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trotsky

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24. Nope, no one asked to be born into this world.

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #22)

Fri Aug 30, 2019, 08:03 AM

Aug 2019

Let alone experience just a few years of painful suffering. For what?

There are more than the two extremes, you know. "Free will" and "puppets." Try seeing the world in shades other than black and white.

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God is Mercy. [View all] Voltaire2 Aug 2019 OP

They way I understand it, "mercy" does not actually refer to mercy as we understand it. DetlefK Aug 2019 #1

That is the death cult part. Voltaire2 Aug 2019 #2

god is a lie (nt) NeoGreen Aug 2019 #3

And God is forgiveness. guillaumeb Aug 2019 #4

So you agree that your religion is a death cult. Voltaire2 Aug 2019 #6

Hint: guillaumeb Aug 2019 #7

What deal? uriel1972 Aug 2019 #12

Being born is the deal. guillaumeb Aug 2019 #15

No-one asks to be born... uriel1972 Aug 2019 #17

Sat through a lecture on pediatric end of life care this morning. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2019 #5

What did you expect to see? guillaumeb Aug 2019 #8

Spare me. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2019 #10

So you do see mercy. guillaumeb Aug 2019 #11

I can only say.... uriel1972 Aug 2019 #13

A god - and not a devil? Bretton Garcia Aug 2019 #14

I believe a caring creator would shield innocents from unnecessary suffering. trotsky Aug 2019 #21

You believe in a divine shield. guillaumeb Aug 2019 #22

So now they inevitably err Bretton Garcia Aug 2019 #23

Imperfect humans do make mistakes. guillaumeb Aug 2019 #25

Nope, no one asked to be born into this world. trotsky Aug 2019 #24

So now we have no free will because we don't want infants to suffer? Farmer-Rick Aug 2019 #29

If you wish for perfection, guillaumeb Aug 2019 #30

Yeah there are no perfect gods.....In fact, this world responds as we would expect Farmer-Rick Aug 2019 #32

Are things perfect in heaven? trotsky Sep 2019 #33

That's mercy Cartoonist Aug 2019 #18

Yes it is mercy. We agree on this. guillaumeb Aug 2019 #19

Human mercy Cartoonist Aug 2019 #20

It's part and parcel to what Marx describes as the opium of the people Major Nikon Aug 2019 #9

God is Fiction. Iggo Aug 2019 #16

It means if you blow it and become an ass hole like trump wasupaloopa Aug 2019 #26

Near as I can tell it is a conceit that some Christians tell themselves. Thomas Hurt Aug 2019 #27

Here's the theology hidden in the parables. God is merciful only in the sense that there is Karadeniz Aug 2019 #28

The odd thing is that this alleged hidden Voltaire2 Aug 2019 #31