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21 Apr 2016, 3:50 pm

A friend of mine just sent me this on Facebook :

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21 Apr 2016, 3:57 pm

^^^^Here's my take on things like that:

Satan was not put in hell to tempt us. Satan was there to be the punisher and guardian of hell. We make our own choices. He just gleefully accepts. Satan got the s**t job because he was the rebellious child. And that is his punishment.

That whole "The Devil made me do it" is just hypocritical excuse making for their bad decisions. A way of not taking responsibility for anything at all.

None of the above is a description of my personal faith system. Just an interpretation of things I have studied over the years.

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21 Apr 2016, 4:02 pm

aspiesavant wrote:

A friend of mine just sent me this on Facebook :

Oh my God! Evolution!! ! Truly the End is Nigh.

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21 Apr 2016, 4:14 pm

BaalChatzaf wrote:

aspiesavant wrote:

A friend of mine just sent me this on Facebook :

Oh my God! Evolution!! ! Truly the End is Nigh.

Seriouosly? LOL Evolution was the only thing that made the 'alert list'? LOL

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21 Apr 2016, 4:40 pm

satan is smarter than before, now he tempts by making rich instead of poor. [St. Thomas of Aquinas]

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21 Apr 2016, 4:43 pm

auntblabby wrote:

satan is smarter than before, now he tempts by making rich instead of poor. [St. Thomas of Aquinas]

I honestly don't see Satan is a tempter. I see him as the fallen, punished favorite that is serving penance by doing the worst job ever, forever.

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21 Apr 2016, 5:12 pm

Spiderpig wrote:

Christianity is here to stay, like all forms of irrationality.

This whole thread is just:

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21 Apr 2016, 5:29 pm

...Heh............;...................

quote="auntblabby"]I wonder if some other destructively malleable religious force would have taken its place and bollixed things just the same? IMHO it is fatally flawed human nature itself that has ret*d our development and will cause civilization to collapse sooner rather than later.[/quote]

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21 Apr 2016, 5:53 pm

Lightninggrrl wrote:

This whole thread is just:

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21 Apr 2016, 5:56 pm

aspiesavant wrote:

Lightninggrrl wrote:

This whole thread is just:

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21 Apr 2016, 6:17 pm

zkydz wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

satan is smarter than before, now he tempts by making rich instead of poor. [St. Thomas of Aquinas]

I honestly don't see Satan is a tempter. I see him as the fallen, punished favorite that is serving penance by doing the worst job ever, forever.

then who is behind all the evil in this hellworld?

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21 Apr 2016, 6:27 pm

Free will and people twisting good things to their own wants for power. Humankind does not need help in temptation. It is the few good that redeems use a species.

I believe the idea of Satan was twisted as a threat to hold sway. Give people an excuse.

"I have been tempted. Forgive me for I have sinned." Not "Forgive me because I did bad things on my own."

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27 Apr 2016, 2:48 pm

There would still be religion around, no matter what you believe. I was reading an article about atheism and it shocked me to learn that Seth Macfarlane was a Catholic turned atheist. Sounds like he hates religion.

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27 Apr 2016, 2:58 pm

Berrylicious wrote:

It is a very pertinent point you raise about filling that void. And, usually, the void is filled with some sort of radicalism.

No matter what, there will be some sort of religion. Good or bad.

The only thing that bothers me is that people are to quick to actually see the real good that is done.

They only want to focus on the negatives in an attempt to sway opinion.

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27 Apr 2016, 3:34 pm

I wonder if there are as many disaffected Buddhists as there are disaffected Catholics? something tells me not.

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27 Apr 2016, 3:46 pm

auntblabby wrote:

I wonder if there are as many disaffected Buddhists as there are disaffected Catholics? something tells me not.

I acutally know a few.....Though not as vociferous as mainstream religions though and not real radicalism.

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