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Ping Tung

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37. I think you proved Twain's point. There are millions of One True Gods available to pick.
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 12:56 PM
Sep 2025

Whether it Baal, Jehovah, El, Minerva, Zeus, Aphrodite, or a rock.

You would think that people that pick (or manufacture) the One True Go0d would pick a nice one that isn't a cruel, punishing. self-centered, nosy, ones that demand endless praise and worship.

That would definitely (in my mind) leave out the Abrahamic versions of the same God.

“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?”
― Epicurus

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"lords name in vain" rampartd Sep 2025 #1
I get that. JohnnyRingo Sep 2025 #4
Vanity doesn't come into it Easterncedar Sep 2025 #14
Exactly. TomSlick Sep 2025 #20
You might find this interesting TexLaProgressive Sep 2025 #19
I see how that interpretation instructs how to use the Lord's name JohnnyRingo Sep 2025 #34
Long ago I read a series about the Dabney family TexLaProgressive Sep 2025 #36
I'm pretty sure swearing a "so help me god" oath ancianita Sep 2025 #12
vowing "til death do us part " coul be stretched to false witness as well rampartd Sep 2025 #16
Nope. Sin is intentional. Oaths like "Till death do us part" came later. ancianita Sep 2025 #17
I like your thinking. Loryn Sep 2025 #2
Amen Johnny, gab13by13 Sep 2025 #3
Off topic, but here is a joke related to the comic you posted. John1956PA Sep 2025 #5
Good one! ancianita Sep 2025 #23
hahahaha JohnnyRingo Sep 2025 #29
I am not an expert state of stupid Sep 2025 #6
Every time you say "I am". Blue Full Moon Sep 2025 #7
I think it's ok to cuss Marthe48 Sep 2025 #8
Meh. You do you. Happy Hoosier Sep 2025 #42
Man is the only animal to have found the ONE TRUE GOD ...............several of them. Mark Twain Ping Tung Sep 2025 #9
According to Hebrew scripture Mossfern Sep 2025 #31
I think you proved Twain's point. There are millions of One True Gods available to pick. Ping Tung Sep 2025 #37
The Abrahamic and other religions are mostly Mossfern Sep 2025 #39
Yay! We agree! Why not? Indeed. Ping Tung Sep 2025 #40
That means I've always gotten that commandment wrong. Xavier Breath Sep 2025 #10
Beeleeve BoRaGard Sep 2025 #11
Is that where that came from? JohnnyRingo Sep 2025 #32
I think it is partly about those who pray for personal gain instead of for help to people in need of basics. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #13
Absolutely Be The Light Sep 2025 #15
Also professing faith for monetary or political reasons. surfered Sep 2025 #18
Going back to the earliest version I stand a chance of translating, it's "in vanum" in the Latin Vulgate version muriel_volestrangler Sep 2025 #21
Thanks, Muriel! summer_in_TX Sep 2025 #28
I'm the veteran of a profoundly religious upbringing who's morphed into an atheist. NNadir Sep 2025 #22
I think the first one is weird. chouchou Sep 2025 #24
Thanks Johnny Tatou Sep 2025 #25
Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2025 #38
The problem with your analysis edhopper Sep 2025 #26
Oh. OK. JohnnyRingo Sep 2025 #33
Anybody that gets upset edhopper Sep 2025 #35
Catholic teaching on this would be much more dire DenaliDemocrat Sep 2025 #27
Christ replaced the 10 commandments with 2 ... marble falls Sep 2025 #30
Ah, but for some Mossfern Sep 2025 #41
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