If you were god
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Topic: If you were god
Posted By: Balaam
Subject: If you were god
Date Posted: 14-Feb-2007 at 02:32
| If you were god and created the known universe and all humans wouldn't you atleast make it so that all acknowledge your existance and what you have done? Wouldn't you make yourself known from the beginning and not thousands of years later? |
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Posted By: pekau
Date Posted: 14-Feb-2007 at 02:38
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You could prove anything with the word "if". What if I was a bloodthirsty vampire? Then you would be dead. We cannot understand how God thinks. Since He is the perfect being, it should be considered that He must have some kind of reason that our 3 pound brain cannot figure out. Just go to the philosophy forum and you will see tons of religious arguments. Don't bother making more. We have enough  ------------- http://swagbucks.com/refer/Malachi"> 
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Posted By: Balaam
Date Posted: 14-Feb-2007 at 04:04
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Would you care to answer the questions pekau? ------------- |
Posted By: TheMysticNomad
Date Posted: 14-Feb-2007 at 05:49
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Pekau has a point. After all, how many times did God play a role in actual historical events? Let's try to focus on the subject at hand, shall we? |
Posted By: Aelfgifu
Date Posted: 14-Feb-2007 at 06:38
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As an Atheist, I would not believe in me... That would cause a tricky existential problem... ------------- 
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 14-Feb-2007 at 07:51
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If you forced them to acknowledge your existence, as a supreme being, then they would all follow you and it really defeats the whole point of free will.
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Posted By: Dolphin
Date Posted: 14-Feb-2007 at 08:06
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I'd tell nobody and live among the people, think of the ego trip ------------- |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 14-Feb-2007 at 08:26
I'm sure there's a movie that goes something like that  ------------- |
Posted By: JanusRook
Date Posted: 14-Feb-2007 at 08:42
But remember, your God. You don't have a "convenient" human timeframe to work with, you have all of eternity. So whose to say after creation you decide to stretch and yawn and when you get back to everything you discover 10 billion years have past....talk about one of those 'Oh crap! 'moments. I believe if I was God, I wouldn't need other people to tell me who I was. Edit: Or...maybe I'd just do stuff to mess with peoples heads, like create the duck-billed platypus. ------------- Economic Communist, Political Progressive, Social Conservative. Unless otherwise noted source is wiki. |
Posted By: Dolphin
Date Posted: 14-Feb-2007 at 09:04
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Ok, there's definetely two allusions to 'Dogma', which I thought was one of the most ridiculous and yet brilliant films i've ever seen.
I think the question is impossible to answer really, kinda like trying to imagine 'nothing', you're going to end up imagining yourself imagining nothing, because you know that the nothing cannot be concieved within the scope of our 3 pound brain, as there had to be something there to create the instrument you use to attempt to imagine the nothing that you are attempting to imagine. Succinct stuff I know! ------------- |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 14-Feb-2007 at 11:37
Im agnostic which is why I would prefer not to become involved in such hypothetical silly meaningless debates which will never achieve a correct answer.
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Posted By: Dolphin
Date Posted: 14-Feb-2007 at 11:41
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Don't post then. ------------- |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 14-Feb-2007 at 11:55
Jee, I didnt see that one coming! Im not getting involved in the actual debate, Im stating my believe and why I think such a debate is pointless, Where else Im I supposed to express this believe except in the actual topic with the debate? Maybe you'd prefer if I started up a new topic giving out about this topic! I dont think so.
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Posted By: Paul
Date Posted: 14-Feb-2007 at 14:22
To Paraphrase Groucho, I wouldn't want to worship any god that that would have me as a worshipper. ------------- Light blue touch paper and stand well back http://www.maquahuitl.co.uk - http://www.maquahuitl.co.uk http://www.toltecitztli.co.uk - http://www.toltecitztli.co.uk |
Posted By: Spartakus
Date Posted: 14-Feb-2007 at 14:25
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If i was a God,i would create a similar to the Middle Earth world for people to live.
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Posted By: Paul
Date Posted: 14-Feb-2007 at 14:55
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The fact the world isn't a 24/7 porn movie set proves god isn't a man. ------------- Light blue touch paper and stand well back http://www.maquahuitl.co.uk - http://www.maquahuitl.co.uk http://www.toltecitztli.co.uk - http://www.toltecitztli.co.uk |
Posted By: JanusRook
Date Posted: 14-Feb-2007 at 15:34
And the fact that clothing stores close proves god isn't a woman. ------------- Economic Communist, Political Progressive, Social Conservative. Unless otherwise noted source is wiki. |
Posted By: Paul
Date Posted: 14-Feb-2007 at 22:56
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So empirically we arrive at the conclusion, Ladyboy. ------------- Light blue touch paper and stand well back http://www.maquahuitl.co.uk - http://www.maquahuitl.co.uk http://www.toltecitztli.co.uk - http://www.toltecitztli.co.uk |
Posted By: eaglecap
Date Posted: 15-Feb-2007 at 13:32
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thank God I am not God---
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Posted By: Dolphin
Date Posted: 15-Feb-2007 at 19:09
To be blunt, nobody cares if you think the debate is pointless, show some respect to the others who have engaged in the discussion and don't post. In your absence all shall be aware of your opinion on the topic. Non-existent. ------------- |
Posted By: Ponce de Leon
Date Posted: 15-Feb-2007 at 21:42
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if i was god, i would make pirates. THen ninjas. Then make the pirates fight the ninjas. ------------- |
Posted By: TheMysticNomad
Date Posted: 16-Feb-2007 at 04:50
Ninjas would trounce pirates.
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Posted By: Segestan
Date Posted: 18-Feb-2007 at 15:50
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God has Shown himself from the very beginning. You seem to forget God answers the needs of the soul not the body, therefore he is known to those who await the entrance to the drama of self-expression...the mortal life. The creators cannot expose themselves within the dimension of the created otherwise there is No creation. Creation is something removed from the artists. ------------- Fate is Our Fortune |
Posted By: ArmenianSurvival
Date Posted: 18-Feb-2007 at 17:29
Ninjas can't stop a broadside  If I were god I would not be preoccupied with making my own creations worship me. ------------- Mass Murderers Agree: Gun Control Works! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Resistance Քիչ ենք բայց Հայ ենք։ |
Posted By: Brian J Checco
Date Posted: 19-Feb-2007 at 21:02
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Segestan has some very valid points. I've known a mystic or two in my
time (wise and holy men, to say the least) who seem to have figured a
way to become one with their surroundings. Some of the most tranquil
people I've ever met; and I don't believe any of them were on
sedatives, either! Every man's relationship with God ought to be a personal one. Some people just listen better than others, it would seem. All that said, I don't think God needs to actually exist as a prerequisite for faith. Faith in a non-existent God may well be more rewarding that non-belief in a God that may or may not exist. Agnosticism seems to me to be the Middle Path, and, as saith Aristotle, "Moderation is wisdom." Plus, when I die, I don't look like an ass. If God exists and I had been having some sort of faith throughout my life, I'm sure the Big Guy Upstairs will be relatively forgiving. If not, at least I didn't put all my eggs in one basket. |
Posted By: Athanasios
Date Posted: 25-Mar-2007 at 00:11
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We always put God in human mesurements... Well you've got the point here : Agnosticism seems to me to be the Middle Path, and, as saith Aristotle, "Moderation is wisdom."
If i was God, in my free time i'd construct Indians and if i got bored, i'd be hunged from my tie
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Posted By: Kaysaar
Date Posted: 26-Mar-2007 at 19:46
| If I were God, Id probably come down and tell everyone to lay off killing each other in my name. |
Posted By: Ponce de Leon
Date Posted: 26-Mar-2007 at 22:20
Me too. |
Posted By: ulrich von hutten
Date Posted: 27-Mar-2007 at 01:42
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