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Essorant Member Elite
since 2002-08-10
Posts 4769Regina, Saskatchewan; Canada |
If God posted a message in this forum, and said that it was He, what would it take for you to believe that it was really God posting that message? |
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Edward Grim Senior Member
since 2005-12-18
Posts 1154Greenville, South Carolina |
Is this serious? “Well all the apostles, they’re sittin’ on the swings, sayin’ I’d sell off my savior for a set of new rings.” |
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Essorant Member Elite
since 2002-08-10
Posts 4769Regina, Saskatchewan; Canada |
It is a bit fanciful, but still serious. |
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Drauntz Member Elite
since 2007-03-16
Posts 2905Los Angeles California |
Essorant, Interesting question. If one believes in God, then one shall believe God can do anything. So one shall believe the "He". The message could from God..as from Bible. But remember, Bible is written down by people not God Himself. So It must be done by human fingers. and Don't ask for "trouble". God did posted Ten Commandments with his own finger. Supposing God wanted to post anything here, He would single out Sir Ron like He singled out Moses. Then Sir Ron would make a announcement. No, I don't believe. |
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rwood Member Elite
since 2000-02-29
Posts 3793Tennessee |
If my computer was turned off, and it was disconnected from its power source, and there was no evidence of any tricks by my prankster family members, and the message still made itself visible across my screen, I might be inclined to investigate the possibility. |
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Essorant Member Elite
since 2002-08-10
Posts 4769Regina, Saskatchewan; Canada |
So the only way you will believe God gives the message, is if a miracle of some manner accompanies it? What if what is already happening is a miracle by God? Shall you demand the miracle behave in a very different way than it is already behaving and only in the way that you want or decide it ought to behave in order to respect it as a miracle and respect that God sends it? |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
Yes. When he/she restores NOLA, stops violence and returns Chelsea and Matt to those of us that loved them... then I would believe it was him/her posting..until then..whatever. "too bad ignorance isn't painful" |
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God Junior Member
since 2007-06-26
Posts 18Above you |
He who should doubt me, will be found with dubiety when he stands before me. |
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God Junior Member
since 2007-06-26
Posts 18Above you |
To the angel of the church in Ephesus, write this: "The one who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks in the midst of the seven gold lampstands says this: 'I know your works, your labor, and your endurance, and that you cannot tolerate the wicked; you have tested those who call themselves apostles but are not, and discovered that they are impostors.'" |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Who's Dubiety?  |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
AND--tsk...speaking of "imposters"....???? God? Check your e mail!  (Why not? I emailed "Death" a few years ago...) |
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God Junior Member
since 2007-06-26
Posts 18Above you |
Excuse me, I am omniscient. You cannot correct my spelling. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/impostors |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Forgive me, God. I have "senned"? *wince* groan  |
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God Junior Member
since 2007-06-26
Posts 18Above you |
I forgive you. |
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God Junior Member
since 2007-06-26
Posts 18Above you |
I would also like to take this time to say: Freeverse is better.  I am. |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzDFWbNke0k |
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Local Rebel Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-21
Posts 5767Southern Abstentia |
You want to explain the platypus God? Since you're here and all. That's the main question on everyone's mind. |
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God Junior Member
since 2007-06-26
Posts 18Above you |
Karen, ah yes. Wonderful song, but I'm more prone to: http://youtube.com/watch?v=XO5Xd7_MXn4 The platypus? Beaver wannabe. I am. |
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Christopher
Moderator
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
quote:That's all it took to convince me.  |
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God Junior Member
since 2007-06-26
Posts 18Above you |
God has spoken. And Chris, stop praying for a new jet ski! I'm not Santa Claus.  I am. |
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Edward Grim Senior Member
since 2005-12-18
Posts 1154Greenville, South Carolina |
Man I hope God doesn't check the archives and find the abortion thread. You guys will be in trouble. “Well all the apostles, they’re sittin’ on the swings, sayin’ I’d sell off my savior for a set of new rings.” |
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rwood Member Elite
since 2000-02-29
Posts 3793Tennessee |
Ess~ No, hon, no miracles. I just want to make sure that someone isn't playing a trick on me. I don't trust the internet as a source for my messages from God. Welcome God. How's things hangin'? |
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Essorant Member Elite
since 2002-08-10
Posts 4769Regina, Saskatchewan; Canada |
quote: You know it well and make it blest; Free is better, but form is best! |
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rwood Member Elite
since 2000-02-29
Posts 3793Tennessee |
Uh hem, God? I believe Ess just owned your ass with his comment. So I need you to be really strong in your come back. you can do it! I believe in you!  |
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Essorant Member Elite
since 2002-08-10
Posts 4769Regina, Saskatchewan; Canada |
Now you are expecting a miracle, Regina |
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God Junior Member
since 2007-06-26
Posts 18Above you |
I freed my people from Egypt's worst, So hence, I shall deliver them from traditional verse. I am. |
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God Junior Member
since 2007-06-26
Posts 18Above you |
Be it not the beacon, I fire into the sky so dim. It shall be the writing without form, creating on a whim. The time of the Flood has long since passed, now the day has come for traditionalists to get the shaft. I am. |
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God Junior Member
since 2007-06-26
Posts 18Above you |
God hath spoken. I am. |
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rwood Member Elite
since 2000-02-29
Posts 3793Tennessee |
Laugh. Hallelujahs. And praise be to all your names. |
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Ron
Administrator
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-05-19
Posts 8669Michigan, US |
Right. God says free verse is better. Okay. Sure. So, uh, why is he rhyming his posts? |
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Local Rebel Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-21
Posts 5767Southern Abstentia |
Does God normally come out and say He's God? Or does He recruit some unlikely prophet or speak through the mouth of an Ass? I dunno? |
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Essorant Member Elite
since 2002-08-10
Posts 4769Regina, Saskatchewan; Canada |
Alright, Lord God, I bow to your design, Freeverse is manly, formverse is divine! |
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God Junior Member
since 2007-06-26
Posts 18Above you |
Ronald, I use rhyming in my posts to beat Essorant with his own methods. If it where up to me, I'd have written psalms a little differently; and I'd have nixed the "P." Rebel, that's borderline blasphemy my son. Oh well, you always have had problems with people who are smarter than you. Essorant, Whether it is free or formverse, It is the talent of the poet, that decides its worth. I am. |
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Local Rebel Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-21
Posts 5767Southern Abstentia |
So then, God, in Numbers Chapter 7 Verse 28 when you spoke to Balaam, through the mouth of an Ass -- that was borderline blasphemy? Or, when you chose an unlikely prophet like, Moses, or Amos -- that was borderline blasphemy? I'm just not scholarly looking enough to figure this all out. Help me please! (maybe I need to put on a tie?) |
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Ron
Administrator
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-05-19
Posts 8669Michigan, US |
quote: Uh, okay, so who was it up to? I think one of us is a little confused over this whole concept of omnipotence? (Even in obvious parody, sloppy thinking will be noticed. ) |
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God Junior Member
since 2007-06-26
Posts 18Above you |
quote: Reb, my bad; you have to admit it sounds pretty bad, though. But anyhoo, I looked in my bible (Numbers chapter 7, verse 28) and didn't see myself talkin' out of the mouth of an ass. Maybe I just don't know the bible as well as you do. Ronald, you need help dude. Seriously... I am. |
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God Junior Member
since 2007-06-26
Posts 18Above you |
Ronald, Here is a section from the preface of psalms: "About half of the psalms are attributed in these "titles" to David. The Davidic authorship of some of these is taken for granted in the New Testament. Some other psalms are attributed to certain groups of temple singers known as "the sons of Korah" and "the sons of Asaph." One psalm is ascribed to Moses, Solomon, Heman and Ethan." Jeez Ronald, you better be careful. Sloppy thinking will be noticed. I am. |
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Ron
Administrator
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-05-19
Posts 8669Michigan, US |
Oh, I do indeed need help from time to time, Edward, being guilty of sloppy thinking myself occassionally. Needing help, however, never precluded me from giving help. You shouldn't confuse attribution with inspiration. Oh, and I think Reb meant Numbers 22:28? |
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Edward Grim Senior Member
since 2005-12-18
Posts 1154Greenville, South Carolina |
You're right. Perhaps I shouldn't confuse insult with advice. Then things would be peachy. On the money with the bible verse, by the way. “Well all the apostles, they’re sittin’ on the swings, sayin’ I’d sell off my savior for a set of new rings.” |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
quote:  were, not whereGod, how I detest dribbled slop from someone professing to be 'above' the rest of us. Birds are above us, as are chimps swinging from vines. To answer your question, Ess....no, I would sooner listen to God's message from the mouth of a loon on the lake than an internet message. [This message has been edited by Midnitesun (06-27-2007 12:14 PM).] |
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Edward Grim Senior Member
since 2005-12-18
Posts 1154Greenville, South Carolina |
Wow, I'm not even going to say anything. “Well all the apostles, they’re sittin’ on the swings, sayin’ I’d sell off my savior for a set of new rings.” |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Sir Grim, your posts are always entertaining! |
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oceanvu2 Senior Member
since 2007-02-24
Posts 1066Santa Monica, California, USA |
Can we start acountdown until the next time Edster doesn't say anything? Yo, God... Your biggest mistake wasn't avacado's, it was rhubarb. Jim |
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Christopher
Moderator
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
No, Jim, I think rhubarb loses out to pickles... eating pickles, I think, is somewhat equivalent to murdering small children.  |
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Edward Grim Senior Member
since 2005-12-18
Posts 1154Greenville, South Carolina |
Jimbeaux, quote: You only need one hand. “Well all the apostles, they’re sittin’ on the swings, sayin’ I’d sell off my savior for a set of new rings.” |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
I am wondering if any of this answered Essorant's question... |
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Edward Grim Senior Member
since 2005-12-18
Posts 1154Greenville, South Carolina |
Yeah you're right K, none of this really supplies any answers. Me: It would take crickets pouring out of the USB port. “Well all the apostles, they’re sittin’ on the swings, sayin’ I’d sell off my savior for a set of new rings.” |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Well Edward--what if it turned out that you are God? What would you do? |
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rwood Member Elite
since 2000-02-29
Posts 3793Tennessee |
oh lord. |
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Local Rebel Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-21
Posts 5767Southern Abstentia |
Darn it... if I'd just worn a tie I'd have gotten that chapter right |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Uh Oh. He's not answering!  Could it be....???? |
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rwood Member Elite
since 2000-02-29
Posts 3793Tennessee |
quote: oh stop. If I had a nickel for every man in a suit I met whose ties were only good for one thing: keeping the air in their bubble heads, I'd be a wealthy woman. Notice the word wealthy, and not rich. Big diff. |
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rwood Member Elite
since 2000-02-29
Posts 3793Tennessee |
Hey EdGod~ We miss you. Please write. Just a simple reply here is cool, don't trouble yourself with any heavy tablets or anything of that nature. Burning bushes aren't necessary, though I am very impressed with your rainbow messages. Stay almighty, yours |
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Huan Yi Member Ascendant
since 2004-10-12
Posts 6688Waukegan |
. So God in his omnipotence never the less is or feels compelled to post on the internet. Now whose ego is that? …………………………… A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." Stephen Crane . |
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Local Rebel Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-21
Posts 5767Southern Abstentia |
So that's what ties are for? All this time I've been misapplying them. |
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God Junior Member
since 2007-06-26
Posts 18Above you |
Be cool my babies! They said: Seek ye first. Well, I want another search party medamn it!! I am. |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Oh wow. I just googled you, God. "Results 1 - 10 of about 339,000,000 for God..." Is that all? medamnit? *grins* |
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God Junior Member
since 2007-06-26
Posts 18Above you |
339,000,000... I know, I'm the man. I am. |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
How can it be that Bill Gates has more money than you do seekers? |
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Local Rebel Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-21
Posts 5767Southern Abstentia |
I'm sorry God, but, you're not the man. That would be your kid. You're just "I'm" |
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Essorant Member Elite
since 2002-08-10
Posts 4769Regina, Saskatchewan; Canada |
Are you ever going to get married, God? |
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God Junior Member
since 2007-06-26
Posts 18Above you |
Karen, I do not need money; I have lightning pellets. Rebel, don't forget that I'm also my kid. Essorant, don't be weird. I am. |
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Edward Grim Senior Member
since 2005-12-18
Posts 1154Greenville, South Carolina |
quote: If I'm God, then you guys don't stand a chance. “Well all the apostles, they’re sittin’ on the swings, sayin’ I’d sell off my savior for a set of new rings.” |
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rwood Member Elite
since 2000-02-29
Posts 3793Tennessee |
Ged. That's perfect. Your new nom de plume. |
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Miss Behavin' Member
since 1999-06-16
Posts 84 |
God knows - Free verse is two words..  |
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Gifted Member
since 2007-06-26
Posts 140Caribbean |
I'm a christian and it would be very hard for me to believe that God posted something on the internet. First of all the when Jesus comes again it would be the end of the world, so I don't think he would leave judging the living and the dead to post on an internet forum. God himself would not post something, but instead have somebody else send out the message. Also, with all the crazy things going on in the world today, and how somebody can completely change who they are on the internet makes it even harder to believe. I mean it could be some lonely old 40 yeard guy named Hank who lives with cats. He didn't take his medication, and now hwe frantically posting messages saying he is God. I mean it sounds crazy but in this type of world it's possible. Just look at the Virginia Tech as an example, or 911. Unless God himself came to me and said that it was he, himself posting those messages I would not believe it. As I said before, when God comes again it will be to destroy the Earth and all evil and take all the righteous along with him. Peace. Love. Forgiveness. |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Um. I'll panic after the 1000 years of peace, which has proven inevident in this very forum. Welcome to the fray, Gifted! We like to have a little fun inbetween spats--Now where is Stephanos? This is his job methinks. (I just had the link, I swear, Stephan!  ) |
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Edward Grim Senior Member
since 2005-12-18
Posts 1154Greenville, South Carolina |
quote: "...all evil..." Yes, that would be me. Welcome to the zoo, Gifted. Reg, "Ged" huh... I like it. “Well all the apostles, they’re sittin’ on the swings, sayin’ I’d sell off my savior for a set of new rings.” |
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Gifted Member
since 2007-06-26
Posts 140Caribbean |
Why don't you just repent Edward Grim. Peace. Love. Forgiveness. |
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Edward Grim Senior Member
since 2005-12-18
Posts 1154Greenville, South Carolina |
quote: Don't you know that the inculpable can be evil, too? Heh, I was joking; the longer you're here, the more you'll be able to differentiate my jokes from my seriousness. And besides, I'm real close to God. “Well all the apostles, they’re sittin’ on the swings, sayin’ I’d sell off my savior for a set of new rings.” |
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Gifted Member
since 2007-06-26
Posts 140Caribbean |
Ok, cool. Good to hear/read. Peace. Love. Forgiveness. |
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Essorant Member Elite
since 2002-08-10
Posts 4769Regina, Saskatchewan; Canada |
Sorry, I meant to post this in the other thread. |
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