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| The words "under God" in the pledge of allegiance; does it offend you? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Mar 2 2006, 07:33 PM (529 Views) | |
| eye95 | Mar 10 2006, 09:35 AM Post #41 |
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To some, Delgado is going to be the slugging savior for the Mets. Others call him a traitor. Is he two people? No. To some, God is the One who led their people out of bondage. To others, he is the One who sacrificed his Son. To yet others, he is the one who revealed himself to Mohammed. Is He three different Gods? No. All three groups say they worship the God of Abraham. Some may be completely wrong in what they think about God's plans. There are, no doubt, false prophets out there. I won't say whether Islam is a true faith or is based on false prophecy. That is between God and the Muslims. However, it is absolutely possible for God to deal with different groups of people differently and yet still be the same God. I dealt with my kids differently (because they were different people), yet I was still one parent. As far as God allowing one group of his followers to declare war on the other two: God gave us free will. We can follow Him--or not. What He allows is choice. It is people who subsequently take that choice and, sometimes, do evil with it. That evil can range from fairly inconsequential sins all the way up to mass murder. Personally, I like the idea that I can choose to follow God or not. That means that I am not an automation. It means that I am a person. I don't think God wanted automatons. He knew that automatons programmed to love Him would be meaningless. He knew that persons choosing to love Him would be meaningful. He just also knew that allowing people to choose to love Him also meant that He would be allowing others to choose not to love Him, to choose to turn away from Him toward evil, and to choose to sin (including making war in His name, dishonestly). |
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| Big Willy Style | Mar 11 2006, 04:24 PM Post #42 |
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You know what? I just realized I stated that wrong in my original post.
What I should have said is this, "If He is really the same God, then why does He declare war on the other 2?" Thats right, in the Koran, Allah declares jihad on all infidels (people who worship different gods). And yes, in the Muslims eyes, Christians worship a different god than Allah. So in a sense, you are saying God tells some of his people to kill some of his other people. That makes absolutely no sense. Just like your whole basic premise that Christianity and Islam are basically the same. |
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| eye95 | Mar 11 2006, 06:37 PM Post #43 |
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| hankaaron44 | Mar 11 2006, 07:31 PM Post #44 |
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Well, if Americans are going to remove the words, " under God " they might as well remove the words, " In God We Trust " on dollar bills. |
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| Tribe No 1 Fan | Mar 11 2006, 11:37 PM Post #45 |
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Doesn't offend me, but I still don't think it should be placed in it... It sort of makes me feel uncomfortable because every Monday, we do the pledge in homeroom, and after "Under God" comes up, a goth sitting across from me yells "Heil Satan".
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| Element | Mar 12 2006, 02:48 PM Post #46 |
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| eye95 | Mar 12 2006, 04:59 PM Post #47 |
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Gorilla...'nuff said
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Just one more reason to abandon government-run education. A government-run school has to "tolerate" that evil little twerp. A private school doesn't have to. |
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