tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13055290723028357.post4139874231042352997..comments2023-05-21T04:04:14.577-04:00Comments on The Thoughtful Gamers: If I Was God....magx01http://www.blogger.com/profile/14831638782847911405noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13055290723028357.post-11578892024851594562011-06-10T08:09:40.281-04:002011-06-10T08:09:40.281-04:00So what's the point of Earth?So what's the point of Earth?magx01https://www.blogger.com/profile/14831638782847911405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13055290723028357.post-60987324413802218892011-06-08T14:20:43.304-04:002011-06-08T14:20:43.304-04:00Yeah, but the earth that you would create is what ...Yeah, but the earth that you would create is what heaven is...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13055290723028357.post-31460478002547708452010-12-15T17:08:30.364-05:002010-12-15T17:08:30.364-05:00As for the convo with Exquisite, I responded to hi...As for the convo with Exquisite, I responded to him, explaining how I thought he was wrong in his comments to me:<br /><br /><b>ExQuiSitE</b>: Many of us are living up to that vision, but many will not make the cut...<br /><br /><b>magx01</b>: Which is my point. Instead of letting millions not ''make the cut'' for millenia, even AFTER his grand plan to kill himself/his son in order to allow himself to give us a chance at forgiveness for the crime of merely living up to our own design (designed by him in the first place), all of which he would have seen coming due to his omniscience, he could easily just accept his creation for what they are, aka lower his standards.<br /><br />He created imperfect beings knowing they would falter, yet he did it anyways and did so with the expectation of perfection. You ask how I know what he expects? The same way you do. It's in your bible. I read it you know. He expected Adam and Eve to refrain from eating from the tree of knowledge. He excpeted us not to give in to temptation. We failed. He then had to spend thousands of years punishing many of us, as we failed to redeem ourselves (well, our ancestors, really). The plan is failing, hence the lowering of expectations being in order.<br /><br />As for the rest, that won't work. You can't come at me emotionally, it doesn't jive with me. I need evidence bro, and that evidence cannot come in the form of personal experience. Your experience is yours alone, and should not be compelling to those who did not share it.magx01https://www.blogger.com/profile/14831638782847911405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13055290723028357.post-84358970022370483482010-12-03T05:06:22.420-05:002010-12-03T05:06:22.420-05:00"I've seen stuff that isn't possible ..."I've seen stuff that isn't possible without the existence of a higher power who i believe to be God"<br /><br />Like, what, exactly?<br /><br />"Btw this isn't a threat at all but if u read the Bible than u know what happens at the end have u thought about what happens if your wrong?"<br /><br />THis is Pascal's Wager. Pascal's Wager basically states that even though the existence of God cannot be determined through reason, a person should wager as though God exists, because living life accordingly has everything to gain, and nothing to lose, whereas living as an atheist can possibly cost you everything but you gain nothing. Essentially, why don't you just believe, what do you have to lose? <br /><br />Pascal's Wager is severely flawed. Here are a few points to consider:<br /><br />-If we are wrong, we go to hell. Okay, what about if you're wrong? What if you have the wrong religion? Or even the wrong denomination, if you're Christian. Remember, there are 38,000 Christian denominations. <br /><br />-Are you saying we just just choose to believe? You cannot choose your beliefs. You are convinced. If we try to believe but aren't convinced, your god will see through that. He is omniscient, is he not?<br /><br />-Living as a religious if there is no god DOES cost you. Time and money for starters. Losing out on the things that you inhibited yourself from doing due to religious rule. In many, but not all, cases, you'll miss out on scientific knowledge. You'll also miss out on the knowledge that this life is it, and so we better make the best of it, because it's our one and only shot. <br /><br />etc. <br /><br />Thanks for the comment, and I hope to hear back from you. I appreciate you not sinply attacking, and please don't miscinstrue my response as such.magx01https://www.blogger.com/profile/14831638782847911405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13055290723028357.post-28725670520029022332010-12-03T01:42:06.118-05:002010-12-03T01:42:06.118-05:00i don't know if u ever read this anymore but i...i don't know if u ever read this anymore but i just read what exquisite wrote along time ago and your right its not an easy thing to believe for a lot of people. I have been having a hard time for a couple years now with the same stuff u mentioned but I've seen stuff that isn't possible without the existence of a higher power who i believe to be God. I know u said an emotional point wouldn't help so pick up any book by Josh McDowell a former atheist or the book Case for Christ. Btw this isn't a threat at all but if u read the Bible than u know what happens at the end have u thought about what happens if your wrong? In any case enjoy life and live it to the fullest that's what God intendedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com