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burr 87 posts 08-30-03 16:49 Reply	The main reason God sends plagues is to bring everyone back to him. That is also the reason why God allows pain and suffering- he wants to make people depend on him, not on themselves or their things.
Dexter345 677 posts 08-31-03 01:59 Reply	Barret, I know we've been through the children analogy before. Yes, you will love your children, and yes, you will punish them when they do something wrong, but no, (well, I hope not anyway) you are not going to kill them, no matter how bad they are. Why? Well, for one, it's illegal. But another very good reason is that you just don't go killing the people you love! And about your other post... I am not evil, at least not by any normal standards. I choose to be skeptical of things that seem very illogical; I don't eat babies. Jeremiah, maybe it's because I don't have the infinite wisdom of God that I still see no way that the said situation (the one about God un-doing himself) makes any sense whatsoever. Burr, "God helps those who help themselves." -Dexter345-
Barrett 385 posts 08-31-03 03:17 Reply	things aren't as simple as "killing is bad" when it comes to the big picture. you're really hard to talk to because you put things into stupid perspectives like that. it's unfortunate, yes, but it's for the best. "tell that to the people who get killed" i tell them all the time.
Dexter345 677 posts 08-31-03 06:29 Reply	I'm the one with stupid perspectives? You're the one with the bad analogy, not me. -Dexter345-
Xathien 1255 posts 08-31-03 23:10 Reply	God is 1337 supa h4x0r, so he can do as he pleases. Even if he kills his kids physically, they're still alive. Yanno... afterlife and stuff.
Dexter345 677 posts 09-01-03 01:59 Reply	Except for those who don't go to Heaven. Well, they have an afterlife all right, but they are sentenced to eternal damnation. Ouch. Personally, I'd take no afterlife over that. But over no afterlife, I'd rather God just didn't strike me down for being able to recognize when things don't make sense. -Dexter345-
Jeremiah Walgren 1187 posts 09-01-03 03:29 Reply	Well, it's not exactly heaven and hell. It's more like heaven, a lesser degree of heaven, an even lesser degree than that of heaven, and then hell. And, if it makes you more comfortable, I don't think God will hold you liable for something you didn't know. But if it's staring you in the face, and you don't do anything about it, then I'm pretty sure He will hold you accountable.
Xathien 1255 posts 09-01-03 05:00 Reply	Hell is only reserved for the complete wankers. Yanno, the ones who are given some total and complete revelation and they're like "omg no taht didnt hapin im gona sin and say 'gawd duznt exizt'"... if you can read that, an extra 5 points.
Jeremiah Walgren 1187 posts 09-01-03 19:25 Reply	I can read it! 5 points.

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