Alan D. Millen

[Alan D. Millen @DAlan52376]

@Lumichaoss Theory of everyone: "the one, I belong to."

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@ClayTravis Removing Senator Collins is more important than, say, justice.

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@hookskat You are aware that prayer does not "force" God to do anything; those that think it does, are indeed, practicing witchcraft--they are worshipping a god of their own making.

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@MickMilee People are free to blame God, for any tragedy, or inconvenience, they wish; such blame does not affect God, in the least. It does, however, affect the one, making the charge; an enlarging bitterness can, over time, be consuming.

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@LucifersTweetz I don't think that about Mr. Platner; I think the Democrats pushed his nomination and subsequent campaign, knowing what he was. That they allowed him to run, seems hypocritical to me; particularly, after their "great concerns," regarding the offenses of the President.

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@DavisMC @jimrodney @AtheistPhoenix Refusing to believe one position is choosing to believe another. Your conclusion is fair enough.

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@hapree464862 @AndyWatk @AtheistPhoenix Good points! Again, my thought on venom, etc. being part of the curse, has no Scriptural support; it is pure speculation on my part. I do not believe, there was a second creation, after the Fall--unless one counts the Flood.

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@hapree464862 @AndyWatk @AtheistPhoenix Though God knew humans would fall, He did not want them to; furthermore, He did not make that choice for them: He presented the rule; gave them His expectations; told them the punishment for disobedience; and gave them [many] options to avoid that temptation. They fell anyway.

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@AtheistPhoenix I am fine with that; some ideas, to me, are laughable. At least, to your credit, you are honest.

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@Skeletonkey5555 Would Dr. Sagan consider personal experience "evidence"?

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@HQmindd If He has "purposely" hid His existence, why do so many--worldwide--firmly believe in Him? Are you imagining, you are "just a little bit smarter than all the rubes that believe in God," and that, therefore, you have a higher standard, God needs to meet, to earn your belief?

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@God_Questioner Not believing does not necessarily make you "a bad person;" the reason[s] for not believing might, however.

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@Ernest1588761 The word wasn't invented, until the 1800s; however, the concept is in the Bible.

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@UgoCannon [2/2] Would God be more loving, if He forced everyone to go to heaven; even if people do not believe in either Him, or it? What if they have repeatedly proclaimed, they wanted nothing to do with the God of the Bible, or with anything connected to Him?

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@UgoCannon [1/2] The same argument can be made about heaven: infinite reward for finite good works; how just is that? The "correct religion" has nothing to do with a label; it is belief, and the accompanying changed life, in response to the One True God.

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@xonphused I agree; people have died for a lie. Advocates for Christianity, arguing its validity, ask the question, "How many would die for a lie, KNOWING it was a lie?" If early Christians knew the Resurrection of Jesus was a lie, why were they willing to die for that belief?

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@antitheistdad The order is wrong, only if you are assuming that the scientific understanding is correct. What if it isn't? Aren't both ideas, at their base, merely unproven conjecture? One is only "better" than the other, if we are convinced it is.

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@hapree464862 @AndyWatk @AtheistPhoenix Thank you for the information! Correction: the Bible claims creation WAS good--immediately after it was completed. I am convinced, so much degenerated, after the Fall of humanity, in the Garden of Eden; perhaps, even many of the issues, you have cited.

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@TheExBeliever Except that the Romans had all the religion they wanted; it is doubtful, most gave more than lip service to the deities , they had. Also, Christianity stood in marked contrast to Roman ideals; specifically, Emperor worship. I don't think so.

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@DavisMC @jimrodney @AtheistPhoenix I believe, I understand your point: so, if He is responsible; now what? Do any of us seriously think that refusing to believe in a God, ultimately responsible for all the destructive power of nature, is an intelligent decision?