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Okay, so your new sig should be:




I even fixed it up for you.

So, by your way of thought, BlueMystic, the fact that people and animals die is a testament to the nonexistence of a god?

/smack

Twiztid

Not to turn this into yet another religious debates thread but....:

(a) Nowhere in the New Testament does it say that being devout assures you a happy or safe life. In fact, Jesus makes a point of saying several times that the choice to become a follower means your life will be harder for it. You may be mocked, beaten, betrayed or abandoned by family and friends or even killed for your faith. The assurance made is that, if you love God and live a godly life, you'll be rewarded in the afterlife. If you can find the passage where it says God will pluck you out of harm's way each time something comes up, please point it out.

(b) Who is to say God didn't save anyone? Did no one at all escape from the Towers? Can you say that no one called in sick that day? No one was late getting to work because their car stalled or they missed their train or their cat was sick on the sofa? Does this mean God was looking out for them? Beats me.. that's up to an individual choice and perception.

As God tells us in Futurama, "When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all."

blah, blah, blah... I did not see a single post here by anyone who, for the most part, in the past, has tried to create a well thought out or at least entertaining post so I skiped most of the replies, so if this has been said bully for you:

god* is said to have created us with freewill. Yippee! That means bad **** happens to good people. Think of it as gods way of letting you show him your strength of character.

* I don't really think he exists, but hey, if he does goody for him.

There's a good joke along those lines, Jophiel.

A man is in his house during a flood. The water isn't very high, but it looks like it could get worse. Suddenly, a guy drives by in his car.

"Can I give you a ride out of here?" asks the guy.

"No thanks, God will save me," says the man.

Later, as the water rises, the man is sitting on his roof. Another guy drives by in a boat and offers the man a ride.

"No thanks," says the man, "God will save me."

Later, just before the water climbs over his house, a helicopter flies down to his roof. The guy inside the helicopter tries to get the man aboard, but the man refuses.

"No thanks. God will save me," says the man.

The man finally drowns. He goes up to heaven, and asks God, "Hey, what's the deal? why didn't you save me?"

God replies, "What are you talking about? I sent a guy in a car, a guy in a boat, and a helicopter!"

I always liked that one.

Twiztid

This one's gotta be a puppet. A rather moronic, stupid, somewhat inbred puppet, but something isn't right here. fun

I'm pretty sure that I wasn't the only one who interpreted your drivel to have that meaning.

Twiztid

Other than Jophiel's and Gitslayer's post this thread was about as fun to read as the dictionary.

To those who have participated in it, I think that you need a bit more seasoning. I think that perhaps a few more months in the regular OoT would do you a world of good. Once you have honed your skills and are able to put together a coherent argument you may ask permission to post here again.

Tacosid

I know, but he's stirring up the most action we've seen on this board since Thundra "went on strike". Don't spoil our fun, Kao!

Twiztid

Baldisking! Is that you?!

Will you ever publish who's a puppet and who isn't? I wanna know if I'm arguing with the same 2 people all the time. Wouldn't surprise me...

Where am I belittling you? I don't find your old signature offensive (athiest here). I was simply warning you that other people probably will and will rate your posts down for it.

Nevermind. Disregard this post.

Twiztid

Edited, Wed May 12 19:15:47 2004 by TwiztidSamurai