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>> Adonis wrote:
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>>>> Adonis wrote:
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>>>>> "monkfish" <monkfish@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>> Adonis wrote:
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>>>>>>>> Adonis wrote:
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>>>>>>>>> "monkfish" <monkfish@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>>>>>> Adonis wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>> "monkfish" <monkfish@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>>>>>>>> Adonis wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>> CONCLUSION:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What if God is purposely hiding from us, for some reason?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Atheists should think on it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> You mean like a game of hide and seek? This god has hidden
>>>>>>>>>>>>> it's self real good then! We went to the moon and it was not
>>>>>>>>>>>>> there.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Most likely you are God-blind
>>>>>>>>>>>> due to your hubris and ingratitude.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Are you blind to love as well?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I wouldn't say I'm blind, my contacts do a very good job of
>>>>>>>>>>> correcting my stigmatism. In fact better than gl*****.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Are you at least trying to love your enemies?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Mike.........er excuse me, monkfish, why would you care?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I like to help myself by trying to help others.
>>>>>>>> I'm usually quite grateful for everything.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> How about you?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Kinda selfish, why not help others because you just want to help
>>>>>>> others? Why have an ulterior motive? Are you looking to get paid
>>>>>>> Mike?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It is just a way talk with humility.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sounds to me more like a way of exaulting your self.
>>>>>
>>>>>> What makes you think doing "what you just want"
>>>>>> is better than helping myself?
>>>>>
>>>>> There is nothing wrong with helping your self. The motivation is
what
>>>>> I was referring to, or did you not get that?
>>>>>
>>>>>> You seem to have difficulty
>>>>>> in being grateful for everything.
>>>>>
>>>>> How do you come to that conclusion?
>>>>>
>>>>>> You really need to accept that
>>>>>> there are many beings who are
>>>>>> much better and smarter than you.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> There are a whole lot of people that are more educated than I. Just
>>>>> like I'm no better than any around me, those around me are no better
>>>>> than I. That of course refers to the human aspect. In the realm of
>>>>> skills, knowledge, communication, you know the day to day
activities;
>>>>> there are those that have better skills than I, and I have better
>>>>> skills than others. That does not make one better than another or
>>>>> smarter. At a particular skill one could say I am better the you, or
>>>>> you are better than I, but so what? We are still as humans equal.
Now
>>>>> if you are using the word "beings" with a religious twist, you are
>>>>> substituting the word "being" for god, jesus, devil, angels or
demons.
>>>>> If that is the case I don't have to accept what you say because
those
>>>>> "beings" do not exist.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Would you like to feel grateful for everything?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Why be grateful for what I do not have? I'm quite satisfied with
what
>>>>> I have.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That's the idea.
>>>> Good for you.
>>>> I'm also glad to see that you believe
>>>> in the equality of all human beings.
>>>>
>>>> How did you come to that faith?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> What faith?
>>
>>
>> Your faith in the equality of all human beings.
>> You said "We are still as humans equal," didn't you?
>>
>
> I do believe I said all humans are equal, yes I do believe I did! In
fact
> I have a great confidence in that belief. I believe that is faith, a
great
> confidence in your belief. I have faith in my self that I said I believe
> all humans are equal!
How did you manage to prove that
all humans are equal?
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monkfish
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