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To: kosta50; presently no screen name; metmom
I didn't say I believed in God. I said I don't believe in your God. That much I am certain. Having said that, I don't know what God is and whether God exists or not. That's not saying God doesn't exist.

Okay, then if you admit you don't know what God is, how can you say you don't believe in "our" God? How do you even know that "god" isn't the right one? On what do you base this? You said:

Not knowing if something exists is not the same as saying it doesn't exist, because saying it doens't exit means you know what it is and are denying its existence.

Yet you state you know "our" God is not the true one. Who is running circles? You are not being consistent or honest.

3,625 posted on 11/29/2010 9:32:08 PM PST by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to him.)
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To: boatbums; metmom
Okay, then if you admit you don't know what God is, how can you say you don't believe in "our" God? How do you even know that "god" isn't the right one? On what do you base this?

Because what I hear about that God is no different than what I hear form the Jews, and the Muslims, and the Hindus, etc. tell about theirs. It's sounds like a fairytale, okay. It appeals to magic and things not encountered in the real world.

Besides, there is enough material evidence, lots of theological arguments, historical and philosophical arguments, as well as the existence of simile religions to cast doubt in the veracity of that God in my mind.

3,632 posted on 11/29/2010 9:52:55 PM PST by kosta50 (God is tired of repenting -- Jeremiah 15:6, KJV)
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To: boatbums
Yet you state you know "our" God is not the true one. Who is running circles? You are not being consistent or honest.

Funny. I've yet to see any Catholic say that the Protestant bible is inherently different than its Catholic counterpart. The only criticism that I've seen of it is that it is lacking some books.

Therefore, God is revealed in the same way in both Bibles where the books are the same. Unless there is some revelation about the character and nature of God in the apocrypha which contradicts that, any criticism of the *Protestant* God is criticism of the *Catholic* God.

I believe both groups recognize God as being omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent, omnificent, eternal, loving, true, pure, just, merciful, and gracious.

I fail to see why anyone would have a problem with that. Well, actually, I can see why someone would have problems with the *just* part and wish to change God to avoid that.

3,675 posted on 11/30/2010 6:21:35 AM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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