Originally posted by @josephwYou are probably one of the dimmest and most spiteful "Christian" posters in this community and probably completely repulsive to people who might be interested in your ugly Dasa-like version of your retail religion. So, my suggestion that your attempted verbal cruelty is lame should be viewed in that context. 😉
Attempt?
How can you be so cruel?
Originally posted by @josephw1. He does agree with his god ... just not yours perhaps.
[b]"I think he aligns himself with what he agrees with.
Shocking!"
1.It would be shocking if he aligned himself with the Bible and agreed with God.
"Besides which, when did this become "us v them"? "
2. Have you been sleeping all these years? Ever play a game of chess?
"Do you have to make debate so adversarial?"
3. I don't. It's forced on me. Did you read the awful thing divegeester said to dj2?[/b]
2. Life is not chess. Grow up.
3. I didn't. Can't imagine it's anything undeserved.
07 Nov 17
Originally posted by @fmfDimmest, spiteful, repulsive, ugly, cruelty and lame.
You are probably one of the dimmest and most spiteful "Christian" posters in this community and probably completely repulsive to people who might be interested in your ugly Dasa-like version of your retail religion. So, my suggestion that your attempted verbal cruelty is lame should be viewed in that context. 😉
I think there's a few words missing.
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Originally posted by @fmfIf you don’t believe that being compassionate at all times is obligatory and you don’t believe that we are created in the image of God and have intrinsic worth, what is your rationale for always trying to be compassionate? Are you compassionate because you believe it is always the right thing to do?
I think have I answered this question i.e. 1 and 2 above What about you? Have you ever not been compassionate for any reason?
08 Nov 17
Originally posted by @dj2beckerThe phrasing of your question implies that you think compassion is obligatory.
If you don’t believe that being compassionate at all times is obligatory and you don’t believe that we are created in the image of God and have intrinsic worth, what is your rationale for always trying to be compassionate? Are you compassionate because you believe it is always the right thing to do?
Is that the only reason you are compassionate?
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Originally posted by @wolfgang59Of course not. Compassion is one of God’s characteristics. We are created in His image so we all have some of that in us. What good reason does atheistic evolution coupled with the notion of survival or the fittest give us to feel compassion for someone who does not deserve it?
The phrasing of your question implies that you think compassion is obligatory.
Is that the only reason you are compassionate?
08 Nov 17
Originally posted by @dj2beckerSorry to butt in, but I do not fully understand the question.
Of course not. Compassion is one of God’s characteristics. We are created in His image so we all have some of that in us. What good reason does atheistic evolution coupled with the notion of survival or the fittest give us to feel compassion for someone who does not deserve it?
You seem to think that "We are created in His image", and (["atheistic evolution", whatever this means]) evolution are somehow at odds.
Originally posted by @dj2becker[1] My humanity, my character. This aspect of our each and every unique nature varies from individual to individual. Me for example, I am not always compassionate.
[1]If you don’t believe that being compassionate at all times is obligatory and you don’t believe that we are created in the image of God and have intrinsic worth, what is your rationale for always trying to be compassionate? [2] Are you compassionate because you believe it is always the right thing to do?
[2] No. But if I were a carer in an old people's home, for example, I might be obliged to treat the residents in a compassionate way, even if it were not sincerely felt.
Originally posted by @dj2beckerSurvival of the gene.
Of course not. Compassion is one of God’s characteristics. We are created in His image so we all have some of that in us. What good reason does atheistic evolution coupled with the notion of survival or the fittest give us to feel compassion for someone who does not deserve it?