Free will is the heart of the matter.
"Yes, you have freewill…but my God says you can't do XYZ."
"But my God says it's okay"
"Well, I guess we go to war"
They want you divided by religion
The Sentinel Islanders have only managed to keep their land and culture by violating the 10 Commandments and asserting their freewill.
Richard Carrier | Mystery Cults & Christianity (2019)
Dr. Richard Carrier talks about the emergence of mystery cults and how their characteristics resemble early Christianity.
Presented by Gotham Atheists.
https://youtu.be/E6Psu5X2X1w
>Worshiping and idolizing animals because they lack what humans have, is a self-destructive path.
You know nothing about them but accuse them of Animism? They managed to survive 60,000 years without the input of outsiders…they must be doing something right.
Then differing beliefs/instructions on the limits of free-will are man-made, not divine.
Maybe worms aren't killed, raped, and tortured by other worms for worshiping the wrong god? Maybe life is good for a worm? How would you know one way or the other?
No one had to tell me. I was born with it. It's innate.
10 Minutes of False Prophets freaking out.
Hahahahahahahahahahah!
No, man's freewill is crushed by the Church/State construct we are currently enslaved under. But one can choose to not pay taxes either by having Billions and paying attorneys, or by risking the consequences of their fellow man's actions.
Either was, taxes aren't from God.
The Catholic Church has killed over 50 Million humans to advance their beliefs. Not good.
You ascribe the answers to the unknowable to God. I don't. I believe worms don't have the concept of "rape" because there is no evidence of it.
Kek.
So the Zoroastrian concept of a never ending battle between "Good and Evil" has killed millions and millions. Is it a race to see who can kill more in the name of their philosophy?
Maybe it's time to stop?
If everything is God, and God is "Good" then everything is good. Rape, murder, pedophilia, incest, pork, shellfish, war, charity…if it's all God, then why all the arguing over "right vs wrong"?
So you're the arbiter of where the line is drawn between God/Good…and evil? Sounds man-made.
The Roman Pagan god of the grave known as Hel. The Hellenists gave us the concept of Hell, and the Catholics turned it into Dante's Inferno.
Everything you described, "Nature" includes humans. By separating humanity from everything else, you create an artificial divide…a separation of Man from the Universe. Sounds like a man-made anti-religion.
Crimes against humanity.
Rome defeated the Jews and then created a State religion to unify the populace by melding Judaism, Paganism, and Christianity. At first the Emperor was God, but the with the power of the Church, the Emperor became "chosen by God" giving credence to the power of the royals to kill and enslave anyone they wanted to, as long as they supported the church, who mutually supported them, spied for them, and kept their secrets.
You don't understand kayfabe at all, huh? Trump "hatred" and Biden "love" are all part of the act.
"none are greater" also implies "none are lessor" in a community of equals.
Less time with the Catholic church teaching them that sex is evil instead of a normal part of being human.
Mortals are born of women. John was a mortal, not "infinite".
He died, thus mortal.
You're talking to the most self-important anon on the board. Only that "anons" interpretation is the correct one. He can't really explain it, but he asks a lot of open-ended questions and then tells everyone the are wrong when their answers don't agree with his. He's a dyed-in-the-wool believer in his interpretation being the only accurate interpretation… kinda like having a "God Complex".
Zombie Jesus? No thanks.
Your sauce is "The Bible", but "The Bible" isn't sauce, or even accurate.
It's better to teach them that babies come from storks until they are 18, and then just send them off into the world to figure it out?
Just answer your own questions.
Sauce for the science claim?