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Atheists & Agnostics

flying_wahini

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3. I have heard personally this from evangelicals; because they continue to insist that Trump is a Messiah.

Reply to brewens (Original post)

Wed Sep 25, 2024, 11:06 AM

Sep 25

I always answer that Jesus threw the money makers out of the Temple and warned them of a false
Prophet. They just mistook The Menace because he is truly the devils work.

Of course they love it when an atheist starts explaining the Bible to them. 😂
Adding that he is more like a false Idol for them. I mean if Gawd really existed wouldn’t HE go after his hard core followers and not the rest of us? Who is the greatest snag for Satan? Evangelicals or ordinary agnostics?

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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