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  • Oct 6, 2008, 03:34 PM
    jrwild62
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    Originally Posted by Wondergirl View Post
    I would have no choice but to be what you consider happy.

    I won't appreciate the sun if I haven't experienced the rain. And too much cake and ice cream make my tummy hurt. Always getting what one wants and "being happy" isn't the best way to live.

    That is your state of humun being. You don't think it's possible to wake up everyday for 1000 years and have NOTHING to worry about? I think it is very possible. But not in this world that God seems to have faulted. Have you ever once in your life woke up happy? How about the day after that? Was the next day sad? Why was the next day sad? Was the day after that happy again? What makes the difference? It is your environment, your brain, your world, your job, your family?? Why can't everyday be happy? What is the excuse? I ask in the most honest way that I can. What aspect of your life causes you to be unhappy on that day?
  • Oct 6, 2008, 03:37 PM
    jrwild62
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    I sincerely appologize. OK, It was only 2.1 million. Sorry for the exaggeration.
  • Oct 6, 2008, 03:41 PM
    Wondergirl
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by jrwild62 View Post
    That is your state of humun being. You don't think it's possible to wake up everyday for 1000 years and have NOTHING to worry about? I think it is very possible. But not in this world that God seems to have faulted. Have you ever once in your life woke up happy? How about the day after that? Was the next day sad? why was the next day sad? Was the day after that happy again? What makes the differance? It is your enviroment, your brain, your world, your job, your family???? Why can't everyday be happy? What is the excuse? I ask in the most honest way that I can. What aspect of your life causes you to be unhappy on that day?

    Whose version of happy will I be? Yours?
  • Oct 6, 2008, 03:43 PM
    jrwild62
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    Originally Posted by Wondergirl View Post
    Whose version of happy will I be? Yours?

    I think happy is happy. There is no debate there. Do you have a smile on your face? That's happy. Just try to enjoy your days
  • Oct 6, 2008, 03:45 PM
    jrwild62
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by jrwild62 View Post
    I think happy is happy. There is no debate there. Do you have a smile on your face? Thats happy. Just try to enjoy your days

    And like I have said,, enjoy your moments. Life is a series of brief moments. Enjoy them. Do that,, you are happy..!
  • Oct 6, 2008, 03:45 PM
    De Maria
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by jrwild62 View Post
    SAB, Cruelty in Genesis
    God KILLS and KILLS again. And after he is done killing, he kills more.

    FR_Chuck will ban me now for QUOTING the Bible. Enough said.....

    Well, first I'd like to remind you that Christian baiters are restricted to the Member discussion forums. You seem to fit the description. Unless the rules have changed again since I've been gone, that's where you need to be posting.

    But you ask, why does God kill human beings? He gave us life and He takes it back whenever He's ready.

    Let me ask you, is the taking of a human life intrinsically evil?

    Sincerely,

    De Maria
  • Oct 6, 2008, 03:48 PM
    jrwild62
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by De Maria View Post
    Well, first I'd like to remind you that Christian baiters are restricted to the Member discussion forums. You seem to fit the description. Unless the rules have changed again since I've been gone, thats where you need to be posting.

    But you ask, why does God kill human beings? He gave us life and He takes it back whenever He's ready.

    Let me ask you, is the taking of a human life intrinsically evil?

    Sincerely,

    De Maria

    I would not say that I am speaking evil by any means, However, I do try to have a sense of reality. We both walk on the ground of this Earth. We are not in the clouds
  • Oct 6, 2008, 03:53 PM
    Synnen

    What if MY version of happy is different than YOUR version of happy?

    Happy is BORING if it happens ALL the time. That's not happy--that's content.

    And frankly, there's no growth in a person or in a society without strife, hardship and adversity. I would be absolutely bored to tears in your version of happy! I LIKE a good philosophical argument!

    What if you were stuck in someone else's version of happy---say, for instance, MY version of happy? I would say you'd have to work hard to be happy, but that you'd feel good about yourself when you did achieve it.

    How about this: In my version of happy, everyone is a bisexual, and has no judgements whatsoever about sex, and there's no such thing as commitment to one person, and no worries! There are no kids---because face it, there's no WAY to have kids and be eternally happy. You worry too much about your kids to be happy ALL the time when you have kids.

    No one dies, but it's not a problem with overpopulation, because there are no kids!

    You can't MAKE people happy. It doesn't work that way.

    Read "Atlas Shrugged" or "Brave New World" for better examples of some overpower trying to make everyone happy. All you end up with, in the end, is everyone bored, everyone jaded, and everyone mediocre.

    I'll take some sadness and hardship if that means that I'll absolutely SHINE with happiness when I have it.
  • Oct 6, 2008, 03:53 PM
    De Maria
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by jrwild62 View Post
    I would not say that I am speaking evil by any means, However, I do try to have a sense of reality. We both walk on the ground of this Earth. We are not in the clouds

    Perhaps you didn't understand the question. I asked whether you believe the taking of a human life is intrinsically evil?
  • Oct 6, 2008, 03:55 PM
    jillianleab
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    Originally Posted by jrwild62 View Post
    I agree, but whey does the creator of the universe have to be so angry? If I created the universe, we would all be happy and eat well without gaining a single pound. Food would naturally grow in the fields for free picking. We would all be naked and unashamed. There would no such thing as money,,, no need for it. People would wake up everyday and feel extreme happiness. Happiness to the point of falling down laughing in pure joy. There would be no crime, no sickness, Peiople would be happy and healthy for 1000 years and go to sleep one day one there 1000th birthday. Chocolate cake and ice cream would be healhty. There would be no cars, electricity, computers, phones Government, taxes, Dr. Phil, Judge Judy, just freedom and fun. A 1000 picnic. I ask,,,, Whats wrong with that?????

    Yes, that's the way things would be if YOU created the universe - but you didn't. But alas, you're veering into another topic. You started asking why there is murder in the bible, now you've diverted to the state of the world. You're talking about two different things here.

    Why is the bible god so angry? Because that's how the bible was written. ;)
  • Oct 6, 2008, 03:55 PM
    jrwild62
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by De Maria View Post
    Well, first I'd like to remind you that Christian baiters are restricted to the Member discussion forums. You seem to fit the description. Unless the rules have changed again since I've been gone, thats where you need to be posting.

    But you ask, why does God kill human beings? He gave us life and He takes it back whenever He's ready.

    Let me ask you, is the taking of a human life intrinsically evil?

    Sincerely,

    De Maria


    As far as human life, I think it is a matter of simple earth, and no God creation. And that is my simple opinion. I have no idea if that is right. But judging by the evidence, I think it is very accuirate
  • Oct 6, 2008, 03:59 PM
    jillianleab
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    Originally Posted by Wondergirl View Post
    Actually, no, that's not why (according to the Bible). In Genesis 12, God told Abram he would become the father of a great nation. God also told him He would lead Abram and his fledgling nation to a land that they would be able to claim as their own, a land of milk and honey, a land that would be the center of monotheism in a mostly pantheistic world. That land we all know now by the name Israel.

    Back in Abram's time, the land was called Canaan and was inhabited by people who did not believe in God. God gave Abraham's (his name had been changed to this) young nation permission to eradicate all the people currently living there, to totally wipe out the idol worship and paganism that they practiced. Then the young nation moved in and took over the land for themselves.

    (And yes, that doesn't explain why all the children were killed. One would think that they could have been raised with the God-believing children. That's what some conquering nations often did, save at least some of the children and adopt them. In this case, the annihilation of the Canaanites was total.)

    How is that not a demonstration of power and a show of jealousy?

    "I command you to kill everyone in this city.." (power) "...because they woship idols and are pagans...(i.e., they don't worship me; jealousy) "... now you can have this land to yourselves... " (power) "... because you DO worship me." (jealousy).

    :confused:
  • Oct 6, 2008, 04:02 PM
    cogs

    They should have a chart for how many people god has created and loved, compared to satan. This thread assumes that god had no reason for killing people. From what I know of god, which is very little, god uses evil for good, every time. Also, god, with all knowledge and wisdom, is complete order. He doesn't chaotically murder people. He has a reason. If you are bothered by god killing people, you must also ask the reasoning behind it. In the bible, it gives reasons for the deaths. Usually this involves worshipping god. Since he is our creator, he demands for us to do what we were made for, holding our creator in reverence in every aspect of our lives. The reason people today cannot understand this, shows the apostasy we have developed.
  • Oct 6, 2008, 04:02 PM
    jrwild62
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    Originally Posted by Wondergirl View Post
    But I have free will. I have a choice. I can say no.

    A commander is one thing. Being a puppet master is something else.

    YES, You do have free will. Use it.
    And you are doing that quite well in your opinions, Thank you Wondergirl.
  • Oct 6, 2008, 04:20 PM
    DrJ

    So 10 dead by the Devils hand...

    2,038,344 by God's hand...

    And only 98,154,263,542,224,100,352,120 by Man's hand.

    Hmmmm...



    I may have exaggerated a "little" on the final number but I couldn't find any exact references to just how many of us we have killed.
  • Oct 6, 2008, 04:21 PM
    jrwild62
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by DrJizzle View Post
    So 10 dead by the Devils hand...

    2,038,344 by God's hand...

    And only 98,154,263,542,224,100,352,120 by Man's hand.

    Hmmmm....



    I may have exaggerated a "little" on the final number but I couldnt find any exact references to just how many of us we have killed.

    Did not God create mans hand?
  • Oct 6, 2008, 04:25 PM
    jrwild62
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by jrwild62 View Post
    Did not God create mans hand?

    Jizzle?, Did God create mans hand?
  • Oct 6, 2008, 04:25 PM
    DrJ
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by jrwild62 View Post
    Did not God create mans hand?

    Well of course, but even as you said:

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by jrwild62 View Post
    YES, You do have free will. Use it.

    ;)
  • Oct 6, 2008, 05:23 PM
    Wondergirl
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by jrwild62 View Post
    I think happy is happy. There is no debate there. Do you have a smile on your face? Thats happy. Just try to enjoy your days

    No. Happiness is a journey, not a destination. My journey to "happy' would be very different from yours. Will I be able to choose my own kind of happiness? Does it have to meet with your approval first?
  • Oct 6, 2008, 06:25 PM
    jrwild62
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    Originally Posted by Wondergirl View Post
    No. Happiness is a journey, not a destination. My journey to "happy' would be very different from yours. Will I be able to choose my own kind of happiness? Does it have to meet with your approval first?

    Can I choose my kind of happiness?? Ummm Yes. Can U? That statement means you are not in control of your own life. Who controls it? If not you?

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