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I grew up in the Baptist church. I used to believe strongly. I no longer do. The God I believed in (Original Post) demtenjeep Mar 2019 OP
It's the trap of "free will" Turbineguy Mar 2019 #1
K&R UTUSN Mar 2019 #2
Heck, compared to the other horrors that have taken place - this is nothing. Ligyron Mar 2019 #3
The Church doesn't understand Jesus's teachings. Karadeniz Mar 2019 #4
My God Aussie105 Mar 2019 #5

Ligyron

(7,636 posts)
3. Heck, compared to the other horrors that have taken place - this is nothing.
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 09:57 PM
Mar 2019

Just the ones documented in the bible which are supposed to somehow convince us of this being's existence and love for us make what we are having to put up with right now rather pleasant by comparison.

Never mind the actual Nazi stuff for instance.

No, I'm afraid we are on our own and we alone will have to do the hard work of getting rid of Trump and everything that enabled and supports him.

I think we are up for it.


Karadeniz

(22,543 posts)
4. The Church doesn't understand Jesus's teachings.
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 10:01 PM
Mar 2019

The Prodigal Son should be called the God System. It traces the soul's way from its source to its earthly existences and back. Who notices that once the "son" leaves the "father," the father never interferes with the son's activities? The earthly realm is our responsibility, not God's...that's why we have God's nature embedded in us via the soul to serve as our guide.

Aussie105

(5,412 posts)
5. My God
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 10:19 PM
Mar 2019

lives I my heart and my actions.

My God doesn't live in some building, or subscribe to rituals. Or dressing up. Or taking advantage of others.

My God weeps at Trump and what he is doing to America.

But yes, sometimes some Divine Smiting with a few lightning bolts or meteors would help greatly.

As in the above post - Trump is a human problem, needing human solutions.

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