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enki23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 04:07 AM
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Breaking News: God decides to feed some of his children.
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Frumious B Donating Member (282 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 10:10 AM
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1. Quite frankly...
With the resources and technology we have at our disposal the fact that there are children who are hungry is our problem, not God's problem. God has done his part. There is more than enough food on the planet to feed every single human. The issue is whether or not we're willing to live up to our end of the bargain.
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 11:13 AM
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3. God supposedly made manna rain from the sky, didn't he?
Why doesn't he work a little o' that magic now? Why should others suffer because the world's richest citizens don't do enough? Clearly it doesn't weigh on their consciences, so what kind of lesson is being learned by anyone? It's pointless suffering.
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enki23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 04:48 PM
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4. exactly how it was in my family
if the smallest kids couldn't elbow their way in... well, they pretty much stayed the smallest. it's not like it was dad's responsibility to make sure we all had reasonably equal access to the food. he made plenty. if some kept more than they needed, well, that was the kids's fault.
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enki23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 04:54 PM
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6. though, to be fair...
he did occasionally take time out to make sure the ones who kissed his ass the most got an extra portion. or so they said...
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tjdee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 10:50 AM
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2. God is not a magic elf.
People do maintain some responsibility.
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enki23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 04:49 PM
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5. i always thought of him as sort of a barbarian in a tinkerbell costume
Edited on Sat Mar-19-05 05:20 PM by enki23
five o'clock shadow, and pixie dust.
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