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Darth Petra

You don't really chose what you believe... what you can chose is your moral and intelectual standards. If any belief fails short of them, no matter how much you want to believe in it, you just can't. So then how is it fair for God to send people to Hell if they can't help it? It just doesn't make s...

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I'm only saying what I've been taught. I don't know what I believe at this moment in time.

I know it seems harsh, and I don't really have an answer. I honestly don't know squat.

Darth Petra

DP: I really do think it would be worth your while to examine your faith. You just painted a rather despairing image of religion: you suppose that maybe God loves us because he hasn't destroyed all humanity yet, and without God you'd have no reason to live. That sounds a lot like living just waitin...

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OMG that iz so funny lol i love it!!!1!1!

I'm adding to the stereotypicallness by playing the n00b.

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The fact that Charlton Heston is dead.

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What do I believe? I believe in God. I believe he created the world. Evolution never made sense to me. I believe that Jesus died and rose from the dead. The rest.....I'm not sure if God really loves us. I guess He does, because he hasn't destroyed us. But maybe he just puts up with us. I don't know....

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Freerice is so awesome. And addicting.

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Don't be so obnoxiating.

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We are men of action. Lies do not become us.

Lying is wrong. Although addictive. Once you START lying, it's hard to stop. And if you do stop, you'll be caught up in a bunch of lies, and be stuck. It's happened, and I hate it.

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But surely eternal regret would be a lot worse for him anyway, knowing that he missd out by so much, and the realisation of how bad his life was

But I think you get the regret along with physical torture. Hell is not a nice place.

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The way I view hell is that it is not so much a physical torment, but the regret and shame that you missed out on heaven and that you were such an idiot to do so.

I think how bad Hell is is based on how bad you were in life. I think Hitler deserves more than eternal regret.

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Shut up, Eri. Look, we're all terrible people in one way or another, so why rub it in? Why not? Isn't the purpose of life to improve oneself? Isn't that what happens on every scale with every organism? So why are you complaining about a little kick in the ass? When someone messes up, they don't nee...

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How did you find this site? It was mentioned in one of the books. Then, I googled it. What novel turned you on to the Bean/Enderverse? Ender's Game What about that novel did you like? Oh, everything. But mostly the characters. They seemed more like people than characters to me. How old were you when...

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Shut up, Eri. Look, we're all terrible people in one way or another, so why rub it in?

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The only sin that is unforgiveable is unbelief. Do you really believe that? What about all the converts? Because if so, then converting won't "save you from eternal hell" if it is unpardonable not to have believed at some point in your life. I meant continued unbelief, even when you have ...

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The only sin that is unforgiveable is unbelief.

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I don't know who any of you are. And I don't think any of you know me.

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The intro bored me to death the first time I tried to read EG. Then, I re-read it, and found it interesting.

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I'm not judgemental. We all do stupid things.

I'm praying for you.

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Um...ok, that's weird. But why is he getting so much attention?

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The reason I ask is because in the Jewish faith, that is one of the unforgiveable sins.

I'm a Christian. We believe that anything can be forgiven.

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Well, the question is, if EVERYONE has sinned (and we know everyone has because of that story with the Rabbi and the Adulterer in Speaker, which I find completely true), then if sin is sin is sin is sin, then we should all go to Hell, as you said. I may not know a lot about Christianity, but I thou...

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and it wouldn't be fair for him to send us to Hell. I know what you mean there, but try to see what is said there. What could be fair in there. Is there any sin of which it can be said that, fairly, deserves eternal torture as punishment? Does Hilter deserve Heaven? But I've heard that God treats a...

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I think...He knows everything....but he doesn't control it. I mean, KNOW how Ender's Game ends, but you didn't manipulate it that way. I think it's the same thing. God knows what we're going to do, but he doesn't control our actions. If he did, we'd be mindless puppets, and it wouldn't be fair for h...

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Wait- if we can't afford special affects, does that mean we really need Ender to kill Stilson? And how many of us are young enough to be in it, anyway? I look about 11, but I'm really not...

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So why don't we meet halfway somewhere?

I'm game for vacationing in England.

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I'm listening to Jars of Clay - "Surprise"
Although my favorite song by them is "Dead man"

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I only have two:

Here, and The Long Patrol Forums.

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As long as it isn't that Freddie kid who's in everyting. I can't STAND him.

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I have a better idea....

the whole thing is done by muppets!!!!

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Don't forget Ender's Game, everyone! It's coming out next year, too!

Or so we think. It had better be good.

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Oh, and "The Giver", but I don't think it's out until '09, sadly.

And it might not be good....but it's one of my favorite books, so I'm hoping it is.

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Robot Jesus?

Best religion thread ever???

I mean we have robot Jesus, bread Jesus, blood wine, and incestous, cannibalistic christians.

Yep, best religion thread ever.

Quite. I should hang out in this area of the forum more often.

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I'm only saying what I believe, or at least what my church does. We only do the communion thing once a month, and we take it to be a representation of his body and blood, not his actual body and blood. And I'm a Baptist, not a Catholic.

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Tale of Despereaux is going to be a movie? Sweet.

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