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Jesus suffered?

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Zebra1552

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is this an argument for child molestation as well? parents create there children, does this mean they can do anything they want to them?
Don't need to pay attention to the discourse to know that's a straw man.
 
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Someone needs to learn what a straw man actually is.
Assuming that the other person's argument is that God can do whatever He wants with what He creates, then attacking said argument and using it to justify a horrible act? Yeah, I'd say that's a straw man.
 
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Nope, he was stronger than your "savior".
Therein lies a good deal of the point.

He kept living. The existance of a God of any sort is still open to speculation, therefore, you can't say that Jesus was a God either.
I can say what I choose, but not "... was a God", but "is God". Some disagree, but that doesn't stop me saying it.

That is the logic that Christians make it. "He suffered and DIED for your sins!"
There should be an (at least implicit) "and rose again". Resurrection is central - without it he is no more than a martyr and sin, suffering and death are not dealt with.
 
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Can you point to us the last child that was created without parents?

All children have parents. However, it still isn't the parents who create the child. God creates the child.

Although, if I wanted to be clever, I guess I could say Joshua, the Son of Nun.
 
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