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Originally posted by loam
Then let's just call a spade a spade.
I want nothing to do with a cruel, vengeful, jealous and spiteful God-- one apparently incapable of mastering emotional intelligence beyond that of a five year old. ....and I want even less to do with those who would call such a god a loving one....
Originally posted by Dock9
I think you need to stop thinking YOU are better
and I see someone who in my opinion should cease preaching to others
and get to work on some SELF improvement
Originally posted by IAMIAM
Originally posted by loam
Then let's just call a spade a spade.
I want nothing to do with a cruel, vengeful, jealous and spiteful God-- one apparently incapable of mastering emotional intelligence beyond that of a five year old. ....and I want even less to do with those who would call such a god a loving one....
I am sorry your cloudy vision presents such a distorted view. I see a God who is tired of seeing his creation fight each other over resources that were gifted to all. I see a God who is tired of seeing his creation trapped in their Xboxes, NFL, Beer, Porn, money, and other silly things while turning a blind eye to the suffering of their family around the world. I see a God who is tired of the wars, famines, diseases, and oppression that WE have allowed to take place. See a God desperately trying to get us to wake the hell up before we destroy each other and the world he created for us.
Keep thinking you are better my friend. This is the righting of the world. Pay attention and learn.
With Love,
Your Brother
Originally posted by Dock9
I'm not feeling the love from you
I mean it. You don't come across as loving or peaceful. You appear to me to hate humankind, to loathe humankind. And spouting 'love and peace' are not disguising that ... at all
Originally posted by Solasis
If that's true, why doesn't he just come on down and say "Hey, dudes. Stop fighting." None of his alleged "miracles" are "clear" to everyone as miracles.
Originally posted by IAMIAM
Originally posted by Solasis
If that's true, why doesn't he just come on down and say "Hey, dudes. Stop fighting." None of his alleged "miracles" are "clear" to everyone as miracles.
He does my friend! Every time a child cries out in pain it is God saying "Help THIS CHILD!!!"
Every time you see people starving on TV, God is saying "Feed these PEOPLE!!!!"
Every time you see the blood shed from our wars and conflicts God is saying "Stop the MADNESS!!!!"
Originally posted by Solasis
I don't hear that at all. I hear "This child is hurting due to traceable physical and emotional causes. If you're good, you'll help her. These people are starving due to terrible economic conditions spurred on by social ones. These people want to kill each other, not because they are violent, but because the other guy has stuff that they want."
Originally posted by Solasis
There is no clear and direct revelation in those images. There is only suffering, and a generalized but not universal reaction that says "this should stop." To call that "God" is to take away the power of that internal goodness, it's outrageous significance as what sets us apart from creatures without moral compasses, and to glorify an outdated explanation of our world.
Originally posted by IAMIAM
Originally posted by Solasis
I don't hear that at all. I hear "This child is hurting due to traceable physical and emotional causes. If you're good, you'll help her. These people are starving due to terrible economic conditions spurred on by social ones. These people want to kill each other, not because they are violent, but because the other guy has stuff that they want."
Traceable physical and emotional causes that we created and can cure
Starving due to economic conditions WE created. Economics IS man made.
We kill for stuff, yeah stuff. Makes a whole lot of sense to value stuff more than human life.
I am not debating the issue with you my friend. If you have all the answers, then be satisfied with them.
If God is an outdated concept for you, wonderful...
Then you will never see the divinity within each of us. Then you will never see the injustice in our iniquities.
That internal goodness is NOT your creation. It was createds by something other than YOU. We did not set our selves apart from the animals. We were set apart. To not acknowledge God in this, is to not acknowledge that which caused us to be.