Assuming he's all-knowing, he already knows what's going to happen at any time in the future (to think otherwise would be to say he's not all-knowing). Assuming he's all-powerful, he's already either setup the initial conditions for or has altered things such that the Universe will play out according to his plan. Assuming he's all-loving, he has optimized that plan to provide the best possible outcome already (to think otherwise would be to say he's either not all-loving or all-powerful).
So, if you have an all-powerful, all-knowing, all-loving God, the future is set. Any intercessions requested through prayer would only change that one 'perfect' future, leaving a non-optimal future, something an all-loving God cannot 'ethically' do.
thats the best fucking explanation of the dispensability-of-god-by-its-own-definition i have ever read. congratulations sir.
im going to play devils advocate on this and ask you this question: why is it that asking people to give their real name before posting something is against free speech ?
think about it. maybe a society where no one has to hide behind pseudonyms to speak their mind is more "pro-free-speech" than one where people feel the need not to compromise themselves or something by saying their opinion.
i think he is referring to how the people on the matrix live a fake world made by an elite who profits from it. the fake world they create allows them to exploit people without them noticing, without them questioning it. i guess that relates to nietszche when he talks about the herrens moral and how when they decide whats right and wrong they are doing the same thing: exploiting people without them "realizing" that it is "wrong" - because who defined whats wrong in the first place ?
i really like nietzsches idea of how moral isnt something metaphysical written forever on stone like the 10 commandments or something, but really a creation of a material (meaning non-metaphysical) man according to its material needs. makes a lot of sense
oh, you meant that this time their sending in relief and supplies to the right people ???
well, please tell your congress theiy are 20 fucking years late!!!
as for your friends on Panama, please ask them if all of it was worth 23 dead students.
and now im getting sick of you.
didnt you read the post ? i already made my point by noting that if the US congressmen were really thinking about iraqi peoples future they would have chosen GSM over CDMA, but instead they take their decisions based on profit.
so yes, the american government (or 1/3 of it as you naively put it) is in for the money.
look, if you cant see that the actions of your government through history have nothing to do with "liberation" and everything to do with profiting then you must be really blind.
or really patriotic (orwellian style).
i come from south america and ive seen lots of this things happening. and i know from experience what im talking about. whenever the US government gets into "helping out" some south american country it means fucking the people there and getting away with as much as they can in their wallets
of course its not like they get into that countries national reserve and start filling their pockets... its more like setting up a friendly "representative democracy" - or if that fails, a "moderately repressive regime" - and tell them to start signing out contracts for US corporations to start exploiting its oil, gold, silver, etc. etc.
and that of course with very low to none at all taxes.
here is a list if you care to see of _some_ of the things US government has done "in the name of freedom". yeah, in the name of their freedom to profit
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Assuming he's all-knowing, he already knows what's going to happen at any time in the future (to think otherwise would be to say he's not all-knowing). Assuming he's all-powerful, he's already either setup the initial conditions for or has altered things such that the Universe will play out according to his plan. Assuming he's all-loving, he has optimized that plan to provide the best possible outcome already (to think otherwise would be to say he's either not all-loving or all-powerful).
So, if you have an all-powerful, all-knowing, all-loving God, the future is set. Any intercessions requested through prayer would only change that one 'perfect' future, leaving a non-optimal future, something an all-loving God cannot 'ethically' do.
thats the best fucking explanation of the dispensability-of-god-by-its-own-definition i have ever read.
congratulations sir.
im going to play devils advocate on this and ask you this question: why is it that asking people to give their real name before posting something is against free speech ? think about it. maybe a society where no one has to hide behind pseudonyms to speak their mind is more "pro-free-speech" than one where people feel the need not to compromise themselves or something by saying their opinion.
they could be printed on your passport or something ...
i think he is referring to how the people on the matrix live a fake world made by an elite who profits from it. the fake world they create allows them to exploit people without them noticing, without them questioning it. i guess that relates to nietszche when he talks about the herrens moral and how when they decide whats right and wrong they are doing the same thing: exploiting people without them "realizing" that it is "wrong" - because who defined whats wrong in the first place ?
i really like nietzsches idea of how moral isnt something metaphysical written forever on stone like the 10 commandments or something, but really a creation of a material (meaning non-metaphysical) man according to its material needs. makes a lot of sense
I don't want a damned "search experience"; I want a naked box that I type into and push a button to get results
Amen brother
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yeah, its so nice from the US government to be spending on Iraqs reconstruction 5% of what they spend bombing Iraq back to stone age.
the US government must care a lot about iraqi people then.
but thats not news, the US government has been very helpful to Iraq since the 1980s
oh, you meant that this time their sending in relief and supplies to the right people ??? well, please tell your congress theiy are 20 fucking years late!!!
as for your friends on Panama, please ask them if all of it was worth 23 dead students.
and now im getting sick of you.
didnt you read the post ? i already made my point by noting that if the US congressmen were really thinking about iraqi peoples future they would have chosen GSM over CDMA, but instead they take their decisions based on profit.
so yes, the american government (or 1/3 of it as you naively put it) is in for the money.
look, if you cant see that the actions of your government through history have nothing to do with "liberation" and everything to do with profiting then you must be really blind.
or really patriotic (orwellian style).
i come from south america and ive seen lots of this things happening. and i know from experience what im talking about. whenever the US government gets into "helping out" some south american country it means fucking the people there and getting away with as much as they can in their wallets
of course its not like they get into that countries national reserve and start filling their pockets... its more like setting up a friendly "representative democracy" - or if that fails, a "moderately repressive regime" - and tell them to start signing out contracts for US corporations to start exploiting its oil, gold, silver, etc. etc.
and that of course with very low to none at all taxes.
here is a list if you care to see of _some_ of the things US government has done "in the name of freedom".
yeah, in the name of their freedom to profit
and apparently you havent noticed the american government doesnt give a shit about iraqi people, their just in for the money.
because if they did give a shit, they would realize that GSM is better for them, because every other nation around them uses it!!!.
but no, they'll force them (because thats what the US government is used to do) to use CDMA in the interest of a couple of greedy corporations.
and btw, who the fuck is the US congress to decide which mobile phone service protocols is the iraqi people going to use ???
operation iraqi freedom indeed...
running VMWare just to play Ultima 7??
i guess you havent heard of Exult.
Check it out, its really awesome. It even comes with a game editor and such.