[QUOTE="RiSkyBiZ-13"][QUOTE="shaza91"]

[QUOTE="RiSkyBiZ-13"]If a black announcer made a comment about a white women's basketball team, we would have never heard about it. No, he wasn't wrong, and once again it's the media putting the spotlight on racism that's not even there.whipassmt

Please post a video of a black announcer making such comments.

That's my point. You won't find them, because it's not a big deal to the media. I have a video on my computer that was aired on C-SPAN, a black radical preaching about exterminating white people off the planet. There were no riots because of this, no protestors.

Why did you quote me on this, you never touched on my point. How is saying something as bad as the KKK? They commit hate crimes, Imas didn't commit a hate crime.

The way Christians put free will up on a pedestal is perplexing to me. By giving us free will God is risking a life of eternal damnation for many of his creations. It's like giving a chocolate bar laced with cyanide to a 4 year old. Even if you tell the 4 year old the chocolate is laced with cyanide, more often than not they'll eat the chocolate. Why? Because they probably don't know what cyanide is. Even if they are told very clearly what the poison will do to them ,say through a parental source, they may still take a bite of the chocolate because they either don't believe the deadliness of cyanide or they believe the parental source is making it all up-because let's face it, the chocolate bar looks normal and the 4 year old's never seen anybody be affected by cyanide.

This metaphor comparing the kid and the candy to humans and the choice of embracing God or going to hell clearly illustrates why free will is not a suitable system for an all-knowing, loving god to implement.

Also, why is it that we think we need free will? Are we are using our own capacity of free will to decide that free will is favorable or are we simply trying to be happy with what we think we have? Why is free will superior to anything else?

How could a perfect, all-knowing, all loving deity have made and implemented such an ill conceived system ?

This brings us to one of two conclusions, either this deity is all-knowing but not all loving and wants some of us to suffer or this deity is loving but just dumb and short sighted. Neither of these figures fit what is described in the Bible or any other religious text that I know of.

espoac

Without Free Will, we would be robots in no control of our actions. Our Free Will is a test to get to heaven. We know the 10 Commandements, they're pretty simple and to the point. Do what's right, go to heaven. Do wrong, go to hell. We're free to choose.

I always wonder why little kids are raped and killed if there is god. Why would this god allow those things to happen in his world?RHCP87

Free will. Please read other religious posts and you'll have your questions answered, this thread is useless and worthless.

[QUOTE="RiSkyBiZ-13"]If a black announcer made a comment about a white women's basketball team, we would have never heard about it. No, he wasn't wrong, and once again it's the media putting the spotlight on racism that's not even there.shaza91

Please post a video of a black announcer making such comments.

That's my point. You won't find them, because it's not a big deal to the media. I have a video on my computer that was aired on C-SPAN, a black radical preaching about exterminating white people off the planet. There were no riots because of this, no protestors.

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You have a valid point, however, it is inevitable that asome of theinformation is lost in translation due to the time spans between many of the events and their eventual notation. The New Testament for example was written some 200 years after Jesus died, so it cannot be 100% accurate, especially in a time when records were not great. So to an extent the idea that "all things made man are faulty" would be true. Some of the stories within the stories are evident and easily interpreted, but the more complex ones could just as easily be a lack of communication or a loss of data over the years as they are God being complex.

Thyeora

A large chunk of the New Testament was written while Jesus was alive, considering they were written by Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and so on- his disciples.

Also, as for translation errors, (excuse me if this seems like I'm reaching), but God works in mysterious ways. Perhaps these errors were meant to be, eventually giving us the true, big picture?

I respect your beliefs but I dont choose to follow them. Personally, I have no idea what to believe but as far as Im concerned, there may have been an entity that created all and has no further involvement in our existance.

I dont know what that is, but Im not a big fan of religion, although thats what I believe. If anybody knows what thats called, could you let me know please.

If you want to know more then just ask and Ill try to explain.

Shade-Blade

It sounds like you're leaning toward Agnostic. I was Agnostic once as well, it will give you the opportunity to explore all world religions with no bias. Good luck!