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Originally posted by john70t
The difficulty I've had in accepting any organized religeon are my personal theorums:
1) If God is the almighty, how can mankind speak for him or claim to harness and use his powers?
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Man does not speak for God nor can man "harness" his powers. Anything that occurs through God is of his own will. You must be watching too much Benny Hinn...
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Originally posted by john70t
2) If God first created the universe, and then the world, and then all the creatures within as a utopian Eden, why is mankind destroying it (hundreds of species per day in the Amazon)?
Were we predestined to populate other planets before we had trashed this one?
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What mankind does or does not do has nothing to do with God's original vision for Eden. God does not control man like a puppetmaster.
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Originally posted by john70t
3) If mankind was created in the image of a male God, was it supposed to be pygmies with testicular elephantitis or Wang Zhi-zhi?
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This is just silly. Are you purposely trying to derail the conversation? The Bible says man was created in God's image. If you take that to be a literal statement, then that is your business. No one can say what God looks like or what gender (if any) he is. I use the term "he" for God because it is a traditional reference among human culture. If you want to call him "she" or "it", be my guest. Save the images of giant testicles for the bathroom stall though, we are trying to have an adult discussion here.