For former Mormons who became atheists

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subgenius wrote:
Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:This is from the Bible.

CFR


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Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:This is from the Bible.
subgenius wrote:CFR


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umm...not the subject of the preposition....typical atheist.

even though being snarky alludes to it - if you do not know then just say so....there is no shame in saying you buy into the baseless atheist memes as your primary source for scripture information.

Just wondering which chapter(s) and verse(s) in the Bible notes that light was created and then the source of that light was created after.....
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subgenius wrote:Just wondering which chapter(s) and verse(s) in the Bible notes that light was created and then the source of that light was created after.....


Oooooh, that's what you were getting at. My apologies!

http://www.LDS.org/scriptures/Old Testament/gen/1?lang=eng

Here you go!

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Or His son if you're a Mormon. Either way it's nonsense. Utter nonsense.

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Every record...falsified, every book rewritten...every statue...has been renamed or torn down, every date...altered...the process is continuing...minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Ideology is always right.
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subgenius wrote:
Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:Image

Nonsense.

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agreed, atheists never seem to actually understand what the Bible says and so they insist on putting forth some absurd, uninformed, and juvenile version of surely "what it really is saying"
So, yes...Atheist 'logic' = Nonsense

God is teaching Job and his friends a lesson in what it means to be mortal. Satan's quest is just an excuse God allowed ---- permissive will.
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Job, a just and perfect man, is blessed with great riches—Satan obtains permission from the Lord to tempt and try Job—Job’s property and children are destroyed.


That's utter nonsense. What did Job, and more specifically, his children do to deserve this? Additionally, what in the world are Satan and Jesus/God doing conspiring with one another?

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https://www.LDS.org/general-conference/ ... e?lang=eng

And behold, all that he requires of you is to keep his commandments; and he has promised you that if ye would keep his commandments ye should prosper in the land; and he never doth vary from that which he hath said; therefore, if ye do keep his commandments he doth bless you and prosper you.
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Every record...falsified, every book rewritten...every statue...has been renamed or torn down, every date...altered...the process is continuing...minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Ideology is always right.
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Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:
Job, a just and perfect man, is blessed with great riches—Satan obtains permission from the Lord to tempt and try Job—Job’s property and children are destroyed.


That's utter nonsense. What did Job, and more specifically, his children do to deserve this? Additionally, what in the world are Satan and Jesus/God doing conspiring with one another?

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https://www.LDS.org/general-conference/ ... e?lang=eng

And behold, all that he requires of you is to keep his commandments; and he has promised you that if ye would keep his commandments ye should prosper in the land; and he never doth vary from that which he hath said; therefore, if ye do keep his commandments he doth bless you and prosper you.

Job and his friends are all under the impression that good works are what make one perfect. God clearly tells Job that he doesn't understand everything and tells his friends that they are all wet. God does give Job more children and wealth. Your problem is that you see this existance as all that there is. Those that love the LORD have an eternity of joy. Life is not fair. Get over it.
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You're telling me. When you have the Almighty conspiring with Satan to kill your children you're pretty much effed! Regardless, that doesn't make any sense in context that all that He requires of you is to keep his commandments; and he has promised you that if ye would keep his commandments ye should prosper in the land; and he never doth vary from that which he hath said; therefore, if ye do keep his commandments he doth bless you and prosper you.

You should probably just get over this nonsense, and move on from these contradictory fantasies, no?

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subgenius wrote:atheists never seem to actually understand what the Bible says and so they insist on putting forth some absurd, uninformed, and juvenile version of surely "what it really is saying"

At least they - that damned atheists - read it, unlike religious geniuses.

subgenius wrote:Just wondering which chapter(s) and verse(s) in the Bible notes that light was created and then the source of that light was created after.....


... even there are others from the same rearing, who meticulously explain us every important, more important and most important teaching of that precious book.
for little charge, but unsparing his efforts, LittleNipper wrote:The Whole Bible
for example last time LittleNipper wrote:Leviticus 14:1-57
... the priest ... will perform a purification ceremony, using two live birds that are ceremonially clean, a stick of cedar, some scarlet yarn, and a hyssop branch. The priest will order that one bird be slaughtered over a clay pot filled with fresh water. He will take the live bird, the cedar stick, the scarlet yarn, and the hyssop branch, and dip them into the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water. The priest will then sprinkle the blood of the dead bird seven times on the person being purified of the skin disease, and will release the live bird to fly away.
... this [is] the law of the leprosy.'


Poor dermatologists; they become jobless forever in a society "Under God They Trust". And get Unemployment Benefits. If it is not abolished by a rep pres.
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Another reason why I'm no longer a Believer. An example combined with Ludwig's post above:

http://www.novartisfoundation.org/page/ ... Item=44.19

Project objective

Provide comprehensive care (prevention and treatment of leprosy-related disabilities) for 
leprosy patients and train health workers and surgeon. A prerequisite for the campaign’s major success was the free provision of multidrug therapy (MDT) from 2000 onwards by Novartis to all leprosy patients worldwide. The prevalence of leprosy has been reduced dramatically thanks to MDT.

Why didn't God teach the priests with the cure, the right methodologies, and the right procedures to eradicate this horrible disease?

It's because He doesn't exist, and it's the Human Being who did this, and is making peoples' lives better. Not some fantasy.

To the OP, this can go on for a while. My intent was to simply answer your questions, but your colleague in Christ seem Hell bent on being asses so I'll probably continue to muck it up for as long as they are disrespectful.

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In the face of madness, rationality has no power - Xiao Wang, US historiographer, 2287 AD.

Every record...falsified, every book rewritten...every statue...has been renamed or torn down, every date...altered...the process is continuing...minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Ideology is always right.
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