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HELLO McFLY!!! ANYBODY IN THERE?

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Priesto wrote: Twisting words? I see. :)
Mike didn't twist your words Priesto - he asked if you realised the logical implications of what you said. And you didn't - because my 12 month old niece has more rationality in her little toe than you have in your entire body.
Excuse?God is to explain his judgement to heathens?If you are wicked, you will not live a prosperous life.Do you believe otherwise?
Yes we DO believe otherwise! How can you have not figured this out by now? (Oh wait, I forgot. Your brain doesn't work. Never mind). If the portrayal of God in the Bible is even remotely accurate, then God is a fascist fucking asshole who doesn't deserve anything except a good kick in the head. He certainly is NOT a good choice as your arbiter of right and wrong!
I guess it is okay to be wicked and commit sin, why would you be punished for that? :roll:
Because the God you believe in is a narcissistic authoritarian mongrel who defines 'wicked' and 'sins' to suit his whims, rather than out of a desire to avoid negative consequences.
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Re: HELLO McFLY!!! ANYBODY IN THERE?

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Nick wrote:
Priesto wrote: I guess it is okay to be wicked and commit sin, why would you be punished for that? :roll:
Because the God you believe in is a narcissistic authoritarian mongrel who defines 'wicked' and 'sins' to suit his whims, rather than out of a desire to avoid negative consequences.
If God as portayed in the Bible is real, I'd rather go to hell.
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Priesto wrote:If you are wicked, you will not live a prosperous life.Do you believe otherwise?
What about Saddam Hussein? Despite all of the US's efforts, he's still alive and kicking. Or Osama bin Laden? He's still alive, and the US has no idea where he is.
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Darth Yoshi wrote:
Priesto wrote:If you are wicked, you will not live a prosperous life.Do you believe otherwise?
What about Saddam Hussein? Despite all of the US's efforts, he's still alive and kicking. Or Osama bin Laden? He's still alive, and the US has no idea where he is.
And ol Saddam Hussein is living quite the high life what with all those palaces and massive secret police to keep the dissidents in line. The only real problem he has is GW.
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Priesto wrote:Twisting words? I see. :) Excuse?
I'm only pointing out ramifications which you refuse to acknowledge.
God is to explain his judgement to heathens?
Yes. If he cannot explain his judgement or his moral values with anything better than "because I say so", then he has no business calling himself God.
If you are wicked, you will not live a prosperous life.
Explain Stalin.
Do you believe otherwise?
I don't bury my head in the sand, unlike you.
I guess it is okay to be wicked and commit sin, why would you be punished for that? :roll:
If you are truly wicked, you will be hurting others, so society will try to stop and punish you. If, on the other hand, you are "wicked" only by virtue of committing victimless crimes (not worshipping God, watching pornography, etc), then you haven't hurt anyone and you haven't done anything wrong, so you should not be punished. I can't believe you're so fucking stupid that you need this kind of thing explained to you.
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Yes. If he cannot explain his judgement or his moral values with anything better than "because I say so", then he has no business calling himself God.
Well, him being god, he has every right to call himself God.

But no right to call himself Good.
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Darth Wong wrote:If you are truly wicked, you will be hurting others, so society will try to stop and punish you. If, on the other hand, you are "wicked" only by virtue of committing victimless crimes (not worshipping God, watching pornography, etc), then you haven't hurt anyone and you haven't done anything wrong, so you should not be punished. I can't believe you're so fucking stupid that you need this kind of thing explained to you.
Maybe I'm being redundant here, but Priesto plainly doesn't need you to explain anything to him. That's because it won't do a lick of difference, not the tiniest impression upon his cranium. No, Priesto doesn't need an explanation. What he needs is a functioning brain.
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Eleas wrote:No, Priesto doesn't need an explanation. What he needs is a functioning brain.
:lol:

Maybe if we hit him with the clue-by-four enough times we might shake something loose and let the gears start turning. Or maybe not. It hasn't worked so far.

I think it's a definite case of:
1. Take one fundamentalist moron
2. Let them express a stupid and irrational opinion
3. Find great entertainment in ripping said opinion to shreds
4. Let them reveal their stupidity and irrationality *again* by restating what they said in 2.
5. Repeat step 3, possibly throwing in a few choice insults
6. Repeat until bored.

Hmm. . . we should be careful. We might end up getting PETA after us on grounds of 'wanton cruelty to a dumb animal'. (Does anyone think it is actually possible to insult Priesto enough that he'll give up and leave? Or is he as impervious to abuse as he is to logic?)
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Well this seems to have gone off topic enough.
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