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Make up some kind of excuse or apology for him creating evil. Justify it some kind of way, but you can’t deny what it says in Isaiah 45:7. Sure you can translate it to “calamity” or “disaster” or whatever but the word used (rah) is most often translated as “evil” in English Bible translations or simply just “bad”. Yahweh is responsible for everything good and everything bad - at least that what he told “Isaiah”.

Hey my friend. I see you’ve been having a bit of fun with your new toys.

Does it feel fresh and new; when you regurgitate the same old tired arguments- that have been refuted time and again? Please don’t take offense- I know that you feel the same way about the arguments put forth by theists- you’ve made it abundantly clear. So, in a way, we understand each other’s position quite well.

As far as “defending God” goes… what’s the point? You’re not seriously searching for logical, plausible, and rational reasons to believe in the Triune God. Rather, you are exploiting the fact that God will not override your free will decision to reject Him with incontrovertible evidence of His existence- to no one’s detriment but your own. I would venture to guess, that in your obsessive quest to “prove Christianity wrong,” you have actually led more people to Christ than away from Christ. I am living proof. Your parroting of internet atheist talking points has led me to a wealth of knowledge that I otherwise would not possess; yielding a stronger faith, and a deeper understanding thereof. Thank you for your service.

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Posted by Squirrelmeister

Member since Nov 2021

1883 posts

Posted on 4/8/24 at 6:55 pm to Prodigal Son

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You’re not seriously searching for logical, plausible, and rational reasons to believe in the Triune God

Hey PS, hope all is well. Your statement is correct - I am not looking for plausible reasons to believe something that is evidently not true. Rather, I look for evenly true facts to further my understanding of history and nature. I don’t have an agenda on “what to believe”, but only to believe what is falsifiable, testable, and scientifically evidently shown to be factual. Whatever that turns out to be, I would have no choice but to accept the truth, even if I didn’t like it, else I would be in denial and suffering from delusions.

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override your free will decision to reject Him with incontrovertible evidence of His existence

God overrides free will all the time in the Bible. There’s no reason he couldn’t do it now, other than that he doesn’t exist or doesn’t have the power or desire. The first part of establishing a relationship with a person is establishing existence to the person. Not only do we have no evidence of God’s existence, but we have an overwhelming mountain of evidence that the gods described in the Bible do not exist.

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Your parroting of internet atheist talking points

Parroting implies I am repeating random points of unqualified people posting on Facebook or Reddit. I think you know how I operate. I don’t say much of anything until someone posts something totally wrong, then I step in to correct them or at least give them something to ponder. I’m not searching for lists of contradictions to post on here. Most of my “material” is through my own study over the years.

Let me reassure you of my truthfulness in the same way the apostle Paul would: In what I am writing to you, before Darwin, I do not lie!

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has led me to a wealth of knowledge that I otherwise would not possess; yielding a stronger faith, and a deeper understanding thereof. Thank you for your service