From: theirony2013@gmail.com
On 2026-01-08 13:45, Steven Douglas wrote:
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> Mike posted:
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>> On 2026-01-07 17:01, Steven Douglas wrote:
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>>> Mike posted:
>>>> On 2026-01-07 15:51, Steven Douglas wrote:
>>>>> Mike posted:
>>>>>> On 2026-01-07 11:42, Steven Douglas wrote:
>>>>>>> Mike posted:
>>>>>>>> On 2026-01-06 17:01, Steven Douglas wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Mike posted:
>>>>>>>>>> On 2026-01-06 16:21, Steven Douglas wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Mike posted:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2026-01-06 13:47, Steven Douglas wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mike posted:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2026-01-06 10:06, Steven Douglas wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> JTEM posted:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 1/5/26 8:11 PM, Steven Douglas wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, an idea -- not a fact.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *Yawn!*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You asked a question. I answered it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> With a hypothesis.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hypotheses are more likely to lead to facts
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thank you for confirming that a hypothesis is
>>>>>>>>>>>>> not a fact.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> than 'beliefs', because they are designed to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> be tested and verified,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The idea that life sprang forth and we all evolved
>>>>>>>>>>>>> from a single cell has not been verified.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> whereas beliefs do
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> not require verification.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> It's someone's *belief* that life was transported to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> our world from some other world (and they're not
>>>>>>>>>>>>> even sure which world that might have been).
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> The Universe *IS* God, the source of all creation
>>>>>>>>>>>> so it can do anything it wants.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> If you're going to invoke God's Creation, the Bible
>>>>>>>>>>> is the only choice you have. You can't just make
>>>>>>>>>>> stuff up and pretend it's from God.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> All languages are human creations, in other words
>>>>>>>>>> 'made up'. If it's in a human language, then that
>>>>>>>>>> isn't God.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The Bible is the Inspired Word of God.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The Bible is only paper and ink !
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The Bible has a supernatural power that supersedes its
>>>>>>> physical form. You might not understand that, but those
>>>>>>> of us who love God understand it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> God??? HA!!! You're infested with a legion of demons...
>>>>>
>>>>> I love God. Demons do not love God. Do you love God?
>>>>
>>>> What is love for God?
>>>> How does it feel?
>>>
>>> Do you know what love is? It feels like that, only
>>> more so.
>>>>
>>>> How does it manifest?
>>>
>>> It manifests when I realized and accepted that God is
>>> in control, and I began to recognize and appreciate all
>>> the times He has blessed my life -- and the way He has
>>> proven to me that He is real, and He answers my prayers.
>>
>> I feel all that without God or the Bible.
>> Just being alive is proof enough for me.
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> That's your free will.
>>
>>>> I love myself.
>>>> God and I are one and the same.
>>>
>>> And you think I'm a narcissist! Sheesh, incredible!
>>
>> If I wasn't alive what use would I have for God?
>
> Someday you will know the answer to that question.
I can't really say if I believe that's true.
It depends on what happens after a person dies.
I don't believe in an afterlife in the same way
that you do. If the consequence of not believing
is eternal death, then I will never know the
answer to that question. In a next life they
question might no even be asked.
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