seahawk 17
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Just asking.
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Was God a good father? (1 Viewer)
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Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
If the Seahawks win the Super Bowl, I'm going with yes.
CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
How many pinewood derby trophies did JC have on the shelf?
Ignoratio Elenchi
Footballguy
FUBAR said:
I'm going with "no" to both of these.FUBAR said:
Ramsay Hunt Experience
Footballguy
JC was once called out on a ball 6 inches off the plate in Little League. The ump was turned into a pillar of salt. True story.
ClownCausedChaos2
Footballguy
He wasn't a very good hitter as a boy, anyway. That's why God made him hang on to the T.
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IC FBGCav
Footballguy
I believe in God and I am not religious. This is not a forum question for all to answer, what matters is what you think. (pretty lame answer but it is what it is)Just asking, I will get into why I am asking tomorrow.
FUBAR
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Jayrod
Footballguy
He was & is a perfect father.
Abba-Father is a term of endearment used by Jesus throughout the gospels. Jesus was willing to endure the cross out of the love of the Father for mankind and in so doing was exalted to the right hand of the Father.
God is love and embodies all of the attributes of I Corinthians 13.
Abba-Father is a term of endearment used by Jesus throughout the gospels. Jesus was willing to endure the cross out of the love of the Father for mankind and in so doing was exalted to the right hand of the Father.
God is love and embodies all of the attributes of I Corinthians 13.
IC FBGCav
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Ignoratio Elenchi
Footballguy
I am pretending to believe in god in order to answer the questions. If he doesn't exist then the question doesn't even make sense.
The god of the bible doesn't seem to fit either of your definitions particularly well. I assumed that's why you deleted them.
Jayrod
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matuski
Footballguy
One of my favorite love stories:
[SIZE=.75em]23 From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town and jeeredat him. “Get out of here, baldy!” they said. “Get out of here, baldy!”[/SIZE] [SIZE=.75em]24 He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the Lord[/SIZE]. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.
Baloney Sandwich
Footballguy
People who believe in the bible would be cute if so many of them weren't so ####### scary
FUBAR
Footballguy
I deleted because my editing skills on the phone suck. The first question remains though, define "good father", especially in this context it has many interpretations.I am pretending to believe in god in order to answer the questions. If he doesn't exist then the question doesn't even make sense.
The god of the bible doesn't seem to fit either of your definitions particularly well. I assumed that's why you deleted them.
As a dad to Jesus? He led his son to reach his potential and provided guidance along the way. That is something to aspire to. He also was present throughout Jesus's life. He knew his "limitations" and enlisted the help of others, especially Joseph and Mary.
FUBAR
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danielmclark
Footballguy
Considering that god picked out a virgin and impregnated her without asking her permission, I'd say that ranks him pretty low on the 'good father' scale. Kinda makes him a rapist, really.
Jayrod
Footballguy
An angel let her know before hand and she seemed pretty honored by it.
BustedKnuckles
Footballguy
this should be entertaining 
danielmclark
Footballguy
The angel didn't give her a choice. Didn't go to her and say "Hey, god's got this idea, what do you think?" No, the angel showed up, told Mary "this is what's going to happen" and Mary - absolutely intimidated because it's god - went along with it.
Think about someone in your life that you have complete authority over. Someone that wouldn't say no because of fear or intimidation. A child. It's not a bad analogy considering you guys like to say that we are all "god's children". Now imagine you told that child you were going to impregnate her. No choice offered - just, "this is going to happen". If you were to do that? We have laws that specifically make that a big ####### crime. It's rape.
danielmclark
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cstu
Footballguy
First of all, who did she tell this to and when did they write it down?
It's also a great story to explain why you're pregnant when you aren't even living with your husband yet.
Even Joseph had his doubts about her:
IC FBGCav
Footballguy
Why?
I will tell you why.
Answer this question first. Did the biblical Adam and Eve humans exist on our earth.
If you answer yes, join a cult or you might be in one.
SHIZNITTTT
Footballguy
IC FBGCav
Footballguy
And for all, whatever religion you practice it is wrong. There is no right religion. Believe in a higher being, religion is man made: learn it, know it, love it.
FYI you priest or pastor is just some guy. Not a special guy, just some guy.
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FUBAR
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He's some guy in the same way a history professor is some guy. Not everything he says is absolutely accurate, but it's an educated start.
Ilov80s
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IC FBGCav
Footballguy
You shouldn't but believe the guy that says he talks to God
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timschochet
Footballguy
Was Zeus a good dad? How about Odin?
IC FBGCav
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Ilov80s
Footballguy
Everyone is a just a guy, nobody is to be trusted. I am just a guy, can I trust myself? Atleast a priest can tell you the stuff God says so that might be more trustable than all the "just a guys".
IC FBGCav
Footballguy
Trust yourself and do the research and searching. No one can tell what God says.....if there is one. No human at least.
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Politician Spock
Footballguy
Ilov80s
Footballguy
My research will be useless because all that stuff was written by randoms, can't trust them. Also, you believe if there is a God that he wouldn't be able to talk to people if there was some important news he had to share?
IC FBGCav
Footballguy
I just hope he uses Twitter instead of a bush this time. Side note: If your faith gives you peace and strength by all means follow it. What matters is it works for you. My thoughts just have always been deeper than about me.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
When looking at the invisible, we can be no more sure that it does exist as we can that it doesn't exist.
Bruce Dickinson
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IC FBGCav
Footballguy
I wouldn't rely on the Christian story as the basis of my answer to the question by the OP. Since anyone who's ever lived is technically a child of God, there were plenty of his children before Jesus. I think the Egyptians and all the various "ites" in the old testament might have a different opinion on whether God was a good father or not.I deleted because my editing skills on the phone suck. The first question remains though, define "good father", especially in this context it has many interpretations.I am pretending to believe in god in order to answer the questions. If he doesn't exist then the question doesn't even make sense.
The god of the bible doesn't seem to fit either of your definitions particularly well. I assumed that's why you deleted them.
As a dad to Jesus? He led his son to reach his potential and provided guidance along the way. That is something to aspire to. He also was present throughout Jesus's life. He knew his "limitations" and enlisted the help of others, especially Joseph and Mary.
What would we think of a man who had a couple of kids at a young age, was abusive physically, and had major anger issues. Then 20 years later he matures, gets remarried, and has another couple of kids. This time around he doesn't hit them or get angry with them, and raises them well. Is he a good father? Depends on who you ask. If I'm one of the first few kids, I can say that while I can understand the troubles in his life, no he was not a good father. If I'm one of the last few kids, my answer would be yes.
If God is our best example of a "perfect" father, then no thank you, I'd rather have two moms instead.
timschochet
Footballguy
See, with those two I don't need to pray. I have much better authority. For Zeus, I have the Peter Jackson books and movies. For Odin, I've got the two Thor flicks.
Politician Spock
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timschochet
Footballguy
Politician Spock
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johnnycakes
Footballguy
God wasn't a father at all, if you look at a father's responsibilities by today's standards. Maybe he was a sperm donor, but not a father.
Thunderlips
Footballguy
No. He was a bit of a ####. Think about it what he did to Adam and Eve. "I'm putting you here....and you can have everything what you want but this".......and then when they take it.....the punishment doesn't fit the crime....it's akin to me throwing my three year old out in the snow because I tell him not to touch my television.
Thunderlips
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Maybe God.....found religion? POP!...mind blown!ummich10 said:I wouldn't rely on the Christian story as the basis of my answer to the question by the OP. Since anyone who's ever lived is technically a child of God, there were plenty of his children before Jesus. I think the Egyptians and all the various "ites" in the old testament might have a different opinion on whether God was a good father or not.FUBAR said:I deleted because my editing skills on the phone suck. The first question remains though, define "good father", especially in this context it has many interpretations.Ignoratio Elenchi said:I am pretending to believe in god in order to answer the questions. If he doesn't exist then the question doesn't even make sense.FUBAR said:
The god of the bible doesn't seem to fit either of your definitions particularly well. I assumed that's why you deleted them.
As a dad to Jesus? He led his son to reach his potential and provided guidance along the way. That is something to aspire to. He also was present throughout Jesus's life. He knew his "limitations" and enlisted the help of others, especially Joseph and Mary.
What would we think of a man who had a couple of kids at a young age, was abusive physically, and had major anger issues. Then 20 years later he matures, gets remarried, and has another couple of kids. This time around he doesn't hit them or get angry with them, and raises them well. Is he a good father? Depends on who you ask. If I'm one of the first few kids, I can say that while I can understand the troubles in his life, no he was not a good father. If I'm one of the last few kids, my answer would be yes.
If God is our best example of a "perfect" father, then no thank you, I'd rather have two moms instead.
