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| Can God be persuaded to change his mind? | |
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| Topic Started: Monday, 29. October 2012, 18:38 (560 Views) | |
| Gerard | Saturday, 3. November 2012, 22:25 Post #31 |
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James, Healing and suffering are both in the Bible and in the tradition. So much of the NT is about healing that I prefer to go for that in the first instance. Only if suffering is unavoidable would I accept it as redemptive. I do not think we are to look for crosses but to accept them if they cannot be avoided. Why is healing good - because good comes out of it. Increased faith, increased life, second chances among other things. Actually there are a couple of times in the NT when Jesus actually tells us why he is heaaling someone. Each time it is to reveal the glory of God. One of these times is the raising of Lazarus. Gerry |
| "The institutional and charismatic aspects are quasi coessential to the Church's constitution" (Pope John Paul II, 1998). | |
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| James | Monday, 5. November 2012, 13:10 Post #32 |
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Thank you Gerry. Just introduced a few points where some people reading may be suffering without cure. God does not change his mind - so to speak People may think it themselves at fault as no miracle happens. Miracles are few in relation to the suffering and people often wonder why. I get many direct basic points which are hard to answer. to what purpose is one blind man made see with hundreds around are not ? To what purpose raise one person from the dead etc. and etc. I think you covered point well. James Edited by James, Monday, 5. November 2012, 13:24.
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| tomais | Wednesday, 7. November 2012, 10:16 Post #33 |
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Just had electronic confirmation from my Catholic Virginian cousins in that US of A that God has jsut lost their election again. Apart from Sandy of course- that country's legacy! God Help America! It is all on emphasis! |
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| Penfold | Wednesday, 7. November 2012, 17:19 Post #34 |
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Actually I was praying for Obama to win, so maybe God did not change his mind just decided to allow the democratic process to take its course, God favours democracy...
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| Penfold | Wednesday, 7. November 2012, 17:24 Post #35 |
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A thought. It is a woman's prerogative to change her mind. If it can be demonstrated that the mind of God has been changed it could be the proof that has always been sought to confirm once and for all that God is a woman.
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| OsullivanB | Wednesday, 7. November 2012, 19:03 Post #36 |
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As is so clearly reflected in the practice of His Church. |
| "There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation." Herbert Spencer | |
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| James | Saturday, 10. November 2012, 17:56 Post #37 |
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Or have a woman behind him to change it for him. Wedding feast of Cana. Lazarus |
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| Clare | Thursday, 6. December 2012, 16:11 Post #38 |
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Putting the "Fun Dame" into Fundamentalist
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| Seren | Thursday, 6. December 2012, 16:23 Post #39 |
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Accidents happen. I believe that God doesn't plan them, but in the aftermath, he tries to lessen the fallout by supporting - in many guises - those left behind who have to rebuild their lives. But accidents just happen.... Edited by Seren, Thursday, 6. December 2012, 19:45.
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