bob young wrote:
>
> 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
>
>
I will give Sugien 96 hours, then (dis-)credit him/her with your
*****sment (which I will confess that I have already made provisionally)
unless s/he manages to come up with something completely astounding.
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