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Re: God may or may not test us » so

Posted by alexandra_k on May 19, 2005, at 20:43:08

In reply to Re: God may or may not test us, posted by so on May 19, 2005, at 19:07:26

> > > > > > But we can always rely on Dr. Bob. :)

> And I also wonder, do you appreciate that some people who hold a profound faith in what they beleive to be an actual supreme being might be distressed by an assertion, qualified only by an ambiguous collection of punctuation marks, that any mere mortal, even a doctor, is as reliable as the god in which they place -- or attempt to place -- absolute faith? I would wonder if Scientologists would be particularly taken back when they read a suggestion that a psychiatrist is as reliable as "god".

Maybe...
Maybe I'm missing the point.
I thought it went

'god may or may not test us but we can rely on Dr Bob to do so'.

It is arguable whether god tests us or not.
Strictly speaking I do believe that it is supposed to go that god does not test us, rather, by giving us free will he allows satan to test us.

So.
'god may or may not test us'
Indeed.
Not just because he might only exist as an idea (which I don't think was Dinah's point)
But also because, strictly speaking if we assume (have faith) that god exists then he doesn't do the testing - satan does.

Maybe...
God allows Dr Bob to test us...

Hmm.

 

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