Thread: The existence of God
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Old 18-03-2009, 22:32   #43
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Re: The existance of God
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Originally Posted by Bender View Post
@ rogermevans

sorry, i mean:

@ rogermevans

thank you. at least someone has the decency and integrity to post something that actually tries to explain rather than exterminate. as I say, I am not a religious person to the extent that I follow a church or 'God' as such. please forgive my ignorance, it is not intentional. what you say is very interesting, and indeed answers and puts forward more questions.

I would read that as saying, to an extent, that those who chose to follow God would not be sufferers of disease and famine (and other such nasties), yet obviosuly we know they do. if these people choose to follow God, why are they not exempt from these things?

and I agree life does just happen. we make our own paths, but do they all end in the same outcomes? (and I'm not talking about being 6 feet under!)

also, when does this test end? what is the sign that says the test is over?

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"mother is the word for 'God' on the lips and hearts of all children" ~the crow
the end of the test is at an appointed time that know one but god knows for the same reason of the no extra help in that if a time was know those who believed but didn't want to follow the rules set down for believers could do as they wished until just before the appointed time then jump back into the fold just in time ( hardly fair lol )

though the period it would come in is foretold at mathew 24 though many would say that the signs there could be put as have happened many times in the past we beive that they are being fulfilled now but that doesnt mean its in going to happen soon

as to those following god not suffering we don't see it that way though we would say that our way may lead to a happier life even now , we do not claim that it is because god is helping us other than by the instructions we follow ,or making things easier for us now other than we tend to try to avoid situations that could cause us problems but that is still our choice not intervention from above

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Ecclesiastes 9:11

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.
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