"bob young" <alaspectrum@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:472463D7.2AFD9320@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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.
>
Aldous Huxley wrote "tripe" and you don't? Talk about terminal hubris,
you indubitably suffer from it and don't even know it. The fact is, that
religions are more remarkable for their congruence, rather than their
differences. Why are you always pu****ng the more primitive viewpoint, Bob?
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