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You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse. You can shut him up for a fool, you can spit at him and kill him as a demon or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God, but let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about his being a great human teacher.
Playing God refers to assuming powers of decision, intervention, or control metaphorically reserved to God.Acts described as playing God may include, for example, deciding who should live or die in a situation where not everyone can be saved, the use and development of biotechnologies such as synthetic biology, [1] and in vitro fertilisation. [2]
Practical atheism does not see the god questions as irrelevant, in contrast to apatheism. [9] [10] Thus, "practical atheism is disregard for the answers to [God questions], not a disregard for [God questions] per se. Unlike atheism proper, the practical atheist acts as if God does not exist and has no authority over his life despite his belief ...
In the U.S. state of Nebraska, State Senator Ernie Chambers filed a suit in 2008 against God, seeking a permanent injunction against God's harmful activities, as an effort to publicize the issue of public access to the court system. [7] The suit was dismissed because God could not be properly notified, not having a fixed address.
Condescension or Condescendence is a form of incivility wherein the speaker displays an attitude of patronizing superiority or contempt.Condescension "is associated with a patronizing attitude, and with other negative words such as divisive, heartless, arrogant, high-handed, [and] dictatorial". [1]
If a type of entertainment offends you, don’t participate. I am not a fan of topless bars, so I don’t patronize them. The property tax snafu has me puzzled. ... My God, Mississippi looks ...
The evil God challenge is a philosophical thought experiment.The challenge is to explain why an all-good God is more likely than an all-evil God. Those who advance this challenge assert that, unless there is a satisfactory answer to the challenge, there is no reason to accept that God is good or can provide moral guidance.
This is not like the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve is not out to make money for itself. That’s not its job. WOLF: Sounds a little more like a sovereign wealth fund. FELLER: Well said. He ...