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3. well if i was the all powerful loving god I would not have murdered all those people nt

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Most Forgiving and Merciful, Not Wrathful God [View all] guillaumeb Feb 2019 OP

loving god murders 250K people with a tsunami. most of the dead are muslims. film at msongs Feb 2019 #1

What an interesting viewpoint. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #2

well if i was the all powerful loving god I would not have murdered all those people nt msongs Feb 2019 #3

Tsunami. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #4

Gods. Voltaire2 Feb 2019 #5

What kind of evil monster puts its creation in such a dangerous place? trotsky Feb 2019 #7

Yawn. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #20

Your counterargument? Bretton Garcia Feb 2019 #39

It is a silly premise, guillaumeb Feb 2019 #47

If God created the whole universe? Bretton Garcia Feb 2019 #49

It's only failed when you believe in a Loki-type god who is an asshole to its creation. trotsky Feb 2019 #41

Is not the deity omnipotent? MineralMan Feb 2019 #19

Guillaimeb's "Creator" isn't a deity. marylandblue Feb 2019 #21

Another iteration of the same failed argument. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #22

Google the word sophistry. MineralMan Feb 2019 #31

Your premise: guillaumeb Feb 2019 #33

No, that is not my premise. MineralMan Feb 2019 #34

Your premise rests upon your own beliefs. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #35

And yours is based on evidence-free beliefs. MineralMan Feb 2019 #38

Theodicy normally is seen as a refutation of religion Bretton Garcia Feb 2019 #40

... trotsky Feb 2019 #42

Google the word "bullshit" Act_of_Reparation Feb 2019 #44

I especially like the last statement gtar100 Feb 2019 #6

Agreed. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #23

If we don't know the mind of the Creator marylandblue Feb 2019 #24

Thus the "in my own view" that preceded my statement. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #25

Seems kind of unsatisfying. marylandblue Feb 2019 #27

If............as Christians, guillaumeb Feb 2019 #28

So, just another metaphor? marylandblue Feb 2019 #29

Living the message is metaphor? eom guillaumeb Feb 2019 #32

Life itself can be a metaphor. marylandblue Feb 2019 #36

A direct contradiction to what you said above? Lordquinton Feb 2019 #45

One person's interpretation. trotsky Feb 2019 #8

Whether God is merciful or wrathful, I don't know. edhopper Feb 2019 #9

Well see now, I have it on good authority... trotsky Feb 2019 #10

Isn't that in the atheist text as well... edhopper Feb 2019 #11

But, see, not ALL Muslims, so never you mind... MineralMan Feb 2019 #18

The Creator started the creation. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #37

So God is neither merciful or wrathful edhopper Feb 2019 #43

Isn't that a deist point of view. MineralMan Feb 2019 #46

I did not say that. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #48

So you didn't really answer edhopper Feb 2019 #52

I cannot speak for the Creator. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #54

But does not intervene edhopper Feb 2019 #55

Intervention would be control. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #56

Free will? edhopper Feb 2019 #57

Never figured this one out either. marylandblue Feb 2019 #59

A point of view that does not comport with the... NeoGreen Feb 2019 #12

Isn't there a follow-up Lordquinton Feb 2019 #13

No, they saved some of the livestock... NeoGreen Feb 2019 #14

Right, it was the livestock Lordquinton Feb 2019 #15

Hint, they start with the word... NeoGreen Feb 2019 #16

A metaphor for what? Lordquinton Feb 2019 #17

A metaphor for blind injustice and inhuman demands. MineralMan Feb 2019 #50

I wish I was smart enough to know what is and isn't a metaphor Lordquinton Feb 2019 #58

Well, if something in the Bible isn't actually true, or is contradicted elsewhere in the Bible, MineralMan Feb 2019 #60

The reason is because a merciful god is useless Major Nikon Feb 2019 #30

God welcomes his victims LongtimeAZDem Feb 2019 #26

Let me inform you of something essential Ferrets are Cool Feb 2019 #51

You made a decision to click on this post. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #53

And you posted it for people to click. MineralMan Feb 2019 #61

And the same applies, of course, to your own posts. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #62

Tu Quoque. MineralMan Feb 2019 #63

Oh this post is comedy gold. trotsky Feb 2019 #64