What would people say if God came down from the heavens?
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What would people say if God came down from the heavens?
Run from the "Psychopath"!
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Oh, and while you are here please inform all those who didn’t meet you last time that they have gotten so much wrong. You can start by telling them how pissed you are that they made a god out of a man.
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An interesting argument to disprove the possibility of an infinite being. I know that was not your intention so I’ll help you out. Even though one can posit any characteristic of god they want, the infinitude of God need not include infinite extension in space. If it does then there can be nothing that is not God or the obverse nothing that is God.Ruskin:
They may ask how something that is infinite can move anywhere seeing as there won't be anywhere something that is infinite doesn't already already occupy.
Onward Christian soldier. Such holy wars do not go so well. One problem is that each side is convinced that the other is the incarnation of those satanic forces. Perhaps the satanic forces derive their power from those convinced they are doing God’s will. There is a tipping point at which the thin veil of reason and goodness is lifted and replaced with the greatest good: death to the infidels. Hidden behind the solemn oath that God’s will be done, we who listen can still hear: our will be done. These soldiers of God do not hear their own words and so are not troubled by the suspicion that it is the enemy speaking through them.Unless you the second coming in glory of the risen Christ who would then do battle with the Satanic forces controlling the Earth at that point under the command of the anti-Christ resulting in the ultimate end of the world.
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It's almost impossible to escape the human need to inflict violence.
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What would people say if God came down from the heavens?
People would say, "God has yet to come down from the heavens. Where is God? We're waiting with our scientific instruments to document the occasion ... still waiting!"
They've gotten tired of waiting a long time ago, went on to do other things.
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The Buddha would say: Kill him.Harbal wrote:Would they say: Oh, look, God has come down from the heavens.
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Why is that? I don't know much about the Buddha.Lambert wrote: The Buddha would say: Kill him.
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Buddhists would probably be the least likely group to kill anything. They seem to leave most of the homicide to Muslims Christians.
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He Is not the one, because enlightenment takes place in the mind from the inside out.Harbal wrote:Why is that? I don't know much about the Buddha.Lambert wrote: The Buddha would say: Kill him.
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There is actually a koan like that, and if there isn't there should be one. And no, it is not about violence or peacefulism. Just the subtle reaction of Buddha making his point.Lambert wrote:He Is not the one, because enlightenment takes place in the mind from the inside out.Harbal wrote: (Nested quote removed.)
Why is that? I don't know much about the Buddha.
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DoctorEuthanasia wrote:It's obvious, really. The Fury by Alexander Gordon Smith demonstrates how most humans react to what is beyond them. Here is what they would say:
Run from the "Psychopath"!
It would depend on which god came down.
If Zeus was throwing lightning bolts, I think the Air force would get scrambled.
If Jesus was walking the earth, perhaps: "get a job, hippie!"
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