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suminonA

Is this kind of talk really necessary?

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suminonA

First, regarding representatives. I wasn't thinking so much people who are going out to represent God. Rather I was thinking people who claim to follow Him, namely Christians or Moslems or Jews or whatever religious group you care to look at. Part of being religious is realising that you are always...

suminonA

As for man creating God, it seems that part of your question goes back to the origin of everything: the Big Bang Theory, the origin of plant life, the origin of animal life, and everything before, between, and after. I am not certain that this is where you wish to go, though, so I will leave that f...

suminonA

First of all, Rei, thank you for your answers and your patience. I appreciate your participation and hope my questions wonâ€™t drive you up the wallsâ€¦ All my comments are made in the context of the â€œChristian storyâ€, inasmuch as I know it. Iâ€™ll try to point out what â€œbothers meâ€ with tha...

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I think that perspective needs to be turned a little. I believe He created perfect humans with the ability to choose not to be perfect, because perfection, like love or anything else, has no value unless we have the choice not to be perfect. Well, I have to ask: what does â€œperfectâ€ mean, exactl...

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Yeah, itâ€™s about the context. I tend to define the words that are inappropriate (for a given context) as â€œdirtyâ€. And I feel better when Iâ€™m clean, and when Iâ€™m in a clean environment. When somebody uses casually (and repeatedly) dirty words, I ask them nicely to stop using them. If they c...

suminonA

Dr. Mobius, what are you talking about? The argument between Eaquae Legit and eriador has nothing to do with your self-declared irrelevant facetious post. (I think it would have been the same without your post) And they are very close to getting to some common ground. :) Then, maybe the discussion m...

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Everyone has a spiritual gift, but you can't use it unless you use it for the glory of God. :shock: I have a child. And I say to her: â€œListen, Iâ€™m here to help you become a better person. All I can do is give education, meaning sharing with you my knowledge. Itâ€™s free and it is for everyone. ...

suminonA

I looked this up on the net, so here it is: 1 Corinthians 12:7-11 (New International Version) 7 Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 8 To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the same Spi...

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eriador, do you agree that â€œbeing humbleâ€ is a virtue? Thatâ€™s one of the points that I see Eaquae Legit making. By that standard, you are failing here. And if you donâ€™t agree, then youâ€™re unable to taste the sweet paradox that it engendersâ€¦ I mean look at me: Iâ€™m at least 10 times more...

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I went and re-read your posts in this thread, and I seem to have you gotten mixed up with Anthony and/or mr_thebrain. "Sunon" is a syncopation of your name, since I have a hard time with the backwards/misspelling of "Anonymous" which is all I can think of when I read it (regardl...

suminonA

There's no such thing as impartial analysis [â€¦] I agree with you that there is no such thing. At most we can strive to learn about as many views as possible on any subject, and then make up our own mind about it. Considering the important views and dismissing the irrelevant ones is not trivial, b...

suminonA

this thread just makes me want to smash my head up against a brick wall repeatedly. Whoa, people. This thread is starting to sound like an internet debate. And while technically, it is one, PWeb usually carries a higher standard. Well, Iâ€™m fairly new to PWeb, and I must say, Iâ€™m really sorry if...

suminonA

Do you think that they would cancel each other out? [/joke]

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suminonA

Yeah, and a good point it is.

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suminonA

I missed an m? I'm so confused...

I think we'll need Taalcon to sort this out.

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suminonA

Is that an excuse or a warning ?

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suminonA

And I thought that the more one learns, the closer they get to seeing the big picture and so the more impartial they become ...

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suminonA

I'm wondering... did Jayelle miss an "m" in her most recent post, or did Taalcon see one extra?

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suminonA

See, there I'm an optimist. Call me naive or utopist, but I think that we can find impartial teachers for political science. Plus, there might be teachers that arenâ€™t interested in involving themselves in politics beyond teaching it impartially to those who want to learn. Why is it so hard to pres...

suminonA

Could anyone quote the relevant paragraphs before the name-throwing starts?

Thanks.

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suminonA

The test is about having the minimum knowledge and about the way one uses it. A.) The way one uses it? B.) Who decides minimum knowledge? C.) I believe last time this was attempted in the United States was during the Civil Rights Movement in the South to discourage Black voters. The courts ruled th...

suminonA

No, I mean they don't have time to go to a little class somewhere on the other side of town and spend an hour and a half being lectured by some random volunteer about things they can read about in their morning paper. I have never said that participating in a â€œlittle class somewhere on the other ...

suminonA

Most laborers do not have the time to go to your "Voter Education" classes either. You mean they have the time to form an opinion, but donâ€™t have time to inform themselves about it? Itâ€™s not like the test is about all the subtleties of every doctrine there ever was. The test is about ...

suminonA

There are some who might say the Bible is a work of fiction.

I know, I'm one of them.

[note that "work of fiction" doesn't mean everything it describes is false, just that not everything is true

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suminonA

God creates dinosaurs.
God destroys dinosaurs.
God creates man.
Man creates dinosaurs.
Dinosaurs eat man.
Woman inherits the earth.

Remember that "Jurassic Park" is a work of fiction

BTW, you "forgot" the line "Man destroys God" before creating dinosaurs.

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suminonA

i don't actually have the energy to enter wholeheartedly into this debate (my energy is focused elsewhere in my life at this point, and i realize that continuing to disagree with you from such an emotional perspective is essentially useless) but allow me to say this: at the bottom of things, i thin...

suminonA

I voted for fractals, but as a literal interpretation, not suminonA's. Personally, mathematical concepts such as fractals are much more concrete and sure. Given the question "which one is more likely," I'll pick math over any theological concept. eriador, Itâ€™s your choice. Thanks for vo...

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No self respecting conspiracy theorists will believe you boothby. Sorry. Well, I donâ€™t know how to break the news, It may come as a bit of a shock. The truth is that the â€œconspiracy theoriesâ€ were started by the government itself, and have been so exaggerated from the beginning as to seem rid...

suminonA

Incidentally, I do find it amusing that he seems to presuppose that God is a "him".

My thoughts exactly. Although it might be from a different perspective ... I mean, me being an atheist and all

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suminonA

We have several teachers. Our conscience is the most primal. If we listen to that, we will be more likely to hear the Holy Spirit testify when a messenger of God accurately teaches the Truth. [â€¦] In other words, are teacher IS God, our Father, who uses these means to communicate: a) Our conscienc...

suminonA

Nobody actually knows who or what God is, so make things up to excuse our ignorance. We are essentially alone.

So you agree that Man created God in his own image?

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suminonA

I don't like this part:

[...] the electors are simply important persons [...][/b]

because "important" is not defined.

Knowledge should be the criterion. And it should be free.

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suminonA

We are children of God sent off to school, with the opportunity to grow and to learn to become perfect.

And who is our teacher?

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suminonA

What would you prefer, the oligarchy of the wise or the democracy of the uninformed?

Please note that "my criterion" is not based on material values or physical characteristics. It's about knowledge and responsibility.

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