Restaurants could refuse to serve gay or interracial couples, city clerks could refuse to marry interfaith couples, hotels could keep out Jews, housing developments could keep out black people (Genesis 9:18-27), pharmacies could refuse to dispense birth control, banquet halls could turn away gay weddings, schools could specifically allow anti-gay bullying, and employers could fire anyone for any “religious” reason.
For Mr. B, looks like heaven is in Georgia.
To quote your #1...."that whine again"?
The amount of worldly knowledge coming out of a few who have never, or not have in the last couple of decades, stepped inside a church! .... mind boggling !
Restaurants could refuse to serve gay or interracial couples, city clerks could refuse to marry interfaith couples, hotels could keep out Jews, housing developments could keep out black people (Genesis 9:18-27), pharmacies could refuse to dispense birth control, banquet halls could turn away gay weddings, schools could specifically allow anti-gay bullying, and employers could fire anyone for any “religious” reason.
For Mr. B, looks like heaven is in Georgia.
To quote your #1...."that whine again"?
The amount of worldly knowledge coming out of a few who have never, or not have in the last couple of decades, stepped inside a church! .... mind boggling !
False. I stepped inside a church less than a year to go to fix a computer and did not even burst into flames.
+2 Religious Tolerance XP.
+1 Computer Skills XP.
+1 Fire Prevention XP.
You aren't doing it wrong if no one knows what you are doing.
Saturday morning the weather was too bad to play golf; I was bored with nothing to do.
There was a knock on the door. I opened it to find a young, well-dressed man standing there who said: "Hello sir, I'm a Jehovah's Witness.
Being bored, I said, "Come in and sit down."
I offered him a fresh cup of coffee and asked, "What do you want to talk about?"
He said, "Beats me..... Nobody ever let me in before."
And God promised men that good and obedient wives would be found in all corners of the earth.....
Then He made the earth round ...
I engaged in conversation with a Jehovah's Witness once. I figured if they knocked on my door, that I was entitled to some entertainment. It wasn't like I went to their house to confront them. I asked if they'd like to join me in a beer. They declined. I asked if they believed in God. They said certainly. I asked if they believed the Bible was absolutely true. They said they did. They were probably ready to ask for a contribution. I asked if they believed that God was omnipotent - that He could do anything and was in charge of everything. They said yes, and were almost drooling with anticipation. I then asked, "if God is omnipotent, which you believe He is, can He create a rock that is too heavy for Him to lift?" They thought. They looked at each other. They left, mumbling something about "silver tongued devil".
There is only one thing God can't do. Think about it.
"They were probably ready to ask for a contribution"
In all fairness, despite our differences in Biblical beliefs and opinions, I've had JW's in my house; I've never been asked for a contribution; that's a fallacy created by the God-haters who group all religions together as money-mongers.
Mr.B wrote:So....what's your answer to your question...?
There is only one thing God can't do. Think about it.
"They were probably ready to ask for a contribution"
In all fairness, despite our differences in Biblical beliefs and opinions, I've had JW's in my house; I've never been asked for a contribution; that's a fallacy created by the God-haters who group all religions together as money-mongers.
Maybe none of them asked for a contribution. Maybe they never ask anyone for a contribution. But since no organization can run without funding, and since for most churches funding comes from contributions (as opposed to revenue), it would seem being a "money-monger" is a desirable trait.
Anyway, as to the question, it's just a conundrum entrapping the concept of omnipotence. So if you don't believe in omnipotence, then either "yes" or "no" is correct. If you do believe in omnipotence, then either "yes" or "no" is wrong. If God is the all powerful force, capable of creating the universe, I doubt S/He's spending much time playing word games or trying to lift heavy rocks.
Mr.B wrote:So....what's your answer to your question...?
There is only one thing God can't do. Think about it.
"They were probably ready to ask for a contribution"
In all fairness, despite our differences in Biblical beliefs and opinions, I've had JW's in my house; I've never been asked for a contribution; that's a fallacy created by the God-haters who group all religions together as money-mongers.
should I assume that you don't give?
Trump: “We had the safest border in the history of our country - or at least recorded history. I guess maybe a thousand years ago it was even better.”
God couldn't possibly be male. Gender is a human trait. Even if you go with the traditional story of Jesus, it's still not God, the originator and creator of the universe and the one who decided to assume human form temporarily.
O Really wrote:God couldn't possibly be male. Gender is a human trait. Even if you go with the traditional story of Jesus, it's still not God, the originator and creator of the universe and the one who decided to assume human form temporarily.
All I can tell you is that throughout the Bible, He's spoken of in the masculine form....including Father. I know someone's going to throw in a remark about sexism, misogyny, and all them other little cutesy words in their cutesy little mind.
Back then there was no confusion who was/would be called Father.
Vrede wrote:It's cute that Mr.B has now adopted my word, "cutesy", and that he can't figure out what bias a book written exclusively by men would predictably have.
Your word? You invented it? I'll stick to my "bias book" and you stick to your "gay" endeavors.
Vrede wrote:Nope, but I used in the last few days ( :?: ) to describe you and now you've suddenly started aping me, which is cute.
Mr.B wrote:... you stick to your "gay" endeavors.
Fantasizing about me having gay sex, again.
So many of these discussions are about Vrede's obsessive fantasies that others are fantasizing about him; he really thinks he's something special. Oh wait...he is...in his own mind.
I know he raped Mary according to myth.... but anything else?
. That was almost a homerfobe level insult right there.