...I don't think I'm really assuming that much.
beetnemesis Send a noteboard - 08/09/2011 06:43:16 PM
One, I wasn't making any judgments. Two, my starting assumption was "A god in more or less the Christian idoim exists, and he is all-knowing, all-powerful, and all-good." I don't think that's particularly unreasonable.
I used the Super Bowl as an example, but really, anything that's not an internal revelation would have worked. But yes, my point was that God knows who wins the Super Bowl- does he change that depending on people's prayers? Presumably the "correct" team is already going to win.
And, so there's no confusion, "Super Bowl" can be substituted with getting/losing a job, someone living or dying, the success of some kind of plan, and much more.
I used the Super Bowl as an example, but really, anything that's not an internal revelation would have worked. But yes, my point was that God knows who wins the Super Bowl- does he change that depending on people's prayers? Presumably the "correct" team is already going to win.
And, so there's no confusion, "Super Bowl" can be substituted with getting/losing a job, someone living or dying, the success of some kind of plan, and much more.
I amuse myself.
I figured I'd put RAFO's top religiologists on the case
08/09/2011 02:03:55 PM
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well I am not religious but that seems a bit of a strawman argument
08/09/2011 05:01:57 PM
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Hm, so there's a broad Divine Plan, but it doesn't matter either way who wins the Super Bowl?
08/09/2011 05:25:23 PM
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Your argument only works if you get to decide who and what god is, like I said strawman
08/09/2011 06:32:17 PM
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...I don't think I'm really assuming that much.
08/09/2011 06:43:16 PM
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I don't know that I'm a "top religiologist", but here goes:
08/09/2011 05:35:26 PM
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I can totally do this.
08/09/2011 06:57:19 PM
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Believe it or not, this is a thought I had when I was little and christian.
08/09/2011 07:39:24 PM
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Predestination is something only strict Calvinists believe.
08/09/2011 08:53:59 PM
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Didn't mean to bring up predestination.
08/09/2011 09:17:19 PM
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Sorry. That's how I read it...
09/09/2011 12:48:07 AM
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I think that looking for an absolute answer re: religion is pretty silly.
08/09/2011 08:22:16 PM
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That's a tough one...
09/09/2011 01:27:25 PM
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I'm treating this like a survey even though you didn't make it one: It's about a relationship.
12/09/2011 11:23:45 PM
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