OT God versus Current Era Humanity

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Who is more wondrous?

Old testament god (no jesus)
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Current Era Humanity
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OT God versus Current Era Humanity

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Old testament god's works versus current era humanity's works, who is more wonderous. (assuming the bible is correct in all things bar genesis, that just takes the piss)
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Who's got the exact quote for the "God couldn't beat people with iron chariots" thing from the OT?
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God doesn't hold a candle to what we can do.
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Durandal wrote:God doesn't hold a candle to what we can do.
Humm, creating a planet and all life in it is still a bit beyond our current capabilities.. :P
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Since were taking God to be real here, i reckon he could beat the crap out of all of us if so he wished. He'd smite us good.
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Say it with me....Angel of Death. Nuff said.
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Colonel Olrik wrote:
Durandal wrote:God doesn't hold a candle to what we can do.
Humm, creating a planet and all life in it is still a bit beyond our current capabilities.. :P
Compare the world God gave us to the world we've made it into. God didn't create broadband internet porn. We did. :)
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Actually, if we take the eyewitness accounts of the Old Testament to be true and disregard God's own boasting (for example; there were no eyewitnesses to God's claim that he made the Earth in six days), he is far from onnipotent. Most of his "miracles" merely take advantage of some natural phenomenon (eg- pretending that he caused an eclipse or locust infestation in Egypt, for example).
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He did wipe out two cities and flood the Earth. That's pretty impressive. Plus, we have nothing to attack him with.
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HemlockGrey wrote:He did wipe out two cities and flood the Earth. That's pretty impressive. Plus, we have nothing to attack him with.
First, he did not flood the Earth, even according to the Bible (again, you're failing to distinguish between boasts and eyewitness data). He only flooded the area of Noah's observation. The fact that they found growing trees after the flood indicates that he could not have flooded the Earth, because a truly flooded Earth would have killed all the trees.

Second, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah is no more impressive than the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and probably LESS impressive since I doubt those towns were anywhere near as large.

And third, while some people prefer to ignore literal interpretations of Biblical accounts in favour of this mamby-pamby "he's a floating spirit in my heart" idea, the fact is that taken literally, God has the form of a man. He can even be wrestled. Therefore, if he came back, we would be able to identify him and nuke him. It's not as if he ever demonstrated any kind of ability to take punishment in the Bible, and his habit of taking credit for natural events indicates that his power is greatly overstated. Any modern man with modern technology could duplicate his observed feats, which are far more limited than the natural phenomena he takes credit for.
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Darth Wong wrote:

, the fact is that taken literally, God has the form of a man. He can even be wrestled. .
What if that's merely his Avatar, like Darkseid? (as GhostRider brought up in the DC vs Marvel thread)

That having been said, I think the "True" God is a great deal more powerful than you give him credit for, he certainly taught those Loser Ra-worshippers! (I'm refering to the Sorcerors, I know the whole shpleel about how the plagues can be attributed to natural events.)
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Lonestar wrote:That having been said, I think the "True" God is a great deal more powerful than you give him credit for, he certainly taught those Loser Ra-worshippers! (I'm refering to the Sorcerors, I know the whole shpleel about how the plagues can be attributed to natural events.)
There is no "true" god. God is a figment of your imagination. We're discussing the Biblical God, not whatever all-powerful entity you care to make up off the top of your head.
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I think we could take him. We could requisition the former Iraqi supergun as an anti-God cannon.
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No one can find an example of a Biblical incident which was eyewitnessed (I know we're assuming the eyewitnesses to be reliable, but that's the game) and could not be simulated by a modern man with modern technology with accurate data on weather, lunar eclipse cycles, etc.

Therefore, there is no reason not to believe that you could kill him with a sniper rifle. The guy was always hiding in shadows, talking out of burning bushes, talking to Moses only when he could get him alone, working through proxies, sending people to do his talking for him, etc. Don't you think he was afraid of something?
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2000AD wrote:Who's got the exact quote for the "God couldn't beat people with iron chariots" thing from the OT?
Judges 1:19: "And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron."
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Datana wrote:
2000AD wrote:Who's got the exact quote for the "God couldn't beat people with iron chariots" thing from the OT?
Judges 1:19: "And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron."
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Darth Wong wrote:No one can find an example of a Biblical incident which was eyewitnessed (I know we're assuming the eyewitnesses to be reliable, but that's the game) and could not be simulated by a modern man with modern technology with accurate data on weather, lunar eclipse cycles, etc.

Therefore, there is no reason not to believe that you could kill him with a sniper rifle. The guy was always hiding in shadows, talking out of burning bushes, talking to Moses only when he could get him alone, working through proxies, sending people to do his talking for him, etc. Don't you think he was afraid of something?
But he was long lived. AND he could empower prophets to call fire from heaven.

'Course, it could have been a Bunch of Rangers sent back in time and "tagging" a target for a MOAB.
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Durandal wrote:
Datana wrote:
2000AD wrote:Who's got the exact quote for the "God couldn't beat people with iron chariots" thing from the OT?
Judges 1:19: "And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron."
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Datana wrote:
2000AD wrote:Who's got the exact quote for the "God couldn't beat people with iron chariots" thing from the OT?
Judges 1:19: "And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron."
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Darth Wong wrote:and his habit of taking credit for natural events indicates that his power is greatly overstated. Any modern man with modern technology could duplicate his observed feats, which are far more limited than the natural phenomena he takes credit for.
In fairness, we can't really establish an upper limit based on this; for all we know, God could in fact have been responsible for these events. It is quite possible that they occured without his influence, but we don't know that for sure.
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SirNitram wrote:Most cars are aluminum.

But not the old Chevy I know!
Actually, most modern frames are still steel. Some newer cars which require low weight (the Honda Insight being chief amongst these) replace this with aluminum, but it's still expensive in comparison to steel (in the case of the Insight, this bumped up the price tag significantly when coupled with the unconventional engine).
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Darth Wong wrote:Therefore, there is no reason not to believe that you could kill him with a sniper rifle.
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I'm sure that God is gullible enough to think that cars are made of iron. He thinks that the rain is stored in basins in the sky, after all.
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