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Old 26-12-2016, 14:49
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I'll take this vaguely seriously.

Perhaps God feels it's better to even out the deaths over 12 months rather than 11. Perhaps the paper work He has to do is lengthy and they don't want people banging on the pearly gates for weeks while they're processed.

I know I'd be miffed if I waited weeks to get in only to discover my internet history was used against me and it meant eternity in the basement Though maybe God likes internet lesbian pornography too!
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Old 26-12-2016, 14:51
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No such thing as God. End of thread.
You don't know that for sure though....do you?

Even people who don't believe in God, think the universe appeared magically from nothing. That's a major head hurt and if was the case, still allows for a million versions of a God that nobody has thought of yet.
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Old 26-12-2016, 15:06
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Originally Posted by Doctorb;84971352g
You don't know that for sure though....do you?

Even people who don't believe in God, think the universe appeared magically from nothing. That's a major head hurt and if was the case, still allows for a million versions of a God that nobody has thought of yet.
best answer I'm not religious and science has answered an awful lot, but everything consists of matter, ask a scientist to tell you where the matter came from.
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Old 26-12-2016, 15:08
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Thinking about it perhaps God is being merciful by taking somebody over Christmas rather than making them suffer and drag on for another 3 weeks.

I'd certainly be pissed if I found out I could have been released earlier rather than sticking around just for Christmas day.
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Old 26-12-2016, 15:34
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I bet the bastard doesn't let up around Valentine's Day either. There will be folk who, in the throes of love, will have a romantic night all planned out but will be cruelly taken by this so-called god character before they have the chance to really let their love blossom.

I bet he allows people to die before before they eat their Easter eggs too, AND he probably lets them die on bank holiday weekends while they're finally able to enjoy a nice long weekend, the mean spirited bastard.
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Old 26-12-2016, 15:38
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Apparently he let his own kid get nailed to a cross, so I wouldn't expect too much compassion from him toward strangers.
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Old 26-12-2016, 15:38
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I bet the bastard doesn't let up around Valentine's Day either. There will be folk who, in the throes of love, will have a romantic night all planned out but will be cruelly taken by this so-called god character before they have the chance to really let their love blossom.

I bet he allows people to die before before they eat their Easter eggs too, AND he probably lets them die on bank holiday weekends while they're finally able to enjoy a nice long weekend, the mean spirited bastard.
You think He'd leave them alone on Sundays too!
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Old 26-12-2016, 15:50
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Why does God take people at any time.

What's he doing with them all?
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Old 26-12-2016, 16:02
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Why does God take people at any time.

What's he doing with them all?
Expanding the Heavenly choir to better compete with Gareth Malone
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Old 26-12-2016, 16:10
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Expanding the Heavenly choir to better compete with Gareth Malone
I was hoping for raising an army of the dead. Or the Cybermen collecting bodies.
Remember 3W.
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Old 26-12-2016, 17:04
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"christmas'' was already a pagan festival, which was ''upgraded'', after roman emperor Constantine converted the roman empire to christianity, from paganism. But, to look that up, u need an internet connection. Which God doesn't have, of course ......
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Old 26-12-2016, 18:15
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Why does God take people at any time.

What's he doing with them all?
I was hoping for raising an army of the dead. Or the Cybermen collecting bodies.
Remember 3W.
Nah, he is actually recruiting for a couple of huge "It's a Knockout" teams.
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Old 26-12-2016, 18:17
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Because life's a b*tch and then you die.
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Old 26-12-2016, 18:27
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Read the Torah, the OT or the Quran OP.

Any notion of that (thankfully fictional) entity being anything but a sadistic, childish brutal and psychopathic desert monster will very soon evaporate.

Not surprising really - Bronze age goat herders did not know any better after all.
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Old 26-12-2016, 18:41
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God doesn't have to conform to the sensitivities of any person. He can ggive and take when ever he wants.
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Old 26-12-2016, 19:00
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He never intervenes any more, not like he used to when he Let there be light and created everything
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Old 26-12-2016, 19:03
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All the values which the different religions teach about "treating others as you would want to be treated". etc. yet from 14th December - 4th January people die - young, old, celebrity, normal. Sometimes in devastating unforeseen circumstances. What is he playing at

Can't we just have a mass cull in mid January then return to normal? Does he not take a holiday to celebrate? If he does, maybe that is why these atrocities happen Should there not be a deputy God? Is that not what the angels are for?

If anyone can answer sensibly please do.
Maybe cause their places are waiting for them, and have to step into them at the right time. Angels are there to help people get there.
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Old 26-12-2016, 19:09
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There's no god it was just a book that someone wrote and over the years people have took it to be real ,if there is /was a god where has he been hiding all these years why does he allow kids to be killed or sexually assaulted
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Old 26-12-2016, 19:13
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I wish he'd take me, the telly this afternoon is horrendous
Or better still take the telly Some earlier progs have been good, and Dad's Army is on now on BBC 2
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Old 26-12-2016, 19:23
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best answer I'm not religious and science has answered an awful lot, but everything consists of matter, ask a scientist to tell you where the matter came from.
I'm not religious either, but atheists claiming they know something as fact is just as stupid as those who believe God version 1, like it's some binary answer.
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Old 26-12-2016, 19:26
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There's no god it was just a book that someone wrote and over the years people have took it to be real ,if there is /was a god where has he been hiding all these years why does he allow kids to be killed or sexually assaulted
This is the thing I'm talking about. You believe there is no God because of an obviously flawed book. It's like saying you don't believe in aliens ever existing because you believe Star Trek is a work of fiction.
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Old 26-12-2016, 19:36
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You don't know that for sure though....do you?

Even people who don't believe in God, think the universe appeared magically from nothing. That's a major head hurt and if was the case, still allows for a million versions of a God that nobody has thought of yet.
What we do know is that for thousands of years different people have worshipped different 'gods' from the Romans:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_deities

The ancient Greeks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ures#Immortals

all sorts of different gods, and yet people are so convinced that their gods as Muslims and Christians are 'the' god.

They can't all be right, so the sensible approach to take would be to suggest that it is a human condition to invent gods or believe in stories told down the years, or that people have learned that they can seize power through selling the story of god, for some it is a good living and a social circle, it gives people comfort and a sense of belonging.

Essentially people believe what they are taught by elders as they grow up, and if they are pushed into religion from a young age it has a large impression on them. I personally think all religion should be strongly discouraged and that the law should say that religious studies should be taught from a sceptical viewpoint and teach people to question and look at the the other sociological reasons why others believe in religion. I also think Children shouldn't have god pushed on them by their parents.

Some of the 'threats' for not believing are truly cruel, you'll go to hell, this will happen, that will happen. As a Muslim if you turn your back on religion you'd be an outcast from your family, it is a dirty rotten practice and we need more people to open people's eyes and encourage critical thinking.
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Old 26-12-2016, 19:49
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He never intervenes any more, not like he used to when he Let there be light and created everything
Well didn't he supposedly create man in his own image, with a brain, the ability to think, reason, kill, love, etc. and I thought the idea was then to leave humans to it, not intervene every 5 minutes when something terrible was going to happen.
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Old 26-12-2016, 19:51
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Is doggie heaven the same as human heaven?
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Old 26-12-2016, 19:54
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Nuff said.

http://www.godchecker.com/
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