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 President Obama reacts as he's heckled at a Los Angeles fundraiser Monday night.
September 27th, 2011
04:54 PM ET
A movement to paint Obama as the Antichrist?By Dan Gilgoff and Eric Marrapodi, CNN Belief Blog Co-Editors (CNN) - On our sister blog The 1600 Report, CNN's Alex Mooney notes a discrepancy in the official White House transcript of a California fundraiser Monday night, during which a person who heckled President Barack Obama was escorted out by security. Here's the White House transcript's account of the heckler:
But Mooney observes that the White House pool report records the heckler as being much more blunt, yelling "'Barack Obama is the Antichrist!" The president interrupted his remarks at the fundraiser, held at Los Angeles' House of Blues, to respond to the heckler. "First of all, I agree Jesus Christ is the Lord," Obama said. "I believe in that. I do have a question, though. I think the young man may have left his jacket... " Ironically, the remark about Obama as the Antichrist came the same day that The New York Times ran an op-ed arguing that the Antichrist is assuming a bigger place in the public discourse, as evangelical Christian ideas about the end times gain traction. In a piece titled "Why the Antichrist Matters in Politics," Washington State University history professor Matthew Avery Sutton argues that, for some Christians, Obama fits into ideas about the Antichrist, whose arrival is believed to be a portent of the end times and Jesus' second coming:
The op-ed was the most e-mailed piece on nytimes.com for much of Tuesday. In the 2008 campaign, Republican presidential nominee John McCain released an anti-Obama ad called "The One" that ridiculed Obama for what it said was his messiah complex. Some critics claimed the spot was a veiled attempt to paint Obama as the Antichrist, though the McCain camp denied it. What do you think? Is there a gathering movement to paint the president as the Antichrist? Are such charges overblown attempt to discredit Obama's critics? Read Mooney's full report here.soundoff (2,491 Responses)« Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 Next »
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Sorry I'm late. Yup, definitely trolling going on here.
The comment box was to discuss the article's subject "A movement to paint Obama as the Antichrist?" Glad to see people keeping up a "lively and courteous" discussion. Yawn....why is this "news" again?
Why do the very smallest of objects such as atomic portioned nodulations cling ever so smartly together to form a living being such as a person? What is this "force" keeping one's body being made of atoms, tightly woven together? Why should any body made of atomic nodules coalesce and be held together? Surely, an atomically made body that coalesces must have some sort of fundamental reasoning for being bound up together,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
quatum physics.. its basically nothing really more then a magnetic field... every atom has a magnetic field... oh and i'm sure i spelt quatum physics wrong, no worries.. the purpose of words are to convey messages, and i think you can miss a letter here or there and still get the message across.
hippy, my spelling-impeded friend, you are close to being correct. Quantum physics does explain it, but you missed the electrical half of the electro-magnetic field.
This is bigotry.
Christian racisim.
If I were of African American descent, I would feel obligates to whoop the daylights out of anyone who espoused it.
You see the term "Antichrist" is just red neck for n*gger.
So maybe if our elected representatives would stop acting like monkeys, throwing excrement back and forth and do something........................................
The Antichrist or Mahadi as he is called in the Koran is a leader that will come to power in the near future. GOD is allowing the entire Arab world to be set as a stage for this man to be revealed. GOD is allowing turmoil in all Arab countries. Notice how GOD is divinely protecting Israel even though they are surrounded by their enemies. The Antichrist is alive today and he is an Islamic man. He has to be Arab because the Koran predicts his coming. Trust me he is not white, black, chinese or any other race. Muslims will only follow a Muslim leader. He will unite the Arab world and make a peace treaty with Israel that he breaks after 3 1/2 years. When he is revealed this is the start of the tribulation once he breaks the peace treaty the Great Tribulation starts.
I personally believe is that believers in Jesus will be raptured and then the AntiChrist will come onto the scene. GOD has demonstrated this power of removing those who love HIM from trouble in the past and he will do it again.
Jesus I love you and I know you love me! Amen!
You're totally right on, I remember the verses from Revelations. And lo, the 2012 elections shall come to pass, and likened unto that crazy Mayan prophecy movie, great disasters shall riseth upeth from the deepeth. All that is right in the world shall fall to the Antichrist. Ye shall knoweth the devil spawn, as they shall claim to be a great Christian leader from a political party of morals, though they obviously do not practiceth what they preachety.
Nothing in the Quran speaks of Almuhdi or Anti Christ ....!! All those stories were told in the Hadith of the Prophet but not in the Quran...so wake up you had too much drinks for the night....
Correct me if I'm wrong: No one seems to be able to lift us off this planet, to a Perfect Paradise? We did, inhabit the earth and we did subdue it! Now what? If we were beamed up to a Perfect Paradise we'd probably end up killing each other with OUR opinions of HOW TO RULE THE WORLD???? The joke is on us....Even Pharoah could not revive his son? What are we missing here? Common sense can't figure out where this problem started? hummmm It ends in Life or Death? Who Cares? Does someone care? REALLY?....:) My bet, is ........
Beam me up Scotty
"First of all, I agree Jesus Christ is the Lord," Obama said
And that's your president?
No wonder he stopped astronauts going to space, since he must think that's a waste of time.
Sorry Obama, heaven is not a magical place where all our dreams are answered, 'heaven' was meant to be the stars where we need to explore one day.
I mean thousands of years ago all people did at night time for entertainment was watched the stars at night. And for you to say that you want everyone to be dead to see the 'light', is just ludicrous.
Please people of the US, don't vote people in who believe in fairy tales, else you may find yourself dead sooner than later.
What right do you have to judge anyone's beliefs? Whats it matter to you if I believe in God or not, I'm not asking you to do it too. Its a personal choice and its none of your business, just like your atheism is none of my business. Get off your high horse, for someone who doesn't believe in God, you certainly try to sound like Him.
He cut NASA and the space shuttle because the country is broke... it costs a boat load of money to run the space shuttle program and gives us little gain to be completely honest. I love space and wish we invested more money into understanding and exploring it. But using common sense, which Obama did, he cut the program to save money. It may not be popular to some people but its something that had to be done. Would you rather he cut SS or Medicaid? I'm surprised someone gets mad over him doing this of all things. Also, I don't believe in organized religion and don't believe in religions created by human imagination. That doesn't mean I don't immediately discredit someone like Obama. He's intelligent and has common sense, so I'm pretty sure his religious beliefs don't interfere with his judgement all too much.
Dear BO,
Your education does not stop by being president:
The Book of Revelation is best described by the following:
"Nineteenth-century agnostic Robert G. Ingersoll branded Revelation "the insanest of all books".[30] Thomas Jefferson omitted it along with most of the Biblical canon, from the Jefferson Bible, and wrote that at one time, he "considered it as merely the ravings of a maniac, no more worthy nor capable of explanation than the incoherences of our own nightly dreams." [31]
Martin Luther "found it an offensive piece of work" and John Calvin "had grave doubts about its value."[32]
The fact is – your opinion does not matter as the Book Of Revelations given by God cannot be understood by mare minds of philosophical debates. It is Spirit and can only be understood if you are walking in the same spirit. Remember you don't have to believe in the law of gravity than to find out After jumping from a mountain. It will kick in. Same thing, everything happening in the entire spectrum of the earth is ALL found in the Book OF Revelations
plz hit report abuse to repeated post by reality
Note: It is the Book of Revelation not Revelations. And it is "mere" minds not "mare" minds. And Thomas Jeffeson, Martin Luther and John Calvin had mere minds??????
A hardened heart was exactly what Noah in Genesis went through when he was told to warn the people of impending destruction, a hardened heart was what pharoah had when God allowed plagues to correct him through Moses. You cannot be born-again except you are convicted through the Holy Spirit. If you have a hardened heart, the Holy Spirit does not gate crash if you don't allow Him in. There is no debate here, but truth of God to men. Talking about Jesus and Salvation is something most already heard, but not willing to accept His saving grace. Obama is in the middle of the stage for the antichrist, (but know this, if he were the anti-christ your attempts to stop it and your efforts are useless as he will succeed from scriptures) Mandatory health reform is a guaranteed way to let them control our health and KILL people
What you can do is to prepare for Jesus Second Coming rather than focus on distractions the anti-christ brings through debates. Look all around you, look at our Dollar bill images, look at the crafty UN, EU, and WHO plannings, look at FEMA, believe me the safety campaign to secure your credit card of debit through chips will be implanted on people, As we are all seeing the stage set, research HAARP, ILLUMINATI. Remember the Bible states the anti-christ will come in peacefully but he will gain absolute confidence of the whole world. Obama surely has aidded him. Mark the following words:
1. 2012 pending disaster is man made to bring chaos. There is always global Chaos before he manifests himself WWI, WWII were all planned and ways to control the people
2. It will be made mandatory to recieve the mark of the beast 666 and our goverment will gladly endorse it. It is no more a secret. Ignorance and complicency is our greatest enemy
3. Global food crisises has started and Somalia was a test run
4. Entertainmnet from Hollywood will grow to keep people busy and distracted
5. Political circus will unite prior to the anti-christ showing
The name of the ANTI-CHRIST is found when you use the Hebrew letters to match Hebrew Alphabet and Numbers for 6000 600 6. He is known to all presidents and world leaders, just a hint: he is very involved in the Re-building of the Temple In Jerusalem as of today. He contributes heavily to the temple re-building as that is where the abomination of desolation will occur. He is a great friend and advisor to the Royal families in Europe, Olympics Honors him all the time. He has largest share investment in ALL technological companies in the world. He is well revered by the Pope and he meets with the Islamic leaders as adviser. He organises relief efforts in all disaster areas and has a strong world-wide foundation. He is the greatest arms investor and owns 2/3 if arms companies. He is someone the media acknowledges for his uniqueness. He is Not American, but owns major share of the Federal Reserve (Research who owns US Federal Reserve) He has a name and made the most unique remark on 2012 disaster.
Come out of your box, think, even the bible tells us that "He that has wisdom should calculate the number of his name". his time is not yet but he is in his 30s.
Here, Kunie. Your tin-foil hat blew off, and now take your meds.
Am still at page 2 while you guys are already over 48 pages....! Hmm what a race no time to lose hah....
Any way for Eric G. And E.DNA my answer to their posts are made at page 2...
But to catching up I wanted to share a funny joke with you although not all will appreciate it ;
An important announcement by The Queen Elizabeth ll to the citizens of the United States of America: In the light of your failure to competently govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately.
Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths and other territories.
http://www.avolites.com/jokes/queen.htm
If only Britain would once more rule America! The world would be a better place.
and have rotten teeth
No smoke with out fire.... Therefore they maybe considering same.!?!
Yes folks, this article really was written September 27th, 2011. The 21st century. Really.
I cannot believe these people are allowed to vote. When will fundamentalist christians realize that there is no anti-christ, that the world isn't ending, and that their beliefs do not belong in our political system?
Isn't it sad?
All Goddening aside, I shall attempt to impart upon the simplest of minds my dumb-down take regarding Fractal, Celestial and Cellular Cosmologies and Nothingness.
1. Fractal Cosmology
This cosmology declares there are points in the physicalness of matter that in size: things of matter look repetative or alike.
2. Celestial Cosmology
This cosmology entails that there are innumerable amounts of Universes perhaps endless amounts.
3. Cellular Cosmology
This cosmology entails the natures of the fractal and the celestial in that a single cell is akin to a celestial universe and infers or reasons that the fractal makeup of each cellular universe is dictated by its' base premise to be of one in many inummerable cell shapes and size variations.
4. The Ocean/Seas of Nothingness
This sea or ocean of nothingness has rivers and streams and creeks that begins in the outer spaces of the celestial and flows ever deeply into each and every object from the biggest of stars to the very finite or smallest things of matter. The ebbing and flowing of nothingness gives to all things of material nodulations their innate abilities to coalesce or merge without clamoring into each other.
Only at the celestial plain can and do objects collide but within the atomic plains of a celestial collision, few to none collide yet when they do, they release an abundancy of energy's synnergisms. Stars are in constant turmoil and yet they have flowing rivers of nothingness these rivers do ebb ever deeply into a star's core being. As within any planetary object, the rivers and streams and creeks from the seas of nothingness do flow and ebbingly move about upon any planetary object's plains of atomic nodulations.
Wow. That is just batshlt insane.
I'll have what he is having! Cheech and Chong have nothing on him.
You belong to that new age cult, they are some scary delusional weak minded people.
Seriously
You seem to have missed the entire point and worse yet you are wrong on evolution. Evolution began long before “survival of the fittest” in this regard so at best you are referring to natural selection. Not sure if you miss the point intentionally or just don’t get it.
I'd like some of what Richard Kaiser the moron is smoking.
Faith. Its a sad story.
Tragic. Proof is found in the Gospel according to Dick the Kaiser.
@ Tom,,,,,,, I only smoke 305 filtered cigars,,,,,, 🙂 Quit smoking if You are still able Tom! I am beyond quitting. I gave up alcohol and I gave up whacky tobakcy. Just ain't able to give up filtered cigars... 2 out of 3 ain't bad,,,,,,,,,,,
@ Max wrote,,,, "Faith. Its a sad story"
Why are you Max so sad? I sure ain't! Just can't figure some folks out,,,,,,,,,,,, Oh well anudder day upon the rock!
Sure you did, Dickie. You just can't put together a complete thought because...um... well, why is that?
This is not true.. The Anti-Christ will be manifested at the end of chaos to come( War, economy, weather, religious upheaval, natural disasters) The anti-christ will be the head of the UN, EU, Arab League, Asian political group, he will originate from Europe- Middle east region. The eye on the Pyramid on the US Dollar. Obama definitely is aiding this man-of-sin like all other presidents before him. ANY PRESIDENT promotiong New World Order is directly an Agent of the Anti-Christ but not the Anti-Christ himself. Obama stands to make the middle east to be very unstable along with the economy. But, here is the deal, the PERSON HE NOMINTATES, THE – UN, EU, TRILATERAL COMMISION, COUNCIL OF FOREIGN RELATIONS, BILDERBERG, ILUMINATI, HOLLYWOOD, ACADEMIC SPHERE, RELIGIOUS SPHERE( CHRISTIAN CIRCLE), ALL WORLD PRESIDENTS AND LEADERS WILL UNANIMOUSLY AGREE TO THE NOMINATION OF THIS MAN to lead the NEW-WORLD ORDER – then all are doomed except those who know Jesus personally.
"yawn* Huh? Did you say something?
@Kunle
Anyone who new Jesus personally died about 2000 years ago, unless of course they themselves are the anti-christ? Right ? So how well do you know him ?
@Stunned
Knowing Jesus personally is recognition of our sinful nature and recieving the forginess of sin and eternal life through his shed blood 2000 years ago, the mistry that we will be debating and talking about the Anti-Christ 2000 yrs after He laid down is life is not a coincidence but prophesy about to be fulfilled. That is why when the anti-christ shows up as Jesus fore warned i Mathew 24, it will be the WORST nightmare of humanity on the face of the earth. This same internet medium will cease to exist or be closed down long before. Information sharing at this time is all about the Grace of God.
@kunle
Could hardly understand you post. You may need study grammar and spelling
There is no "fore-warning", you and your buddies believe that. They were men. Better men than you. they (allegedly)wrote a book about there life and times
I doubt you've seen the worst of anything. How does the tsunamis in Indonesia and Fukushima figure into your dusty old book!! Oh what ? it didn't happen in your village? I think they faced the worst that nature can throw at them. Is that in your great book or doesn't it cover asia ?
Do you have an original thought? Or do you keep quoting other peoples writings? Do you understand your dusty old book was written by men 2000 yrs ago? Same as in the next 2000 yrs the inhabitants of this planet will think our science/religion will seem the same dusty old mythology? Quite mystical and unfounded in practical applications.
Your inability to grow up and accept change is astounding!
I have nothing to fear except from the likes of you poisoning the gene pool.
@Stunned...
Then I would advise you to be fearful. Thinkers like you existed 6,000 yrs ago and would always be there at the end of it. What I share cannot make sense to you as the bible has it clearly written. If you are not called, you cannot understand it, if you are not chosen, it is mistry to you and phantoms because of a hardened heart. If you think the Anit-Christ is a phantom, may it be that to you. I hope it is never too late.
Ho-hum, really? I thought Gorbachev was the anti-christ. That's what these morons were saying in '85.
And in another 20 it'll be someone else. And we'll still be in the "end times."
And in another 200 it'll be someone else. And we'll still be in the "end times."
The anti-Christ? really? Grown men and women actually believe this? And these fools continue to be allowed to get pregnant and produce more dolts. We are indeed doomed...but not by "Obama the anti-Christ," but by our own sickening stupidity. By the way, why cant Rick Perry be the anti-Christ? Wouldn't that make more sense? Let me know when this is over.
Well, I would, but by then the world will have been destroyed.
Answer wrote on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 7:03 pm stating, “Hey Richard, You know it's okay to admit failure, even as a man, we're all human. Your religious folks love to harness guilt and love to suffer within (this is the wrong thinking of course). As a human being when you move away from these guilt trip imposed by religion you will realize on your own that you are strong on your own. You can learn to appreciate life. You can be honest to yourself and accept the fact that "IT IS OKAY TO BE HAPPY JUST BECAUSE YOU WANT TO BE." This is the truth and you do not need a shell of guilt to surround yourself before you can be happy. That is what is wrong with you fundamentalists. You guys deserve to be happy and should just move away from needing guilt first and just accept happiness on your own.”
I am very happy Answer! I am in my habitat when I post about my views and perceptions! Too old to do anything else! I am way past admitting failure and in my repenting, I have found my Faith in Christ Jesus who was the very first Son born of GOD when in the beginning of Time GOD did create His Sons. The very first born Son of GOD did eventually become our Lord and Savior our Christ Jesus. In His dying upon the Cross at Calvary all sins and not just the chosen ones were forgiven us.
You see “Answer” my view is that it took GOD’s very first born Son many eons to do GOD’s will which was to set up a Cosmological Paradigm wherein all of Life would forever live and die and live and die until the new earth would be created out of this Celestial Cosmos’ firmaments which we know of as being Universes of innumerable amounts and they are being created even as I type and will until they have become the firmament of a new earth and a new heaven! (sorry about the length of my sentence)
"I have found my Faith in Christ Jesus who was the very first Son born of GOD when in the beginning of Time GOD did create His Sons. The very first born Son of GOD did eventually become our Lord and Savior our Christ Jesus. In His dying upon the Cross at Calvary all sins and not just the chosen ones were forgiven us."
Yes Richard that is nice. So in your proclamation all you are doing making a statement. With just empty words you are hoping to convince who? Yourself.
Know the word proclaim from – fact.
God this, God that. Give me a bucket. Obama is a smart cool dude and given a chance, could change the world. Those of you who won't give him a chance, you know who you are.
@Richard
Try restating that proclamation for the next trillion years to myself. If you are seriously mentally deficient to do so you, are just shouting out for someone to accept your claims. Why do you think I keep asking for proof?
@Richard
Let me poke some more fun at you at your expense. With a scenario on law.
You are the lawyer for the prosecution. Making your case against the defendant in question (over his murder of his brother). Here you are in court: "Your honor the defendant is GUILTY! HE IS ABSOLUTELY GUILTY I SWEAR IT! I rest my case."
You are not going to convince anybody. And you are not convincing anyone else with that rant of yours.
@ Answer,,,,,,, You overlooked the "Cosmological Paradigm" in my term paper,,,,,,,,,,,,,OOOOoooh that's smart of you,,, 🙂
@Richard
Is that all you got? Do you understand it at all? I myself would never care to have a go for it. Frankly I haven't read it.
I'll let you explain why you chose that in your defense. Do tell.
It's okay to say "I do not know". See it's not that hard.
@ Answer,,,, "You are not going to convince anybody. And you are not convincing anyone else with that rant of yours"
How do you know for sure that some individuals are taking my perceptions under due considerations? Surely you can't speak for the whole lot of this world's people! So get off your high horse telling me this and spouting out that of what other may or mot think! Some have and some haven't. Case is adjourned until next week,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 🙂
For the simple reason that I used simple explanations that are of this world concept. Law affects us.
You want your world to be god given. I have called your position to answer it. You as per usual do the religious cop out.
People want answers not frauds, nor fake love nor false smiles to ween their heart to bogus claims. Try being honest with yourself. Be ignorant but I'll call you on it.
Answer
You made a believer out of me, Thanks !
See I had to look up all the stuff you threw at me and now I really believe. Once I believed only on faith. Now, It is more than faith. You wanted evidence and I discovered that observation is acceptable proof. It may not be acceptable to someone with a bias but an objective scientist finds it acceptable. I personally observed the Holy Spirit working in my life just exactly as Jesus said it would. I have personnally witnessed the same in over 200 people and I understand it happens millions of times a year.
You observe dark matter and believe it as fact yet you cannot see it or prove what it is. 3800 years ago Moses recorded the beginning "Let there be light and the light separated the darkness". Finally, just a few decades ago science discovered what it likes to call the big bang and all the pride of man patted themselves on their own backs. A force at the speed of light separated the dark matter in the universe oh now that we can all hang our hats on................oops no proof yet and the big bang is questioned by some key scientists..........that's ok we believe in the big bang until some real proof comes in.
@Fred
I only encourage to others to think. That is plain and simple. I am continually question this reality and so far have found the reality to science to be the best approach. Whatever you make of the words I type – makes no difference if you converted to atheism or cannibalism. You could die of shock and realization or commit suicide for all I care.
Answer
Yes I agree you do encourage thought and I appreciate that. There is a reality outside of science that also begs your enlightened attention. Some have the gift of objective reason others are off the scale in the metaphysical relhm. Jesus and Einstein were men physically, which had the greater view of reality. We learn from both and need both. Jesus had a greatest impact with his gifts and Einstein would be in the top of scientific contributors. Einstein was in awe of what Jesus knew to be.
You may want to check out His words. Einstein did.
Answer wrote on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 8:14 pm, stating, "For the simple reason that I used simple explanations that are of this world concept. Law affects us."
I Rick write, "You want simple reasoning and I am not a simple minded individual and can only put a dispensation of my "Faith" upon the tables to be either thought upon or dismissed as such simple minded folks would do. Yes, the Laws of Physics does affects us but will you pick up upon my Laws of spiritual physicalities?"
Answer continues stating, "You want your world to be god given. I have called your position to answer it. You as per usual do the religious cop out."
I Rick respond stating, "Is Fractal or Celestial or Cellular Cosmologies considered being a 'religious cop out'? You have not said one iota of even attempting to give your specified thoughts regarding such things!"
Answer continues proclaiming, "People want answers not frauds, nor fake love nor false smiles to ween their heart to bogus claims. Try being honest with yourself. Be ignorant but I'll call you on it."
In Surmize by stating, "My honesty in my word is founded upon my faithfulness in the words written in the KJVB that relate soundly toward fractal, celestial and cellular cosmologies and yet you "Answer" have but thrown away my dedicated faithfulness as being but from an ignoramous who you deem to be dishonest! Such a shameful deed you have done against my Faith and Trust! If you could be honest just say you don't understand what I mean by such Cosmologies. You could though learn provided you would be a willing person to understand. Alas another wasted fool who seeks faultiness rather than perceptiveness."
Rainbows.
Rainbows are evidence that not only a higher power exists, but that that higher power is the Christian God, Yahweh. Don't believe me? Read the BIBLE.
@Fred: here’s a little note from Albert for you
It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it
.–Albert Einstein
@Central Scrutinizer
Yes! I don't see anyone, Dem or GOP who can measure up to him. Especially, now that he has taken a strong stand.
Cheers my friend!
@ Richard
You need to calm down and put your religion back in the toy box where it belongs.
I really can't get over how idiotic and elitist you are. Even if this dark matter did exist how on earth does that prove Jesus or disprove evolution ( just as examples). Please go back to 5th grade and debate your science teacher about this. Wait you Can't because people like you complain and want creationism to be taught a actual scientific theory. Now that sir is nuts. Good day.
It's not his religion that belongs in a box. It's Dickie the Kaiser Roll.
@ben
You said: "Rainbows are evidence that not only a higher power exists, but that that higher power is the Christian God, Yahweh. Don't believe me? Read the BIBLE."
I'm assuming you know what causes rainbows or are able to google the subject.
Rainbows are a good illustration of the "god of the gaps" phenomena. Early man did not know very much. So, whatever he didn't understand, he assigned to god. Why does it rain? God opens a window in the heavens. Why does the sun race across the sky? God drives the sun across the sky. Why are there rainbows? God stretched His bow across the sky...
As man's knowledge progresses, we are finding that god did not do it. The notion that god was responsible for something has always been wrong in the past. I suspect the future will look a lot like the past.
For all the beautiful things in this world (like the rainbow), there are also horrors. Disease and parasites that cause pain and death. Birth defects – babies born without brains. Disasters that kill men, women and children.
Much of our earth is covered by salt water, desert and ice. Hardly the sort of place you would expect an intelligent designer to construct. Especially given that being all powerful and all knowing nothing was impossible for him.
Cheers!
Rainbows are a promise from the Lord not to flood the Earth again.
Rainbows are caused by the refractive index of water when exposed to light at the proper angle to the observer.
The refractive index of water has not changed in all these billions of years since the Big Bang.
No gods exist. Physical laws DO exist and have remained unchanged since the beginning of this space-time continuum.
Rainbows are just refracted light. There is nothing special about them. They happened BEFORE Noah's time.
Can you explain that away? No. Not without lying your ass off.
Bob Smith
Seeing how you guys always say God cant be proven you cannot prove that rainbows existed before the time of Noah. You do not have the wisdom of Solomon as one must look outside of science for that. As long as you remain steadfastly blinded by science the real picture will allways escape you.
Thank you Mary, you like Solomon know the reason for the rainbow while Bob Smith and Dave Johnson are still stuck in a high school chemistry lab.
Dave Johnson
You said "Much of our earth is covered by salt water, desert and ice. Hardly the sort of place you would expect an intelligent designer to construct"
No you are trapped in the thinking of Eve. Their world was perfectly created by intelligent design. Man with his lust to raise his knowledge above God brought about all the ugly you speak of in this world. You are still doing it even though you see (assuming you even read the Bible) the error in such pursuats. Look at you statement and at least admit if there was a god he must be smarter than man.
"man with his lust to raise his knowledge above God brought about all the ugly you speak of in this world. "
LMAO – that is the dumbest statement ever! Man lust for knowledge created earthquakes, drought, tsunamis, hurricanes, etc..what a load of crap. The excuses people like you come up with to justify your god is appalling.
Seriously
You may not know the story so let me summarize it for you. God creates a perfect place for man called the Garden of Eden. That is not good enough for man as he wants to be smarter than God. So man chooses the forbidden tree of knowledge which God warned him about. God knew man could never handle the knowledge of good and evil so this was the only tree in the garden which man was forbidden to touch. Man rejects God and reaches out touching knowledge of good and evil. What now, a perfect Holy God cannot be in relationship with evil. Man was cast out in the world you described. Such a world has; good and evil, atheists and Christians, good and bad natural events. This is why I say man brought it about. Man wants this good and evil existence as he rejected God for it. This is a theme throughout the entire Bible. Note this thread alone as to man getting exactly what he asked for. When it comes to your final end as well as the final end of all life as we know it man will get exactly what he asked for. You ask for darkness and separation from God you will be granted that wish. The only difference is that you will be with your like kind. Today you have a choice between life and death careful what you chose it has lasting consequences. You have no idea what an eternity without God looks like.
As to your knowledge, which you may or may not have, it is not the same as wisdom. Solomon to this day reflected wisdom far above the Greeks you love or peers in your small circle. If you read nothing else in the Bible you may want to at least check out Solomon then see how your knowledge stack up against wisdom.
“God creates a perfect place for man called the Garden of Eden. That is not good enough for man as he wants to be smarter than God. So man chooses the forbidden tree of knowledge which God warned him about.”
LOL! Duh your god setup them by putting the tree there knowing they would eat it because based on your myth he is suppose to be all knowing. LOL! Yeah some god – duh! Oh…that’s right it’s because dumb humans wrote the story.
"This is why I say man brought it about. Man wants this good and evil existence as he rejected God for it. "
LOL No, it's called survival of the fittest because it's what caused us to evolve.
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you said:“LOL! Duh your god setup them by putting the tree there knowing they would eat it because based on your myth he is suppose to be all knowing.”
Not a set up in the least you simply cannot comprehend the sequencing of time from an eternal viewpoint reflected upon a linier one dimensional surface constrained by a beginning and end point.
Now, go read Solomon then Proverbs a little wisdom never hurt anyone.
"Not a set up in the least you simply cannot comprehend the sequencing of time from an eternal viewpoint reflected upon a linier one dimensional surface constrained by a beginning and end point.
Now, go read Solomon then Proverbs a little wisdom never hurt anyone."
More excuses for your mythical god, that's funny. What you can't dispute is man wrote a book they screwed up and made their god look totally dumb. The god created the tree of knowledge, created the serpent that talks, knowing that the humans he created would eat the fruit, then have the stupidity of saying it's all their fault. LOL! How more pathetic can it get. DUH!
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You seem to have missed the entire point and worse yet you are wrong on evolution. Evolution began long before “survival of the fittest” in this regard so at best you are referring to natural selection. Not sure if you miss the point intentionally or just don’t get it.
Now go read Solomon (called Ecclesiastes in the Bible) and proverbs.
"You seem to have missed the entire point and worse yet you are wrong on evolution. Evolution began long before “survival of the fittest” in this regard so at best you are referring to natural selection. Not sure if you miss the point intentionally or just don’t get it.
Now go read Solomon (called Ecclesiastes in the Bible) and proverbs."
I was being sarcastic moron – because your lame arguments for your god don't explain the fact it deliberately set up humans to fail based on your mythical book. It's because it was made up by humans for humans and nothing more. People need to read it just like they do the Harry Potter books.
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End of discussion Garden of Eden was not a set up yet you cannot get over some personal issue that keeps you from moving forward on this and your life for that matter. You do not need to believe in God or the Bible to simply understand the theme. It is a choice as is reading Solomon and Proverbs to gain some wisdom. How is it you cannot do such a simple thing? I can tell you this much, if there was a book I was afraid to open up the first thing I would do is grab and open it. Stop running away from an inanimate object that you fear just move towards it and when your knees stop shaking crack it open a just wee bit at a time.
"I can tell you this much, if there was a book I was afraid to open up the first thing I would do is grab and open it. Stop running away from an inanimate object th"
LMAO – seriously Fred you're a moron. I have read the bible, was a reborn Christian but no more – I woke up like many posting here – it's a brainwashing cult nothing more. You just don't get that the mythical god in the Bible setup man to fail and then supposedly knowing the outcome, continued to condemn them anyway. LOL – . DUH! WAKE UP – it's a book written by men who didn’t understand their environment, so labeled anything they couldn’t understand as the work of a god. . Just like the Harry Potter books are about good and evil too. Its fun to watch children actually believe that story is real. You're an adult now stop believing in fairy tales.
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So, tell me what do you find wrong with Solomon and Proverbs?
"Solomon and Proverbs?"
Still harping your mythical book Fred – it's garbage and a cult. There is no god which means those stories and songs are false. DUH! LOL! Wow you are such a child.
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Afraid to read a few pages ............too bad.
"Afraid to read a few pages ............too bad."
LOL! DUH I have already told you I have moron, keep showing your poor reading comprehension skills idiot. LOL!
Would the Antichrist really wear goofy jeans like Obama? Hard to fathom such a thing...
Exactly. How is it that so many people simply can't understand that? It's true, because the Bible says so. The Bible says so becase it's true. See? Fool proof.
The world is doomed. We have one group of people researching biochemistry and physics, curing cancers and putting men on the moon... and another group that still believes in devils, witches, and the antichrist. Really, what year is this?
I agree, but Halloween is right around the corner. Without "devils, witches and the antichrist", the only horror movies we would have is garbage like SAW, Scream and Final Destination.
Hot chicks dressed devilishly are the best!
@Eric G
I had not seen your "handle" for a while. I hope you are well. Do not stay away. I learn much from you.
Cheers!
It is the year ONE of the New World Order headed by Clive (a troll who lives under the bed and pulls the covers off my wife and blames it on me) the Overlord! All hail Clive!
First, believers still need to prove the existence of their God.
Let's start there.
Prophecies, magic, human sacrificing, resurrections, evil spirits, seven headed monsters, supernatural beasts, talking serpents, talking burning bushes, eternal torment, eternal bliss...
How can you be so blind? The only explanation for all of this is that GOD really does exist.
@ Eric G,,,,,,,,,,,
The Hadron supercollider has (I think) proven that objects can travel faster than the speed of light. Neutrinos anyway can,,,,,,
Also science has concluded that there exists substances amid nothingness and it is called dark matter and dark energy due most likely that they know no other term to call it.
Also is my postulation that there floats upon this vast Ocean of Nothingness innumerable amounts of Celestial Universes and they are being created as I type. The vastness of this Ocean of Nothingness is beyond our comprehensives and we will never really know its; vast size.
GOD or this Ocean of Nothingness, being GOD's Holy Spirit reaches from the outer most regions of outer space and goes deeply within and into the atomic plains of Fractal Cosmologies.
If you can somewhat understand these words, just contemplate on the plausabilities and in the future I will expound in more detail my thoughts regarding Fractal Cosmology, Celestial and Cellular Cosmologies.
@Richard: Thank you for your response. Your scientific references can be verified or falsified based on evidencial support and testing. You then inserted your god where your understanding and ability to verify evidence ended.
Sorry, logic foul on the play. Argument from as-sumption. 10 yard penalty, repeat first down.
No, disbelievers need to prove that their is no God.
Typo: No, disbelievers need to prove that there is no God.
No, Chris, they don't. One cannot prove a negative. One cannot prove that Santa Claus doesn't exist. The onus is on you to prove that your God exists. If you can't, then you should accept the fact that you have faith and belief, not proof.
Exactly, Tom! That's what I've been saying all along, but everyone seems to think I'm not right in the head. I tell them that Santa is real, and they throw me some perplexed stare; like they can't decide if I'm a child in a man's body, or if I'm just a looney. Sometimes they'll smile and patronize me, and other times they'll try to convince me that he's not real. Then I tell them to prove it, and they're stumped!
@ Eric G,,,,,,,,,,, 🙁 & :-)= 🙂 & 🙂 + 🙂
@Chris: So, you can make claims of reality without any evidence and then demand verifiable evidence to disprove your unproven claim?
Sorry, your post was childlike. Please stay quiet while the adults talk.
@ Eric G,,,,,
Do you Eric know anything about Fractal, Celestial and Cellular Cosmologies?
@Chris: “disbelievers need to prove that there is no God” Do we also have to prove there is no Santa Claus, Superman, Vampires, Fairies, UFO’s, Unicorns and Loch Ness Monster? Or is it still ok to require proof from their proponents before we believe?
Re: faster than the speed of light, the good folks at CERN got unexpected results that suggest that it might be possible for the speed of light to be exceeded but rather than making an unsubstantiated extraordinary claim (such as an invisible god exists), they have asked other independent scientists to review their work. A perfect example of the open self-correcting scientific method at work, rather than holding to accepted dogma, as the believer world does.
@Richard: I do. Why do you ask? Please remember that Wikipedia is not a good source for your information.
Well, then Eric, why don't you produce proof of the existence of your God without using Wikipedia. We're all waiting with bated breath, you little dweeb. Get to it, dumbazz. We don't have all night. Stop your stalling, you boob.
@ Eric G,,,,,
I posted above near the top of this page a rather plain description of fractal, celestial and cellular comsologies and nothingess,,,,,,,, 🙂
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