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bvf

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60. Now, or when we die?

Sun May 24, 2015, 03:48 PM

May 2015

If "now, " then you definitely believe that your god intervenes.

If after death, you think that your god admits some people into what you think as "heaven," and others, not.

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If you were GOD, how would improve the world? [View all] Binkie The Clown May 2015 OP

Erase and start over Xipe Totec May 2015 #1

No kidding, but maybe that's what's happening Warpy May 2015 #3

"if perfection were ever achieved, it would be too boring to tolerate." cbayer May 2015 #12

So, actually, maybe we're lucky for all the misery in the world. Jackpine Radical May 2015 #56

Oh, if there is a god, I don't think any of this is for it's entertainment. cbayer May 2015 #70

Can a God get bored and still be a god? LostOne4Ever May 2015 #67

I wouldn't think boredom had anything at all to do with perfection or omnipotence. cbayer May 2015 #71

Remake The World Without Religion cantbeserious May 2015 #2

I believe that has been tried by governments previously, Live and Learn May 2015 #5

The Question Was, If One Was God - Not, If One Was Government cantbeserious May 2015 #10

But his assumption is that a god exists. cbayer May 2015 #11

No Religion Does Not Preclude There Being A God - That Is A Human-Based Association cantbeserious May 2015 #13

So what would you call the god thing vis a vis people? cbayer May 2015 #14

Mother Nature - Universal Soul - Wisdom In The Mists - Be Creative cantbeserious May 2015 #15

I can see how all those words could be used to describe someone's god. cbayer May 2015 #17

One Can Acknowledge Existence That Is More Advanced Without Having To Pray To That Existence cantbeserious May 2015 #19

Oh, but religion is so much more than praying cbayer May 2015 #20

That Is Why This One - Acting As God - Would Eliminate It From The World cantbeserious May 2015 #21

Guess you didn't like my advice about eom cbayer May 2015 #22

No - I Choose To Do Things Differently - You Are Free To Proceed As You See Fit cantbeserious May 2015 #23

Ok. eom. cbayer May 2015 #25

I like praying - it's my 840high May 2015 #82

One Can Meditate Without A God cantbeserious May 2015 #92

And one can meditate with one. cbayer May 2015 #94

I like God. 840high May 2015 #96

I would prove I did not exist and vanish in a puff of logic. longship May 2015 #4

Lol, how are you going to prove you don't exist? cbayer May 2015 #18

all powerful gods are not constrained by logic. Warren Stupidity May 2015 #40

There are folks who could declare okasha May 2015 #41

Thanks, my friend. nt longship May 2015 #45

So you believe in an interventional god, at least in your fantasy. cbayer May 2015 #6

For a non believer you seem to be taking this Warren Stupidity May 2015 #9

Not to mention trying to pretend that's NOT the god the vast majority of theists believes in. trotsky May 2015 #16

Superior to which God? phil89 May 2015 #27

Whichever god you have concocted in your head. cbayer May 2015 #28

I'm a Giants fan Cartoonist May 2015 #7

I would erase all psychopaths, and all future ones DerekG May 2015 #8

Abolish death. Warren Stupidity May 2015 #24

Also, centipedes should stay completely out of sight. bvf May 2015 #33

So we all live forever? yeoman6987 May 2015 #37

If you so choose. Warren Stupidity May 2015 #38

I missed the upload feature yeoman6987 May 2015 #43

I'd keep some of the promises in the Bible. merrily May 2015 #26

Rename all the months randr May 2015 #29

Take all the days beyond 28 from existing months, bvf May 2015 #47

Which god? bvf May 2015 #30

My first thought was rock May 2015 #31

I'd increase the self-insight of every human. rug May 2015 #32

I'd make everyone just as smart as me Binkie The Clown May 2015 #34

You're due for a good talking-to. bvf May 2015 #36

I would make the Mets win. hrmjustin May 2015 #35

Then you are attributing the beliefs of their opponents bvf May 2015 #39

Tell him to get back to me. hrmjustin May 2015 #42

You win some, you lose some. bvf May 2015 #44

I don't pray for sports. hrmjustin May 2015 #46

Just the same. bvf May 2015 #48

Yes i would agree. hrmjustin May 2015 #49

Then you may as well call the prayer room bvf May 2015 #50

Call it what you will but i think the divine touches our souls but hrmjustin May 2015 #51

"..I don't think the divine decides what happens here." bvf May 2015 #52

Praising the divine, asking for mercy, and giving thanks for life. hrmjustin May 2015 #53

Asking for mercy?? bvf May 2015 #55

Mercy for our sins.. hrmjustin May 2015 #58

Now, or when we die? bvf May 2015 #60

All of this is a hope. hrmjustin May 2015 #62

And if they're not forgiven, then what? bvf May 2015 #63

That is up to God. hrmjustin May 2015 #64

I already acknowledged that. bvf May 2015 #65

Lovely talking to you and enjoy your day. hrmjustin May 2015 #66

Lovely. bvf May 2015 #69

"You're just pushing bullshit further back into your own brain" cleanhippie May 2015 #74

Please god, don't set me on fire after I die. Binkie The Clown May 2015 #76

Your opinion. hrmjustin May 2015 #77

Fanatics treat facts as if they were opinions, Binkie The Clown May 2015 #80

Are you calling me a fanatic? hrmjustin May 2015 #81

No, just making an observation about fanatics in general. Binkie The Clown May 2015 #89

i would call the police. hrmjustin May 2015 #93

But it's OK for "god" to abuse people that same way? n/t Binkie The Clown May 2015 #97

Lol abuse! hrmjustin May 2015 #98

Glorp is glorp. Binkie The Clown May 2015 #100

God's ways are higher than ours. hrmjustin May 2015 #101

The CIA's ways are always higher than ours. Binkie The Clown May 2015 #102

I never said such a thing and you know it. hrmjustin May 2015 #103

TTFN. Until next we meet. n/t Binkie The Clown May 2015 #104

I'm not mocking you, but you really believe this nonsense, don't you? mr blur May 2015 #110

I feel the same way about you. hrmjustin May 2015 #111

Everything is God WDIM May 2015 #54

We use words to draw distinctions. Binkie The Clown May 2015 #57

Nothing is meaningless. WDIM May 2015 #108

So everything loves us? Binkie The Clown May 2015 #112

"We create the world we live in through choice.' Warren Stupidity May 2015 #68

Well based on my own experiences WDIM May 2015 #109

Replace the "Golden Rule" with the "Golden Guarantee". "What you do unto others SHALL be done GoneFishin May 2015 #59

End Alzheimers Disease and Cancer AnnieBW May 2015 #61

I would make Ice Cream that didn't require freezing. cbayer May 2015 #72

Is that because you're homeless? bvf May 2015 #73

... trotsky May 2015 #118

If I were God... AtheistCrusader May 2015 #75

Get rid of destructive species and that would be us. Cleita May 2015 #78

I would quit creating republicans gopiscrap May 2015 #79

As long as Third Way/New Democrats are around, that won't do much. merrily May 2015 #88

How about time out chairs for world leaders? jwirr May 2015 #83

The Fletcher Memorial Home. bvf May 2015 #87

I'd give everybody Time-Machines. Now that would be REALLY entertaining. BlueJazz May 2015 #84

Pot in every chicken! immoderate May 2015 #85

I'm glad you don't have God's power. Omnith May 2015 #86

So your god likes killing people with tornadoes and earthquakes Binkie The Clown May 2015 #91

I would trust Binkie as a god over your god, your god is an amoral monster. n/t Humanist_Activist May 2015 #106

Um, the planet really is over-populated already. truebluegreen May 2015 #107

Joseph Heller wrote a paragraph or two about you in "Catch-22" Act_of_Reparation May 2015 #113

Do people have agency (free will) in heaven? n/t trotsky May 2015 #117

Curse the NY Yankees so they become a last place team bluestateguy May 2015 #90

Hamburger trees. sammythecat May 2015 #95

Cloudy with a chance of meatballs. Binkie The Clown May 2015 #99

A few things... Humanist_Activist May 2015 #105

Include all vermin in the Rapture Starboard Tack May 2015 #114

If I do not exist, how to improve the world? Yorktown May 2015 #115

Make it heaven. Iggo May 2015 #116