When God said "Let there be Cats", was He promptly ignored?
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Actually, First Cat walked in while Creation was in progress.  She sat down and gave the Creator that look that only cats can manage -- you know, the one that combines complete indifference with boundless contempt -- and said:\n\n"You started WITHOUT ME?"
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Yes, but have you ever heard of Pavlov's cat?\n\nOf course not!  Cause that would have been the end of him:\n\nDay One: Rang bell; cat ignored it.\nDay Two: Rang bell; cat said he'd already eaten.\nDay Three: Rang bell; cat answered the door.\nDay Four: Rang bell but cat put his paw on it so it only made that little thunk sound.\nDay Five (the last day): Cat rang bell; I ate.\n\n~Eddie Izzard in 'Definite Article'\n\n* * * *\nSorry for the lack of a serious answer, but I find that bit hysterical!  If you want more information on the actual experiment with Pavlov's dog, click on th elink below. =)
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He did.  He said "...Hey, brother, Noah I'll tell you what to do.  Build me a floating zoo.  And bring some of them green alligators...*\n\nI guess the people back then didn't know about modern technology and thus couldn't include it in their storybook..oops, I mean bible.
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Didn't he build the ark before the rains came?\n\nHere is a suggestion:\n\nOnce upon a time they say, they say\nNoah built a big ark\nFor family, friends, and animal pairs.\n\nAnd the rains came down day after day\nAnd he sailed away in the dark\nTil the day he saw land everywhere.
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I have been told that after the time of Malachi God was silent for 400 years, until John The Baptist spoke in the wilderness.\n\nMalachi was the last book (and prophet, so far as we know)of the Old Testament.
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I guess that depends upon 'Ignored by who?"\n\nThere are people who ignore all religious figures, there are people who ignore selectively, there are people who ignore none.\n\nMost people go through life with just the information they need, not extra and they don't want the extra either.  So, that being the case, all people ignore some religious ideas and people.  It is the same reason most people in the world ignore Martin Van Buren.  It isn't necessary knowledge at this moment.
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You ask such a trivial question. Of course there were woodpeckers on the ark. Otherwise we would not have them today or if they had died out after the flood, like dinosaurs, or any phisical evidence that they had exsisted. Your second question is the most trivial. Look at the big picture. Think of all the animals on the ark. God must have given him instrutions on where he should keep each of the thousands of animals on the ark. there are some things a person should have faith in and in the big scheme of things not worry about. God is an orderly God and controls things to the smallest detail.
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It doesn't prove anything that cats are not mentioned in the Bible.  There is no mention of any kind of pets in the Bible....dogs, cats, hamsters, guinea pigs, etc.  As far as I can tell, people in Bible days didn't keep pets.  They had enough things to contend with in their lives without trying to keep an animal alive and well.
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None.  They didn't exist when religious texts were written.
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I'm not sure. Good question. I think he did, but not his memory of our nature. God understands and he still loves us.\n\nThat's funny. Yes, No, I'm not sure. At least I'm honest!
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**************************************************************\n\n   God has arranged the bible to contain the books it has in it, both the old and new testaments. The books He included were meant to be there to complete His perfect book. If it's in there, He has something to say in it. ANY word from God is important.\n\n   So my answer would be that there isn't a least important.\n\n***********************************************************
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not all people are of or concerned with the religion that deals with this phrase\n\n\n\nyou already answered your question\n\nand it is irrelevant
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God is capable of hearing all prayers but he turns a deaf ear to the prayers of those who refuse to act in harmony with their prayers (ie:  God, find me a job while I sit on the couch and watch tv) or those who continue to act in a way that is contrary to his will.  It is true that Jesus is the only mediator between God and man but if God did not hear the prayers of those who do not know Christ yet, none of us would ever have come to know him.
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I agree that the Pope cannot speak for God. The Catholic church has changed it's mind on many things in the past- look it up- and while you're at it, look up the story about Darwin's deathbed. Thanks!
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One of the wisest stories my father ever told me was about the old wiseman who used to sit out by the lake thinking all day. Every day he'd go out there and almost every day he would think of something profound to say. People eventually began to gather to hear his thoughts. Soon people started writing down those same thoughts.  \n\nOne day a mouse disturbed the wise man's meditations. So from then on a cat was brought out every day to prevent mice from disturbing him again. \n\nEventually the wise man died. The people who came to listen to him continued to gather under the tree by the lake to remember him and to read again the wisdom he had given them.  It did not seem right without a cat. So a cat was brought out each gathering. Soon people began to argue over whether it should be a white cat or a black cat or a striped cat. Then there were three gatherings... \n\nThat is basically what happened with Christianity. The fights became blood fueds however. In England for example Catholics and other Christian minorities at one time could not own property, be a noble and faced many other restrictuions on their lives. Most European nations became one one religion or another. Wars that were really national aggression were fought in the name of religion. Those who tried to remain another religion in these nations were often executed. Being Protestant or Jewish during the Spanish Inquisition for example could be fatal. \n\nSo today people hate without even knowing why. False rumors like the one about Catholics worshiping idols float around. Discrimanation still exists on a very subtle level with various forms of Christianity. Then there are the quasi Christian religions such as the Mormans who faced severe persecution early in their formation. \n\nIt is nothing new. The Catholic church became unified by Rome's sword. Any sect not approved of by Rome generally did not survive long. After that the Chruch held great sway until Protestents fought wars to secure freedom for their particuler brand of Christianity. \n\nWith so many non-denominational chruches springing up I think you'll see a major softening in the lines between branches of Christianity over the next decade. Most Christians are tired of it and there are enough non-Christians around in the West today that Christians are starting to feel a Christian is a Christian instead of the fierce rivalries that dominated the last few hundred years.
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I believe. It's been a long irritating silence. To be honest, God makes for a crappy pen-pal. I suppose he has more important things to worry about. On the otherhand, just because he isn't paying attention to me, doesn't mean he isn't there. I'm not sure I'd want that much attention anyway. We leave eachother alone, and things seem to work out anyway. What do you mean leave him? Renounce him, or actually leave? Got yourself a space ship? I'm sorry man, a crisis of faith can be unsettling.
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i was reading some of the put downs, doesnt any one have any faith or even common sense. god talks to each and every one of us. its the voice in your head telling you to do something or not to do something its the guilt you feel when you have done something wrong. who are we to say god did not speak to him. the bible says judge ye not! and it also tells us to have faith.who are we to decide who god can and can not talk to. would you believe him if he said satan talked too him?