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Recent content by addo

  1. addo

    How do you know God is really good?

    I was making "good > evil" more of an axiomatic belief. But anyway, at what are we supposed to look when deciding whether good is better than evil? At what's in your best self-interest or at whether that particular thing helps other human beings, for example? But to answer your question, yes, I...
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    How do you know God is really good?

    Well, I'll try a new approach and see where this goes. If we define God as the greatest conceivable being and accept that good > evil, then God is good for an evil God would be inferior to a good God, and God is the greatest, so that cannot be.
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    Why is God hidden?

    Simple question: why is God a hidden God? There being the possibility of having more evidence of God, why doesn't God manifest Himself fully instead of providing only sufficient evidence (which allows disbelief)? Please, provide as many reasons as you can, or only the ones you think as relevant...
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    Why is God good?

    Hello, I'm looking for an explanation as to why is God good. In Christianity God is basically good by definition. There isn't a possible world in which God isn't God. Goodness in essential to God. God's nature doesn't just happen to be "good", it's that goodness is inherent to God. But what I...
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    Were you brought up a christian, or did you find your faith of your own accord?

    The is a typo in the poll. It should be "atheist", not "athiest". I was raised in a Christian home but it can be said that God became a bigger part of my life when I was searching on my own.
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    What did Jesus mean when He said we had to hate our lives?

    I think the point here is that our 'love' of this world should appear as hate in comparison with our love for Christ.
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    Why all the rituals in OT?

    In the Temple there were many rituals. Why so? What's the reason God chose to establish these rituals for the Jews to do? God bless.
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    SMBC Comic regarding Eve coming from Adam's rib

    I saw this comic today: Mainly it's supposed to be funny, but it brings up an interesting point of which I've never thought before. So, did Eve have the same DNA as Adam since she was made from his rib? I know it's silly, but please take it seriously. God bless you, Emanuel
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    If one covets a dog, does he deserve eternal torture fo that sin?

    No. It may be wrong, but it doesn't deserve eternal torment.
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    Grey morality

    Well, as another person pointed out, it will technically be rape, since you are basically forced to have sex. Even though the commandment condemns an action, every action happens in a context and thus they must be judged, if judged at all, in the context in which they happened. Anyway, thank...
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    Grey morality

    I was wondering about some moral dilemmas and what should we Christians do if we are found in one of them. For example: you live in Germany in 1943 and you have Jews hidden in your home. Nazis come at the door and ask you to tell whether you have any. If you tell the truth, they will certainly...
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    Trouble with the idea of a personal God

    Is it so hard to imagine a God interacting with his creations?
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    Cure of science, protection of God and other things

    Okay. I heard an atheist say once that Christians behave like atheists when they use science to heal themselves instead of relying on the protection of God. How should I answer to this? To what extent is God protecting us? And another one, from Dr. House (season 1 episode 5 I think) he said...
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    Who was Jesus' biological father?

    Are you a troll or something? Sorry, but the Christian position is so very well known on this that I can't believe you actually make this question. In the Christian worldview, Jesus Christ does not have a biological father, only a mother. God made it so that the Messiah would be born without...
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    Who's free will matters most?

    I think significant free will could partially be an answer. God doesn't merely want us to have 'free will', but significant free will. That is, if we make important decisions, they should also have big consequences, whether good or bad. In your example an injustice occurs, in that there is a...