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God is Dead theologian William Hamilton dead at 87
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Posted on 02/29/2012 9:31:16 PM PST by LouAvul
Theologian William Hamilton, a member of the Death of God movement of the 1960s that reached its peak with a Time Magazine cover story, has died in Portland, Ore. He was 87.
Hamilton died Tuesday from complications from congestive heart failure at the downtown apartment he shared with his wife, his family said.
Hamilton told The Oregonian newspaper in 2007 that he had questioned the existence of God since he was a teenager, when two friends an Episcopalian and a Catholic died from the explosion of a pipe bomb they were building, while a third an atheist escaped without a scratch.
It caused him to question why the innocent suffer, and whether God intervened in people's lives, he said.
TOPICS: Religion
KEYWORDS: atheism; culturewar; sourcetitlenoturl
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posted on
02/29/2012 9:31:18 PM PST
by
LouAvul
To: LouAvul
He’s already found out how wrong he was. Poor soul.
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posted on
02/29/2012 9:32:59 PM PST
by
Albion Wilde
("The facts of life are Tory." -- Margaret Thatcher)
To: LouAvul
The obvious reply- God is alive and William Hamilton is now dead.
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posted on
02/29/2012 9:33:48 PM PST
by
One Name
(Go to the enemy's home court and smoke his ass.)
To: LouAvul
Well then.
Let’s be instructed by this, that whatever you say can and will be used against you.
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posted on
02/29/2012 9:44:07 PM PST
by
lurk
To: LouAvul
I do hope that he found God at the end of his life, even in the last moments it’s not too late.
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posted on
02/29/2012 9:45:54 PM PST
by
Pinkbell
To: LouAvul
I wish he (or somebody) could tell us! My dead pals, and Elvis ain’t talkin’ !
To: Revolting cat!
“God is dead.” - Hamilton
“Hamilton is dead.” - God
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posted on
02/29/2012 9:48:13 PM PST
by
Christian4Bush
(PSA. As of 2/29/12, 251/326 days 'til we vote out/take out the trash. (11/6/12, 1/20/13))
To: LouAvul
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posted on
02/29/2012 10:02:03 PM PST
by
LaybackLenny
(All hail Her Royal Highness Sarah, Queen of The Hobbits)
To: Revolting cat!
To: LouAvul
Hamilton told The Oregonian newspaper in 2007 that he had questioned the existence of God since he was a teenager, when two friends an Episcopalian and a Catholic died from the explosion of a pipe bomb they were building, while a third an atheist escaped without a scratch. Uh, maybe because the atheist was smart enough to be far enough away from the bomb,and the Christians thought they were allowed to build bombs and ignore the laws of physics?
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posted on
02/29/2012 10:14:54 PM PST
by
LadyDoc
To: LouAvul
What possible “innocent” use is there for a pipe bomb?
To: LouAvul
“Theologian William Hamilton, a member of the Death of God movement of the 1960s.....”
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What is the need of being a “theologian” when you’re convinced that God is dead?
It’s like being a congresscritter when you’re willing to give in to socialism/communism/islam like this present bunch is doing.
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posted on
02/29/2012 10:31:08 PM PST
by
353FMG
To: miele man
As children, American boys used to blow things up and make bombs.
I don’t know what these guys were doing, but life used to be free and dangerous by today’s standards.
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posted on
02/29/2012 10:33:27 PM PST
by
ansel12
(Romney is unquestionably the weakest party front-runner in contemporary political history.)
To: LadyDoc
I wonder who his “friends” were. Weathermen, perhaps?
Hey Hamilton, God outlived you, you schmuck. You lose.
To: LouAvul
God is Dead bad guessing clown William Hamilton dead at 87
Fixed the headline.
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posted on
02/29/2012 11:55:56 PM PST
by
CainConservative
(Santorum/Huck 2012 w/ Newt, Cain, Palin, Bach, Parker, Watts, Duncan, & Petraeus in the Cabinet)
To: Albion Wilde
I wasn’t such a bad guy.
Like, how many times did I take the Lord’s name in vain?
Uh! A million-six?! Jesus Chr...
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posted on
03/01/2012 12:45:53 AM PST
by
UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide
(REPEAL WASHINGTON! -- Islam Delenda Est! -- I Want Constantinople Back. -- Rumble thee forth.)
To: LouAvul
"he had questioned the existence of God since he was a teenager, when two friends an Episcopalian and a Catholic died from the explosion of a pipe bomb they were building...
It caused him to question why the innocent suffer, and whether God intervened in people's lives, he said.
Does anyone else find that ironic?
This sounds like a perfect case of intervention.
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posted on
03/01/2012 12:57:24 AM PST
by
UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide
(REPEAL WASHINGTON! -- Islam Delenda Est! -- I Want Constantinople Back. -- Rumble thee forth.)
To: LouAvul
To: Del Rapier
May he get an ice cube or two where he’s at now.
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posted on
03/01/2012 3:06:39 AM PST
by
CainConservative
(Santorum/Huck 2012 w/ Newt, Cain, Palin, Bach, Parker, Watts, Duncan, & Petraeus in the Cabinet)
To: One Name
Not much you got to do in life on this world, but the people who are always making mock of Jesus, calling Him Santa, or a fantasy or similar insults. They GOT to die here.
What comes next ? Glad I'm not on that bus.
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posted on
03/01/2012 3:47:07 AM PST
by
reefdiver
("Let His day's be few And another takes His office")
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