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Why God's Wrath is Necessary...

Napoleon said:
There is no logical need for more than one creator.
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Well, actually there is. You need to read past the first sentence in my reply. You can try again or surrender. Up to you.

Here. I'll be kind and repost.

Logic requires more than one. A single entity encompasses everything good and evil. Pantheons included gods for the light and gods for the dark. Since good and evil, light and dark, are opposites, they cannot logically exist within one entity.

Christianity is indeed a polytheistic religion in this sense. Satan is simply a lesser god.

Polytheistic religions did have their creator gods, which were worshipped in much the same way as the "one true god" of Abraham.

There were three major cosmologies in ancient Egypt. The Memphis Cosmology centered on the creator god Ptah, who created the universe by...wait...wait...by speaking the universe into existence. Where have I heard that before?

Myths evolve, and the Hebrews were latecomers to the game.
 
Daisy said:
Keep tellin' yourself that, Lisa...that you have no choice in the way you live or what you believe...it's a really good excuse...only God does not accept excuses...
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What Does the Bible Say About Loving Your Neighbor?​

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You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
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@Daisy/Elora said:
I have absolutely no sympathy for anyone who chooses to leave Jehovah...
 
Michael Cole said:
Well, actually there is. You need to read past the first sentence in my reply. You can try again or surrender. Up to you.

Here. I'll be kind and repost.

Logic requires more than one. A single entity encompasses everything good and evil. Pantheons included gods for the light and gods for the dark. Since good and evil, light and dark, are opposites, they cannot logically exist within one entity.

Christianity is indeed a polytheistic religion in this sense. Satan is simply a lesser god.

Polytheistic religions did have their creator gods, which were worshipped in much the same way as the "one true god" of Abraham.

There were three major cosmologies in ancient Egypt. The Memphis Cosmology centered on the creator god Ptah, who created the universe by...wait...wait...by speaking the universe into existence. Where have I heard that before?

Myths evolve, and the Hebrews were latecomers to the game.
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Even the idea of Jesus being a man-god who was born of a virgin birth, died and was reborn is not an original idea to Christianity. Its a very pagan idea that was common to ancient agricultural cultures.
 
It’s possible to love someone without always feeling sympathy for them. Love is a complex emotion that can encompass many different feelings and attitudes. While sympathy involves feeling pity or sorrow for someone’s situation, love can be based on a deep connection, respect, and care for the person.

For example, you might love someone deeply but not always agree with their actions or feel sorry for them in certain situations. It’s a reminder that relationships are multifaceted and can include a range of emotions and responses.
https://www.bing.com/chat?q=can+you...e+and+still+love+them&sendquery=1&FORM=SCCODX
 
Daisy said:
It’s possible to love someone without always feeling sympathy for them. Love is a complex emotion that can encompass many different feelings and attitudes. While sympathy involves feeling pity or sorrow for someone’s situation, love can be based on a deep connection, respect, and care for the person.

For example, you might love someone deeply but not always agree with their actions or feel sorry for them in certain situations. It’s a reminder that relationships are multifaceted and can include a range of emotions and responses.
https://www.bing.com/chat?q=can+you...e+and+still+love+them&sendquery=1&FORM=SCCODX
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The above^ derived/presented from --->'Artificial'<--- intelligence.

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SuperDS77 said:
God's wrath has been satiated through Jesus.

The relationship between God and man changed with Jesus. God is not putting sickness, poverty etc. on people.

Did Jesus EVER refuse to heal ANYONE? Did he EVER put a disease on ANYONE?

Evil and free will exist.
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Why does that matter if his followers don’t listen to his words or intentionally distort them?

Christians paint themselves as flawed but “trying.” I call bullshit. The vast majority aren’t even trying.

What gives?
 
brianpatrick said:
Why does that matter if his followers don’t listen to his words or intentionally distort them?

Christians paint themselves as flawed but “trying.” I call bullshit. The vast majority aren’t even trying.

What gives?
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Jesus explains in Matthew 7:13,14...
 
Lisa said:
Even the idea of Jesus being a man-god who was born of a virgin birth, died and was reborn is not an original idea to Christianity. Its a very pagan idea that was common to ancient agricultural cultures.
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Volumes have been written on the evolution of myths through the ages.

John 1:1-5 is the creation story applicable here with regard to the Memphis Cosmology. The Greek "logos" meant, essentially, "the mind of God" at the time John was written. The logos was the divine, ordering force of the universe in Greek philosophy. The essence of creation spoken forth from God's mouth. A creative force borne of reason, not myth.

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

To Christians, the verses refer to Jesus, as interpreted. What do they mean when we interpret "Word" to mean what it meant to the Greek authors of the day?

I can interpret these verses as comparable to the creation of the universe by Ptah, which predated Greek philosophy by millennia. The creative force has been personified using male pronouns. The force is nameless, however.
 
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Daisy said:
Yet, His patience is beyond compare...go figure...
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He supposedly condemned the entire human race to an eternity of punishment just because some woman we have never met once ate an apple.

I mean talk about anger management issues. If any human did that, they would be recommended to get therapy.

So in a way, it really IS beyond compare, but not in a good way.

“Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and torturous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness, with which more than half the Bible is filled, it would be more consistent that we called it the word of a demon, than the word of God. It is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize mankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it, as I detest everything that is cruel.”​

― Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
 
Daisy said:
Jesus explains in Matthew 7:13,14...
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Jesus doesn’t explain anything in those passages, and Matt wouldn’t understand it if he had.

What I gather though is Christians realize it’s useless to try and live a good life, and so have decided to just **** it?

How does one find the narrow gate and path if one gives up looking?
 
brianpatrick said:
Jesus doesn’t explain anything in those passages, and Matt wouldn’t understand it if he had.

What I gather though is Christians realize it’s useless to try and live a good life, and so have decided to just **** it?

How does one find the narrow gate and path if one gives up looking?
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You missed the whole point of Jesus' words, which lies within your previous comment...go figure...
 
Michael Cole said:
nuh-uh
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Sure it does...I love a dear friend who left the truth...but I have no sympathy for him because he's made his own bed...the time will come when he has to lie in it...
 
Daisy said:
Sure it does...I love a dear friend who left the truth...but I have no sympathy for him because he's made his own bed...the time will come when he has to lie in it...
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ok

these people were scared for their lives.

 
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