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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 06:51 AM Original message |
Poll question: Bad things happening to good people |
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ClintonTyree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 07:01 AM Response to Original message |
1. Since I'm an atheist I suppose...... |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 08:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. I see your point |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. Now see, I took that option to mean the absense of a god |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 07:03 AM Response to Original message |
2. Doesn't the book of Job cover this? |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 08:03 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Book of Job |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
3. i wonder |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 08:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. I don't know if you have religious people |
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Zebedeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 06:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
42. I am so sorry for your loss |
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iamahaingttta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
5. Bad things happen to good people... |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
7. The standard religious response - pick one or both: |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 12:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. It is funny though... |
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cyborg_jim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
9. All kinds of things happen to all kinds of people |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
10. Where did God say |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
11. What's so wrong with free will? |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 08:52 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. But do we have to |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 08:59 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. But what about the free will of people who are harmed? |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 09:01 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Free will |
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Zebedeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 06:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
44. This is not the Garden of Eden or Heaven |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 12:06 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. from the gospel of thomas: |
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Zebedeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 04:52 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. The "gospel" of Thomas is not Christian. |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 06:49 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. i don't "follow" any book |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 03:32 PM Response to Reply #44 |
65. To read Genesis... |
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Zebedeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-02-07 11:40 AM Response to Reply #65 |
69. Agree and disagree |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-02-07 06:31 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. Adam and Eve |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 09:08 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I take exception to one statement: |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Atheism is a different way of thinking than say |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Atheism isn't "a way of thinking". |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 04:09 PM Response to Reply #23 |
37. Couple of things |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 04:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Another inconvenient truth. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 06:49 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. And isn't it funny |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 07:00 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Oh? And exactly how do we "think and view the world" ? |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 06:14 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Oh, he gives away the CDs? |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-01-07 11:52 PM Response to Reply #37 |
66. Eckhart Tolle is a general plagiarist. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-02-07 01:19 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. Well color me five different shades of surprised. n/t |
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blonndee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-02-07 02:57 AM Response to Reply #15 |
68. Here is a counter-experience |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
16. If you don't offer blood sacrifices to the gods, they get pissy |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 09:37 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. No |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 09:46 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Any monotheistic god? |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 10:09 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I do realize that |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Shema Israel |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 02:12 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. God is one |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 02:17 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Thank you! |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 03:43 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. You quote the Shahadah incompletely |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 03:56 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Are you a Muslim? |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 04:21 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. I am a student of religion |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 06:24 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Thank you for your response |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 03:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
33. Who said they are the same thing? You did. |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 06:04 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. Oh my fucking word! |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. One small correction, please |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 03:22 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Islam also teaches that nearly every Christian is a heretic |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 03:25 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Might depend upon which Muslims you talk to |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 03:57 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Sufi is Islamic mysticism and not exemplary of Islam in general |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 06:47 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. Any more than Wahhabism is representative of Islam |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 05:01 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. I tend to agree with the Monophysites |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Here's something to think about |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:35 AM Response to Reply #16 |
49. I was going to let this one go |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 12:05 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Have you met our friend bloom |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 01:11 PM Response to Reply #51 |
57. How does that work? :-) |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 01:18 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. I haven't figured it out either. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 12:41 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. You are as much an atheist as I am; I just believe in one few god than you |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 01:09 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Then we are talking about two different things here |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-02-07 11:20 PM Response to Reply #55 |
72. "I believe in one fewer god than you do" |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
21. My God concept is different than this |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
24. If I believed in God... |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
50. God is not a Being |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 12:07 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Is this an original idea? |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 12:25 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. yeah, like i have proof of god's nature. |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-01-07 11:56 PM Response to Reply #50 |
67. That which animates this place, iow? ;) nt |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
59. Other |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
62. Could be "sh*t happens" |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:41 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Yep, some of us humans who have |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 10:36 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. One of my sisters has MS |
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zonmoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
73. shit happens because god is nasty and evil. |
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MistressOverdone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 07:52 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Actually, shit is one of God's greatest |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 07:58 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. We'd be in deep shit! |
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