away!
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