16 Jul 09
galveston75 I mean this with all respect. You should know not all are going to believe what you believe. If you make a statement or something you should at least try to defend it. This forum is the Spiritual forum but you should actually expect an argument. I've always believed it's good to try and understand where others are coming from. Does not necessarily mean you have to buy into what there saying but thats what this forum is about. It's good to have your beliefs challenged. Sometimes I learn something not always but sometimes.
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16 Jul 09
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Originally posted by rwingettWhat I meant is that the legitimacy of any god is determined by that god's believers, yes? And that legitimacy will override that of any other god(s), yes? It's not determined by the god. The god, in whatever form, therefore will not accept all religions because the followers will not accept all religions.
You were talking as though the religion defined the god, who is subsequently bound by his followers' conception of him.
[b]Any god is attached to only their religion, or is attached only to their followers' views of what is a/the legitimate religion.
Either that or it seemed as though you were claiming to know what such a god would think he is a Christian god, or a Muslim god. Maybe there is a god who has no use for any of them.[/b]
It's a subtle philosophical point that's a huge part of religious praxis.
16 Jul 09
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Originally posted by Proper Knob-and IF there IS a God, why would ‘he’ accept any (even just one) religion!?
Is there a God?
After all, why would an all-powerful deity that is vastly more powerful than us and thus has no need for us care in the slightest what we believe or be concerned with any of our affairs?
-if you want an analogy, it would be like me being terribly concerned whether or not some tiny ants in my garden that I made acknowledge my existence and my intellectual superiority to them and would be humiliated if I found out they don’t 😛
16 Jul 09
Originally posted by menace71I agree and thanks for your comments. I appreciate it very much...
galveston75 I mean this with all respect. You should know not all are going to believe what you believe. If you make a statement or something you should at least try to defend it. This forum is the Spiritual forum but you should actually expect an argument. I've always believed it's good to try and understand where others are coming from. Does not necessari ...[text shortened]... ave your beliefs challenged. Sometimes I learn something not always but sometimes.
Manny
17 Jul 09
Originally posted by daniel58I know you live in texas, I'll use my connections to find out where exactly you live, and I'll go there and burn it down.
Whoa, you don't even know where I live. galveston75, is interested in my thoughts.
really? is he interested in your "thoughts"? why doesn't he say it himself then?
18 Jul 09
Originally posted by generalissimoHow do you know I live in a house? I could be living under a bridge, at be visiting my friend's house to get on the internet, he has sent me several messages to me, we have been talking.
I know you live in texas, I'll use my connections to find out where exactly you live, and I'll go there and burn it down.
really? is he interested in your "thoughts"? why doesn't he say it himself then?