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Posted on 04/09/2009 10:43:46 PM PDT by djf

Freepers are just about the most inventive group of folks I've been involved with.

Also, the most curious.

So I though I would toss this out to see what's on our collective minds.

If you had ONE QUESTION, just one, that you could ask of God (or whatever higher power you believe in), what would it be?

I'll ping a gold star to whoever comes up with mine first!


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1 posted on 04/09/2009 10:43:47 PM PDT by djf
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To: djf

Why Al Gore?


2 posted on 04/09/2009 10:46:22 PM PDT by jwalburg (I live in the 57th state.)
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To: djf

“Why are there so many vanities on FR?”


3 posted on 04/09/2009 10:46:38 PM PDT by SIDENET (Hubba Hubba...)
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To: djf

Can I shake your hand?


4 posted on 04/09/2009 10:47:35 PM PDT by MistrX
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To: SIDENET

Some questions will never be answered.

Besides, I don’t see it as a vanity. I’m asking others what they think, not telling them what I think.

Isn’t it past your bedtime??


5 posted on 04/09/2009 10:49:01 PM PDT by djf (Live quiet. Dream loud.)
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To: djf

Why is there so much chaos in the world?


6 posted on 04/09/2009 10:49:28 PM PDT by Islaminaction
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To: djf

I was just talking about this with my kids. Of course now I can’t remember what we were wondering about.

Off the top of my head I would have to say “How does gravity work?” I suppose it can somehow be explained by quantum physics or whatever. So perhaps my question would be - “explain gravity to me so I can understand it”!


7 posted on 04/09/2009 10:50:00 PM PDT by 21twelve (Drive Reality out with a pitchfork if you want , it always comes back.)
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To: Islaminaction

Freewill.


8 posted on 04/09/2009 10:50:24 PM PDT by 21twelve (Drive Reality out with a pitchfork if you want , it always comes back.)
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To: djf

Why did evil prevail on November 4, 2008?


9 posted on 04/09/2009 10:50:53 PM PDT by max americana
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To: djf
Isn’t it past your bedtime??

Actually, it is.

(I was just goofin' with ya'.)

10 posted on 04/09/2009 10:50:56 PM PDT by SIDENET (Hubba Hubba...)
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To: djf

This is America, yet we are infested with hostile Obamatron drones and other communists. Why is that?


11 posted on 04/09/2009 10:51:37 PM PDT by Prole (Please pray for the families of Chris and Channon. May God always watch over them.)
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To: djf

What is the nature of God and the universe?


12 posted on 04/09/2009 10:51:43 PM PDT by MarineBrat (The New York Times is a Communist Kamikaze.)
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To: djf
Is there intelligent life somewhere else in the universe?
13 posted on 04/09/2009 10:52:04 PM PDT by roses of sharon (Pray Hussein fails!)
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To: SIDENET

I know. You took the first shot, so I had to take one back!

regards!
;-)


14 posted on 04/09/2009 10:52:04 PM PDT by djf (Live quiet. Dream loud.)
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To: djf

If I am lucky enough to ask him anything face to face and live, I will probably ask him how I got there.

: )


15 posted on 04/09/2009 10:52:08 PM PDT by Califreak (111th Congress: Destroying America With Reckless Abandon)
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To: MarineBrat

Good one... but ask him that on Twitter and I don’t think he can answer in 140 characters or less...


16 posted on 04/09/2009 10:53:38 PM PDT by djf (Live quiet. Dream loud.)
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To: djf

Why is this very secular and very pro-leftist world still moving in the direction of becoming even more secular and even more pro-leftist everyday, instead of the world actually becoming more religious and more pro-conservative everyday?


17 posted on 04/09/2009 10:54:25 PM PDT by johnthebaptistmoore (Conservatives obey the rules. Leftists cheat. Who probably has the political advantage?)
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To: djf

My second one would be, is Islam the false religion?


18 posted on 04/09/2009 10:54:31 PM PDT by Islaminaction
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To: Islaminaction

If there is no answer, does that mean all religions are false?

(that’s my question to you, not God)


19 posted on 04/09/2009 10:59:28 PM PDT by djf (Live quiet. Dream loud.)
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To: djf

Hi, Since I am here, does it mean I can stay?

seriously, Why did my Moms only brother have to die at 33 the year before I was born and why did my best friends Mom have to die in 1980 causing the family to spin out of control. Maybe they will be standing there in his loving arms and I won’t care by then.


20 posted on 04/09/2009 10:59:45 PM PDT by ynotjjr (who loves you now)
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To: djf

Could You create a pepper so hot even You couldn’t eat it?

Serious Answer: Am I on the right path to salvation?


21 posted on 04/09/2009 11:00:02 PM PDT by Welsh Rabbit
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To: Islaminaction

Could G-d make a rock so big that even He couldn’t lift it?

Seriously, now - go visit YouTube and look up the O’Bama vs. Alan Keyes debate: Keyes-Obama debate 2 (Christianity). Listen to Keyes’ answer at 1:50.


22 posted on 04/09/2009 11:03:18 PM PDT by QBFimi (When gunpowder speaks, beasts listen.)
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To: johnthebaptistmoore

I think America is downgrading, johnthebaptistmoore, but I think the world as a whole is moving towards the Messiah. I do believe we have more Christians now than at any time in history.


23 posted on 04/09/2009 11:03:38 PM PDT by Marie2 (The capacity for self-government is a moral quality. Only a moral people can be free.)
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To: djf

How can he not answer? lol! I am not religious but Islam is the biggest con going and brings nothing but pain and misery to the world. Founded by a double talking child rapist, that is why I ask.


24 posted on 04/09/2009 11:03:44 PM PDT by Islaminaction
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To: djf; 21twelve

Why did You allow Adam to fall? Which is the freewill question, I guess.


25 posted on 04/09/2009 11:04:47 PM PDT by Marie2 (The capacity for self-government is a moral quality. Only a moral people can be free.)
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To: djf

Creation or Evolution?

j/k


26 posted on 04/09/2009 11:05:13 PM PDT by indcons (An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.)
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To: djf

Could you tell me your funniest joke?? If it’s the one about Obama and Biden I’ve heard it......

Is their any more perfect food than the Burrito?

What is your Freeper name??

Could I borrow some talent like Limbuagh Did???

Seriously..I would try and ask something he might not have heard before make him laugh.....


27 posted on 04/09/2009 11:06:07 PM PDT by jakerobins
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To: Marie2

>> Why did You allow Adam to fall?

He fell? I think he got promoted.


28 posted on 04/09/2009 11:06:21 PM PDT by QBFimi (When gunpowder speaks, beasts listen.)
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To: djf

What, really, is “goodness”? Is the definition of “good” whatever pleases You?

Then I would ask, “What can people do to bring the most goodness into the world, and remove or at least neutralize the most evil?”


29 posted on 04/09/2009 11:06:35 PM PDT by CaliGirlGodHelpMe
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To: djf

Just how significant are we in the grand scheme of things?


30 posted on 04/09/2009 11:06:42 PM PDT by RC one
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To: djf

How do I make this my last life?


31 posted on 04/09/2009 11:07:02 PM PDT by FTJM
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To: Islaminaction

Well, I for one has never thought that there was “One True Religion”, and anybody who believes something slightly different is barred from salvation forever.

But I have serious doubts about any kind of religion that emphasizes killing people just because they don’t believe what you believe. That’s not a religion, it’s a militaristic cult.

IMHO, anyways.


32 posted on 04/09/2009 11:07:30 PM PDT by djf (Live quiet. Dream loud.)
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To: indcons

>> Creation or Evolution?

ANS: “Yes - both. Do your homework.”


33 posted on 04/09/2009 11:07:43 PM PDT by QBFimi (When gunpowder speaks, beasts listen.)
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To: QBFimi

Agreed.

And God said,
“Let the waters move and bring forth the moving creature that hath life...”
Gen 1:20


34 posted on 04/09/2009 11:10:41 PM PDT by djf (Live quiet. Dream loud.)
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To: roses of sharon

“Is there intelligent life somewhere else in the universe?”

OHHHH! I think that was the one me and my kids were talking about. (Are UFO’s real, etc.)


35 posted on 04/09/2009 11:11:57 PM PDT by 21twelve (Drive Reality out with a pitchfork if you want , it always comes back.)
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To: djf

“If it’s your will, what can I do to help make the U.S.A a better place for future generations?”

Disclaimer:
This is really really hard...normally I would take days revising, altering and rethinking the best question. Suffice it to say I’m not sure that would be the right question to ask him, but it’s the first one that I thought of.


36 posted on 04/09/2009 11:12:53 PM PDT by ~Kim4VRWC's~ (Please pray for our troops.... http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/)
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To: RC one

“Just how significant are we in the grand scheme of things?”

I think it is in Psalms where David says something like “and what are we that you have made us higher than the angels” or something like that.

Or - watch “It’s a Wonderful Life”! ;)


37 posted on 04/09/2009 11:14:22 PM PDT by 21twelve (Drive Reality out with a pitchfork if you want , it always comes back.)
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To: QBFimi

How so?


38 posted on 04/09/2009 11:15:45 PM PDT by Marie2 (The capacity for self-government is a moral quality. Only a moral people can be free.)
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To: Marie2

He got the knowledge of good and evil.
And free will.


39 posted on 04/09/2009 11:18:09 PM PDT by djf (Live quiet. Dream loud.)
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To: djf

Love this thread—so many thinks to pause and think about.


40 posted on 04/09/2009 11:20:30 PM PDT by ~Kim4VRWC's~ (Please pray for our troops.... http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/)
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To: djf

Hmmmmm.

I think he HAD free will when he decided to eat the fruit.

He did get the knowledge, I suppose.

But then sin and death entered the world.

Bad trade.


41 posted on 04/09/2009 11:21:59 PM PDT by Marie2 (The capacity for self-government is a moral quality. Only a moral people can be free.)
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~

Kim!
LTNS.

Remember the Reagan forum?

Anyways, it’s close to Easter, there seems to be an increasing level of turmoil in the world, a very dear friend of mine will probably pass soon from cancer, so I just thought I’d toss it out there.

Regards!


42 posted on 04/09/2009 11:25:29 PM PDT by djf (Live quiet. Dream loud.)
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To: Welsh Rabbit

Serious Answer: Am I on the right path to salvation?
.....................
yes, salvation!
ultimately the most important thing to each of us personally

Eternity sort of frightens me...I don’t want to live it in the wrong place.


43 posted on 04/09/2009 11:30:14 PM PDT by 99Floyd (0; a walking contradiction)
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To: djf
LoL I am surprised you remember it. :) Can't believe you remember me being there. oh the good ol newbie to political chatroom days. I was so green.

I'm very sorry to hear about your dear friend. My prayers go up for both of you. Another question to God—about illness and suffering.

44 posted on 04/09/2009 11:35:36 PM PDT by ~Kim4VRWC's~ (Please pray for our troops.... http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/)
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To: djf

One question for God? Actually, I would say none. The only answer is God and there is no question.

That’s my response anyway.


45 posted on 04/09/2009 11:37:28 PM PDT by SixFive175 (comparison)
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To: djf; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
The platypus - were You stoned when You made it?


46 posted on 04/09/2009 11:38:11 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Can't get enough of my snarking? http://twitter.com/slingsandarrows)
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To: Marie2

The Islam faith is presently the fastest growing religion in the world, and it may eventually overtake all other religions throughout the entire world. I’m actually not convinced that the second coming of Christ will be coming until, at the very least, another two thousand years from today, because I see the possibility of worldwide Christianity becoming a very minor religion in the far future, prior to Christ’s second coming actually happening. I’m only offering my opinion on this, as nobody can actually say for certain when the second coming of Christ will definitely be, despite all of the hints that are in the Bible.


47 posted on 04/09/2009 11:48:09 PM PDT by johnthebaptistmoore (Conservatives obey the rules. Leftists cheat. Who probably has the political advantage?)
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To: djf

Oswald...alone or conspiracy?


48 posted on 04/09/2009 11:58:41 PM PDT by TruthHound ("He who does not punish evil commands it to be done." --Leonardo da Vinci)
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To: djf

Why don’t all people like You?


49 posted on 04/10/2009 12:07:02 AM PDT by 1_Rain_Drop
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To: djf

Lord, you could stop all evil with a snap of your fingers. Yet you give us the free will to engage in it, or not. How come?


50 posted on 04/10/2009 12:20:42 AM PDT by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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