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Old 07-16-2005, 06:27 PM   #1
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Well, it doesn't really make any difference does it? a creator that knows all, knows who will believe in him and who wont, right. Something in the make up of Adam and Eve meant that 600 generations later, some of their descendants wouldn't believe. God created them that way. God pre determined that these descendants would go to hell. why make them that way? Come to think of it, why allow the fall of man? Free will doesn't cut it because there are plenty of things that i cannot do right now, i think flight would be fun but we were created with that limitation, why not the one that prevents us from eternal damnation? You could say that god wants us to choose a relationship with him, but it isn't the same thing. What we are dealing with is something which prevents some of us from believing the biblical god even exists. It seems somewhat cruel to even allow this. The whole Christian faith rests on the ressurection of Jesus. What evidence is there for the idea? A massive culture exists because of an event that the gospels cannot seem to agree on. You wouldn't expect any jury to believe the testimonies of Mthw Mrk Lke and Jhn regarding the ressurection.

I was watching a documentary about the Manson family. They believed that Charles Manson was the second coming. They witnessed him performing miracles. they thought he was to go through a modern day crucifiction, and he did, more or less. Bearing in mind that i'm sure in the days of Jesus it was as bad or worse than murder to claim that you were god (or strongly imply). Why don't they write some gospels of their own, about the teachings of Charles manson?

Forgive the bad structure of this post. I am blind drunk as i write this. Peace.
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