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| | | (...) Any God who would be so deliberately vague (which is to say deceptive (which is to say evil)) as to prevent easy comprehension of the correct meaning of his One Word on Earth is unworthy of my worship. (...) Do you accept that the examination (...) (20 years ago, 10-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: A Family Stoned and a City Massacred —John Neal
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| | | | (...) That is why Jesus summed it up nicely into: "Love God with all of your heart, soul and strength, and love your neighbor as yourself." That's all you really need to know and do. But I think you are being a little disingenuous WRT to worshipping (...) (20 years ago, 10-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: A Family Stoned and a City Massacred —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | (...) Actually, I think the current situation with regard to a rea/ideal god does exist. I don't bother him and he doesn't bother me. But if I were to answer: He would show himself. He would provide a quid pro quo deal that I can understand. He (...) (20 years ago, 13-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: A Family Stoned and a City Massacred —Dave Schuler
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| | | | (...) How so? (And I ask this sincerely!) (...) My spider-sense tells me that this is an attempt to trick me into formulating an ontological argument for God's existence, but I'll give it a try anyway. First of all, I'm not sure that I would worship (...) (20 years ago, 13-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: A Family Stoned and a City Massacred —John Neal
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| | | | | (...) Read below. (...) No, no, not at all. My secret suspicion was that you could never worship any kind of god. I think I was correct by your responses below... (...) Never said worship was required. Besides, if it is your ideal God, then He (...) (20 years ago, 16-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: A Family Stoned and a City Massacred —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | | | (...) Which ones? Chris (20 years ago, 16-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: A Family Stoned and a City Massacred —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Why? For starters... (20 years ago, 16-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: A Family Stoned and a City Massacred —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | (...) Off the top of my head: "Why do almost all discussions in lugnet.off-topic.debate inevitably turn into discussions of religion?" (20 years ago, 16-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: A Family Stoned and a City Massacred —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | | (...) Boy, have you got it wrong! The real question is "Why do almost all religious discussions in ot.debate inevitably start out as discussions of other subjects?" Dave! (20 years ago, 16-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: A Family Stoned and a City Massacred —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | (...) I repent! But give me no penance, sinner. (20 years ago, 16-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: A Family Stoned and a City Massacred —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | (...) I think I presented this poorly. I was trying to articulate a few basic reasons for worship, and my problems with those reasons. Anyway, doesn't God require worship, at least to achieve the professed reward? I'm not saying that a (...) (20 years ago, 16-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: A Family Stoned and a City Massacred —Anthony Sava
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| | | | In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote: SNIP (...) SNIP (...) Sorry for bringing up an old thread, and for beating a dead horse. It's not in my nature to evangelize, but the Catholic in me has been bothered by these two statements. I've been (...) (20 years ago, 8-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: A Family Stoned and a City Massacred —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | (...) Hi Anthony: Thanks for taking the time to reply. Even if you choose not to respond after this post, I hope you'll read my response, if only to get a sense of where I'm coming from. (...) I must confess that I'm not comfortable with at least (...) (20 years ago, 8-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: A Family Stoned and a City Massacred —David Koudys
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| | | | | | In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote: <snip> (...) So I'm trying to get to sleep last night--tossing and turning around, and I find myself thinking about my foot. My foot, at that moment, was 'peeking out' from under the sheets and hanging (...) (20 years ago, 8-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: A Family Stoned and a City Massacred —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | | In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote: (snip interesting foot-story) (...) But if we accept that human DNA is constantly changing, it stands to reason that any ideals encoded therein would be constantly changing too. (...) LOL I think that (...) (20 years ago, 9-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: A Family Stoned and a City Massacred —J. Spencer Rezkalla
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| | | | (...) I'd like God a whole lot better if he'd just bother to show up once and awhile instead of being such a deadbeat dad... Spencer (20 years ago, 8-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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