Pastor Frank wrote:
> <patrick.barnes@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:1193313283.671860.142670@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 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.
Tripe, there's evidence for all to see that the poster was quite correct
about
contradictions in religions.
>
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