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Dave Schuler: (...) subject (...) Don't worry, it's not as complicated as I thought it would be... (...) Oh, yes, good point. I hadn't thought of that. Now the Biblical argument. I will have several premises and then a couple questions, assuming for (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) True. It was written over about three thousand years before Him, and during the first century after Him. And in those texts written before Him were hundreds of prophecies about His life which He fulfilled. (...) Only a few hundred years after (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, no one asked Jesus to die for us. As you said, Robert, we each deserve to die for our own sins. God could have let us all die and not sent His Son. But God is a *loving* God, and he wanted us to be able to live with Him forever in (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Daniel Jassim wrote: [snip] (...) Our ability to advance, learn, create, and invent are reflections of the Creator, but aggressiveness, territorial-ness, and brutality are not. They came about because the first man, Adam, disobeyed the one command (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ha! Try telling that to the little green guys! I like Stephen Hawking's take on alien life: He essentially says that if there are other intelligent beings out there, then we should keep our heads down and hope they don't notice us, for exactly (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) So you'd like to think pal, but you'd be wrong :-) The reason I snip a great deal of previous text from these messages is that they become incredibly tiresome to wade through (more so than usual), with one ending up reading one new line per (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Indeed - for example, a colleaugue of mine from Egypt once had a taxi driver rant at him for the duration of his journey about how the Pyramids must have been made by aliens since they were such advanced structures for their time etc. (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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No, we don't really want to hear it, as it has been argued to death in here. You aren't going to convince us heathens that God MUST exist, as that simply isn't so ;-) Just read all the hundreds of other religious posts in here before you trample (...) (24 years ago, 1-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) LOL... I was in Israel, actually! <grin> Sorry. ;-) -Shiri (24 years ago, 1-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) -_o Well not the left "I", somebody poked it. He...he...he... : ) Robert (24 years ago, 1-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) On a some what interesting side note, I'd just like to know, who exactly asked Jesus to die for our sins? I mean hypothetically speaking let's say your religion is correct, Jesus died for our sins, etc, etc. I personally, feel that's wrong. I (...) (24 years ago, 1-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ahhh but you fail to see WHY people debate the subject. Part of what faith is, is finding common ground with your fellow man. I mean when you really get down to it how many religions of 2 members or less do you know of? There is a basic (...) (24 years ago, 1-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) And minifigs are created in man's image... Remember when they introduced Pirates? Peglegs, hooks and eye patches abounded. Suddenly, my Dark Ages reversed and then my LEGO began to try to kill each other like civilized people. Kind of makes me (...) (24 years ago, 1-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hmm, an interesting topic... One could get a good inventory by noticing that John Doe happens to have brought set GOB-1234 to Brickfest and then disassemble it to count the parts. Of course how you get it back together again is another (...) (24 years ago, 1-Apr-01, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Jeez, Shiri... Where were you during the last debate? You could have saved us about a zillion posts! 8^) Dave! (24 years ago, 1-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) <nosarcasm here, either> I think the issue is that God is an issue of *faith*. And faith alone. Maybe it's just my opinion, but if God were to be *proven*, then the idea of God would kinda... lose its power. For me at least. I do believe in (...) (24 years ago, 31-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) But that's missing my hypothetical point; if "aliens" are also created in His image (ie: capacity for Grace/Salvation), then "man" is already filling those places and ruling them. (...) Oops. I thought I might have made that mistake. Oh, well. (...) (24 years ago, 31-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) <likewise nosarcasm> With due respect, I must point out that smarter folks than you or I have been debating this for millennia, so if it were indeed possible to prove that God must exist, it would have been done long ago to everyone's (...) (24 years ago, 31-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The Bible was not written in Jesus' time. Actually, it was written several hundred years later, so it should not be taken as an accurate, historical account. We know in our own times that facts are twisted within days and weeks, imagine how (...) (24 years ago, 31-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Selçuk Göre wrote in message <3AC5BF84.F784AF2A@s...ne.com>... <stuff about god> PLEASE trim lugnet.general from your newsgroups before replying! (sheesh, how many times?) Kevin ---...--- ------ Craftsman Lego Kits & Custom models: (URL) Lego parts (...) (24 years ago, 31-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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