Religion and Ethics and Health BBS: good point..

How many times will God forgive? - trish April 16, 2026, 11:20 am

It does beg the question.... - Skye April 21, 2026, 4:18 am
- Point of order! - 7:77 April 22, 2026, 8:18 am
  - okay - Skye April 22, 2026, 1:47 pm
    - Why your argument fails is that you’re not including repentance. - observer April 22, 2026, 3:55 pm
      - Some people... - Skye April 22, 2026, 5:07 pm
        
        It’s true. Some people do. - observer April 22, 2026, 9:03 pm
        
        It's easy to change behavior. - Skye April 23, 2026, 5:06 am
        
        Yet many don’t! - observer April 23, 2026, 11:27 am
        
        They do and they don't, which is the point. - Skye April 23, 2026, 9:44 pm
        
        You say some really weird things, such as suggesting what I think. - observer April 24, 2026, 6:07 pm
        
        Here is what you said... - Skye April 27, 2026, 2:58 pm
    - I have no disagreement with your argument. - 7:77 April 22, 2026, 2:02 pm
- It doesn’t beg the question, - observer April 21, 2026, 4:01 pm
  - Sin isn’t real. Evil is subjective. - KR April 21, 2026, 7:37 pm
    - You are banned until summer starts. - Ken (Admin) April 22, 2026, 7:48 am
    - Sticks and stones may break my bones - observer April 21, 2026, 8:08 pm
      - I am right. That is all that matters. - KR April 21, 2026, 8:19 pm
        
        It could not matter less! - observer April 23, 2026, 11:29 am
  - Your definition of evil could be quite different - Skye April 21, 2026, 6:58 pm
    - so what? - observer April 21, 2026, 8:05 pm
      - So - Skye April 22, 2026, 7:02 am
I don’t need forgiveness from a story book character. However…. - KR April 20, 2026, 2:40 pm
Not very many times, unless God is an idiot. - DFM April 20, 2026, 3:28 am
- Amazing, a Jewish guy calling God an Idiot. - BornToFarm April 20, 2026, 4:41 am
  - "God forgave Israel countless times. Was that a mistake?" Yes, if behavior did not improve. - DFM April 20, 2026, 1:32 pm
    - agree - trish April 20, 2026, 2:10 pm
      - God's entire strategy, as recorded in Hebrew Bible, was utterly flawed and doomed to failure. - DFM April 21, 2026, 8:38 am
I'd be willing to lend God a few forgivenesses. - 7:77 April 19, 2026, 9:40 am
Forgiveness, Repentance, and Consequences all go together - BornToFarm April 17, 2026, 7:51 am
Read.. - mark April 17, 2026, 2:51 am
- Save me googling.. - mark April 17, 2026, 2:58 am
If you are truly connected to God - Romo April 16, 2026, 4:46 pm
- You presume wrong - trish April 17, 2026, 8:57 am
  - Too funny….. - Romo April 18, 2026, 11:25 am
    - You do know that Comparative Religion is part of my job for 30 years - Trish April 19, 2026, 9:35 am
      - The thing is, when you do that with Christians, if your - observer April 19, 2026, 12:59 pm
        
        I strongly wish you'd cease substituting "knowledge" for "belief" - Mugwump April 20, 2026, 4:07 am
        
        The problem with that “wish” is that you would limit me to - observer April 20, 2026, 12:20 pm
        
        Re: The problem with that “wish” is that you would limit me to - Mugwump April 21, 2026, 3:44 am
        
        What I don’t understand is the reason for your complaint. - onserver April 21, 2026, 12:20 pm
        
        I make a strong distinction b/t knowledge and belief. - Mugwump April 21, 2026, 3:29 pm
        
        For you it’s a distinction, but for me it is differing definitions. - observer April 21, 2026, 3:54 pm
        
        Having come about as far as humanly possible from that "Philosophy 101" class... - 7:77 April 22, 2026, 8:22 am
        
        one of my major pet peeves - trish April 22, 2026, 2:40 pm
        
        Agreed. - 7:77 April 23, 2026, 6:56 am
        
        This is just another way of saying you disagree. - observer April 22, 2026, 11:13 am
        
        It's not an opinion. It's epistomology. Belief =/= knowledge - 7:77 April 22, 2026, 11:37 am
        
        Subjective knowledge applies to the individual - Trish April 22, 2026, 2:44 pm
        
        I’m not claiming it is. - observer April 22, 2026, 12:56 pm
        
        Your level of stupid is quite impressive. Religion really rots your brain. - KR April 21, 2026, 5:25 pm
        
        Your limits and minimal capacity for decency and intellectual - onserver April 21, 2026, 8:11 pm
        
        lets unpack this - Trish April 20, 2026, 2:22 pm
        
        I received your message and - observer April 20, 2026, 3:28 pm
        
        Further - observer April 19, 2026, 8:16 pm
- Sin is made up to scare stupid people. - KR April 16, 2026, 6:09 pm
  - Did not work on you. - GOG April 18, 2026, 7:11 am
  - Scared of what? - Romo April 17, 2026, 6:42 am
- The problem with that definition, in my opinion, is that it’s - observer April 16, 2026, 5:10 pm
  - good point.. - trish April 17, 2026, 8:58 am
7 X 70 = 490. The point is imo there is no limit if one is truly repentant. - GOG April 16, 2026, 2:03 pm
If you really want to learn, - observer April 16, 2026, 12:50 pm
- I's read Lewis and Augustine - Trish April 17, 2026, 9:10 am
  - Re: I's read Lewis and Augustine - Romo April 17, 2026, 11:01 am
    - I mock nothing - Trish April 17, 2026, 12:41 pm
      - Re: I mock nothing - Romo April 17, 2026, 2:59 pm
        
        Do you eat with that mouth? - observer April 18, 2026, 7:05 pm
        
        Got it. You don't want a true discussion - is this BANNED Devo - Trish April 18, 2026, 5:30 am
        
        What's your beef with Christ and God ? - Romo April 18, 2026, 9:07 am
        
        Honey I am a believer - trish April 20, 2026, 2:24 pm
        
        I wondered the same thing - BornToFarm April 18, 2026, 5:53 am
- Forget all those Ministries - Romo April 17, 2026, 8:32 am
  - Just HOW is one to do that? - DFM April 17, 2026, 3:56 pm
  - The question that needs to asked is.. - BornToFarm April 17, 2026, 11:16 am
    - Yes - Romo April 17, 2026, 2:56 pm
      - Devo, the reason you can’t hide with a new moniker is because - observer April 18, 2026, 9:39 pm
        
        it appears insults are all he has left - Trish April 19, 2026, 9:37 am
- Blah blah blah. You have based your life on bullshit. - KR April 16, 2026, 6:12 pm
  - Do you know that as fact or do you merely believe it to be so? - Mugwump April 20, 2026, 4:43 am
  - If you wanted to offend me - it didn’t work. - observer April 17, 2026, 10:58 am
- We are thought of as "the peanut gallery" by an arrogant host? - Mondo Fuego™ April 16, 2026, 1:35 pm

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