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27 Jun 2011, 1:57 pm

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28 Jun 2011, 2:00 am

aspi-rant wrote:

no god exists... so no need for any questions to be asked either. pointless topic for atheists.

Thats an invalid answer/strawman, because this thread isn't about whether God exists or not. God is assumed to exist for the sake of this hypothetical scenario, otherwise no discussion could take place. That's all it is. Perhaps I should clarify:

IF God existed, and IF he invited you out to dinner, and IF he offered to answer any questions you had, what would you ask?

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28 Jun 2011, 3:03 am

"Why can't I see you?"

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28 Jun 2011, 3:22 am

"What the f**k?!"

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28 Jun 2011, 4:53 am

Being a good Jew, no matter what you asked, God would no doubt respond, "You ask a silly question, you get a silly answer."

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28 Jun 2011, 5:41 am

naturalplastic wrote:

The usual stuff: why do you allow suffering?

that reminded me of this scene from South Park

http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/1 ... ngeful-god

Chef: Stan, sometimes God takes those closest to us, because it makes him feel better about himself. He is a very vengeful God, Stan. He's all pissed off about something we did thousands of years ago. He just can't get over it, so he doesn't care who he takes. Children, puppies, it don't matter to him, so long as it makes us sad. Do you understand.

Stan: But then, why does God give us anything to start with?

Chef: Well, look at it this way: if you want to make a baby cry, first you give it a lollipop. Then you take it away. If you never give it a lollipop to begin with, then it would have nothin' to cry about. That's like God, who gives us life and love and help just so that he can tear it all away and make us cry, so he can drink the sweet milk of our tears. You see, it's our tears, Stan, that give God his great power.

as for what I'd ask god, I don't know. I can't think of anything. I imagine it would be a very awkward conversation, more so than I'm use to already.

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28 Jun 2011, 8:24 am

"What is thy bidding, my master?"

Then we'd have a good chuckle, as God would certainly get the reference.
The way NTs do when they quote "Grey's Anatomy" or whatever it is they're watching nowadays.

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28 Jun 2011, 8:58 am

CrinklyCrustacean wrote:

aspi-rant wrote:

no god exists... so no need for any questions to be asked either. pointless topic for atheists.

At the same time, it is really rather silly to do this exercise if you do NOT assume he exists.

Why not have a thread "What would you say on a date with Princess Leia or Mickey Mouse?" - depending on gender?

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28 Jun 2011, 9:28 am

God, you're just f*****g around with us, aren't ya?

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28 Jun 2011, 9:31 am

metaphysics wrote:

And meditating. To the deepest point that I have ever reach. I would not imagine that I can reach there, it will be a ridiculous pride.

But just meditating..

I thought this thread was about God ... not orgasm.

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28 Jun 2011, 9:57 am

Autistic_Man wrote:

metaphysics wrote:

And meditating. To the deepest point that I have ever reach. I would not imagine that I can reach there, it will be a ridiculous pride.

But just meditating..

I thought this thread was about God ... not orgasm.

I wrote it in its deepest sense.

Have you ever think deeply???

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28 Jun 2011, 10:04 am

Any scholar of Monty Python knows that to get an understandable answer you must have almost arrived at it yourself. Humans encountering a being of immense knowledge and intellect have not the abilities to even ask the right questions. What question would the average horsefly be able to ask a human and would it be able to understand the answer?

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28 Jun 2011, 11:24 am

Sand wrote:

Basically, what I said, but standing on the wrong hillock.

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28 Jun 2011, 11:25 am

I would not ask anything
but I would say

Quote:

I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though it all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

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We must not buy their fruits:
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Their hungry thirsty roots??

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28 Jun 2011, 11:31 am

JakobVirgil wrote:

I would not ask anything
but I would say

Quote:

And what more does he [or can he reasonably] expect of any of us?

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28 Jun 2011, 12:19 pm

Philologos wrote:

CrinklyCrustacean wrote:

aspi-rant wrote:

no god exists... so no need for any questions to be asked either. pointless topic for atheists.

Bull feathers.
Whether you're a believer or not is irrelevent to the question.
If you're an avowed atheist and to your surprise you find that god not only exists but has invited you to dinner you might have atleast as much to say to him as would a theist.
For starters you might ask "why do you go to such great lengths to conceal all evidence of your existence?"

And other questions related to your lack of belief.

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