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You know 500 years ago, everyone did "believe" in God. They had to. The world was just as ugly then.

Really? I must have missed that one. Can you post a link? Watch or read any news source that isn't based in America. A few good links would be the BBC News webpage, The Times Online, etc etc. And how does Saddam being out of power actually make you feel safer? How exactly was he threatening you? Oh and no nation is actually innocent of mass murder. Every large modern empire has crushed and destroyed a few other races on their way up to power. Look up the Boer War, or do some reading into the extermination of American Indians. England and America have some of the bloodiest hands of all.

So as long as you can find a passage in the Bible that agree's with your views, even if an opposing passage disagree's with it, your view is never the less correct? Groovy.

Why does Christ need a weapon?

I have a 4-year old daughter. I told her one day not to drink bleach: "Don't drink that. Bleach is bad. It will kill you." Am I keeping her in the dark? God has not decided not to help us. He sent His Son to die in our stead, so that we might have peace in this age and eternal life in the age to come. Just because His way of peace and salvation does not match your own ideals doesn't mean that He's malevolent. After all, He wouldn't be God if He simply did things at the whims of men, would He? No but if she did drink you bleach you wouldn't stand by and let her die would you - and it would be a slow agonizing death. You would rush her to hospital to make sure she got the medical attention she needed as soon as possible. Now, if that ever occured and you stepped in and saved her, do you think you have stopped her learning an important lesson? Or do you think you where being a responsible parent? Most courts would like to know how your daughter was able to get hold of bleach in the first place, to actually drink it. Social Services (or the american equivilent) would be called in, and your ability as a parent, would in fact be questioned.

What about the failed cloning attempts? Most cloning attempts develop deformed in some way or another, often fatally so. What would you do with a human clone who's arms and legs grew in the wrong places on the torso? What about failed artificial insemination attempts? They are the SAME thing. Why aren't you against that? Because it's now "socially acceptable

Hitler made similer arguments about Jews. it's funny how some things never change. Since clones don't have souls, what do you say to identicle twins? How do you decide which one has the soul and which one doesn't? Thats a good point, how about children concieved by artifical insemination. I.E test tube babies - ones conceived outside of a mother womb, are they Souless? They made up a small percentage of are current society.

So you're saying if someone cloned me, and you met the "original" and the clone (assuming the two clones where the same age) you could be able to tell which clone was which?

Then the story would have been about how God spoke through the donkey.

If I showed you a skeleton and said it was Jesus Christ's, how without bringing your faith into it, know if it was or not?

Typical answer: "Because God made him speak". I expected no less of this place. You can all stick with your talking donkeys, and i'll stick with my equal rights for everyone and space aliens :tinfoil: If you expected no less of this place, then why even bother commenting on it? As very occasionally someone will reply to me with a post that actually forces me to engage my brain. Not today it seems though. Altho it seems nebula has a sense of humour!

Typical answer: "Because God made him speak". I expected no less of this place. You can all stick with your talking donkeys, and i'll stick with my equal rights for everyone and space aliens :tinfoil:

Oh please explain to everyone about Balaam and his talking donkey and try to keep a straight face. Try to include examples on how the donkey has a voice box similar to a humans that allows it to create complex sounds at will. Please.

I see this post is up to your usual standard Arthur. Take it from me, atheists do not believe in any form of god.

So... whats your point? Also punctuation.