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[–] RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

"I'm driven with a mission from God. God would tell me, 'George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan.' And I did, and then God would tell me, 'George go and end the tyranny in Iraq,' and I did."

  • George W Bush

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/bush-god-told-me-to-invade-iraq-6262644.html

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago

He sounds like Elwood from The Blues Brothers. "We're on a mission from God."

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 6 points 1 day ago

No matter how well you point out the paradox (if God knows everything that will happen, free will doesn't exist, because everything is predetermined, just like a fully written book), a significant portion of christians will simply ignore and keep circling between "but God gave us free will" and "God knows everything"

[–] BachtnDeKuupe@lemm.ee 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Satan: Hey, i only do Black Metal bands and orgies, all other things are with the other bloke

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[–] tacobellhop@midwest.social 2 points 1 day ago

Thought terminating cliche

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com -5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Libs: The religious concept of "free will" is fundamental to our ideology because it justifies prisons, wars, exploitation, colonialism, etc. Historically it's all the same thing.

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