Posts by poopsiecakes

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It makes no sense whatsoever that a" CREATOR" would only communicate with a minority of the population then put the onus on them to convey this life saving message to the WHOLE wide world

by smiddy in

i now find it idiotic that i could ever beleive the bible to be the inspired word of god.....,throughout the bible "god"has only dealt with a few of his favoured spokespersons to deliver his messages to a minority populace.individuals at first,..... then, patriarchs,nomads,a small nation,ignoring all other nations that had sprung up.......,abandoning his chosen nation,sending his "son"to a small nation, only giving them his pearls of wisdom,much of what was not even recorded for prosperity and remember he never wrote a word,it was left up to other imperfect humans to record what he was supposed to have said,just a smidgen......,again ignoring the bulk of humankind keeping them in ignorance of his plan for universal salvation,leaving it all up to imperfect humans to spread this message of salvation, whom he has already condemned for their sinfullness and disobedience.i just find it so unbeleivable.

in the 6000 years of recorded history only a fraction of the earths population,maybe less than a third have ever heard of the god of the bible, or his so called plan to redeem humankind ,thats millions and millions of people.

( india,arabic,afghanistan,pakistan etc.etc.).

poopsiecakes

By talking to them directly.
Which God did do with Adam and Eve. The rest of us are the children of the children of the children (etc) of Adam and Eve. (even if you think Adam and Eve only represented the first of us)

Wait...so now you believe the Adam & Eve story? I thought you agreed in the past that these were allegorical people. So if God 'speaks' to fake people who are supposed to relay the 'message' to their 'fake' children, where does that leave us real people? Because if you're going to go back all the way to the Genesis tale to back up the argument that God HAS spoken to us, then I really don't understand your line of reasoning...*said with love*

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It makes no sense whatsoever that a" CREATOR" would only communicate with a minority of the population then put the onus on them to convey this life saving message to the WHOLE wide world

by smiddy in

i now find it idiotic that i could ever beleive the bible to be the inspired word of god.....,throughout the bible "god"has only dealt with a few of his favoured spokespersons to deliver his messages to a minority populace.individuals at first,..... then, patriarchs,nomads,a small nation,ignoring all other nations that had sprung up.......,abandoning his chosen nation,sending his "son"to a small nation, only giving them his pearls of wisdom,much of what was not even recorded for prosperity and remember he never wrote a word,it was left up to other imperfect humans to record what he was supposed to have said,just a smidgen......,again ignoring the bulk of humankind keeping them in ignorance of his plan for universal salvation,leaving it all up to imperfect humans to spread this message of salvation, whom he has already condemned for their sinfullness and disobedience.i just find it so unbeleivable.

in the 6000 years of recorded history only a fraction of the earths population,maybe less than a third have ever heard of the god of the bible, or his so called plan to redeem humankind ,thats millions and millions of people.

( india,arabic,afghanistan,pakistan etc.etc.).

poopsiecakes

So it isn't that God is choosing people at random... He chooses people who can and will hear him

Wouldn't it be more impressive if he would communicate to those who are not already worshipping him? Why preach to the converted - this seems like a waste of time if there's a real message to be delivered. If everyone 'heard' a simultaneous and specific message, everyone would be talking about it, know it for what it is and there would be no doubt and no need for faith.

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It makes no sense whatsoever that a" CREATOR" would only communicate with a minority of the population then put the onus on them to convey this life saving message to the WHOLE wide world

by smiddy in

i now find it idiotic that i could ever beleive the bible to be the inspired word of god.....,throughout the bible "god"has only dealt with a few of his favoured spokespersons to deliver his messages to a minority populace.individuals at first,..... then, patriarchs,nomads,a small nation,ignoring all other nations that had sprung up.......,abandoning his chosen nation,sending his "son"to a small nation, only giving them his pearls of wisdom,much of what was not even recorded for prosperity and remember he never wrote a word,it was left up to other imperfect humans to record what he was supposed to have said,just a smidgen......,again ignoring the bulk of humankind keeping them in ignorance of his plan for universal salvation,leaving it all up to imperfect humans to spread this message of salvation, whom he has already condemned for their sinfullness and disobedience.i just find it so unbeleivable.

in the 6000 years of recorded history only a fraction of the earths population,maybe less than a third have ever heard of the god of the bible, or his so called plan to redeem humankind ,thats millions and millions of people.

( india,arabic,afghanistan,pakistan etc.etc.).

poopsiecakes

If God truly communicated to anyone, faith would not be necessary at all - faith is what makes people hear what they want to hear. If their faith is tied up with a religion, then they 'hear' the doctrine of that religion. If their faith is not tied up with a religion, then they 'hear' what works best for them - for most (thankfully) what works is treating people with kindness and not being judgmental etc etc. Unfortunately, some 'hear' some pretty nasty things and act on them.

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Atheists, Agnostics or Theists .... So Who's Happiest?

by 00DAD in

a couple of years ago, a psychologist i know made the off-handed comment that there is conclusive evidence that "atheists are not as happy as the ordinary, average person?

we tossed that subject around for a few minutes and then moved on to something else.

at the time, i didn't think too much about it.

poopsiecakes

00Dad, to be an Atheist is to have NO belief in a deity of any kind. Lack of belief does not create belief. I'm not sure why this is so hard to understand. If I told you I believe in the existence of unicorns and you tell me that there's no evidence for the existence of unicorns and based on that you don't believe they exist, does that mean you have a belief system about unicorns? No, you just have no evidence for them so you don't structure a belief system around them whatsoever. If evidence came to light to prove the existence of unicorns, you'd say 'oh look at that' and accept that they exist without requiring it to be a belief.

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California Most Hated State, According To Recent Poll

by Bangalore in

jw
friends

california most hated state, according to recent poll .. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/23/california-most-hated-state_n_1297843.html?ref=mostpopular.

bangalore.

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poopsiecakes

ooh what are feople and why is their poop so funny looking?

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California Most Hated State, According To Recent Poll

by Bangalore in

jw
friends

california most hated state, according to recent poll .. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/23/california-most-hated-state_n_1297843.html?ref=mostpopular.

bangalore.

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poopsiecakes

It's about an hour and a half from my couch to Banff

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California Most Hated State, According To Recent Poll

by Bangalore in

jw
friends

california most hated state, according to recent poll .. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/23/california-most-hated-state_n_1297843.html?ref=mostpopular.

bangalore.

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poopsiecakes

Hey B!

I've got to get back to San Fran and visit you...

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California Most Hated State, According To Recent Poll

by Bangalore in

jw
friends

california most hated state, according to recent poll .. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/23/california-most-hated-state_n_1297843.html?ref=mostpopular.

bangalore.

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poopsiecakes

Do any of you who live in California and hate it ever get out of your neighborhoods and be a tourist in your own state? You've got Big Sur, the Redwoods, Yosemite, Death Valley, Joshua Tree, The Lost Coast - good gawd it's amazing!!

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The ACADEMY AWARDS!!

by Glander in

yawn....

poopsiecakes

The J-Lo areola peeking out of her dress should cause some discussion tomorrow.

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@poopsiecakes - who made a great point about the supposed action of the holy spirit

by therevealer in

i hope that i am not being too presumptuous using your name in that heading.

but something you said on the elder and holy spirit link made me want to have a separate topic.

you said and funny how it only asserts itself when previous understandings (also directed by holy spirit, incidentally) cause issues with reconciling the core beliefs.

poopsiecakes

Thanks, Bubblegum!

The 'devil made me do it' line is courtesy of therevealer and I agree - it's a good one and totally applies. *giggle*