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Atheists & Agnostics

Farmer-Rick

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24. Aside from the horrors made for and by man

Reply to grumpyduck (Reply #7)

Tue Sep 27, 2022, 05:39 PM

Sep 2022

Nature is pretty horrendous on living creatures too. Remember COVID came from nature. The lion has to kill and eat the zebra to live. Wild sheep die at astounding rates (95%) and barely survive past 52 weeks.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3917862/

This world, natural or man made, is harsh and deadly. I can think of a much less violent and deadly natural process. Why can't god?

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What is God's job? [View all] Ferrets are Cool Sep 2022 OP

He Faux pas Sep 2022 #1

If He does exist he needs to wake the hell up and get this planet sorted out. Fast. Irish_Dem Sep 2022 #3

I bet you can't part the Red Sea and turn water into wine. Irish_Dem Sep 2022 #2

It would be year round PRIDE!!!!! n/t gay texan Sep 2022 #4

Oh hell yes. I'd make rainbows every single day. Irish_Dem Sep 2022 #6

Everybody would know? You sure about that? Warpy Sep 2022 #19

Mother of God, unbelievable. Irish_Dem Sep 2022 #20

We do create rainbows, there is no rainbow without the conscious viewer sanatanadharma Sep 2022 #11

My (Irish) aunt once made a rainbow, a real one. Irish_Dem Sep 2022 #15

I have the power to turn wine into water Jerry2144 Sep 2022 #12

Ok you win that one. Irish_Dem Sep 2022 #14

Well, defuse water with a sprinkler on a sunny day and you can make a rainbow. Farmer-Rick Sep 2022 #22

exactly! samnsara Sep 2022 #5

I grew up Catholic. grumpyduck Sep 2022 #7

Aside from the horrors made for and by man Farmer-Rick Sep 2022 #24

Make sure my team wins underpants Sep 2022 #8

Every team should win every game, and every championship! LiberalLovinLug Sep 2022 #27

And to win Grammy awards. progressoid Sep 2022 #29

If you concede God exists and from all historical evidence.... Thomas Hurt Sep 2022 #9

Those are nice statements Farmer-Rick Sep 2022 #23

Not trying to persuade anyone that God exists, so not sure what your point is. Thomas Hurt Sep 2022 #25

We'll.. we have evolved with a brain.. the best of gifts Deuxcents Sep 2022 #10

Smiting. DavidDvorkin Sep 2022 #13

be a sadistic bully that gets off on the misery of its creations nt msongs Sep 2022 #16

Fundraising Warpy Sep 2022 #17

They're selling an imaginary product (n/t) PJMcK Sep 2022 #21

All of the gods, past and present, have been to keep the peasants in line and paying their taxes. Chainfire Sep 2022 #18

Back in Catholic school, I started wondering... grumpyduck Sep 2022 #26

Or perhaps no god has ever existed outside the mind of men and women. Chainfire Sep 2022 #28