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Where was god?

by little_big_nose

Member since 2004 · Posted 2 Jan 2004 · 17 comments

Where was god when she had to die? Where was god when she had to get high? Where was god when my cousins had to go away? And why isn't god there for anyone who is gay? Where was god on nine/ eleven? Was he just chillin' in Heaven? Will god ever be there When I really need someone to care? Or will god just run Just like he has always done? Why was it gods will To have him swallow all those pills? Allah, Buddha, Christ, it doesn't matter who They will always leave you in the blue Where was god when people died for him in 'holy wars'? What does god care, he can always make more Where was god through all my pain? Why was all my praying in vain? Where is god now that I have the knife? It doesn't matter now, I've taken my life

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[n/a] lastobelus 2-Jan-04/6:24 PM Reply
He was HANGING ON THE CROSS bleeding his guts out so that...so that, um, SO HIS FATHER COULD LET YOU INTO HEAVEN instead of having to send you to ETERNAL DAMNATION, you ungrateful clod. Don't be deceived by letting SATAN MAKE YOU THINK THERE's SO MUCH EMPHASIS on this physical plane. God is concerned with our SOULS not with our PHYSICAL BODIES. Sometimes what he IS FORCED TO DO TO COMBAT SATAN and save our ETERNAL SOULS is hard for us to understand with our emphasis on EARTHLY CONCERNS. Since your cousin OD'd she's DEFINITELY GOING TO HELL, but maybe if she'd lived 10 years longer she would have had two little babies and DECEIVED THEM INTO HELL TOO!!!!! So God had to take her now to SAVE THE BABIES FROM HELL!!!! Who are YOU to QUESTION GOD?
[n/a] Blindpoetry › lastobelus 2-Jan-04/8:17 PM Reply
Preach it, man, preach it! :)
[n/a] Everyone › lastobelus 3-Jan-04/4:27 AM Reply
Your comment is stupid in so many ways that I think it must be some sort of joke. Is it?
[n/a] lastobelus › Everyone 3-Jan-04/7:13 AM Reply
Questions of whether a particular post by a particular poster is intended to be taken at face value or as satire, sarcasm, irony, or double entendre can generally be quickly resolved by perusing said poster's posting history. If you're unable to find enough clues in the text itself to resolve your uncertainty, this may be a necessary step for you.
[n/a] Everyone › lastobelus 3-Jan-04/8:08 AM Reply
Why not just answer the question? And for your information, your intentions cannot be "quickly resolved" by perusing your posting history. I spent some time doing just that before posting my comment and couldn't decide whether you were joking or not. If I had to bet my life on it, I'd probably say you weren't joking since, after asking you about it, you seem to have got yourself into some sort of "huff". Nice one!
[n/a] lastobelus › Everyone 3-Jan-04/8:34 AM Reply
I wasn't in a huff, I was being droll. Ok, attempting to be droll.

So here's a clear answer: I am atheist. And I think this poem is eye-rollingly stupid, because it is essentially saying "god sucks because he doesn't exist." My post was baiting him because that's an annoying habit I have, baiting people I think are being stupid. Result: he went and crapped on one of my pomes in a way that amused me. So, it was a profitable baiting.

Alles klar?
[n/a] Everyone › lastobelus 3-Jan-04/8:47 AM Reply
How can you be an atheist when the Bible says atheists go to Hell? Checkmate, I believe.
[9] titan69 3-Jan-04/1:19 AM Reply
Its very hard to beleve in GOD in this mad world
[n/a] Blindpoetry › titan69 3-Jan-04/6:10 AM Reply
People who disagree with God can roam this website and express there hatred towards Him, while the people who actually agree agree with God aren't and get mocked at when WE express our love towards Him (and Jesus)? ...That just isn't fair, is it?
[n/a] lastobelus › Blindpoetry 3-Jan-04/7:15 AM Reply
I think it's permissible to mock people for expressing either love OR hatred of g/God. But I think it's NECESSARY to mock people for saying g/God sucks because he doesn't exist. That's just stupid.
[n/a] Everyone › lastobelus 3-Jan-04/8:30 AM Reply
Of course it's stupid to say something sucks because it doesn't exist. But I don't think that's what anyone here is trying to say. This poeme is essentially just the argument concerning the supposed contradiction between the existence of a benevolent, all-powerful Jesu and the existence of suffering. The author is saying that if God existed, he would suck (or at least could not be benevolent AND all powerful), so a benevolent, all-powerful God does not exist. I'm not saying I agree or disagree with this argument, but I definitely think you have misinterpreted the poeme if you think it means "God sucks because He doesn't exist". If you think that, then I'm afraid it is you who is the one who is wearing no trousers, not me.
[n/a] lastobelus › Everyone 3-Jan-04/8:46 AM Reply
I am deeply aware of and well-versed in both sides of the "contradiction between the existence of a benevolent, all-powerful Jesu and the existence of suffering," also known as the Argument from Evil. My entire family are fundamentalist pentecostals, many of them preachers, as well as most of my extended family. I know my bible & I know my atheism, since my atheism didn't come lightly but was purchased at great emotional & social cost. I disagree entirely that this poem is discussing the Argument from Evil in a meaningful way. I question whether the author has thought it through that far.

"Will god ever be there
When I really need someone to care?
Or will god just run
Just like he has always done?"

These are the words of someone angry at a god they want to exist for not answering there pleas, not the words of someone discussing the Argument from Evil for atheism.

Do I get my trousers back now?
[n/a] Everyone › lastobelus 3-Jan-04/8:56 AM Reply
It may be that the author is a quadro-dunce. Indeed, their post on your poeme would suggest just that. I thought the author was trying to get Christians to ask themselves those questions, viz. "will God ever be there?" etc, so that they might come to the conclusion that their God doesn't exist or something. I think the only way to resolve this dispute is to ask the author whether or not they are angry with a non-existent God. It's a standpoint I can quite understand; I myself am extremely angry with the non-existent hammer that is currently bludgeoning my non-existent pet otter to an imaginary bloody pulp.
[n/a] lastobelus › Everyone 3-Jan-04/9:51 AM Reply
I don't think we need have any question about the duncitude of our bittle_nig_lose. But you sir, with your last sentence have at least temporarily earned yourself a genuine pair of brandname Pomeranker Trousers.
[n/a] Everyone › lastobelus 3-Jan-04/10:24 AM Reply
Sir,

Let us hope these temporary trousers aren't as temporary as the pair that fell down mid-way through my hour long acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize in Advanced Trouser Suspension Utilities. I don't think the Gentleman's Guilde would tolerate another public "fall from grace", do you?

Regards,

Professor Eustace Q. Bloomington
[n/a] lastobelus › Everyone 3-Jan-04/10:35 AM Reply
Sir, I believe you'll be delighted to discover that Pomeranker Trousers stay well-hoisted with minimum effort, even when one is not naturally well-endowed with the appropriate protuberances. You just pin them up with the little orange wings they come with.
[4] nentwined 24-May-05/6:52 PM Reply
pimple :/