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View Poll Results: Where are you?
God plays an active role in my life 12 25.00%
God merely watches from a distance 10 20.83%
I want to believe, but have found no evidence of God 10 20.83%
There is no God 12 25.00%
Only fools could believe in God 4 8.33%
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Old 02-21-2005, 12:42 PM   #1
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Bee-u-tiful. No one has ever explained it to me that way. Totally makes sense. My knee jerk response to the marriage fairy scenario is of course free will. Now, let me chew on this awhile and see what I can find that I don't like about it
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Old 02-21-2005, 01:09 PM   #2
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The other side of the choice story is whether you want a life that is filled with meaning or a life that is filled with certainty. Meaning doesn't necessarily pay the bills, so to speak.

The story doesn't fly. God doesn't have needs or wants that are made clear in any part of the manual.
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Old 02-21-2005, 02:07 PM   #3
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The story doesn't fly. God doesn't have needs or wants that are made clear in any part of the manual.
I always thought the story said God created us because he was lonely..? Loneliness is a need/want.
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Old 02-21-2005, 02:16 PM   #4
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I always thought the story said God created us because he was lonely..? Loneliness is a need/want.
Cite please.
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