Oldbear83 said:
Jinx 2 said:
Oldbear83 said:
Jinx 2 said:
Oldbear83 said:
Waco1947 said:
bearassnekkid said:
Waco1947 said:
RD2WINAGNBEAR86 said:
I don't believe God is a micromanager. I think he sets everything in motion and allows each individual to make their own decisions. Unlike the animals, God have us humans the ability to reason.
God is good.
Could God act on physics if God chose to
Yes, He is sovereign over everything in the universe, including physics, because He created it. He is even sovereign with regard to human free will, in that He is outside of time (his creation) and knows the result of every free choice. How much He chooses to "control" events in linear time is entirely up to him.
What is your evidence that God created it?
A Christian minister would accept faith, while atheists commonly fall back on demands that God satisfy human conditions.
Telling, that.
The people who make the worst and most unreasonable demands of God are the people who claim to worship him. I honestly wish there was a God with enough of a sense of humor to announce, supernaturally, through the radios or via text to the cellphones of large women cruising the Walmart parking lot because they don't want to walk 100 yards, "I don't give a f--k if you find a parking space!"
And asking a guy who was crucified for your sake and had his clothes sold off by the guys sitting around waiting for him to die to help you find a parking space or a date for prom or whatever else is on your personal wish list is the ultimate act of disrespect. Some prayers really should attract a lightning bolt.
That's a really bitter post, Jinx, and unworthy of the vast majority of Christians and other people of faith.
It also completely ignores the point of my post, or this entire thread. But you got attention, so maybe for you that's a 'win',
I am tired of you calling anyone who disagrees with you, including me, a liar.
That's not bitter. It's disgusted.
And I am EXTREMELY disgusted that any person of faith would support Donald Trump, the least Christ-like person I have ever encountered in national politics, which given the fact that Dick Cheney was our vice president, is saying a lot. At least Cheney stood up for his lesbian daughter against right-wing ire toward people who are openly gay. He was honest about one issue. If Trump tells the truth, it's either accidental or self-supporting; it has nothing to do with integrity.
You want respect and a real dialog? Stop equating disagreements with your political positions as lies.
I only call out liars when they tell lies, Jinx. Like pretending 'disagreement with [my] political position' is the motive for calling out thugs and criminals.
I think your side is hurting itself - badly - because they have abandoned honesty and decency just to chase political power. So much so that voters in 30 states decided a bombastic ex-game show host was a better choice for President than the abomination the Democrats nominated. Now the same dirty tricks have put a once-undeniable swell of support for Democrats into jeopardy, because you knowingly defamed an honorable judge, and leftist financiers paid to lure thousands of Hondurans to swarm through Mexico, in a mob which included shooting at police and throwing homemade bombs.
Yes, you are bitter. And you have nobody to blame but yourself and your party for your situation.
OldBear, I generally put you on ignore because it's hopeless.
And, I'm not bitter; I'm disgusted. But I remain optimistic that Americans will reject the nastiness of Trump and efforts by Republicans to erode the democratic process so their candidates keep winning. A party that needs to suppress the vote in order to win, like Brian Kemp is trying to do, should revisit its policy positions.
But, if ANYONE is calling the thugs and criminals to do their worst, it's Donald Trump.
We've had 2 incidents in 2 weeks sparked by the hateful rhetoric that is a constant drumbeat on right-wing news sites--the pipe bombs from the guy whose car looked like a decoupage celebrating Fox News and Breitbart, and the racist shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh. Trump needs to tone down the rhetoric, but he won't, because he only wins by "riling up the crazies."
I fear hispanics will be the next target because Trump won't stop agitating about the "caravan" of refugees when (1) it's more than a thousand miles away, "(2) lots of the people are seeking asylum in Mexico, so the group is growing smaller as it travels; (3) they are refugees fleeing violence and extortion in their home country traveling together because that's safer and less costly than paying a "coyote" to smuggle them in.
Let me be clear in stating that we do not have to give asylum to every refugee who shows up at our borders. But we do have a process for that, and perhaps rather than deploying our military, which costs a lot and is solely for the purpose of political grandstanding, Trump should have deployed a small army of immigration judges and lawyers to greet these people at the border and process their claims. With unemployment at a low, we need some of those people. Some will have valid fears; some not.
And whatever happened Matthew 25:35: For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me.