"Al Patrick" wrote in message
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John Kunkel wrote:
"Al Patrick" wrote in message
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John Kunkel wrote:
Which begs the question....Why did such an omnipotent god need to go
through the drill of the great flood when a snap of the fingers
(figuratively) would have wiped out the entire population of the Earth
except Noah's family? Why have Noah build an ark when a snap of the
fingers would have made it appear?

Supposedly it took Noah 120 years to build that ark and he was
preaching/testifying to his generation at that time. God was giving that
generation 120 years to repent of all their evils, even while knowing
beforehand that none of them would.

So even the aboriginals in lands that never got "the word" were condemned
to die for not "repenting" something they knew nothing of?

The only thing more pathetic than the fairy tale known as Christianity
are those who believe it.

That's probably what the jokers of Noah's day said about him. "Hey, That
old fool building that big what-ch-ma-call-it over yonder says it's going
to rain. Thar aint never been no rain. Fact are we don't even know nutin
about no rain. But he say it gonna rain, whatever that means. HARHARHAR,
HEHE! LAUGH, LAUGH!"

And so it was. Was one party at Noah's expense. The laughing stock of
the region, "until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also
the coming of the Son of man be." Matthew 24:39

Have fun. Poke fun. Remember it all when it's too late! :-) Bye, Bye!

Al, I have no problem with your beliefs, and I go out of my way to be
tolerant of religions, whether or not I know anything about them. But
there's one thing you should be aware of when you start something like this
in an open group: There is only one reason that anyone starts a conversation
asserting their religious beliefs, and that is that their confidence in
their beliefs needs some shoring up. They'll start with a provocative post
for the express purpose -- the only purpose -- of starting an argument so
they can knock down opposing views with practiced put-downs and gottchas.

You must be pretty shaky in what you believe, or there would be no reason in
the world to grandstand about it here. People who are secure in their
beliefs might proselytize, but they would never start off with a
provocation.

--
Ed Huntress