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Patrick Canion wrote:

> Would it be selfish and intolerant if I wanted to give you all a
> million dollars?

It would if we were Bolshies.
 
> >your God's morality, I despise his petulance and vanity, and if it ever
> >turned out that he really did exist I'd still rather rest in peace than
> >spend eternity in his company. 
> Have I represented him this badly?

Nope, he's done a fine job of representing himself badly.  Murdering thousands of 
Egyptian kids because of a Kings arrogance is not the work of a benevolent God.

> It's just that the god you
> describe is nothing like my God, who loves you and me more than we'll
> ever comprehend.

No thanks, don't want any part of your Zombie cult.

> > What's more, I can't understand why you feel it is your
> >business to interfere in my determination to carry on my life (and
> >death) the way that I see fit, when I'm more than happy to do the same
> >for you.

He's got you there.

> > Heaven knows, religious intolerance has sparked enough war,
> >incivility and prejudice - how can you, plainly a good-natured man,
> >promote religious intolerance? What happened to "turn the other cheek"? 
> I'm sorry Peter, but I know you're intelligent enough to appreciate
> that there is a jump between me expressing my opinions and "promoting
> religious intolerance".  I would be just as justified in saying
> "Peter, you sound like a nice guy, but how can you interfere in my
> carrying on of life by ramming your non-Christian views down my
> throat?  It's this sort of attitude that sparks off stock-market
> crashes."  In other words, tolerance cuts both ways - let's maintain
> some honesty in our discussion.

Quite clearly had you there - you completely avoided his question re: your right to 
interfer with the conduct of his life, and death.

> >Hang on - doesn't your bible tolerate, or even encourage slavery? 
> Nope

Yup.  You're only reading the last half, which hardly has the stature of the first.  
Just a bunch of losers whose leader went into town looking for some bother, believing 
that all but one of legions were elsewhere.

Didn't he get a surprise in the Garden.

>  Even if
> euthanasia remains outlawed, it will still happen.

Especially if you only cop a $50 fine.  Brilliant idea - that MP deserves a bloody 
medal.

 
> Parallel to this, though, is every Christian's ministry to show people
> the love of Jesus Christ and the transforming and overcoming power it
> has in a person's life.

Nope, not interested in joining the Naserian cult.