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  1. Lon

    That's incompetent, irrelevant, and immaterial, impassible, impeccable, and immutable! - Oct 23 2023

    Thanks. It seems to be necessary for 'good' to become 'evil.' We know what caused it with Adam and Eve. Beyond we don't, but appreciate the discussion points. I believe we do. It is part and par for what actually did happen. Right, how does a 'good' system go bad? We at least know, one...
  2. Lon

    Guns!

    Totally illegal in my state! o_O (okay, not totally, if you own one, you can keep it, but you cannot sell it or give it away). The pistol is a good one and excellent for the wife and you.
  3. Lon

    Wokey McWokeface

    I 'think' this is the right/best place for this. Not 'a' white baker, 'all' white bakers 0.o https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/baking-company-hosts-competition-barring-white-participants/ar-AA1mXhKS From Redstate "Like mushy dough into crispy croutons, America is being...
  4. Lon

    That's incompetent, irrelevant, and immaterial, impassible, impeccable, and immutable! - Oct 23 2023

    Yes. We aren't told how he was capable of rebellion against God. Have not heard this prior. Source? Seems legit but I've not seen much on contemplation regarding the fall of Satan. Here is a link that explains all I've ever heard regarding the subject...
  5. Lon

    Different Stuff

    I'm sure I'm mistaken, but doesn't Linux already deliver on the same? On initial glance, this seems redundant to me, like Pascal.
  6. Lon

    Our Moral God

    Well, describe why. My immediate response is 'no it does not' but I have to be able to explain a thing, if you would. In the article, there is a discussion of pain as 'problematic' to the privation idea. The proffered truth: "Pain isn't just a lack of feeling good, it is an intense...
  7. Lon

    Our Moral God

    Thus the 'opposite' of something 'lacks' something else and is thus a privation (read below and be informed, it is good for the mind!). In order to 'think' you have to entertain, NOT dismiss: It is literally where 'thinking' stops. Interactions are proof unto themselves. Read a bit...
  8. Lon

    Different Stuff

    ▲ ▲ Where's my :doh!: icon?
  9. Lon

    That's incompetent, irrelevant, and immaterial, impassible, impeccable, and immutable! - Oct 23 2023

    Okay, help me out then ( I'm open to it being wrong). 1) Adam and Eve, in the Garden are created 'good.' 2) They have a directive not to eat of the tree (I don't believe the complication "or even touch it" needful for this part of discussion) .: ) Because they are good, and as beings made...
  10. Lon

    Our Moral God

    Just the opposite. Correct. You didn't 'defeat' my statement, you proved it! Only God can (and does) declare Himself as self-authenticator. Insomuch as we are in Christ, He authenticates Himself...and us. He does. Because you think, at times, shallowly, two-dimensionally and then jump...
  11. Lon

    Our Moral God

    Colossians 1:16-18 John 15:5 Philippians 2:13 Acts 17:28 Because you think so? You are setting yourself up for a problem to 'your' logic. Wouldn't it have been better to ask, or are you this self-assured? If you won't (by declarative) listen, is there a point? Never-the-less I'll give...
  12. Lon

    Our Moral God

    Not at all, why? Because 'assumptions.' For one, Evil isn't an entity. Does it exist 'inside' of God's universe? Of course (but it isn't an entity, it is a deprivatation, a lack). Prove it wrong, and please try and think before assumptions (you've a good mind and I generally think...
  13. Lon

    Abortion is evil

    Which is mind boggling and surreal in a thread entitled "Abortion is Evil!" If it were retitled it'd have to be 'Abortion isn't evil, until...' Or "Partial birth Abortion is Evil!" Reading the thread, ever with the title in mind, there is a profound, bewildering, disconnect.
  14. Lon

    Abortion restriction against right to own body

    Was just talking to a former TOL member who asked for biblical proof that harm to the fetus is a sin. This particular scripture is incredibly clear.
  15. Lon

    Abortion restriction against right to own body

    The problem with any justification, is it sets the clock back to allowance. There is an inequity in the comparison of justifiable against criminals vs justifiable against the innocent unborn. I don't want to see a day where a 12 year old who takes a morning after pill, is sent to a...
  16. Lon

    That's incompetent, irrelevant, and immaterial, impassible, impeccable, and immutable! - Oct 23 2023

    We are today under sin, so James is correct (obviously). Huge difference. There was no 'fall' without the serpent in the Garden.
  17. Lon

    Our Moral God

    It is a logical paradigm: If 'all things' come from God Colossians 1:16-18, then 'becoming flesh' is already from Him inclusive in all things. Perhaps, in my thinking, it'd be a better OV tack to simply say "the universe didn't exist at one time" therefore is a 'new' thing. The logical...
  18. Lon

    Our Moral God

    Love this! Let me see if I can expand on this so it makes a bit of larger contextual sense. Let me begin here: Genesis 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. Psalm 33:9 He spoke and it came into existence. Logos then, is (and I think I agree, impotently to a degree)...
  19. Lon

    Our Moral God

    For me, 'freedom' is and always has been an assumption and desire that enters the conversation as a preconceived notion and granted truth. I question it, simply because my mind works this way at the fall of man. The obtained autonomy came by disobedience. Prior to that, there was no such...
  20. Lon

    Wokey McWokeface

    Ah, good call! One gets the idea 'miss Tommy' had a botched surgery and has a LOT of angst about it!
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