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brewens

(15,359 posts) Wed Sep 25, 2024, 11:01 AM Sep 25

I hear this, "God chooses imperfect men to do his perfect deeds" bullshit. Does anyone know where that came from? [View all]

The earliest we know of speech or manuscript? I'm looking a search only gives me a bunch of crap preaching exactly that.

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I hear this, "God chooses imperfect men to do his perfect deeds" bullshit. Does anyone know where that came from? [View all] brewens Sep 25 OP
If criminals hired an ad agency C_U_L8R Sep 25 #1
Religion is made up stuff, this is more of that. Think. Again. Sep 25 #2
I have heard personally this from evangelicals; because they continue to insist that Trump is a Messiah. flying_wahini Sep 25 #3
Usually people chosen by God have asked for forgiveness Walleye Sep 25 #4
Correct- when asked at a religious conference if he had ever prayed for forgiveness he said there flying_wahini Sep 25 #8
Yet the Christians slobber all over him, when asking for forgiveness is one of their basic tenets Walleye Sep 25 #10
Someone pulled it out of their ass. n/t Eyeball_Kid Sep 25 #5
... after being caught doing bad stuff Attilatheblond Sep 25 #12
Found this.......... Smilo Sep 25 #6
It's not that G*D chooses an imperfect man, but that he chooses all of us to do his "perfect deeds" ... marble falls Sep 25 #7
So, if I nail the doors shut on a school full of children and set fire to it... Girard442 Sep 25 #15
Actually no. Committing sin with the intention of asking forgiveness is a sin itself. The "unforgivable sin", ... marble falls Sep 25 #19
I believe it comes from the medieval church cyclonefence Sep 25 #9
Imperfect men... Raven123 Sep 25 #11
In reality atreides1 Sep 25 #13
I may have heard that recently from an apologist about the Crusades but can't find exactly that. They dance all around brewens Sep 25 #14
I have been watching "The Atheist Experience" PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 25 #16
Imperfect people use God to... keithbvadu2 Sep 25 #17
The imperfect deed mountain grammy Sep 25 #18
Watch Bad Faith! Mega Pastors wrote Trumps sermon! MartyTheGreek Sep 25 #20
Scoundrels have used it for a long time in order to justify their own outrageous behavior Warpy Sep 26 #21
Evangelical "prophets" pushing the King Cyrus shyte. Lars39 Sep 26 #22
There is a thread about the scumbag deeds of a pastor. usonian Sep 27 #23
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