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rbwinn wrote:
> 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.


Talking to atheists is something you're doing very poorly at.


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