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To: Sabramerican
Men of faith- all faiths- believe that God punishes people who act badly.

I don't believe this is very good theology. God doesn't appear to have smitten Hitler, Stalin or Mao. Castro is still plugging along. Kim Il Sung is doing fine. Extend list as needed. (Although Francisco Franco is still dead.)

If what you say is true, God appears to have either limited power or very poor aim.

36 posted on 01/11/2006 12:43:03 PM PST by Restorer
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To: Restorer

What I said is what men of faith believe.

God rewards good and punishes evil. You want to argue with that, argue thousands of years of Religion.

They would also say that God determines good and evil and when each act may lead to another of God's desires.

I don't debate religious beliefs. I'm simply saying that based on what Robertson and so many other religious people believe, that God is always interceding in the human experience, Robertson said nothing (especially by the direct quote, not as it has been interpreted) particularly wrong.

He is being vilified for his political views. Being against the (today) politically correct Sharon policies.


45 posted on 01/11/2006 12:58:01 PM PST by Sabramerican (Directions to Train Boxcars: Smola, Smola, Kadima.)
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To: Restorer
Kim Il Sung is doing fine.

Kim Il Sung has been dead for many years. His son Kim Jong Il is now in power in North Korea.

51 posted on 01/11/2006 1:07:57 PM PST by Jess Kitting
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