If you can't distinguish between the acts of your god and those of your devil, you may want to reconsider your belief system
kansascity.com/2010/04/29/1910274/billy-graha...Posted Apr 30, 2010, 5:58 PM UTC
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Jehovah and Lucifer, Allah and Satan, Ganesh and Shiva, Santa Claus and Black Pete, what deities haven't good cop/bad copped the human race? Any?
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Black Pete? LOL. Wiki that shit
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Well there goes my afternoon.
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If they didn't, then it would be man's fault. We can't have that, no no no.
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It's probably the problem of Dante's Inferno. Who wants to read about Heaven? Now Hell... there's some excitement.
Also, it's could be a problem of defining what "Good" or "Evil" are. How do you know one without pointing to its opposite and saying "not that?"
Or, you could say it's as elemental as light and darkness. Just a dichotomy humanity reproduces as a result of it existing in their every day lives.
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Sooo...what he's saying is, essentially, that god sometimes kills your pets/friends/causes you to have a horrible accident so that you'll either love him more, or so he can prove how awesome he is? Seriously? "I don't think you understand how great I really am. Here--remember that grandma you liked so much? WHAM Well, now she's gone. I killed her. Now let me comfort you to show you how much I love you..." Reminds me of that crazy bitch from Misery. Not exactly all cuddly and benevolent and loving, eh?
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God and the devil have been in merger talks lately. They have lots of overlapping departments. With declining membership it seems like the sensible thing to do to stay competitive.
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I feel dirty for having given that site eyeball time.
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Why the hell is this in a mainstream newspaper? Don't they have anything important to report?
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One of the mindless interjections that chaps my ass is the expression "to be honest". There is an implication the speaker/writer may not being upfront with you. What immediately goes through my head is mental conversation: Me - you won't lie to me would you? Pompous bloviating apologist - What me? No, it's just a figure of speech. Me - hmmmpphh. So Billy Graham wrote this response? I consider the probablities very low.
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To be honest, we don’t always know where some of the hard times come from that invade our lives.
So why the fuck do they claim they know? Also, according to modern Christian doctrine, everything happens because of God, he's omniscient and omnipotent. At the very least shit happens because he allows it to happen. This leads me to conclude that your god is your devil as well because FUCK YOU.
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The greatest trick God ever pulled was convincing people the devil exists...
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Job obviously knew the difference between GOD & satan!!
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If one believes the Book of Job, even the shit the devil does is approved by God.
i really wonder how can anyone read the book of Job and see how god tortures a man beyond belief just to see if he will still believe in him and be faithful to him while satan sits there and laughs and not be completely disgusted.
actually, worse than that i thought was that fact that job's son and daughters were completely expendable to god just to prove job's loyalty.
I've seen Christians defend this. It's okay to kill someone's children as long as you replace them. Because people are fungible.
Yeah, this is what brings it over the edge for me. It's not even that God lets them die, but that they're considered possessions.
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That's probably where Corp. boy got his idea from.
Did they go to heaven? Seems perfectly reasonable to me if so. :-)
{I'm an atheist. That doesn't mean I can't see logic in religious arguments when it is there.}
God's like basically a terrorist, man.
The book of Job is actually one of my favorite from the Bible. Obviously I don't believe that God exists so I'm not beholden to reconcile the existence of evil. However, it appeals to me as a metaphor for human suffering in an indifferent universe.
Not just approved, encouraged.