These are not nedcessrily my beliefs, but are instead what I believe to be legitimate religious/philosphical responses to Typhoid's comments.
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Originally Posted by Typhoid
So, if we're all created in God's image, why are there Black people, Asian people and Hispanics? If God is relatively white, and we're in his image, why are there other people? And hell, if God's something else, why are we white?
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If God is truly omnipotent, then he is all things at all times. So in essence, all races are created in God's image, because God is all images.
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And why does God allow other religions to exist?
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Free will. Myself? I believe there are many paths to one God.
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And if he allows them to exist, why does he care what we believe in, and tell us we'll go to hell if we use our own free will?
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(Christian)Choosing God is free will as well. Thats the point. God does not want to "force" you to choose Him, he WANTS you to choose Him. (Jewish) Hell? What Hell?
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If we have the free will to believe in whatever we want, why does he want to put limitations on our free will, and say "Well, you can do what you want, but as long as what you want is within what I say."
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There are no limitations, but there are consequences. You are free to do whatever you choose without limitation, but you must be prepared to reap what you so.
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The one fault I have with religious people, is that whenever they encounter something they can't respond to, they say "The Bible says so" or something to that matter.
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You do not understand religion or more specifically, faith, so why would understand that answer? Faith is that which denies evidence. If you could prove the existence of God, then God would no longer be devine. God is the epitome of the sublime. To give God definition is to give him limitations, and therefore he is no longer God.
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Remember when the world was flat, and earth was the centre of the Universe?
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The earth being flat was a theory endorsed by the church because it was the best of the time and did not refute Christian belief. It's not in the Bible, but was instead adopted as dogma by the Catholic church, which has admitted its past reluctance to adapt. As for earth being the center of the universe, well that depends on exactly what you're talking about. Spacially? No. In God's eyes? Possibly.
And Typhoid, if you truly did not want to "cut down religion", I'd advise not posting a "joke" that is in reality just an insult to those that believe. Thats like saying "I have nothing against black people" and then telling a n****r joke.
Myself, I tend to think that those that are atheists tend not to truly be atheists. An atheist simply does not believe in God. Most that claim to be atheists tend to
hate God for various reasons. I used to be in this category. Don't confuse anger with disblief.