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. . . that the be most hostile, insulting, rude, impolite and bad-mannered posters on this board (and the Christian version) tend to be the YEC's?
Is it only YEC's that you have a problem with, or are there other kinds of people that you have a problem with also?

What I am really wondering is, what is your complaint against God? Just what exactly has God done, that you do not approve of? Or what has God not done that you think He should have done?

It is pretty clear you all have some sort of a problem with people. But just what exactly is your problem if any with God?
 

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JohnR7 said:
Is it only YEC's that you have a problem with, or are there other kinds of people that you have a problem with also?

What I am really wondering is, what is your complaint against God? Just what exactly has God done, that you do not approve of? Or what has God not done that you think He should have done?

Why are you bringing God into this? The OP was about YECs. You do realize that there is a difference...

It is pretty clear you all have some sort of a problem with people. But just what exactly is your problem if any with God?

The only people I have a problem with are those who spout gibberish and claim it's "God's Word."
 
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Nathan Poe said:
The only people I have a problem with are those who spout gibberish and claim it's "God's Word."
So you have no complaint at all against God? God has given to you everything you want, and you want all that God has given to you?

Why are you bringing God into this?


Why not? I was just wondering, if there is any charge you want to bring against God.
 
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Arikay said:
What was the point of this thread then?

The point is to get you to answer the question. I think it is a pretty easy question. Has God given you all you want and to do you want everything that God has given to you? Is there something perhaps you want, that God has denyed you and is not providing you with?
 
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Plan 9 said:
John, There's already a thread for this discussion. Why start another?

What thread is that? Anyways, it is just a question: has not God given to you everything you want? Has He given to you anything that you do not want? Or has He ever done anything in your life that you did not want Him to do?
 
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JohnR7 said:
So you have no complaint at all against God? God has given to you everything you want, and you want all that God has given to you?

I have most of what I've ever wanted or needed; I simply don't think it was God who gave it to me.


Why not? I was just wondering, if there is any charge you want to bring against God.

Why not? because it has nothing to do with the topic you posted..

Focus, Johnny, focus!
 
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I think what John is trying to say is that we must only be attacking YEC'ism because we have some deeper "issue" with God. Which is ridiculous, of course. But when you can't deal with the issues directly, it is sometimes a good idea to act as if the debate is really about something else and then try to talk about that.
 
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JohnR7 said:
Is it only YEC's that you have a problem with, or are there other kinds of people that you have a problem with also?

What I am really wondering is, what is your complaint against God? Just what exactly has God done, that you do not approve of? Or what has God not done that you think He should have done?

It is pretty clear you all have some sort of a problem with people. But just what exactly is your problem if any with God?
Why do you think that anyone's personal disaproval of you translates to a disaproval of God. You're not God. You're not the son of God. You are in no way related to anyone's personal conception of God except your own. Don't try and use "God hating" to trump our refutations of your creationist proposals.
 
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JohnR7 said:
So you have no complaint at all against God? God has given to you everything you want, and you want all that God has given to you?
I want to give my life back to God, I don't want it, I want to have never been born, yet I can't have that. So no, God has not given me everything I want.
 
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JohnR7 said:
What thread is that? Anyways, it is just a question: has not God given to you everything you want? Has He given to you anything that you do not want? Or has He ever done anything in your life that you did not want Him to do?


The thread is "Why is it...", the one you quoted from to start your thread, which doesn't belong in this forum.
 
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Well, I dont believe in god, so the question is null, beyond that, I dont want anything.

John, Im curious, why did you feel the need to prejudge us in the begining of the thread? isnt that gods Job? are you trying to be like God John? :)

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The point is to get you to answer the question. I think it is a pretty easy question. Has God given you all you want and to do you want everything that God has given to you? Is there something perhaps you want, that God has denyed you and is not providing you with?
 
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Why is it. . . that the most hostile, insulting, rude, impolite and bad-mannered posters on this board (and the Christian version) tend to be the YEC's?
JohnR7 said:
Is it only YEC's that you have a problem with, or are there other kinds of people that you have a problem with also?

What I am really wondering is, what is your complaint against God? Just what exactly has God done, that you do not approve of? Or what has God not done that you think He should have done?

It is pretty clear you all have some sort of a problem with people. But just what exactly is your problem if any with God?
All we have to do is change the order of the questions in your OP and we see that you've answered your first question for us.
JohnR7 said:
Is it only YEC's that you have a problem with, or are there other kinds of people that you have a problem with also?

It is pretty clear you all have some sort of a problem with people. But just what exactly is your problem if any with God?
John, I question whether your assumption is true, but supposing for a moment that it is, I don't understand why you go on to assume that the writer of the original OP must also have a problem with God.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I have the impression that this statement upset you. Is that true? If so, why, John?
Cantuar said:
So, John, is there any reason why the part of the original post of the other thread saying "I would expect to see condescending incivility from non-Christians" didn't also grab your attention?
Cantuar's point is a good one. As a matter of fact, since you're a gap theorist and a Christian, the statements in this OP don't seem to have included you.

In additon, I don't understand why you quote the statement of one individual, but apparently attribute it to all of us.
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All the people who post on this board. I am wondering if they have a complaint against God, or if it is just people they have a problem with.
Then, as Arikay points out, you prejudge all of us.
Arikay said:
John, Im curious, why did you feel the need to prejudge us in the begining of the thread?
What's going on, John? Could you explain, please?
 
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