Dubla
the scriptural wording does seem to imply without a doubt that the star was an actual thing, not the imaginary object you claim it to be.
No where did you ever catch me saying that I thought the star was an imaginary object. You really haven't got your facts straight. If you had looked the thread over that I recommended you would know better than to assert that I claimed such a thing. To say that the “star” obviously wasn’t a real star like the stars that comprise the galaxies is not to say that it was an “imaginary object”. What is it that makes it so difficult for you to believe that Satan has the capability to produce a mere light. Even puny man can do that. Ever heard of a flashlight? Think: Which do you think it would be more difficult for Satan to accomplish … the feat of causing a light to appear to a group of Magi, or to make a snake speak? Of course I realize that if you happen to be atheistic then such a thought would clearly be out of reason for you. Are you an atheist? Answer that, if you will please … because it is meaningless for me to speak in terms of such things as Satan, etc. if you reject the idea that he actually exists. Understand?
would god not have also "foreseen the tragedy" of millions of people dying as a result of his creation of satan?
God didn’t create “Satan”. Where did you ever get such an idea as that? That spirit creature became “Satan” … as a result of his own actions. Well, I can already see that you haven’t any respect for the Bible as having been inspired by God … but I still would like to know whether or not you believe in God. Or are you agnostic? You know MY stand in that regards, so why shouldn’t I know yours?
Insofar as all the people that have died as a result of Adam choosing to reject God’s directives, if that’s your idea, the blame for our troubles in that regard have to be placed upon Adam’s doorstep, not God’s. It’s just as if your own father contracted a venereal disease, gave it to your mother, and then as you were being born it was somehow passed on to you. Whose fault is that? God’s? No, it was your father’s. Right? Or perhaps you would say: “No, it was God’s, because he should have stepped in to prevent you from having to suffer because of the foolishness of your father.” Sorry, Dubla, if that’s the way you prefer to think, because things don’t work that way. I personally observed a neighbor once, who couldn’t lay off the booze, actually stumble with his little girl in his arms and go down against the cement driveway with her. It scuffed up him and her both pretty bad. Was that a case of God being at fault too … because he didn’t step in and prevent the dad from drinking so much.
it just seemed phony to me, i have no real basis.
Nuff said about that then, right? LOL! Better put perhaps, “Too much said!”
it didnt stand to reason that a person such as yourself would actually take the time to commend the society with a letter of praise on the "star" issue.
What is so unusual for people to express their appreciation for having been helped with anything, whether it’s food, clothing, financial help, or educational help. I really can’t understand where you’re coming from here. As a matter of fact, although I didn’t disclose it in my post, because I deleted that part, I also included a monetary gift as a further expression of my appreciation for having learned something so special that is not available through any other source. Do you know of any other religious institution that one might learn the same thing from?
it would make much more sense that you would fabricate such a letter in an obvious attempt at re-hashing an old argument with your friends here on the apostate network. but who knows? and who really cares? lol, maybe you did send the letter to the society, and maybe they got a nice belly laugh out of it.
“Who really cares?” Why you do of course! Otherwise you wouldn’t have made such a big fuss out of it. Yes, I REALLY did send the letter to the Society, after which I was notified that they received it. But why would you suppose that they got a “nice belly laugh out of it”? You really are full of an endless array of doubts, aren’t you. Is there ever anything positive that happens in your life? Somehow you impress me as being a person that for everything you touch it tends to go haywire, because you are just full of negativism. I hope I’m wrong about that, but you really are quite a pessimist.
Well, are you an atheist, an agnostic, or what???
Yadirf
Daniel 11:35 ... a prophecy that must be fulfilled before the "time of the end" gets underway.
