"Fred Jones" <sup****tsystem@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Andrew" <thecroft@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On 2008-04-24 05:20:13 +0100, "Fred Jones" <sup****tsystem@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
said:
>>
>>>> There are a lot of things in life about which we cannot have 100%
>>>> objective demonstrable certainty. They are, however, often im****tant
>>>> things. So we exercise judgement on these matters and our judgements
>>>> and decisions constitute belief.
>>>> When we become certain and unquestioning about things for which we
>>>> cannot really have certainty then we often treat others, with
different
>>>> views, as deficient or even evil, which can lead to conflict. And we
>>>> damage ourselves into the bargain.
>>> I completely disagree. This uncertainty you are talking about is base
on
>>> lack of knowledge, with the teaching of "it's a mystery" " you need
>>> faith" ( which is an oxymoron ) "when the time is right you will
>>> understand" Knowledge is freedom, and the only way to true freewill.
>>
>> So you know - for certain - that there is no god? There is no
possibility
>> that you could be wrong on that?
>
> Not even the smallest doubt. Yes at one time I did think that maybe this
> god thing is real. When I was a little boy, I did believe. But I grew
up.
You need to understand the primitive mind-set of atheists who can only
define the word "god" in concrete terms, i.e. invisible old divinity in
the
sky, where Christ defines His God in abstract / spiritual terms. Which
means, atheists god's don't exist by definition, and it's easy to invent
innumerable gods that don't exist.
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