"Andrew" <thecroft@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> skrev i en meddelelse
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> On 2008-02-12 23:37:39 +0000, "Jamffer" <jamffer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
>
>>
>> "Andrew" <thecroft@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:2008021222055116807-thecroft@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> On 2008-02-12 21:19:08 +0000, "Mary" <mary123@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
>>>
>>>> Can you think of a word for "irrational belief in an invisible sky
>> entity" ?
>>>
>>> Take your pick - "Wisdom", "Truth", "Insight", "Intelligence" (You
>>> walked into that one!)
>>>
>> Wisdom is not irrational.
>>
>> Belief is not necessarily wisdom.
>>
>> Belief is not always truth.
>>
>> Insight is only rational if proven to be true.
>>
>> Intelligence is not blind.
>
> err... do you understand the word 'levity' at all?
How about the word "lame" as in "Your levity was lame"?
>
>>
>>
>> Can I think of a word for "irrational belief in an invisible sky
entity"
>> ?
>>
>> Maybe two words or more, blind faith
>
> You do realise that's an oxymoron, don't you? A refusal to question is
> evidence of a lack of faith.
That is silly.
>
>> or Hey, religion is my income.
>> Or, without a God we would only depend on ourselves, so we need to
>> believe.
>>
>> Would we feel comfortable seeing a God coming down and tearing up the
>> landscape whenever something needed to be adjusted? Would humans get
>> very
>> lazy if the world had no need for us to fix anything? Maybe God would
>> get
>> sick of "Hey God, I have a pimple on my butt will you please send an
>> angel
>> down before the game this afternoon?".
>
> Yup - worked all that out and you're preaching to the choir. That's why
we
> don't believe in any such God. Try having a word with some of the other
> folk that come in here and belly-ache along the lines of "God didn't
stop
> that bad thing happening so he can't exist" - they're much more fun to
> play with.
The god described by Christianity could not exist. It is a logical
contradiction to have an all powerful, all knowing, all loving god in a
world full of pain. You certainly have not been able to deal with that
problem. You prefer to play silly evasion games instead.
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