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Old 11-22-2014, 03:02 PM
 
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You, like many strident atheists before you, have taken several passages out of context, and formed an opinion made of ignorance.
Oh I see

They wrote this,

But they meant this, any you will explain what they really meant.

Gimmie a frogging break.
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Old 11-22-2014, 03:03 PM
 
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And they were quickly shown to be duped. Yet, thousands of years later, people still believe in and worship the creator.

Yes, people worship over 3000 gods.
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Old 11-22-2014, 03:49 PM
 
Location: Free State of Texas
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Oh I see

They wrote this,

But they meant this, any you will explain what they really meant.

Gimmie a frogging break.
No, not at all. But, without understanding the context and reasons given for such actions, you are forming an opinion based on at best ignorance, and at worst, a bias.
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Old 11-22-2014, 03:51 PM
 
Location: Free State of Texas
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Please enlighten me about the context of say 2-3 of the passages so that my 'atheist, ignorant' brain can comprehend the flaws in my thinking about such things.
I will not do your homework for you.
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Old 11-22-2014, 03:53 PM
 
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Yes, people worship over 3000 gods.
Only one claims to be the creator, the god worshipped by three of the world's top religions.
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Old 11-22-2014, 04:02 PM
 
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No, not at all. But, without understanding the context and reasons given for such actions, you are forming an opinion based on at best ignorance, and at worst, a bias.
If it needs to be interpreted, that is a pretty sound indication it did not come from any of the Gods.
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Old 11-22-2014, 04:04 PM
 
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Only one claims to be the creator, the god worshipped by three of the world's top religions.
sorry but all have their story of creation.

And BTW, the god of Islam, Christianity and Judism are not the same god, If they are, you are just confirming schizophrenia
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Old 11-22-2014, 04:16 PM
 
Location: Free State of Texas
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If it needs to be interpreted, that is a pretty sound indication it did not come from any of the Gods.
Not interpreted, just read in context.
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Old 11-22-2014, 04:17 PM
 
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sorry but all have their story of creation.

And BTW, the god of Islam, Christianity and Judism are not the same god, If they are, you are just confirming schizophrenia
The Abrahamic god.
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Old 11-22-2014, 05:06 PM
 
Location: San Francisco
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Yeah, we know ... God sacrificed himself to himself to forgive humanity for actions God designed humans to commit in the first place.

Makes perfect pretzel-sense to me, I guess. If I look at it upside down while reading it in a mirror.
LOL. Thanks!
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