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Old 03-01-2019, 02:44 PM
 
Location: SF/Mill Valley
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I gave an honest reply. I don't know what else you want. I don't personally care what you believe and I'm not on any crusade to sway anyone.
Yeah - we’re all familiar with your packaged one-liners.
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Old 03-01-2019, 02:49 PM
 
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Yeah - we’re all familiar with your packaged one-liners.
Oh! duh! your enjoying internet instigating.
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Old 03-01-2019, 02:55 PM
 
Location: Ontario, Canada
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I believe - based solely on how angry he gets with me - that he's a Christian with fundamentalist leanings.
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Old 03-01-2019, 02:59 PM
 
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I believe - based solely on how angry he gets with me - that he's a Christian with fundamentalist leanings.
You all are determined to keep things personal. Next up, who's all circumcised? Why or why not?
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Old 03-01-2019, 03:27 PM
 
Location: Ontario, Canada
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You all are determined to keep things personal. Next up, who's all circumcised? Why or why not?
Me. Had no say in the matter. Although, I probably hollered.
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Old 03-01-2019, 06:50 PM
 
Location: Ohio
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I'm honestly curious, why people who don't believe in any form of higher power are on this general Religion and Spirituality forum?
I believe in an higher power, namely myself.

If more people believed they were their own higher power, the World would be a better place.

One thing is for certain, fewer children would die or suffer irreparable physical damage to their bodies, because their parents thought all they had to do was pray to a non-existent entity to save their children.

The day is fast approaching when Humans will be more powerful than your god-thing.

Your god-thing blatantly refuses to heal amputees, but Humans will be able to do that.

Your god-thing won't answer the prayers of the sick and heal them, but Humans will 100% of the time.

That makes your god-thing morally and ethically inferior.
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Old 03-01-2019, 07:19 PM
 
Location: SF/Mill Valley
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Your god-thing blatantly refuses to heal amputees, but Humans will be able to do that.

Your god-thing won't answer the prayers of the sick and heal them, but Humans will 100% of the time.

That makes your god-thing morally and ethically inferior.

Except - God does not exist, so how can ‘He’ be morally or ethically inferior?
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Old 03-01-2019, 07:32 PM
 
Location: Ontario, Canada
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Except - God does not exist, so how can ‘He’ be morally or ethically inferior?
Too many people believe the biblical god-thing is worthy of a capital G and that it exists.

And they believe they know its mind and follow its corrupt lead of demonizing "Others".

Christian Sharia Law could be a real thing if certain portions of the US of A had its way.

Thankfully, I think that is unlikelier by the day.
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Old 03-01-2019, 07:38 PM
 
Location: SF/Mill Valley
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Too many people believe the biblical god-thing is worthy of a capital G and that it exists.

And they believe they know its mind and follow its corrupt lead of demonizing "Others".

Christian Sharia Law could be a real thing if certain portions of the US of A had its way.

Thankfully, I think that is unlikelier by the day.


It’s a proper noun (referring to a specific deity vs. gods in general) so it’s capitalized. The English language does not base capitalization of proper nouns based on whether we feel the subject is ‘worthy’ of a capital letter or not.

The point of my post, however, was God does not exist - so ‘he’ can’t be ‘ethically inferior’.

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Old 03-01-2019, 09:09 PM
 
Location: Ontario, Canada
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It’s a proper noun (referring to a specific deity vs. gods in general) so it’s capitalized. The English language does not base capitalization of proper nouns based on whether we feel the subject is ‘worthy’ of a capital letter or not.

The point of my post, however, was God does not exist - so ‘he’ can’t be ‘ethically inferior’.
Don't presume to lecture me about language. I'm a professional writer. I can mangle the language at will.

And get paid for it.

I was referring to a god-thing because the bumbling, moronic case of arrested development depicted in the bible is not the least bit worthy of a capital G.

Yet they walk, vote, and breed among us who think it exists.
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