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    Atheists, Do We Care About Our Image?

    Ya cause if you don't you're going to be grouped with the extremist end of the spectrum. Same thing happens to every other demographic as well. Actually i'd awager jews and blacks are reviled more. The news certainly doesn't help with anyone's image. if it's not one nut from one side doing...
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    God and Pre-universe

    just to note, the biblical account of this world only deals with this world not what came before (tho many assume that it refers to the whole of creation). eternal merely means god's time or god's existance. however for most eternal is synonymous with forever or infinite. as for your question it...
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    Who first saw the Devil in the Garden of Eden?

    no not when moses turned his staff into a ssnake, when the israelites were plaged by fiery (ie venomous) snakes, after which moses had a snake put upon a staff or pole and erected it before the israelites and all who looked on it were healed. was just wandering if it reads solely only as a...
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    Who first saw the Devil in the Garden of Eden?

    out of curiosity, how do you read the text when moses raises a snake on his staff in exodus?
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    Who first saw the Devil in the Garden of Eden?

    ya devil wasn't the term that was used in old testament. lots of names and symbols refer to him tho. Altho the snake is a symbol for cunning or intelligence. I wouldn't be surprised if there was some "sneakiness or stealthy" type of context with it as well. the archetype of the character is one...
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    Abrahamics and your beard.

    it's not to him per se. however God has always kept those are to do his will apart from others through various means, usually with rites that are heavy in symbolism.
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    Problems with Noah and the flood

    1st; sometimes events get swapped or placed out of order and sometimes parts get dropped, does reversing the 2 verses clear it up. also hebrews had a habit of repeating themselves. 2nd; this isn't too much of an issue for those who believe that Christ and his Father are two seperate beings- And...
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    Why didn´t the Devil test Adam instead of Eve?.

    Ya she was probably beautiful for him.. however I highly doubt that was the enticement.
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    Is Jesus truly God?

    Jesus is a God. So is his Father. I find where Christ prays for his apostles to be one with him as He (christ) was one with the Father. I also find Christ's rebuke "Is it not writeten ye are gods?" to be interesting. I keep getting the feeling that the general understanding of what a God is or...
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    Poll: Sola Scriptura - Biblical or Unbiblical?

    no beacause then that puts the messenger as God, rather than the messenger.
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    Is the Bible still holy?

    He Has, repeatedly throughout history. The people who had what was left over from the previous reboot generally try to stop or kill the new one.
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    Why would this be a good thing?

    change is hard on people, especially for those who are comfortable where they are, and almost guaranteed to go with change there will be strife and chaos.
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    Religion without constraint

    hmmm generally the goal of religion is to reach some form of higher living- this is done through some form of discipline or another and discipline requires some constraint.
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    What inspired homophobia?

    many cultures tended to not care too much about a lot of things like child sex, homosexuality, slavery, or killing outside the central unit. as for the OP, question anytime something gets defined as wrong or unpopular it tends to get demonized. and humans are poor at using restraint or moderation.
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    Why is conversion only available before death?

    any semblence to that concept was purged from christianity early on.. and made loose sort of comeback with the catholic concept of purgatory. the next concept that popped up that kind of touches it is the one were everybody is saved regardless of what they do or believe. You don't really see the...
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