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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?
Robert B. Winn