Re: QUESTION FOR RELIGIONISTS

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> On Oct 27, 11:18 pm, Will <some...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> panamfl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> > On Oct 27, 9:12 pm, Will <some...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >> panamfl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >> > On Oct 27, 6:10 pm, Will <some...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >> >> panamfl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >> >> innews:1193516439.196563.101250@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >> >> > On Oct 27, 3:45 pm, Will <some...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >> >> >> Al Klein <ruk...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >> >> >> > On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:37:33 GMT, Will
>> >> >> >> > <some...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >> >> >> >>"Bill M" <wm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >> But I'm not the one trying to prove to you that He does or doesn't
>> >> exist.
>>
>> > Well, you certainly could have fooled me. I thought you were
>> > attempting to defend the rationality of believing in these creatures.
>> > If you will simply admit that it is not rational, even though it is
>> > your personal belief, we could leave it at that.
>>
>> But you haven't proved to me that my belief isn't rational.
>
> I cannot use reason to talk you out of a position you hold for your
> emotional needs.
>
>> Furthermore,
>> you seem to mistake my belief for a belief in magical little forest
>> creatures, or something of the like--in which case it's no wonder you
>> would think my belief isn't rational.
>
> This is perhaps the most difficult concept to get religious people to
> understand...to people who do not believe what you believe, IT IS NO
> DIFFERENT. Your mythology is not any different than any other
> concieved by the mind of man. It is not special, and deserves no
> special treatment simply because it is im****tant to you. This is what
> Mr. Lee was attempting to get people to understand earlier within this
> thread.
>
    Our Christian "God is love" (1 John 4:8,16) become fully manifested in
Jesus Christ giving His life for us sinners on the cross of Calvary. We
therefore know our God and have seen Him. (Jesus in John 14:6-10)
    Atheists don't know our God and therefore cannot see Him, (Jesus in
John 3:3) 



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