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In: Is god a coward? Why does god fear to show himself?  — view comment
I agree that belief in such would be stupid. I hope you can agree that it is our duty to others to try to kill all such beliefs in those who use them ...
August 15, 2019 at 18:55
In: Is god a coward? Why does god fear to show himself?  — view comment
Fear is a component or analogous to insecurity. Have you read the Ten Commandments. Did you note the insecurity/fear? If god could reproduce true or s...
August 15, 2019 at 18:52
In: Is god a coward? Why does god fear to show himself?  — view comment
That is not what I do you lying piece of human garbage. For evil to grow, all good people need do is nothing. I do as much as I can against the evil m...
August 15, 2019 at 18:32
In: Is god a coward? Why does god fear to show himself?  — view comment
Perfect. Regards DL
August 15, 2019 at 18:27
In: Is god a coward? Why does god fear to show himself?  — view comment
I suggest you read this if you are going to reply to me or you will like my next reply even less. Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss eve...
August 15, 2019 at 18:25
In: Is god a coward? Why does god fear to show himself?  — view comment
I appreciate that given all the lies that the inquisitors put out there to justify their many inquisitions. Best to ask a modern Gnostic Christians wh...
August 15, 2019 at 18:22
In: Is god a coward? Why does god fear to show himself?  — view comment
Not when one is just analyzing a myth. Regards DL
August 15, 2019 at 18:16
In: Is god a coward? Why does god fear to show himself?  — view comment
Nicely said. I have noted that, yes. Regards DL
August 15, 2019 at 18:15
In: Do logic and reason say that God is our servant?  — view comment
I forgive mine, just as I forgive you yours here. That would be more of a god than a God. ;-) Regards DL
August 06, 2019 at 20:19
In: Do logic and reason say that God is our servant?  — view comment
For evil to grow and all that buddy. Regards DL
August 06, 2019 at 17:29
In: Do logic and reason say that God is our servant?  — view comment
An unknowable assumption. We have yet to reach a limit. Everything is data, and we cannot store it all, as that would take more matter and energy than...
August 06, 2019 at 17:28
In: Do logic and reason say that God is our servant?  — view comment
A false equivalency buddy. When I look at a rock sliding down the hill at me, I know it is real and will move. If I should look and see a god, he had ...
August 01, 2019 at 13:59
In: Do logic and reason say that God is our servant?  — view comment
Let us pray. Yours was a good reply. Thanks. Regards DL
August 01, 2019 at 13:49
In: Do logic and reason say that God is our servant?  — view comment
From the O.P. At the end of the day, there is no physical or real supernatural God for us to follow. Now I see why you replied as you did. Poor readin...
July 31, 2019 at 19:11
In: Do logic and reason say that God is our servant?  — view comment
No. They are not defined the same way. No. There is wisdom in Mother Goose. Facts are true knowledge by definition. The bible defines it as the substa...
July 31, 2019 at 13:32
In: Do logic and reason say that God is our servant?  — view comment
That is why I focus on a logical question and not what has no end game. You took the lazy way out of thinking so why are you even here? Regards DL.
July 31, 2019 at 13:26
In: What good is a good god, when people want an evil god?  — view comment
I agreed then put a caveat. Regards DL
July 29, 2019 at 12:47
In: Is it moral for our governments to impose poverty on us?  — view comment
It is following the tradition that Jesus and all gurus and mystics taught. Regards DL
July 25, 2019 at 19:38
In: Is it moral for our governments to impose poverty on us?  — view comment
No reading comprehension. Oh well. Regards DL
July 25, 2019 at 19:08
In: Is it moral for our governments to impose poverty on us?  — view comment
That would depend on how you define god. Modern Gnostic Christians name our god "I am", and yes, we do mean ourselves. You are your controller. I am m...
July 25, 2019 at 18:53
In: Is it moral for our governments to impose poverty on us?  — view comment
This says it all. Note how the U.S. is dropping in the world stats on intelligence, even as they continue to drop the standards of excellence that Ame...
July 25, 2019 at 18:20
In: Is it moral for our governments to impose poverty on us?  — view comment
Slave owners just have no ----- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCVR_ajL_Eo Regards DL
July 25, 2019 at 18:17
In: Is it moral for our governments to impose poverty on us?  — view comment
When you can buy the best in con men or are a con man, things can be made to be easy when lies come from bought and paid for experts. Remember the tob...
July 25, 2019 at 18:15
In: Is it moral for our governments to impose poverty on us?  — view comment
My focus here is the immorality of the governments, the oligarch's lackeys, as you seem to know, so I reject your labels. All good ideas that have bee...
July 25, 2019 at 12:51
In: Is it moral for our governments to impose poverty on us?  — view comment
Agreed, depending on what the oligarchs want. Even if you had a politician in your back pocket, he would have to break the trend shown in this link. h...
July 24, 2019 at 21:06
In: Is it moral for our governments to impose poverty on us?  — view comment
All legislation begins with a person pushing the idea. That is all I or you can do. Someone we convince might like what we think, and if the person ha...
July 24, 2019 at 20:24
In: Is it moral for our governments to impose poverty on us?  — view comment
I think I was clear. It is to you to decide if it is moral or not for a rich country to use the tax system to maintain poverty levels or not. Regards ...
July 24, 2019 at 16:28
In: What good is a good god, when people want an evil god?  — view comment
Pardon? Regards DL
July 23, 2019 at 16:36
In: Is it moral for our governments to impose poverty on us?  — view comment
From the O.P. https://www.upworthy.com/9-out-of-10-americans-are-completely-wrong-about-this-mind-blowing-fact-2 Options in the presentation and graph...
July 23, 2019 at 15:05
In: What good is a good god, when people want an evil god?  — view comment
Of course it is mind dependent as our minds tell us how to react depending on if we are perceiving a good or an evil. You will decide if this reply is...
July 23, 2019 at 13:38
In: Is it moral for our governments to impose poverty on us?  — view comment
If you consider that graph to show an immoral situation, then yes, we are all indeed poorer both morally and financially. Do you see the graph as show...
July 22, 2019 at 19:34
In: Is it moral for our governments to impose poverty on us?  — view comment
Yes, especially if you add in the huge and immoral profit taking on the right of the graph. Regards DL
July 22, 2019 at 19:32
In: Is it moral for our governments to impose poverty on us?  — view comment
There are many reasons and they are irrelevant to what we collectively do about it. The ease of eliminating it is what I am focused on. Note how littl...
July 22, 2019 at 19:30
In: What good is a good god, when people want an evil god?  — view comment
Sure you do. All you need ask yourself is if you would like it for yourself. As you seem to know. You are a bit conflicted as you say you can then say...
July 19, 2019 at 15:33
In: What good is a good god, when people want an evil god?  — view comment
Lucky place. Regards DL
July 19, 2019 at 15:27
In: What good is a good god, when people want an evil god?  — view comment
You expressed her well. She beats Christian ideology by a mile by demanding that we think for ourselves. Regards DL
July 19, 2019 at 15:27
In: What good is a good god, when people want an evil god?  — view comment
Indeed, as do many of the Eastern myths that were plagiarized for the bible. Regards DL
July 19, 2019 at 15:24
In: What good is a good god, when people want an evil god?  — view comment
Dividing people into groups and ghettoes has been tried and shown to fail. Diversity is strength, to a certain level, is quite true, but losing any or...
July 18, 2019 at 17:40
In: What good is a good god, when people want an evil god?  — view comment
Then use more generic analogies buddy. Regards DL
July 18, 2019 at 17:31
In: What good is a good god, when people want an evil god?  — view comment
You are statistically and factually incorrect. I doubt that we would disagree on the definition you and I use. Show me yours and I'll show you mine. I...
July 18, 2019 at 17:29
In: What good is a good god, when people want an evil god?  — view comment
Cooperation is indeed preferable to conflict but unity is not the goal of competition. We evolve to seek the fittest in all ways and should not care t...
July 18, 2019 at 17:23
In: What good is a good god, when people want an evil god?  — view comment
LOL. Buddy. That happened a long time ago. Think Constantine. Regards DL
July 18, 2019 at 17:18
In: What good is a good god, when people want an evil god?  — view comment
More inference than speculation, but we cannot say that a miracle working Jesus ever existed in the first place and so all I am doing is trying to ana...
July 18, 2019 at 16:58
In: What good is a good god, when people want an evil god?  — view comment
I am shilling for the good sense and morals of secular law makers. Even though much needs improving, what they have beats the hell out of theistic law...
July 18, 2019 at 16:48
In: What good is a good god, when people want an evil god?  — view comment
My pleasure buddy. Yahweh became a prick in Christian hands but the older androgynous Yahweh was not bad at all nor believed in in a literal way by th...
July 18, 2019 at 16:45
In: Proof of god is a moral question. Do you see the morals shown for god as good or evil?  — view comment
Any open mind that reads the bible should end up wondering why Christians can idol worship a god that, by any moral standard, is a fail. If that is no...
July 15, 2019 at 22:33
In: Proof of god is a moral question. Do you see the morals shown for god as good or evil?  — view comment
Absolutely correct. Nice to chat with one who know his religious history. It sure beats chatting with a literalist air head. As a Gnostic Christian, I...
July 15, 2019 at 21:09
In: Proof of god is a moral question. Do you see the morals shown for god as good or evil?  — view comment
What you put fits here a bit better but I will answer here. https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/6138/what-good-is-a-good-god-when-people-want-an...
July 15, 2019 at 19:00
In: Is belief in the supernatural an intelligent person’s game?  — view comment
Basically, all religions are just tribes and in that sense, the majority votes and which god is the tribal god. I.E. In Judaism they idol worshiped, w...
July 15, 2019 at 15:27
In: In what capacity did God exist before religion came about, if at all? How do we know this?  — view comment
I disagree and see nature always creating an organism for it's best possible end. Remember that our selfish gene does not know if there are more fit o...
July 15, 2019 at 13:36
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