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Ask a question he couldn't answer himself. rug Dec 2014 #1
Ask a question he couldn't answer himself. AlbertCat Dec 2014 #178
If I were claiming to be equal to God and I wasn't sure if the man in the desert was God, rug Dec 2014 #181
hmmmm Locrian Dec 2014 #2
"That's that other dude" made me laugh out loud . . . brush Dec 2014 #3
May I point out that Lucifer never threatened to strike anybody with a bolt of lightening BlueStreak Dec 2014 #202
No no no . . . something went over somebody's head brush Dec 2014 #203
Yes. I'm simply pointing out that Satan don't roll that way BlueStreak Dec 2014 #205
and don't forget the plagues... n/t 2naSalit Dec 2014 #72
he talked a couple of employees into munching on some produce virtualobserver Dec 2014 #4
LOL The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2014 #66
Lol! CrispyQ Dec 2014 #106
Created the Bush family LiberalArkie Dec 2014 #5
Wow. They ARE a dynasty. DetlefK Dec 2014 #7
Gave humanity the gift of knowledge of good and evil? (nt) LostOne4Ever Dec 2014 #6
From the most common Christian perspective, yep. trotsky Dec 2014 #8
+INFINITY! LostOne4Ever Dec 2014 #9
LOL, agreed! n/t trotsky Dec 2014 #12
Yes! LOL! n/t. bvf Dec 2014 #13
I don't think Yahweh impregnated Mary against her will, but without her consent Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #10
Your ignorance is showing. rug Dec 2014 #53
Your ignorance is showing. AlbertCat Dec 2014 #179
Or who the main character is in MacBeth. rug Dec 2014 #180
Or who the main character is in MacBeth. AlbertCat Dec 2014 #189
No, only for literate people. rug Dec 2014 #193
As there is only one deity allegedly, at least in the Abrahamic religions, Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #11
Do you atually believe Satan claimed to be a god? rug Dec 2014 #57
In practice, Christianity isn't monotheistic cpwm17 Dec 2014 #102
That is a gross misunderstanding of the Trinity. rug Dec 2014 #138
Christians themselves don't consider them gods or separate gods cpwm17 Dec 2014 #140
Read the opening of the gospel of John. okasha Dec 2014 #152
You are really wrong here. rug Dec 2014 #153
Read "The Deathbird" by Harlan Ellison exboyfil Dec 2014 #14
Jahwe conducted the experiment on Job to prove his point to Lucifer. DetlefK Dec 2014 #15
Best thread so far today. Scuba Dec 2014 #16
Created flame bait? cbayer Dec 2014 #17
It's actually an interesting theological question. Which is precisely why you are here to deflect. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #18
it is amazing. I'm sure she will be admonished very soon now for her behavior. Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #37
Nope, I wanted some actual examples of evil things. DetlefK Dec 2014 #19
And I think this is nothing but flame bait. cbayer Dec 2014 #20
Are you trying to avoid answering the question? DetlefK Dec 2014 #23
You seriously are trying to understand this? Seriously? cbayer Dec 2014 #25
Okay, last attempt: DetlefK Dec 2014 #42
In the abrahamic tradition, god is the source of all evil. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #47
And where can I find those 10? DetlefK Dec 2014 #75
The book of job. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #78
Now you are being completely disingenuous. cbayer Dec 2014 #48
You should be able to answer it and he'd accept it, then. Goblinmonger Dec 2014 #55
Every time someone new comes in here with a negative view of religion, she tries to badger them out AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #71
Nice collection of links. trotsky Dec 2014 #77
Bullies will be bullies. cleanhippie Dec 2014 #101
I don't have an answer for him. cbayer Dec 2014 #76
I'm thinking you really never read Job. Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #127
Also, don't let Cbayer bully you out of here. You asked a good question. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #51
According to this theory edhopper Dec 2014 #29
Fallback position #1 for me. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #50
YouGov Poll Says Nearly 60% of Americans Believe the Devil is Real trotsky Dec 2014 #41
"Gallup found that "belief in the devil has increased from 55% in 1990 to 70% in 2004." 2naSalit Dec 2014 #83
You never covered Job? Goblinmonger Dec 2014 #44
Job is actually one of my favorite stories. cbayer Dec 2014 #52
I'm trying to react to this as calmly as possible. Goblinmonger Dec 2014 #59
ooops Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #62
We had a very large thread on this a year ago or so. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #74
Don't hurt yourself. cbayer Dec 2014 #81
"Don't hurt yourself" and again the odd veiled threat shows up. Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #95
While at the same time berating another for "not being civil" cleanhippie Dec 2014 #112
Poe poe poe poe poe poe poe poe poe poe poe poe poe poe poe poe poe poe poe poe poe poe poe poe poe AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #119
ha! cleanhippie Dec 2014 #124
That's essentially the use of it, as found in this forum of late. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #125
Correct, it's a word that is thrown out... trotsky Dec 2014 #126
It is a misuse. "A Poe" is a thing only here. Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #128
You might want to reread phil89 Dec 2014 #104
I might just reread it. cbayer Dec 2014 #111
There's hope unless you're one of job's kids, or servants. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #123
No it is a story of hope and redemption! Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #133
"Don't imagine you can understand or make sense of what it happening to you." Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #134
He tells people edhopper Dec 2014 #21
Yeah, that's the ticket. God is just like Nixon and the devil is just like Dawkins. cbayer Dec 2014 #22
No edhopper Dec 2014 #24
Er, I tend to think their position is that if it was wrong, it wasn't god. cbayer Dec 2014 #26
You are mistaking what I am saying edhopper Dec 2014 #27
Yeah, it's the rather persistent lack of delineation that I keep pointing out. cbayer Dec 2014 #39
I think I was pretty clear from the beginning edhopper Dec 2014 #43
You are right. My agenda is to find commonalities instead of differences cbayer Dec 2014 #58
Fine edhopper Dec 2014 #60
Perfect then. A lot of your "discussions" seem to be with me. cbayer Dec 2014 #86
True edhopper Dec 2014 #88
She's also got several of us on ignore. Narrows the field a bit. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #94
I am indeed very interested in your views on religion. cbayer Dec 2014 #97
"are you related to the OP? You have similar styles." trotsky Dec 2014 #33
I'm sure a host will be along to tell you that isn't cool. Goblinmonger Dec 2014 #45
Shitty, and a wildly unnecessary thing to have in this venue. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #54
What is it with you guys and your taking pretty much everything I say and distorting it. cbayer Dec 2014 #73
"It was, at worst, tongue in cheek" - so at worst you were just Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #93
'*if* I offended anyone, I (non-apology)...' AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #98
WTF? trotsky Dec 2014 #32
Apparantly the whole problem of the evil twin god of christianity Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #38
Clearly a nerve was touched, to use one of her favorite phrases. trotsky Dec 2014 #40
Well, to be fair, that about sums up the entire Christian response to that question cleanhippie Dec 2014 #61
Agreed. trotsky Dec 2014 #69
Well, in a way they did die-- they lost their innocence. TreasonousBastard Dec 2014 #183
WTF - self referential irony much? Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #28
You might want to come in here without guns blazing. Goblinmonger Dec 2014 #49
Saying "created flame bait" is guns blazing? Say, you're not the one who alerted on cbayer Dec 2014 #68
No, that's not something I would alert on because I know it wouldn't succeed. Goblinmonger Dec 2014 #70
You assume that I am too stupid to see this for exactly what it is. cbayer Dec 2014 #84
Call me a liar all you want. Goblinmonger Dec 2014 #90
Another gross distortion. I didn't call you a liar at all, I just noted that the wording was cbayer Dec 2014 #103
well yes you did, but whatever. Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #110
You're right about one thing. There IS too much at stake. trotsky Dec 2014 #113
Endlessly entertaining though.... PassingFair Dec 2014 #192
"Don't nanny me" - seriously? Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #92
This is a great question. I Rainforestgoddess Dec 2014 #30
Very interesting question. nichomachus Dec 2014 #31
he acts up in d_r Dec 2014 #34
oh d_r Dec 2014 #35
"non serviam" Man from Pickens Dec 2014 #36
+1 rug Dec 2014 #63
I'll answer this again edhopper Dec 2014 #46
Thanks. DetlefK Dec 2014 #80
Wow, for an atheist you sure do have some really clear ideas about what cbayer Dec 2014 #87
Some Christians edhopper Dec 2014 #89
Not interested on what is on youtube. cbayer Dec 2014 #107
I was giving the OP edhopper Dec 2014 #114
Nowhere in there did he say all Christians. Goblinmonger Dec 2014 #99
Read it again. I know it's hard to try and read what I say without finding cbayer Dec 2014 #108
And though I explained that edhopper Dec 2014 #115
Yeah, the satan stories have some of that theme - he's hurt, overlooked, scorned and reacts. pinto Dec 2014 #120
He's like a wounded child, something we are all familiar with, I am sure. cbayer Dec 2014 #122
Correction. bvf Dec 2014 #182
Read the book. okasha Dec 2014 #56
So just read the Bible edhopper Dec 2014 #64
As a retired teacher with instincts still intact, okasha Dec 2014 #79
So you think edhopper Dec 2014 #85
He can use a concordance. okasha Dec 2014 #91
Now that is a productive answer edhopper Dec 2014 #116
And as a teacher who's students have read the assignment and ask questions notadmblnd Dec 2014 #121
Open class discussion on the subject. okasha Dec 2014 #154
where questions would be allowed? notadmblnd Dec 2014 #155
How would you have a discussion okasha Dec 2014 #156
So, peers answered your former students questions during class discussions, and your role was? notadmblnd Dec 2014 #157
My students were adults. okasha Dec 2014 #161
Hopefully your responses to your former adult students notadmblnd Dec 2014 #165
"Some of the people here" okasha Dec 2014 #168
This message was self-deleted by its author notadmblnd Dec 2014 #194
What's that thing in the Bible about not judging? notadmblnd Dec 2014 #195
Sorry. I'm neither Christian or Jewish. okasha Dec 2014 #207
This message was self-deleted by its author notadmblnd Dec 2014 #208
Totally. Just did that today in class. Goblinmonger Dec 2014 #148
But there are so many websites with ready-made lists. rug Dec 2014 #65
Why do you even come on a discussion board, then? Goblinmonger Dec 2014 #67
Just want to say I hope our local satanist posts with his views on this. LostOne4Ever Dec 2014 #82
That would be Prophet451 and I would also like to hear what he has to say. cbayer Dec 2014 #129
Yeah, because none of the rest of us could read a fucking book. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #137
There are quite a number of games and anime with plots similar to that LostOne4Ever Dec 2014 #159
I am going to watch the rest of it tonight. cbayer Dec 2014 #162
The Narrow Way/Path, the Tao is the Healing Path. Always do which is conducive to healing. Dont call me Shirley Dec 2014 #174
But what if that was all propaganda? LostOne4Ever Dec 2014 #176
Speaking from personal experience, the healing path (whatever it is called), the path of kindness, Dont call me Shirley Dec 2014 #177
I have to say the massive diversion in this thread is the best part. Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #96
Shit flinging rage monkey Goblinmonger Dec 2014 #105
That's good! I saved it... TreasonousBastard Dec 2014 #184
In the Latin tellings of the tale - Pride pinto Dec 2014 #100
I am learning quite a lot here. cbayer Dec 2014 #117
I love that you're pretending to just now discover the Satan character. cleanhippie Dec 2014 #130
Well, she didn't know who Shaggy was, either. Goblinmonger Dec 2014 #131
Wha? Didn't know who Shaggy was? cleanhippie Dec 2014 #132
Yeah Goblinmonger Dec 2014 #135
That's an interesting, although one-dimensional, idea... TreasonousBastard Dec 2014 #186
Per a song WovenGems Dec 2014 #109
I think this is a great question for this group, and I'm sorry someone tried (is trying) so hard to Heddi Dec 2014 #118
He was 'round when Jesus Christ had his moment of doubt and pain. iscooterliberally Dec 2014 #136
LOL. I give up... pinto Dec 2014 #139
This was a great discussion until Cbayer decided, unilaterally, that it was flamebait Heddi Dec 2014 #142
As usual Heddi, you nailed it again. cleanhippie Dec 2014 #143
I'm sorry, but her actions in this thread are bullshit Heddi Dec 2014 #144
I am going to offer my apologies to you. cbayer Dec 2014 #141
This is great to see from you. I think it will help. trotsky Dec 2014 #145
key word "may" Heddi Dec 2014 #146
" I may have jumped the gun" is a non apology. Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #147
Well speaking for all atheists edhopper Dec 2014 #149
Oh, ed. trotsky Dec 2014 #150
Well played…. cbayer Dec 2014 #151
You were far from apologizing to the OP Heddi Dec 2014 #158
Forget it. Everything's fine. :D DetlefK Dec 2014 #197
Got a call from mash up central. What's the score? pinto Dec 2014 #160
It's a tie and we may have to go into overtime. cbayer Dec 2014 #163
Consensus of the Group's hosts. We're locking this. pinto Dec 2014 #164
And we are back. Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #166
Hahahahahahahahahahaha! cleanhippie Dec 2014 #167
This message was self-deleted by its author darkangel218 Dec 2014 #169
What are you talking about? cleanhippie Dec 2014 #171
Not sure. Were you agreeing with the OP? darkangel218 Dec 2014 #172
I consider satan to be more the lawyer accuser type. hrmjustin Dec 2014 #170
This thread got me to thinking about a Cheers episode goldent Dec 2014 #173
Since this doesn't seem to have been covered, Satan is in the apocryphal books too muriel_volestrangler Dec 2014 #175
Other than falling from the grace of God? Depaysement Dec 2014 #185
Tempted Jesus, I guess, but... TreasonousBastard Dec 2014 #187
Obviously the Pickle Surprise Heddi Dec 2014 #188
I think it is a mistake... Act_of_Reparation Dec 2014 #190
Fine, still we have a mountain of outright evil attributed to Yahweh and Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #191
Jeffrey Burton Russell is a historian of ideas. okasha Dec 2014 #206
Satan's worst sin is not obeying god Prophet 451 Dec 2014 #196
I am glad you weighed on this. I was hoping you would cbayer Dec 2014 #199
Glad to enlighten :) Prophet 451 Dec 2014 #200
Neither God nor Satan do anything evil in the Christian Holy Bible. ZombieHorde Dec 2014 #198
I would suggest he had a hand in the latest interpretations. randr Dec 2014 #201
Here are some sites that have been keeping score BlueStreak Dec 2014 #204
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