Not sure I understand David. (I have limited experience with the forum format.) Are you saying the OP closed the thread in reaction to the aforementioned aphorisms?
And what is the old thread returned? All I can see is the closed thread notice.
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I donāt know how or why you come to the belief that āin this lifeā plenty of āJews, agnostics, atheists, Hindus etcā are separated from God. That is a very bleak view which I do not share.
Paul said to the Athenians āIn Him WE live, move and have our beingā -that applies to everybody.
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But maybe there is no separate existence from God. So a state of torment is out the window, and a state of wanting to better ourselves is the new paradigm, a place where we can find revelation and acceptance in the Father. Your mental state of torment is simply people making stupid choices. John Wayne said 'Life is tough, but it is a whole lot tougher if you are stupid"
Good luckā¦
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Hi Qaz and Chad.
Iām using the word āseparated fromā in the sense of āalienated fromā as obviously God is actually omnipresent .
Itās not plain to me at all. There are degrees of alienation, there is no doubt about that.
I fully believe that a particular atheist may be less alienated from God (or closer to God to use simpler language) than many theists or so called Christians. The fact that the atheist is unaware of that is irrelevant.
1 John 4:16 Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.
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