Breaking News: The World May Not Have Ended

Arthur Dent can attest to this fact.

21 posted on 09/19/2009 8:42:50 PM PDT by thile44 (Simplicity is too complex.)

To: I see my hands

I may believe in a creator God but in no way do I see him as benevolent.

Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

If God's not benevolent, where did good come from and why are we still here?

If God was not benevolent, there would be evil in Him, and that evil would be the greatest evil in the universe, coming from the greatest being in the universe.

At that point, becoming totally evil, everything would annihilate, as that being would be unable to tolerate any challenge to its self.

Seriously, think about what it would mean if an omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent being existed with evil in it.

22 posted on 09/19/2009 8:45:17 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)

To: TheVitaminPress

In the future, please post your blog material in the bloggers forum.

Thanks,

23 posted on 09/19/2009 8:52:28 PM PDT by Admin Moderator

...this would put us ALL in HELL, and would explain the OBAMA Election.

More like The Invasion of the Killer Clowns.

24 posted on 09/19/2009 9:05:07 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)

Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
When one is absolutely corrupt to begin with,
well, then it gets messy.

25 posted on 09/19/2009 9:10:35 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)

To: TheVitaminPress

Every school kid knows that the world ended on June, 30 1908 at 7:14 am...

What was the effect on minorities, children and women?

26 posted on 09/19/2009 9:26:16 PM PDT by JRios1968 (The real first rule of Fight Club: don't invite Chuck Norris...EVER)

To: metmom; Nitro; Daniel II

Thanks for your nice replies.

I sure am not going to argue or debate. You are already familiar with my views because they are common to mankind, although some find answers and comfort through faith. Of course that’s a good thing. The best.

I am familiar with the Christian Bible as the inerrant revelation of God, man, sin, judgment, and salvation as well as its more pastoral and “guidebook for life” lessons. I was born again, active in my church, subscribed to Christianity Today, three hours a day of serious Bible study and analysis, worked a Graham crusade, and still remember “Walk Through The Bible.” My pastor was “the other one” of the two pastors who counseled Clinton after he got caught, lol.

I am still not righteous, still would prefer Christian neighbors, still think the Bible is amazing enough that it could be supernatural. (What a great book. That it understands the hearts of man -including mine- on the most profound level is what gets to me!) But I no longer believe this world is evidence of a loving God. I have thought about it.

I also still respect your belief and appreciate the prayers that will be sure to be coming my way. But in the end.. no one knows. Not knowing is the one thing all who ever lived share, that’s why it’s called faith. And that’s why when I’m on a plane about to crash, or on my deathbed, I’m sure I will, with contrite prayer, thanksgiving and supplication, be reminding God that “once saved, always saved” is very Biblically defensible.

27 posted on 09/19/2009 11:06:40 PM PDT by I see my hands (_8(|)

What's with this latest crop of groups of people looking at FR as just a means to get hits on their website?

Free Republic is getting a lot of attention, these days. If bloggers find it helpful to post on FR, then it means more people are aware of it. Not all have the same impressions.

28 posted on 09/19/2009 11:10:11 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Where's this tagline thing everyone keeps talking about?)

“The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away...”

Indian giver be the name of the lord...

Sorry, just couldent resist.

Rab

29 posted on 09/19/2009 11:11:12 PM PDT by Rabin

To: I see my hands

I walked away from the church 20 years ago and am slowly coming around. It’s easy for me to be angry at him for any number of reasons, but there comes a point where you can no longer kick against the goads. It just wears you out. Besides, they hurt. Peace.

30 posted on 09/19/2009 11:27:24 PM PDT by Daniel II (I'm Jim Thompson, this is my brother Jimmy, and this is my other brother Jimmy)

There have been several attempts by people lately to pimp their blogs, many of them have been zotted.

I know many individual FReepers have their own blogs and provide links to them but the thing is, it’s individuals and not groups, and they didn’t join FR just to post daily threads to link to to get hits on their blogs. Comments like *Please visit our website and leave your comments there* are kind of a clue that they are looking for hits.

If you do a keyword search on *pimpmyblog* you’ll find several threads that fall into that category.

31 posted on 09/20/2009 9:59:03 AM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)

To: I see my hands

I don’t happen to agree that “once saved always saved” is biblically defensible. Quite the opposite.

32 posted on 09/20/2009 12:29:18 PM PDT by tuckrdout ("Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it." - Thomas Jefferson)

To: I see my hands

Just remember God invented beer and woman too!

You are wrapped too tight...

The Lord loves a cheerful giver...

take five, have a day off and laugh...

Remember even God took a day off.

When you get more serious than that...

bad news!

33 posted on 09/25/2009 6:13:03 PM PDT by Nitro

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