"John W. Wells" <djinn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 15 May 2008 08:58:59 GMT, "John Smith"
> <bobsyoungbro@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>**Why would ANYONE "believe" in a god UNLESS there is valid evidence?
>
> Is that a rhetorical question?
Of course not.
>
> The answer--mine anyway--is simple. If I believe in God, and He
> assures me of everlasting life, then I needn't confront my finitude.
Then why not believe in Peter Pan - who offers a world of constant
childhood?
If you beluieve in god - AND HAVE NO VALID EVIDENCE that this god even
exists - you're wasting your time.
"Believing", in something that isn't (or may not) be there, is useless.
> (Belonging to the most intelligent species on this earth, I couldn't
> help but notice that we're all gonna die)
Which means absolutely nothing.
>
> Then, too, I needn't figure out how to behave amoung my fellow
> creatures--morality is predefined for me.
?????
You still need to figure it out:
Your "manual" is confusing and contradictory,
YOU still have to read an interpret the manual,
Millions of people have already shown a corrupted and socially dangerous
interpretation of THE SAME MANUAL,
There is no reason to accept morality from a book that condones *****,
murder, genocide and human sactrifice.
>
> Nor do I need to find meaning in this short span of life I
> have--that's predefined, too.
That "meaning", in its simplest case, repeats as - "don't think - just
kiss
my (godly) ass".
I'd rather use my WORKING brain.
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