Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27441478-20170412045049/@comment-1669199-20170415011354

Distant Shadow wrote: NotLessOrEqual wrote: Mystic Monkey wrote: I don't think music or what kind of songs she sings should be an issue at all, given comics don't make any noises. She pretty blatantly sings in English and not in Japanese or Korean that's for sure. Non of the other band members of the FMK appear to dipslay any Mobian cultural ethnicity or suggest as such unlike those of Espio, Monkey Khan, Conquering Storm or Gold Tenrec who are obvously depicted to having come from or are based of existing and differing Mobian cultures.

In this case, I'd bet she is reflective of Western pop stars and not J/KPOP.

Distant Shadow wrote: So...You're saying He is not an all loving and merciful God? He is merciful and loving, yet He is also just. It wasn't even considered murder. It was God's punishment on the wicked. But back to topic...That was an interesting spin on the account. I came from a very conservative religious household myself and when I was able to, I read the bible back to front without any 'guidance' from an adult or guardian. My parents and most likely my pastor would think that would be a bad idea round about now, haha.

Anyway, considering that God almighty had no issues targeting all first-borns of Egypt, even the family members of those citizens who may have SHARED sympathy with the suffering Jewish slaves (not all people are automatically evil, all humans have empathy regardless of background or class) but were not in a position powerful enough to speak out their concerns to the Pharaoh, yet God targeted them anyway. Not the people in charge, not against Pharaoh himself directly, but innocent women and children.

Did I also mention the complete disregard for the massive colateral damage done when God figuratively pressed the Earth re-start button through the equivalent of nuking the entire world through the Great Flood of Noah? Sure, there were wicked people, but targeting the innocent animals, sea-life and plants which have nothing to do with it (excluding those who made it on the ark)? In that case, it would be most efficient to selectively target the wicked the same way he did against the Egyptians & prevent massive colat. damage (even though it was still massive), but nope, lol!

In such cases, how much HUMAN RIGHTS violations, as well as WAR CRIMES in total would God have been charged with if he did all this today? Correct me if I am taking this all out of context, I dont think I am considering these are all well known stories in Abrahamic religions. I am pretty sure the definition of multiple Human Rights violations and War Crimes are not equal in definition of merciful, loving or just in that matter. I see where you're coming from, yet I must point out the fact that God is the One who created everything, so when the people get out of line He has every right to bring judgement (just like what will happen someday during the Tribulation). And if you know the story you'll see that God said Noah was a Godly man (He didn't say Noah's family was Godly) but He spared Noah's family for Noah's sake. And as far as the animals go, they are not like humans. Even though they did nothing wrong, it was a way to punish the people. Animals do not have souls. And considering what you said about God not caring that babies were being killed, I have to say this: what happens in a war? The bad people on top aren't the only ones who are affected, and many times innocent people are caught in the crossfire. If the people of Israel would have obeyed God then nothing bad would have happened, but since they were wicked people they didn't want to listen. And pharaoh did not get away with the evil he was doing. He and his entire army drowned in the Red Sea. I'm not trying to have a religious debate here, and I apologize for pushing off topic. Yes, please try to stay on topic. Talking about philosophy and religion on a public forum like this one is one of the quickest ways to potentially start a flame war and risk having an entire thread spiraling out of control. While talking about these topics in any of our public spaces isn't forbidden under site policy, a great degree of caution should be taken if you wish to have discussions about them, because if talking about these topics in any discussion threads for any reasons proves to be too disruptive then the threads would be shut down rather quickly. In this instance, I suggest that if you want to discuss these topics further, then please do so either on your Message Walls, or on the Wiki chat as long as you are able to adhere to the Wiki chat policy (I'd recommend using private messaging if any of you wish to communicate with only one other person on these topics, and have no intention on bringing other people into the debate. That way if any other people on the chat besides you and the other person want to talk about other topics on the main chat they can do so without having to sift through your debates if they have no desire to participate in or read about them.). The Discord chat is also an option you can consider, as long as you are willing to adhere to it's rules as well.

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