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The Bible, while limited in a philosophical sense to what it contains, is rather quite interesting as its own topic. I enjoy it thoroughly. This idea actually ties in quite nicely with the Christian theology. I've heard of the experiments, but I'll have to read that later (gotta run to work). I suspect that our disagreement on that small point is a hard-line philosophical stance that neither of us are qualified to explain fully, much less change someone's mind on I might try later, though. Yeah, it's weird to try and think about. Then you get into thinking about how your thinking about it is predetermined, and so on, until you get a migraine. I avoid existential crises nowadays. Waste of my !@#$ing time. There's a unique stance on this that J.L. Mackie took up. He argues that God could have created a universe where we have free will and still always choose good (making the free will defense toothless). He caught some flak for it in the apologetics world, but it's worth looking up. The Miracle of Theism is an awesome read.

Is that what they're calling heroin now?

Geez, BFBF, not even on your wedding night?

Isaiah is Old Testament, a major prophet. And most don't. Unless you got some serious biblical scholarship going on, there's not much for people to latch on to and criticize (everything that can be criticized has to do with the writers and language, really, not so much the content itself, i.e. how the Resurrection story is told in the different gospels and how Matthew is a bit more, ah, inclusive with his writing). Some of the dumber ones try, but miss the point entirely and make themselves sound stupid.

This is why the Bible is an objectively awesome book.

I know, it just reminded me of that for some warped reason

Hell if I know. I see two ways around it (mind you, I'm not a believer). First option is that "omniscience" means knowing all possible outcomes. That one is ****ty, because omniscience means something else entirely, especially from the Christian perspective. The second is that a being with omniscience does not affect one's free will. Let's say you are suddenly gifted with omniscience. Does your foreknowledge of my typing out this post mean that I didn't choose to type it? Is my choice less real simply because you know the outcome? I happen to not think so, personally. But hey, that's me. I can tell you were raised Catholic. There's some guy out there. Led a pretty big movement. I think his name was Martin Luther. Look him up. Oh, there's another one too, his name was Yeshua or something like that. He had something to say about that too See the above. TYTT wasn't trying to convince you of anything, he was trying to show you the biblical Christian perspective, which is in opposition to the idolatrous Roman one I like this one better: Matthew 7:21-23 21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Note that God's will, from the Christian perspective, is not works, Gene.

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The problem with this terribly simplistic version of the "problem of evil" is that it is extremely vulnerable to the free will defense. It also assumes that there is a meaningful relationship between God and evil. I know several jews who would have issues with that.

Huckster needs a Christian reality check. This. What Huckabee said is not based in Christian reality.

Human error. I've narrowed it down to the causes listed below.

Because they've taken over the race narrative. Now they don't need to talk about it. I wouldn't discuss it if I were them, either.

That was one hungry bastard. I love the music in the second half

That's all that you can do. Ooo Ooo!

Good thing you didn't. Joining that group of social retards during your formative years would have crippled you for life. You'd be even worse off than you already are, nerd.

That's definitely true for some people. I actually have to haul and tow stuff with mine. Crazy stuff.

I totally have a chance.

Some !@#$ on my block always parks his penis extension with the European plates right behind my truck. I'm going to rip those things off one of these days. As for me, a 2007 Chevy Silverado 2500 long bed.

The term's been around for decades. Trying to legitimize a culture of perpetual victims has been too. One of these things is not morally abhorrent. Say !@#$ it and get them all. Get yourself a handgun, an AR, and a shotgun. For home defense, get yourself one of these bad boys. Love the thing.

I'm sure his mental illness had nothing to do with it. No, it had to be because he's a survivalist (for those of you who don't know, that word is soon going to mean "terrorist").

At the very least lock the damn things up. Did this idiot even have a gun safe?

The more I hear about the guy's mother, the more I'm glad she's dead too.

This. People suck. Also: broadened for accuracy.

What GG said. It's somewhere in the middle. Hell if I know where that is.

We talking about total shootings? If so, I agree. Not so sure about mass shootings like this.