Fasting, prayers and sacrifice all in vain!

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Re: Fasting, prayers and sacrifice all in vain!

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bcspace wrote:
With confirmation bias it is heads god wins, tails god wins. It is always part of his "higher purpose".


Doesn't exist with me. It's obviously against God's stated purposes that the Democrats win.


Then your god is impotent and his purposes thwarted (by your own admission).
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bcspace wrote:Where is it stated that the White Horse prophecy is doctrine?


It's not doctrine, but still this must be a terrible let down for Rafalca.
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bcspace wrote:It's unlikely God will stop people from exercising their agency. In this case, the people have chosen evil....again. The scriptures predict it will get worse. We are on the way.


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And gay marriage won all 4 ballot initiatives.
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EAllusion wrote:And gay marriage won all 4 ballot initiatives.

what did you expect? we are the same people who re-elected Bush.

and as for gay marriage...geez....there was a time when voters backed slavery as well.
now, get back in your welfare line, those of us who pay for you have to get to work.....taxes are going up next year.
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bcspace wrote:
With confirmation bias it is heads god wins, tails god wins. It is always part of his "higher purpose".


Doesn't exist with me. It's obviously against God's stated purposes that the Democrats win.


Then why does God, your God, keep losing?
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subgenius wrote:and as for gay marriage...geez....there was a time when voters backed slavery as well.


Yes, when people thought their own rights were predicated on the denial of those same rights to others.
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It is reported that Meteorologists in Utah were in a flap today thinking Hurricane "Troy" was about to hit the state. Fortunately it was a false alarm caused by a huge sigh of relief emanating from Temple Square...
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Re: Fasting, prayers and sacrifice all in vain!

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This is a great victory for common sense in America. My middle-age cynicism took quite a hit last night.

Good job, American voters. My opinion of you received a nice boost today. Maybe there is hope for this country, after all.
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