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I got a stumper for this topic. If god was the creater of all things, why did he create hell. And if he did not create hell, then someone above god made a hell. Point to prove here: Either god created evil knowing it would screw us over and pointing out he is evil himself, or their is greater powers beyond a god. Whatever way it goes, (it) could have stopped hell at any time he wanted and allowed a perfect world. It shows that there is something bleak of this world.
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And due to Eve's foolish actions our eyes are now open to the realities we experience on a daily basis. We are able to differentiate good and evil, and I am thankful for that. Imagine living in a world where evil wouldn't exist? We'd be ignorant, innocent human beings with no purpose in life; we'd have nothing to overcome. That is obviously not a valid reason to stop believing in <insert branch of christianity here>. You can do it, but you'd be ignorant in doing so. Yes, I'm atheist. Your 'topic stumper' fails. |
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What did you expect? It's megaxxx.
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I was fairly sure that hell was created by Satan who was a banished angel for opposing god in some way. Therefore megaxxx just got double fail'd
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Hell was created by God as punishment to Satan and his followers for rebelling. Satan is no ruler there in the idea that he has extra magical powers. He is a ruler in Hell simply because the others follow his lead, much like we follow leaders in the human world for being good with words and quick-witted (ideally for us, anyhow).
FictionJunction: Explain how I'm ignorant for following a Christian denomination. I don't draw a direct link between the state of ignorant bliss we imagine Adam and Eve having been in and that somehow magically making all Christians ignorant themselves. The thing you are rejoicing about? Being able to differentiate between good and evil and therefore having things which cause joy rather than mere happiness in your life? That was God's intention as I see things from my standpoint.
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I repsect people's right to follow whatever they please. I just don't fully agree on the reason's some people follow their religion of choice. I never mentioned that you were an ignorant for following a certain denomination of Christianity, and if I came off as generalizing, I apologize. I'm certain you are aware of how many co-followers you have who haven't the slightest idea of what they 'believe' in, right? That I dislike. Also, I stand corrected on the God didn't create Hell statement. You're right; however, he didn't plan on creating it. He didn't expect Lucifer to rebel. Also, I'm aware the Devil isn't the ruler of Hell. My views of Hell/Purgatory/Heaven come mostly from The Divine Comedy (I find it fascinating =D) and the Devil is merely trapped there as the rest of the sinner are. |
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I agree; the Divine Comedy is an amazing piece of literature. I suggest you read the first couple books of Milton's Paradise Lost if you want another take on Hell, and maybe the whole entire book if you want to get into Milton's views on this entire subject we're talking about.
I personally believe the story of Adam and Eve is a parable or an allegory or some kind. They might very well have existed, but this partaking of the fruit thing might be a way that helps turn the specifics into a story to make it easier to grasp for unlearned people (which the vast majority of humanity was up until a few centuries ago, anyway.) Or, if there really was a fruit of life and such, the knowledge of good and evil might simply have been the realization they broke God's commandment. To put it into terms we use, they realized they went rebelled against their creator and felt guilt for it. I've said before I think the story of the creation is rather vague and people who know the words written always seem to argue against that. The reason the story is vague is because it's specific about things which are largely allegorical! and we're never given the interpretation of the story in actual scriptural texts.
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An allegory to what, though..
we'll never know =( It's all really perspective in the end..and niether party is absolutely right. If there was an absolute answer to all of our issues, we'd all follow the same belief, and there wouldn't be debate. |
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yeah... the whole story of Eden, and lots of the Book of Genesis is called a "Allegory." That means that everything in the story means something else. I dont really know why the tree of knowledge existed in the first place, but i think that is just a part of the story. what is done, IS DONE...
did you know there was also a tree of mana (life) in the garden of eden?!?!!?!?
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There was also a Tree of Wisdom if I am not mistaking. Also, a little off topic, but again if I am not mistaking, there was also the tower of babel I think that many people climbed, and it sent all of the people in different directions across the world. I think there is more to that story also.
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Are you SERIOUS?
I believe the Babel story goes something like: Everyone spoke one language and used this to build a tower take over heaven, 'cause Heaven had the mother of all WMD's, GOD. God went, "WUT! N0!" Then he jenga'd the tower and confused the speech all up so people couldn't try anything like that again.
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It's Saint Pepsi bitch
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JENGA!
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well something like that, they actually wanted to take over heaven LOL.
so it was more like "you guys are prideful idiots, MAKE YOUR TIME! JENGA!", than "you cant come up here, JENGA"
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Who knows? It's a question I plan to have answered when I get to the other side.
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The Bible is not to be taken literally. It's to provide stories that are ripe with wisdom passed down since the beginnings of civilization.
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So Jesus was never crucified? I find that hard to believe when there is actual historical evidence of the crucifiction. Now whether you want to believe that he rose up from the dead 3 days later is entirely up to you.
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What historical evidence? You cannot prove that Jesus even existed (though I think he did). If you're talking about documents, they prove nothing because how do you know they weren't some piece of fiction, that it hasn't been altered in others' hands to conceal truths, or that the author is even who they claim to be? If you think about it philosophically, history could have been rewritten to make cover ups or something and we now believe lies as fact. How would we know the difference? Like I said before, who controls the present controls the past.
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Your arguement just defeated itself.
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How about we leave it like this. If you believe it, thats you. If not, good for you. If your still undecided, pick a side and get on with your life. If you have no life, why are you reading this then.
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