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Where was your God when that evil bastard killed those babies?

 
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Re: Where was your God when that evil bastard killed those babies?
You're an idiot...ever read the Bible? Evil will increase until the end...SATAN is the "god" of this world until then.
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yes. op you need to accept jesus if you ir anyone here have any questions my email is [email protected]


PEOPLE PLZ CAN'T YOU SEE THIS IS THE END TIMES? i pray that those who haven't accepted him will soon
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Re: Where was your God when that evil bastard killed those babies?
You're an idiot...ever read the Bible? Evil will increase until the end...SATAN is the "god" of this world until then.
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God has lots of built-in excuses.
Epicurus was right.

Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?
Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing?
Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing?
Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing?
Then why call him God?
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Humans are quite inventive in their excuses and in creating a god in their own image. And then when this created-god falls short of their created expectations, then we get words like those of Epicurus.
 Quoting: Life and Love


Almost as inventive as the loving God of the bible and the concept of free will. Regardless of whether or not people have free-will, God is supposed to already know everything before and after it happens. I believe this constitutes for his omniscience? But if that's true, He knew this kid (as well as all the other psychos) was going to commit mass murder. And, being that God is the creator of all life, He not only knew this but he created him anyway.

Religion and its fundamentalists do not make sense. In fact, if anything is an excuse, it is religion itself, because it takes the burden off of everyone's own life and allows them to look elsewhere from their own responsibilities.
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Re: Where was your God when that evil bastard killed those babies?
You're an idiot...ever read the Bible? Evil will increase until the end...SATAN is the "god" of this world until then.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 29553238


God has lots of built-in excuses.
Epicurus was right.

Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?
Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing?
Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing?
Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing?
Then why call him God?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 29916813


Humans are quite inventive in their excuses and in creating a god in their own image. And then when this created-god falls short of their created expectations, then we get words like those of Epicurus.
 Quoting: Life and Love


Almost as inventive as the loving God of the bible and the concept of free will. Regardless of whether or not people have free-will, God is supposed to already know everything before and after it happens. I believe this constitutes for his omniscience? But if that's true, He knew this kid (as well as all the other psychos) was going to commit mass murder. And, being that God is the creator of all life, He not only knew this but he created him anyway.

Religion and its fundamentalists do not make sense. In fact, if anything is an excuse, it is religion itself, because it takes the burden off of everyone's own life and allows them to look elsewhere from their own responsibilities.
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I'll leave you to your opinion.
We become like that to which we are devoted. - Choose wisely.
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Re: Where was your God when that evil bastard killed those babies?
In His absence why didn't 'we' stop it, along with the 25,000 other children that die daily.
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Why is he always absent? What's he doing that he can't provide his people with anything other than scripture for the purpose of endless bickering between those who believe and those who don't?
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Re: Where was your God when that evil bastard killed those babies?
God is not a liar. He said evil would increase to levels seen when He wiped out humanity with the flood. It is prophecized in the bible, and therefore it has to happen.

If he intervened it would never come to full completion. Sad yes, but a sign of mankind's turn to evil.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25512421


Were animals evil too? Did they deserve to die. All flesh was corrupt except for Noah and his sons. Noah's DNA was pure. We were altered. The sons of god mated with women, producing the Nephilim. They didn't just alter humanity though. They altered everything. Animals too. Remember the centaurs and other half-man/half-beast creatures of Greek myth? They probably weren't myth at all but remnants of past history. That is why there was a great flood. After the flood, God promised not to do it again. So once more, we are being altered and once more the depravity of man knows no bounds.
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God has lots of built-in excuses.
Epicurus was right.

Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?
Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing?
Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing?
Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing?
Then why call him God?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 29916813


Humans are quite inventive in their excuses and in creating a god in their own image. And then when this created-god falls short of their created expectations, then we get words like those of Epicurus.
 Quoting: Life and Love


Almost as inventive as the loving God of the bible and the concept of free will. Regardless of whether or not people have free-will, God is supposed to already know everything before and after it happens. I believe this constitutes for his omniscience? But if that's true, He knew this kid (as well as all the other psychos) was going to commit mass murder. And, being that God is the creator of all life, He not only knew this but he created him anyway.

Religion and its fundamentalists do not make sense. In fact, if anything is an excuse, it is religion itself, because it takes the burden off of everyone's own life and allows them to look elsewhere from their own responsibilities.
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I'll leave you to your opinion.
 Quoting: Life and Love


It's not exactly MY opinion. This is what religious fundamentalists say. God is omniscient, omnipotent, all-loving, etc, etc. If there is any credibility in what they say, then their God and their religion simply falls flat on its face!
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good question op. all baby jesus had to do was jam the perp's gun.
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How could he? The smart asses kicked God out of the schools. Now see how so much better things are now?
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Humans are quite inventive in their excuses and in creating a god in their own image. And then when this created-god falls short of their created expectations, then we get words like those of Epicurus.
 Quoting: Life and Love


Almost as inventive as the loving God of the bible and the concept of free will. Regardless of whether or not people have free-will, God is supposed to already know everything before and after it happens. I believe this constitutes for his omniscience? But if that's true, He knew this kid (as well as all the other psychos) was going to commit mass murder. And, being that God is the creator of all life, He not only knew this but he created him anyway.

Religion and its fundamentalists do not make sense. In fact, if anything is an excuse, it is religion itself, because it takes the burden off of everyone's own life and allows them to look elsewhere from their own responsibilities.
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I'll leave you to your opinion.
 Quoting: Life and Love


It's not exactly MY opinion. This is what religious fundamentalists say. God is omniscient, omnipotent, all-loving, etc, etc. If there is any credibility in what they say, then their God and their religion simply falls flat on its face!
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I don't argue. With them, with you, with some of the private doctrine posts in this thread. What does that profit? Rather, I will state what I believe and let it go at that.

I also don't defend. Either myself or God. I don't matter, and God can take care of Himself.

So, yes, I'll leave you to your opinion (the part I bolded - I should have done that in my first reply) and bid you blessings and good evening.
We become like that to which we are devoted. - Choose wisely.
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Re: Where was your God when that evil bastard killed those babies?
Heres your 100% proof that there is no loving God..How could a God that knows "everything" allow this?

Is God not willing to stop evil? or is he powerless to? If so why even call him a GOD.

God is Bullshit, and the religious people and twisted minds created by it are what has caused this horrific massacre.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 17444403


LOL, no sir it's called KARMA...think back with me real fast...Native Americans where busy living life here on America's soil...so a band of white men came in and massacred them all...woman and children alike and stole the land from under the Natives feet. Don't try and make this about your Atheist Agenda you lame duck.
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Re: Where was your God when that evil bastard killed those babies?
You with the small mind. GOD created the laws of physics & Free Will.
GOD did not create Evil.
just as God did not create cold.
Evil is an absence of Love.
Just as cold is an absence of heat.

We were given free will to choose good or evil.
And you must remember life is but a fleeting moment, then eternity!

Where, that's your choice.
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Re: Where was your God when that evil bastard killed those babies?
Heres your 100% proof that there is no loving God..How could a God that knows "everything" allow this?

Is God not willing to stop evil? or is he powerless to? If so why even call him a GOD.

God is Bullshit, and the religious people and twisted minds created by it are what has caused this horrific massacre.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 17444403


LOL, no sir it's called KARMA...think back with me real fast...Native Americans where busy living life here on America's soil...so a band of white men came in and massacred them all...woman and children alike and stole the land from under the Natives feet. Don't try and make this about your Atheist Agenda you lame duck.
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....Was the perpetrator Native-American? Otherwise, you're argument is pretty lame. Did you say the same for Columbine and V-Tech?
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Re: Where was your God when that evil bastard killed those babies?
First of all, my GOD was on his throne where he belongs!!! And if Christians ever get their act together he will remain there.
But the real question is WHERE WERE YOU? You have the ability and audacity to question GOD because you are so intelligent and talented. How come you didn't create some program or some law that would have kept this from happening? You want to question GOD? LOL

Let me educate you....

God gave us an instruction book for LIFE on this planet. He wanted us to have LIFE and have it ABUNDANTLY. He wanted us to be FRUITFUL and MULTIPLY. Those were the plans.
BUT SATAN/LUCIFER screwed it up. The bible clearly states that WAR broke out in HEAVEN. Well, the problem with that is that everything that happens in HEAVEN happens HERE (AS ABOVE SO BELOW). You have heard about WAR, right?
Ok, so we are supposed to go by the book to win this WAR. The only problem is only a small percentage of the people are using the book and/or taking it seriously.

So here we are in a WAR and half of the soldiers don't want to show up!!! They want to party with the other side.. THE ENEMY.. SATAN/LUCIFER.
Jesus said "For he that is NOT AGAINST US IS FOR US". So if you are AGAINST GOD you have clearly picked your side.

Don't ask where was GOD? WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON?
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Re: Where was your God when that evil bastard killed those babies?
You with the small mind. GOD created the laws of physics & Free Will.
GOD did not create Evil.
just as God did not create cold.
Evil is an absence of Love.
Just as cold is an absence of heat.

We were given free will to choose good or evil.
And you must remember life is but a fleeting moment, then eternity!

Where, that's your choice.
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So God created everything, except for evil and cold. Gotcha. However, free-will really doesn't matter if God already knows everything before it happens.
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Free will...read the Bible, it foretells of things much greater than this to come. That's why you should repent and not be here for it when it gets much much worse.
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*cough* cherry picker *cough*
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Re: Where was your God when that evil bastard killed those babies?
Heres your 100% proof that there is no loving God..How could a God that knows "everything" allow this?

Is God not willing to stop evil? or is he powerless to? If so why even call him a GOD.

God is Bullshit, and the religious people and twisted minds created by it are what has caused this horrific massacre.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 17444403


LOL, no sir it's called KARMA...think back with me real fast...Native Americans where busy living life here on America's soil...so a band of white men came in and massacred them all...woman and children alike and stole the land from under the Natives feet. Don't try and make this about your Atheist Agenda you lame duck.
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....Was the perpetrator Native-American? Otherwise, you're argument is pretty lame. Did you say the same for Columbine and V-Tech?
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It all goes hand and hand. A nation created on death and stealing and then glorifies violence in all forms of entertainment...it's not even hard to see...if you can't put the pieces of the puzzle together at this point...well you are too far gone to be helped.
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Loving us with free will. Block off from the sunlight of the spirit is man's choice and the concequences are his.
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"Is God capable of ending evil but unwilling? Then he is Malevolent.
Is your God willing but not able? Then he is not omnipotent
Is he both willing and able? Then whence cometh evil?

Is he both unable and unwilling?


Then why call him God?" - Epicurus
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Loving us with free will. Block off from the sunlight of the spirit is man's choice and the concequences are his.
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God but winds us up and sets us on the ground...we decide where we go...

Everything in the world works toward a perfect end determined by God. It is our task to seek to do his good will. The trouble is when we insert our own self desires and frailties.

This moment is a fork in the road for the U.S.

Will we become entrenched in our divisions?

Will we be guided by fear?

Will we choose to do good or bad?

Or will we turn toward the light and forge ahead seeking peace and healing and love?

WHAT WILL IT BE AMERICA?

Your future depends on the next steps you take...
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Let me see if i got this right.. 1st you Atheists say, there is no God, But when Man does something Horrible, (which is most likely propagated by the Gov. for some agenda), Then you say, "God Did it"..lol, You Atheists are Ignorant,Contradicting Muppets who no one really pays any attention to, Unless they need a quick pick me up.
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Heres your 100% proof that there is no loving God..How could a God that knows "everything" allow this?

Is God not willing to stop evil? or is he powerless to? If so why even call him a GOD.

God is Bullshit, and the religious people and twisted minds created by it are what has caused this horrific massacre.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 17444403


How about maybe the heavenly father said these 22 are mine its better for these babies to come home rather than being forced into gay and lesbian lifestyles through a horrible education system.

I see that they will be molested by those elite college porofessors and coaches.I see them being exposed to murdering others through their christmas video games presents from mommy .

I see them being taught to be selfish and they will learn to be dishonest bankers and lawyers.They will grow up to be like the selfish and racist population. So he snatched them away even before the bullet can hit

Last Edited by Neim-Ya'shar on 12/14/2012 10:30 PM
1 But these took this counsel among themselves, that they would leave the multitude of the heathen, and go forth into a further country, where never mankind dwelt,
42 That they might there keep their statutes, which they never kept in their own land.
43 And they entered into Euphrates by the narrow places of the river.
44 For the most High then shewed signs for them, and held still the flood, till they were passed over.
45 For through that country there was a great way to go, namely, of a year and a half: and the same region is called Arsareth.
46 Then dwelt they there until the latter time; and now when they shall begin to come,
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God is not a liar. He said evil would increase to levels seen when He wiped out humanity with the flood. It is prophecized in the bible, and therefore it has to happen.

If he intervened it would never come to full completion. Sad yes, but a sign of mankind's turn to evil.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25512421


If he is going to wipe out humanity with a flood then that is intervening. Why didn't he just get it over with a long time ago? What's the purpose of waiting, just to say "See, I told you it was going to get worse"...? What is the point of that?
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Because the very last eternal soul must be born in flesh to be tried before the end. This is a testing ground for the soul. I know it doesn't seem fair all the time, but we are under this power regardless of what we think.
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Re: Where was your God when that evil bastard killed those babies?
They wern't babies, they were children! According to the new DSM your emotional language means you are mentally ill. Your stabs at God are pathetic! God had nothing to do with these murders. Where is your blame for satan and his minions? They are the workers of iniquity. Your reasoning ability is severly hampered. God welcomed those children home. Why is your heart so black that you blame the blameless and let go the assassin? Shame on you!!!!
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Typical....kick God out of everything, deny Him any place in the lives of mankind, take Him out of schools and churches and then say the evil that mankind allowed to fill the void proves God doesn't exist.

He gave mankind free will. Many chose to lock Him out and then cry when bad things happen....like they let Him in to stop it???

The absence of God means the presence of evil. It's one or the other....PERIOD.

How long will people refuse to understand that?
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the prince of darkness rules this world. this is one of his works.
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My God was smiting homosexuals at the time so much evil so little time.
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I am confident God knows what He is doing.

Those kids are with Him.

and He is recording how you spin this.

careful.


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Re: Where was your God when that evil bastard killed those babies?
Heres your 100% proof that there is no loving God..How could a God that knows "everything" allow this?

Is God not willing to stop evil? or is he powerless to? If so why even call him a GOD.

God is Bullshit, and the religious people and twisted minds created by it are what has caused this horrific massacre.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 17444403


How about maybe the heavenly father said these 22 are mine its better for these babies to come home rather than being forced into gay and lesbian lifestyles through a horrible education system.

I see that they will be molested by those elite college porofessors and coaches.I see them being exposed to murdering others through their christmas video games presents from mommy .

I see them being taught to be selfish and they will learn to be dishonest bankers and lawyers.They will grow up to be like the selfish and racist population. So he snatched them away even before the bullet can hit
 Quoting: Neim-Ya'shar


Very well said.
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Re: Where was your God when that evil bastard killed those babies?
You with the small mind. GOD created the laws of physics & Free Will.
GOD did not create Evil.
just as God did not create cold.
Evil is an absence of Love.
Just as cold is an absence of heat.

We were given free will to choose good or evil.
And you must remember life is but a fleeting moment, then eternity!

Where, that's your choice.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 24466393

Wrong.
Isaiah 45:7

7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.
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God is not a liar. He said evil would increase to levels seen when He wiped out humanity with the flood. It is prophecized in the bible, and therefore it has to happen.

If he intervened it would never come to full completion. Sad yes, but a sign of mankind's turn to evil.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25512421


If he is going to wipe out humanity with a flood then that is intervening. Why didn't he just get it over with a long time ago? What's the purpose of waiting, just to say "See, I told you it was going to get worse"...? What is the point of that?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 29913732


Because the very last eternal soul must be born in flesh to be tried before the end. This is a testing ground for the soul. I know it doesn't seem fair all the time, but we are under this power regardless of what we think.
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THIS IS WHAT THESE KIDS NOW ENJOY

95The fourth order, they understand the rest that they now enjoy, being gathered into their chambers and guarded by angels in profound quiet, and the glory waiting for them in the last days.


96 The fifth order, they rejoice that they have now escaped what is corruptible and shall inherit what is to come; and besides they see the straits and toil from which they have been delivered, and the spacious liberty that they are to receive and enjoy in immortality.

97 The sixth order, when it is shown them how their face is to shine like the sun, and how they are to be made like the light of the stars, being incorruptible from then on.

98 The seventh order, which is greater than all that have been mentioned, because they shall rejoice with boldness, and shall be confident without confusion, and shall be glad without fear, for they press forward to see the face of him whom they served in life and from whom they are to receive their reward when glorified.

[NOTE:"THE RIGHTEOUS ARE IN THOSE CHAMBERS ABRAHAMS BOSOM WAITING TO SEE THE FATHERS FACE"]
1 But these took this counsel among themselves, that they would leave the multitude of the heathen, and go forth into a further country, where never mankind dwelt,
42 That they might there keep their statutes, which they never kept in their own land.
43 And they entered into Euphrates by the narrow places of the river.
44 For the most High then shewed signs for them, and held still the flood, till they were passed over.
45 For through that country there was a great way to go, namely, of a year and a half: and the same region is called Arsareth.
46 Then dwelt they there until the latter time; and now when they shall begin to come,
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Re: Where was your God when that evil bastard killed those babies?
Heres your 100% proof that there is no loving God..How could a God that knows "everything" allow this?

Is God not willing to stop evil? or is he powerless to? If so why even call him a GOD.

God is Bullshit, and the religious people and twisted minds created by it are what has caused this horrific massacre.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 17444403


While it may not make any sense today, I must believe that everything that happens occurs exactly as it is suppose to happen.

I agree, the death of these children makes no sense to me, but in order to remain sane, I must believe their is a much bigger plan than I am aware of. Does my heart ache for the children that were killed & the families that are trying to cope with their losses? Most assuredly, but believing in a power greater than myself & trusting that there is a plan, does help to comfort me.

Sandy Hook certainly is a tragedy, but we must remember that tragedies happen everyday. Miracles happen everyday too. I must keep a sense of perspective. 26 people died today in Sandy Hook, but many more died elsewhere around our world today. All of those that died today will be mourned, they were all loved by someone.

How many people found out they were cured of cancer today? How many children were born to loving parents today? How many people averted a tragedy today by some simple action or lack of action? We may never know. Life is not a promise, it is a gift.

Is there proof of a loving God? All I can say is that my life was good today. I shared time with friends & family. I laughed, I listened & I really heard what they were saying. I smiled at &/or hugged at least 40 people today & it made me feel wonderful. I made a special effort to make a friend feel important on her birthday. I believe that "yes" there is a loving God in my life, but I do invite God into my life. I appreciate the good & I accept the bad. I rarely attend any church, God is everywhere.

At 10 I experienced a NDE. Yes, I became aware of a loving God. Death is not painful, it is not scarey, it is not traumatic. We all die. While here in this life, we must look around, pay attention & appreciate those placed into our lives. They are all there for a purpose. We are here to learn. Am I angry that this tragedy happened? Yes, but I accept that there is nothing I can do to change what is past. The present is all I have. I try to make the most of right here, right now.

Look & you will see. Listen & you will hear. Believe & you will know peace & love.





GLP