im noting a number of deletions
i had noted much of them..but thought they revealed more about the poster than the topic...

[well actually most of the rants have been off the topic..
but such is life]

and they havnt caused upset to me

but funnilly enough this has

quote]..'I think time to leave the thread folks
it was mostly very worthwhile
Posted by Belly, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 7:40:18 AM'

end quote

now i have read the same words
from the same poster
on many threads

it seems when belly ..has done his thing
its topic over..

but belly your wrong

your comment belies the fact
that we havnt resolved the question yet

why is god...[is of course the wrong question]
because we arnt god..and cant know..

[it dont even sound like a proper question]

why is god...WHAT?

god is..[for many of us].FULLSTOP
what god is could have been a proper question

god is the logic that underpins natural law
[gives things weight...quality..definition..shape form
AND LIFE]

god may be known by his signs
his creation's...known by just knowing thyself

no bellies ..the topic isnt over
it hasnt even begun

but then again...my posts could be over
all it takes is one complaint
and im gone ...again

or this post could be deleted
never to be repeated

this topic isnt over
if you want to leave...leave

but just because you want it to be finished

dont mean its over

WHY is god...WHAT?

god is good ..because he gave us ALL..a life gift
with no obligation no cost, no must only a freewill gift

god is ...the good gift giver..[unlike satan-clause]

god/good..
serving even the most vile ...thier very lives
the living good ...sustaing all living ...all [being]

Why am I here? Is the most sacred question one can ask themself. Without a transcendent answer there is no purpose. The answer is because God is: I am. I ask what are my capabilities and my responsibilities for my being? Each must answer for themselves and live by that. For me I find no higher purpose that God revealed himself in Jesus Christ and his way, his truth and his life. I prefer to spend my time around happy fulfilled committed folk serving God for the betterment of the human society.

Hi Philo, may I direct you back to my opening remarks at the start of this post?
The statement:
"The answer is because God is: I am."
Is of course no answer at all. Ignoring the disparity in that one of you is tangible to all human senses, and the other is not, it does not address the question of 'why?' Even if we accept for the sake of argument the existence of your God, what is it's reason for creating you?
For the record, in the five years I have been haunting these pages, I have never put in a complaint about another user, nor have I ever asked that a comment be deleted. As I have stated many times, the greatest advantage of freedom of speech is that it makes it so much easier to identify the assholes.

Grim

>>As I have stated many times, the greatest advantage of freedom of speech is that it makes it so much easier to identify the assholes.<<

Very wise and advice I shall endeavour to take.

Why is God? I don't know he doesn't fit anywhere. For example if someone asked me "why a wolf?" I would say it is as part of the food chain in keeping deer and other animals from over population.

Why human beings? To create God. After all the ecosystem works very well without us.

As I have stated many times, the greatest advantage of freedom of speech is that it makes it so much easier to identify the assholes.
Posted by Grim, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 10:50:16 AM

Hummmmmm!
There is more than one box to put people in!
There is also the Fixed Dogma (Asshole?) box.
People living in glass houses throwing stones?

Hi Falcopilot, of which fixed dogma are you accusing me of?