Epi-Sode wrote:
> Sugien wrote:
> > "bob young" <alaspectrum@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> > news:47A8AD6B.10F8DB13@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>
> >> Sugien wrote:
> >>
> >>> "Lee" <me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> >>> news:47a6055b$0$21100$da0feed9@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>> "Epi-Sode" <ph667@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> >>>> news:479c673f$0$9734$5a62ac22@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>>> Why do people believe in the fiction of God?
> >>>> Which god?
> >>> I guess that depends on you; because personally I believe what
I
> >>> consider to be the ONLY GOD is the great "I am that I am also known
as
> >>> Jehovah" expounded upon in the Christian bible. Actually it is the
same
> >>> God
> >>> spoken of in the Muslim Koran except they call him Ala. The Muslim
bible
> >>> also speaks of Jesus I guess the difference between the Muslim and
> >>> Christian
> >>> faith is that Christians track their lineage back to Isaac and
Muslims
> >>> track
> >>> theirs back to Ishmael. Then there are various other religions
which all
> >>> have different names for God; but I believe that *EVERY* religion
has
> >>> part
> >>> of the truth and that if you were to study them all for a lifetime
that
> >>> lasted at least a hundred years you might start to understand.
> >> ROFL - by that time one would be inside a mental hospital
> >>
> >>> That being
> >>> said I would follow with this: It doesn't truly depend upon the
name you
> >>> call God; but rather that you believe IN God. Every religion with
the
> >>> exception of those that wor****p demons believe in God that is
beneficial
> >>> to
> >>> humanity. But that is only my opinion about what *I* believe your
> >>> mileage
> >>> may vary;)
> >> The Bible that you say is the word of your god says something like "I
am
> >> the
> >> Lord thy God and I am a jealous God'
> >>
> >> Which way do you want it?
> >>
> > the way God wants it is good enough for me
>
> So, "the way [a fictional entity] wants it is good enough for me". From
> fiction, it is a trivial exercise to create contradiction, and I will
> not waste anybody's time or bandwidth by going through that exercise.
> What I want to know is what critical analysis has Sugien brought to bear
> on the question of the existence of God (by whatever name). As far as
> I can see (and I could well have missed it), s/he has offered none, in
> which case I would invite Sugien to bring such evidence to this
newsgroup.
...Sugien's response to that will have to be a smoke screen
because they don't have any
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