God

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Neither do you.

The difference?

Nah, breh. I have a firm understanding. But I see where you're coming from.

The only question is where you're going.

 

[FrederickDouglas]

You state that God is a "fictional character". Those are your words which means you should be able to provide evidence for your position. You gave a definitive stance. He is fictional. What do you base that on?

My experiences and understanding are my own and based on what you've stated it would be pointless for me to share. I don't think you're in a state of mind to receive my words anyway.

Again, my advice would be to keep searching because I've heard the beginning of your story many times before. Yours is simply incomplete at the moment, but God willing, you will understand. Only God makes believers, not random posters on message boards such as myself. Keep searching. You sound like you've already made up your mind and I would caution against that seeing as how you literally have nothing. Keep searching, breh. Keep searching.

Also the God of Abraham ( the one who punished people for listening to a talking snake, the one who created day and night before luminaries, the one who sent ten plagues on the Egyptians and split the Red Sea, the one who killed 42 children using bears, the one who asked Abraham to kill his own son, the one who made the sun stand still for the Israelite army but couldn't defeat advanced war chariots, the one who killed people for steadying arks or picking up sticks, the one who ordained rape, slavery, and genocide) is undeniably a fictional character.

 

[FrederickDouglas]

Nah, breh. I have a firm understanding. But I see where you're coming from.

The only question is where you're going.

You don't understand anything.

Instead of honestly admitting that, you lie to yourself and others. You're part of the problem.

 

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Also the God of Abraham ( the one who punished people for listening to a talking snake, the one who created day and night before luminaries, the one who sent ten plagues on the Egyptians and split the Red Sea, the one who killed 42 children using bears, the one who asked Abraham to kill his own son, the one who made the sun stand still for the Israelite army but couldn't defeat advanced war chariots, the one who killed people for steadying arks or picking up sticks, the one who ordained rape, slavery, and genocide) is undeniably a fictional character.

Keep searching, breh.

Peace.

 

[TrueAlphaMale]

Slavery is rampant in the bible, how do you believers justify supporting this when just a few decades ago your own people were slaves?

 

[Will Ross]

Slavery is rampant in the bible, how do you believers justify supporting this when just a few decades ago your own people were slaves?

Weak argument

 

[FrederickDouglas]

Weak argument

I've about had it up to here with believers.

I used to think Napoleon was too harsh, but trying to use reason and logic with people who are impervious to it is damn frustrating.

 

[TrueAlphaMale]

I've about had it up to here with believers.

I used to think Napoleon was too harsh, but trying to use reason and logic with people who are impervious to it is damn frustrating.

It feels like you're running around in circles

Weak argument

Why is it weak?

 

[Will Ross]

It feels like you're running around in circles



Why is it weak?

Because slavery was around long before the bible was even thought off. Money and greed was the reason why our people happen to be enslaved not the bible.
The fact is most people in power don't even think god is real.

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

I'd like to take you up on that offer. The text does indicate that the whole earth was flooded. It's mostly revisionists who want to retain a literal reading of the flood that have demanded that the text be read as a narrative of a local flood. However, the author of Noah's flood makes it clear: the deluge was global.

The text's usage is 'local'. This is evident when the word is seen in other verses throughout the text. For instance, Genesis 10:10....

And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

This would make NO sense if it were to be interpreted as 'the world of Shinar'.

Meanwhile, in Genesis 1:2 we find.......

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

This is a proper interpretation of the 'whole world'. There is no 'force' needed. Strict adherence to text and grammar. If you want to read 8:19 as the 'whole world', it would be metaphorically so as to make a point that the flood was devastating which would be fine in the context, thus, the waters covering 'all the high mountains' in Genesis 6 isn't an issue. Had the author literally meant 'the entire globe' he could have done so rather than use a figure of speech.

Also, in 6:17, the usage is just in opposition to 'the heavens', not an indication of 'global'. Figurative language is used extensively throughout Genesis since it is a didactic poem. This is another thing that is lost on casual readers and Fundamentalists/Creationists/literalists. If you don't know the literary form of the text you are reading, you're liable to read it in a way not intended by the author.
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Hebrews 413 Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

Which doesn't disprove what I stated to the other poster since there is no indication this 'entity' was watching at that particular time.
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[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

How else would they be able to travel around the world in one night?

Logically they possess supernatural capabilities whether you want to call it magic or not.

No, I choose to call it what it is....a poem written in the 19th Century by a known author that voids your entire line of 'reasoning'.


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I used to think Napoleon was too harsh, but trying to use reason and logic with people who are impervious to it is damn frustrating.

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You tried to argue that Santa Claus was real. You have NO room to talk about 'logic and reason'.​

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

Slavery is rampant in the bible, how do you believers justify supporting this when just a few decades ago your own people were slaves?

Non sequitur: Everything in the Bible is prescriptive, nothing is descriptive.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/non sequitur​

 

[The_King_of_Everything]

light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

 

[jjj123]

exactly why i cant take bible thumpers seriously, your text is 100% plagiarized from kemet/egypt

 

[jjj123]

lol almost everyones interpretation of "god" refers to some form of christianity, which is a b*stardization of pagan worship in egypt. the god you people refer to never exsisted never will, the god the ancient egyptians refer to (Amen-Ra) was and is still real...dig deeper people before your time runs out...but Amen-Ra isnt omnipotent..something to think about..."God" lies within you, but will you activate it?!