<patrick.barnes@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Oct 22, 11:15 pm, Uncle Vic <addr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> One fine day in alt.atheism, patrick.bar...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> bloodied us up with this:
>>
>> >> 2.. There are thousands of God beliefs. How do we KNOW which is
the
>> >> REAL
>> >> God and which are FAKES?
>>
>> > Faith.
>>
>> Faith is mostly geographical. Did you examine the beliefs you harbor
>> thoroughly before taking the plunge, or do you believe what your
parents
>> believe(d)? Would you be a Christian if you'd been born in Afghanistan
>> instead of (I assume) the USA?
>>
>
> I assume you're making a point and the questions about my personal
> faith are rhetorical. What you say about faith is true, but
> nevertheless what I say about faith is true as well. Your comment
> addresses how a person comes by their faith rather than the nature of
> faith itself. There is no evidence clearly determining which
> conception of God, or lack thereof, is true. The only basis for
> believing in God is faith. How do you know your God is the real God?
> You don't. You take it as an article of faith. In the absence of
> proof, it's all you can do. That is true regardless of whether your
> faith derives from your background or from a comparative study of
> religions.
>
>> The truth is, there are religious sects all over the world that claim
>> they
>> are the One Way to God, sans evidence, yet they contradict each other
on
>> even the most fundamental issues.
>
Wrong!!! Read Aldous Huxley's Perennial Philosophy which is of the
opposite opinion.
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