Adonis wrote:
>
> "monkfish" <monkfish@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Adonis wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "monkfish" <monkfish@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> Kook Monitor wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 16 May 2008 07:09:07 -0700, Ivant wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> If God did not exist we would not be alive if Jesus had not died
for
>>>>>> us on the cross we would have all gone to hell.
>>>>>
>>>>> If God did not exist, there would be no Jesus and no Hell, but
people
>>>>> would still hang around arguing about and killing each other over
>>>>> which of their many fictitious gods was the "real" god.
>>>>>
>>>>> Kooky
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> IMHO that is why God is prior to existence.
>>>>
>>>
>>> No, on the contrary, you say god is prior to existence because that is
>>> the only way god could have created the world. With out the belief
that
>>> god is timeless, there can be no god, there can be no creation story.
It
>>> is the cornerstone, the foundation of any belief in any religious
>>> concept.
>>
>>
>> Do you think someone who loves you dearly will
>> force you to love him back?
>>
>> God is not going to force us to believe in Him.
>>
>
> You would like to do so though.
I'm trying hard to make me love God better.
Have you ever tried hard to fall in love?
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