Comments | lordoly: change of heart

lordoly

change of heart

Jun 11, 2001 20:08

Alright, while i know i stated vigorously that i was never ever going to post in this thing again because it's a waste of my time... i think i've found a way to make it useful. I haven't been doing NEAR as much writing as i need to be... and for some reason i find it easier to write in this format. maybe it's because i feel as if i am speaking more ( Read more... )

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oh... xhedisticx June 13 2001, 11:20:19 UTC

so you like live journals now? ok, my bad.

i have no idea why God did that, but we're all so miniscule that our knowledge and way of thinking will never even reach 1/1,000,000,000,00(infinity) of what God's is, so how can we even begin to even try and think about why God did something. I have no idea why. It doesn't make any sense to me, but then again i'm just a billionth of a grain of sand in God's eyes, and my most outstanding philosophical observation could be ten times less than a simple thought or notion in God's mind. or something..

Re: oh... lordoly June 13 2001, 14:03:20 UTC

thanks, brings up another question... why is it so common for people, when lacking any original answer of their own devising, always simply explain away the discrepancies inherint in traditional biblical dogma by saying that we simply don't understand God because we are too insignifigant? Hello, he made us the stewards of the earth, gifted us with his only son, made us his people, and gave us free will and thus above all else of his creation, including angels (and in doing so by placing us above even Satan if you want to get technical, although my proof of the impossibility of satan is due next week, so i would hesitate to call us "insignifigant" or even "small" in the universe, because acording to the bible we are the singular most important thing in it(beside god himself). And on that front anyway... in eating the apple, didn't we gain the ability to know as God knows, hence why we weren't supossed to eat it(i still dispute that)... so do we have knowledge, or not? hello, did we eat the apple, or is genesis pulling our legs? And ( ... )

Re: oh... xhedisticx June 13 2001, 15:28:00 UTC

all i'm saying is how do we even know what is true? we don't. ever seen the matrix? exactly. if there is a God, we can never really wonder how he thinks or why he does what he does. that's all i'm saying.

Re: oh... natcowmoo June 13 2001, 20:27:28 UTC

the Bible never said it was an apple. it was drawn in pictures later and portrayed as an apple because apples are universally understood and very popular fruits.
i wouldn't do this if i dind't know how much you love to get technical over stupid stuff mike. im only doing this for your own good...stick to arguing about things you KNOW.
i LOVE the quote you took from my instant messanger profile too! it's not on there now cause i redid stuff, but it was on there when i had all my quotes up!

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good all lordoly June 26 2001, 14:23:12 UTC

good point nat, i am well aware it's not necessarily an apple. Regardless of the type of fruit however, my point remains the same...why were we forbidden from the fruit of knowledge? I trust MY god... and i refuse to believe he'd want to keep me stupid. Knowledge, while hard, is always better than ignorance i believe. Oh, and as for the matrix comment, yes i've seen it 30+ times, i understand the whole point, and while theoretically it's possible that our reality is in truth but an elaborate illussion (if you're really into this idea i suggest reading up on Descartes' Meditations on First Thought, especially the first and... i think it's the fourth. Epistemology rules, nd while i have my own personal favorite theory of multiple realities, i don't believe that reality would be designed by god so as to deceive us purposely. After all, if he's the kind of god who wants to deceive us, is he the kind of god we should worship?