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On Jul 14, 2:41 am, The Natural Philosopher <a...@b.c> wrote:
> rbwinn wrote:
> > On Jul 13, 3:28 pm, The Natural Philosopher <a...@b.c> wrote:
> >> rbwinn wrote:
> >>> On Jul 13, 12:05 am, The Natural Philosopher <a...@b.c> wrote:
> >>>> rbwinn wrote:
> >>>>> On Jul 12, 1:55 pm, The Natural Philosopher <a...@b.c> wrote:
> >>>>>> The Loan Arranger wrote:
> >>>>>>> rbwinn wrote:
> >>>>>>>> On Jul 9, 3:52�am, The Loan Arranger <no...@nowhere.invalid> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>> rbwinn wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>> The fact that it could all be prophesied does not mean �that God
> >>>>>>>>>> approved of it. �It just meant it was going to take place.
> >>>>>>>>> You mean he was powerless to stop it? Wow! That must really have chafed.
> >>>>>>>> Jesus Christ could have stopped his crucifixion any time he chose to
> >>>>>>>> do it.
> >>>>>>> "Hey, guys - guys! Just kidding, honest, c'mon, let's get these nails
> >>>>>>> out, shake hands, and ... uh, guys? Guys? HEY GUYS, CUT ME A BREAK HERE!"
> >>>>>>> TLA
> >>>>>> The concept of god is necessary to put a himan face on the reflection of
> >>>>>> the mystrious Universe in men's minds, so that when they gaze at it, and
> >>>>>> teh only bits they recognize as faintly familiar , are their own
> >>>>>> reflections, they don't get frightened to death.
> >>>>>> Atheism is for those who have the courage to see it as it really is..
> >>>>>> Religion is just the kiddy bedtime story copout.
> >>>>> So why is it then that Old Testament prophets were put to death, John
> >>>>> the Baptist was beheaded, Jesus was crucified, his apostles suffered
> >>>>> martyrs' deaths, religious reformers were burned at the stake, Jews
> >>>>> were put in extermination camps, Communist regimes killed most clergy,
> >>>>> etc.?
> >>>>>   If religion is such a bedtime story, why do so many religious people
> >>>>> get killed for their beliefs?
> >>>> Probably because they are a bunch of hypocritical liars, like you are.
> >>>> Plenty of people die rather than face the truth.
> >>>> Anyway, since they are all on the way to a Better Life, they shouldn't
> >>>> complain if someone helps them along the way, should they?
> >>>> Tell me, as a devout Christian (allegedly: `It's hard to believe
> >>>> anything you say) will death be something you avoid, or something that
> >>>> is simply going to be the best thing that has ever happened to you?
> >>>> If teh latter, would you like a hand?
> >>> Death is something that is going to happen.  With regard to the
> >>> hereafter, what happens there is bound to be better than what happened
> >>> to me in this life.
> >> I wouldn't bet on it: If you cant hack this life, you dont have much
> >> chance in hacking the hereafter. Perhaps the reason you cant hack this
> >> life is you spent it clinging to something that didn't work, because you
> >> hadn't the courage to throw away your crutches, and get up and walk.
> >> There's a bit about that in the bible as well. But you probably didn't
> >> understand that either.
>
> > What makes you think I cannot hack this life?
>
> Your statement abut how hard you found it.
> I think you are suffereing from the early stages of dementia.
>
> You are foregetting what you said again.
>
Well, you try getting out of a mental institution some time.   I think
the reason I was able to do it was because I learned to talk to
atheists.  Whenever I would talk to psychiatrists, I would talk about
medical malpractice.
Robert B. Winn