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originally posted by: daskakik
a reply to: All Seeing Eye
How would you know he is not?
I cited a story from the book with the stories you mentioned, with a capital B to boot; "The Bible even warns us away from that realm".
Job is presented as such a good man that God boasts about him in a conversation with Satan. Satan is then given permission to test how faithful Job would be if he had to endure loss, grief, and pain. Job's friends come to bring comfort to Job, but fail miserably. After an extended series of dialogues between Job and four friends, God speaks and Job's good fortunes return. Questions about why good people like Job suffer are left unanswered, but Job's relationship with God is renewed.
I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 3You shall have no other gods before Me. 4You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.…
originally posted by: All Seeing Eye
That is very wise and logical. Talk with a Wiccan and find out.
I tried to show you that this god of the old testament is a imposter god and should not be confused with the Divine Creator. And as I tried to point out, it may not be the Divine Creators doing. Free Choice has its ups, and downs......
I wasn't talking about the warning but the fact that I was using a book you consider a trusted source.
Perform all the mental gymnastics you want, end of the day, any all powerful and all knowing creator owns everything that has happened, everything is their doing.
On top of that, you can't say that that wasn't their plan all along.
And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Harriet Tubman said: "I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves."
originally posted by: All Seeing Eye
I have stated many times how I view the Bible,...
No "mental gymnastics" are required, when all the writings are recombined, and reconsidered.
Their plan, all along, was to invade, conquer, earth.
originally posted by: daskakik
You don't know if the rise of these "evil" beings wasn't part of their plan.
What do you think reconsidering means?
transitive verb
: to consider again especially with a view to changing or reversing
intransitive verb
: to consider something again
“Difficult and complex logical thought processes. Mental gymnastics(Noun): Inventive, complex arguments used to justify unjustifiable decisions or situations.”
Maybe the Divine Creator trusted these creatures with a task, and they stabled him in the back.
The difference between a scientific assumption and Mental Gymnastics is, the Assumption may one day be proven.
Here, study up on this, your going to be hearing more about the subject.
I doubt that I will be getting into a discussion about that. Really has nothing to do with my point.
originally posted by: All Seeing Eye
For this thread the exercise is "You've heard of ET's being spiritual beings before; but what do they want?"
First, you need to get a grasp of those aliens. A good place to start are those pesky pre bible "gods". Each culture had their own names for them. But when you compare them (no mental gymnastics required) they all display the same attributes, and, superior abilities.
What is the difference between a human spirit and a "Alien" spirit?
And your stuck on one point???
originally posted by: GolgothaBridge
a reply to: daskakik
Another point to consider is the following. Let's say your dog is a fairly smart dog. Explain to your dog why Office 365 on Windows 10 is better than Office 97 running on Windows 95, and that it uses more resources to produce a document is not important. How would you make your dog understand this?
originally posted by: daskakik
a reply to: Blue Shift
You are correct but you seem to be talking about humans manipulating humans.
We were talking the devine creator/god or whatever you want to call it, wanting these aliens or demons to exist knowing that they will torment humans, then some people going around saying he is all love.
Just doesn't seem to fit, does it?
originally posted by: Blue Shift
originally posted by: daskakik
a reply to: Blue Shift
You are correct but you seem to be talking about humans manipulating humans.
We were talking the devine creator/god or whatever you want to call it, wanting these aliens or demons to exist knowing that they will torment humans, then some people going around saying he is all love.
Just doesn't seem to fit, does it?
That's because the entire concept of an transdimensional, ominipotent being that wants or needs to do anything is a solid contradiction and paradox. What kind of free will does anyone have if you have an entity that literally stacks all the decks in the universe to limit our choices? Pick a card, any card. They're all Aces of Spades, but pick anyway. It's your FREE WILL. Well, can I choose not to pick any cards? No.