"You gotta look out for number one, but don't step in number two." - Rodney Dangerfield
Who is your number one? You? God? Something else?
Who is your number one? You? God? Something else?
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God is my number one, but God does not need anyone looking out for Him because God is completely self-sufficient."You gotta look out for number one, but don't step in number two." - Rodney Dangerfield
Who is your number one? You? God? Something else?
Do you mean that God is number one in your life but you hate God?God is number one. But I actually hate God, I just pray to him because I believe he'll stop screwing people over if he has enough people praying and worshipping him.
God screwed the Muslims over by refusing to let them know the truth.Do you mean that God is number one in your life but you hate God?
I can relate because I feel that way sometimes....
I do not think that God is screwing anyone over... I think that people are screwing each other over and then blaming God... I do not think God is doing anything, not that we can detect.
God is never going to speak up so you may as well get used to it.God's refusal to speak up is screwing everyone over.
That doesn't change the fact that God is screwing the human race over with his silence.God is never going to speak up so you may as well get used to it.
God left us to sort it out.....God dwells in inaccessible glory.
So, this "loving" and "benevolent" god cares nothing about our suffering, nothing about the mass confusion of how muddled his word has gotten, and doesn't care enough to see fit that we are correctly guided but has books that issue tons of warnings for not getting the god thing right in this life? Minus the torture part, that isn't loving or benevolent but apathetic at best. With the punishment, it's cruel and sadistic.God is never going to speak up so you may as well get used to it.
God left us to sort it out.....
God saw to it that humanity got the Guidance it needed through the Revelation of Baha'u'llah, but it is not God's fault that most people have rejected that Guidance in favor of the older religions, which do not have the remedy mankind needs in this new age. Free will is and always has been sacrosanct in God's Eyes. People have to choose to recognize the Messenger of God for this new age. They will all come around eventually but there might be hell to pay before that happens.So, this "loving" and "benevolent" god cares nothing about our suffering, nothing about the mass confusion of how muddled his word has gotten, and doesn't care enough to see fit that we are correctly guided but has books that issue tons of warnings for not getting the god thing right in this life? Minus the torture part, that isn't loving or benevolent but apathetic at best. With the punishment, it's cruel and sadistic.
God is not doing anything but waiting for humans to get off their duffs and pay attention to what Baha'u'llah wrote, which is the only thing that can straighten out the mess in the kitchen the older religions have made.That doesn't change the fact that God is screwing the human race over with his silence.
But how can we know for sure that is god's message and guidance if he isn't willing to discuss things with us? And if god is never going to speak up, how and why did he speak to Baha'u'llah?God saw to it that humanity got the Guidance it needed through the Revelation of Baha'u'llah, but it is not God's fault that most people have rejected that Guidance in favor of the older religions, which do not have the remedy mankind needs in this new age.
Free will doesn't exist. And it's scientifically accurate to say that once we have accounted for the other factors and variables that shape us and influence our behaviors, what little room that left for our own will isn't enough or free enough to be called "free will" unless you want to accept at face value and upfront that "free will" is a misnomer.Free will is and always has been sacrosanct in God's Eyes.
Then why doesn't god take a more active role in preventing this?They will all come around eventually but there might be hell to pay before that happens.
"You gotta look out for number one, but don't step in number two." - Rodney Dangerfield
Who is your number one? You? God? Something else?
He'd be a number one I'd look out for!I thought Commander Riker was number one .
No idea. I honestly don't understand what that means."You gotta look out for number one, but don't step in number two." - Rodney Dangerfield
Who is your number one? You? God? Something else?
We read the message and decide for ourselves if it rings true.... that is how we know.But how can we know for sure that is god's message and guidance if he isn't willing to discuss things with us? And if god is never going to speak up, how and why did he speak to Baha'u'llah?
Humans have the will/ability to make choices based upon their desires and preferences. Our desires and preferences come from a combination of factors such as childhood upbringing, heredity, education, adult experiences, and present life circumstances. How free they are varies with the situation. Certainly what we refer to as “free will” has many constraints. However, we have the ability to make choices. Otherwise, we would just be at the mercy of our past experiences and our heredity. I do not believe that is the case. I believe we have freedom to act within parameters.Free will doesn't exist. And it's scientifically accurate to say that once we have accounted for the other factors and variables that shape us and influence our behaviors, what little room that left for our own will isn't enough or free enough to be called "free will" unless you want to accept at face value and upfront that "free will" is a misnomer.
God wants people to learn by experience. If God bails us out we will never learn anything and we will just keep repeating the same mistakes. God is not going to intervene with free will and stop people from making mistakes but there are certain indications that God might do something to intervene.Then why doesn't god take a more active role in preventing this?
That isn't free will but compatibility. It is exactly those factors that leaves the notion of free will utterly and entirely in the land of false beliefs. And though we don't know how much exactly our behaviors are pre-determined or not, the more we look, the more we uncover, the less "free" it appears we are.Our desires and preferences come from a combination of factors such as childhood upbringing, heredity, education, adult experiences, and present life circumstances. How free they are varies with the situation. Certainly what we refer to as “free will” has many constraints. However, we have the ability to make choices. Otherwise, we would just be at the mercy of our past experiences and our heredity. I do not believe that is the case. I believe we have freedom to act within parameters.
What rings true for one won't ring true for another. And for some people that is very bad advice.We read the message and decide for ourselves if it rings true.... that is how we know.
Not that many people have seriously or deeply even pondered the question of does free will exist or not, and the idea lives on unfettered and unchallenged. But even those who are determinist and doubters of free will still tend to accept that some people do need to be put away from the rest of society. Our actions, if our will is free or not, always have consequences.If humans did not have free will how could they ever be held accountable in a court of law?
You don't let a child learn to not shoot someone or themselves in the head by letting them shooting themselves or another in the head. Some lessons come with such great consequences that it's definitely better for someone who is experienced and knowledgeable to step in and teach the lesson before it's too late. But, some people don't care and will watch as a disaster waiting to happen becomes a disaster.If God bails us out we will never learn anything and we will just keep repeating the same mistakes.
Looking out for number one is looking out for yourself as top priority. Don't step on number two got me chatting about the bridges I've burnt in anger in the past in the random announcements thread.No idea. I honestly don't understand what that means.
"You gotta look out for number one, but don't step in number two." - Rodney Dangerfield
Who is your number one? You? God? Something else?