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Edited on Thu Aug-25-05 04:18 PM by Lerkfish
first of all, where are you, and where have you been for so long?
--- The bahamas. Its nice, I'm comfortable. They have these drinks called "Bushwhackers" with litte paper umbrellas...oops, just saw an iguana run by....
why don't you ENFORCE the ten commandments, or update them, or add a few or remove a few?
-- Are you kidding? you guys don't follow the ones you already got. Enforcing them runs counter to free will, don'tcha know. I'm not giving you any new commandments until you play nice with the old ones.
when a plane crashes and only two people survive, were you watching over the two survivors only, and why did all the others die? were they not worth saving?
--- If I saved everybody, you'd be neckdeep in very old people. Like methuselah-old. And not all of them could fit in Florida. I gave you a generous lifespan, barring accidents or if one of you decides to kill another of you. Be happy with the time you got. I could make more time, but then we'd be back here again after those extra years were up. Life ain't no guaranteed survival sort of thing. I have other plans for you for afters. i think you might like it.
could you clear up the highly confusing 'free will' argument for us?
why would you create a small percentage of people who are incapable of believing in you, and then send them to eternal damnation?
---whoa, now, thus far no one's been eternally damned. I see a lot of people claiming to follow me who spend a lot of time damning each other, but I'm reserving judgment until the movie's over. Incidentally, I've given you hints that those who act as if under the law, are a law unto themselves. That's your loophole. You live a life of compassion and truth, and you don't have to worry about it. Fuggetaboutit.
did hitler get forgiven for his sins right before he croaked himself, and is he in heaven with mother theresa?
---Lemme tell you, what I have planned for shicklegruber is between him and myself, and you need to be concerned about what is between me and thee, capice? Whoever I choose to forgive is my business. But I don't think he's getting a "get out of jail free" card, if that's what's worrying you.
did you really have to create mosquitos, leeches, viruses, and cancer?
--- I'm a big fan of life. Life is a marvelous thing, and it generates many conundrums. Such is the beauty of it. There are mosquitos and there are butteflies. There are leeches and there are hamsters. There is cancer and there is the body's own healing abilities. Ya get the sour with the sweet, all is part of cycle of life.
which religion best represents you, and which ones don't?
--Any religion that seeks to find ways to love another represents me. Is that really so hard?
why don't you ever answer my prayers?
--- I am, you aren't listening. Sometimes my answer is no. Sometimes I feel lonely because instead of praying to be with me like a son, you come clamoring to me with your hand out for this or that you want me to do for you. God is your father, not your butler. And like your father, I expect you grow up, learning to deal with the realities of life, in order to be stronger. If I protected you from everything, and never had you experience hardship or learn courage or character, what kind of father would I be?
why do you allow the evil george bush to continue slaughtering thousands of your children who believe in you?
-- Why do you? you have the power to stop him yourself. All of you do. There's that freewill thingy again. It also means you have to take responsibility for your own choices.
why are some people born lucky, and others lead horribly miserable lives, why are some healthy and some deformed and crippled?
-- Did you want everyone to be Barbie and Ken? I celebrate the diversity of life and the multiplicity of personhood. Things happen. They happen to a variety of different kinds of people. I am not punishing or rewarding people. Things just happen. How people deal with things is the opportunity to achieve courageous things. Should I have not made Stephen Hawking?
why did you appear to moses, but you won't appear to us, here in the 21st century?
-- I do things in my own mysterious way. When I appeared to people, they didn't follow me any better. They didn't treat other more kindly. I even sent my son, and people killed him. Maybe I thought a different method was more called for. Maybe I AM appearing to people, but they get written off as nutcases. Maybe I prefer to work through people than to frighten them with my awesomeness.
if we are created in your image, why are we so stupid down here?
and why don't we live forever?
-- My son, you created in my spiritual image. Even a down's syndrome child can choose to love or to hate. You are in my image because I gave you the ability to choose. With choice come consequences and rewards. Because I loved you I gave you the ability to choose. I've already answered why you don't live forever up above. However, you don't live forever IN THIS PLANE. I have a better place waiting for you.
do you really need for us to pass the collection plate and raise money?
-- Nope. God has no need of money. A church does not have to ask for money. They can meet in an open field. Wherever two or more are gathered, there am I in the midst of them. I don't need a building.
why do you allow pat robertson to rip off little poor old ladies, and benny hinn too?
-- Why do you? We're going back to the freewill thingy.
what color are you? black, white, red, or yellow?
--- What I am is not physical. What color is love? You are ALL my children.
why are there so many conflicting and opposing religions, instead of one that we can all get behind?
-- Why not? Isn't it interesting to see how different cultures and peoples all find their own way to approach me? I find it interesting. I celebrate life and I also celebrate diversity. I"d prefer diferent religions worked together in a respectful way, but again, freewill allows people to make choices.
why in the hell is there a hell and a devil? that seems so cruel.
--- The jury is still out on that. Some say hell will be a simple separation from Me. Anymore I cannot tell you at this time, except that many of the perceptions of hell and punishment are based on flimsy and obscure passages.
are we supposed to be afraid of you, or love you? which one?
--- I created you for fellowship, that means, like a father, I love you. I want to be with you and I want to see you grow spiritually. I'd prefer you listened to me, and followed my commandments, but I also realize I gave you free will. If you live in only fear of Me, its not going to be a fruitful friendship.
is jesus really coming back, or is that another cruel joke of yours?
--- Do you mean Jesus coming back would be a cruel joke, or that not coming back would be a cruel joke? I swear, I don't get your sense of humor, sometimes, son. Jesus will come back when the time is right, and when he does, I will gather all of you unto me.
which side was right during the crusades?
-- since both sides killed and coerced people against their will, neither was right.
is there other life out there, and why are we so isolated here?
---Yes. and...Because I made space vast.
why did you only have one son, and no daughters?
--- all of you are my sons, all of you are my daughters.
do you have sex like we do, and are certain sexual practices evil, if so, which ones please? and if yes, with whom? is there a mrs. god?
--- I do not have a physical body as you know it. I am both male and female and neither at the same time. I conceived and gave birth to the universe, so I am in that way female.
I have no need of sex. As far as what sex you have, if you are hurting no one, and there is love between you, it is a beautiful thing.
is the end of the world at hand?
--- No one may know the true time of the end, not even Jesus.
and finally, will i be allowed into heaven, seeing as how i've been such a cranky asshole all my life? i've never killed anyone, or robbed anyone, or coveted anything, or worshipped a graven image, but am i still hellbound? you created me, and i'd like some answers please, in either a dream or some dramatic sign.
--- That would be telling.
i'll be waiting,
--- I'm also waiting.
thanks
-- you're welcome.
one of your children
--- and of whom I am well pleased.
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