Re: Selling Points of the Major Religions

On May 11, 4:15=A0pm, Free Lunch <lu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Sun, 11 May 2008 14:10:11 -0700 (PDT), Jerry Kraus
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> >On May 11, 4:07=A0pm, Free Lunch <lu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> On Sun, 11 May 2008 13:54:34 -0700 (PDT), Jerry Kraus
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> >> >On May 11, 3:44=A0pm, Free Lunch <lu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> >> On Sun, 11 May 2008 13:28:53 -0700 (PDT), Jerry Kraus
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> >> >> >1. =A0Christianity:
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> >> >> >"We offer a personal relation****p with God."
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> >> >> >2. =A0Islam:
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> >> >> >"There is no God but Allah, the all-powerful, the all-merciful,
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> >> >> >3. =A0Judaism:
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> >> >> >"We are God's Chosen People."
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> >> >> >4. =A0Hinduism:
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> >> >> >"There are many paths to truth, but some are more direct than
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> >> >> >5. =A0Buddhism:
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> >> >> >"We can transform life's suffering to the peace of Nirvana."
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> >> >> >6. =A0Con****ianism:
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> >> >> >"Family and tradition are the basis of a good life, and we are
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> >> >> >7. =A0Atheism:
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> >> >> >"All religion is superstition, we must seek truth through
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> >> >> The first six were somewhere in the ballpark of correct. The last
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> >> >Splendid. =A0YOU define Atheism, Mr. Atheist.
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> >Con****ianism is Atheistic but is classified as a religion. =A0Buddhism
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> >It is certainly not theistic in emphasis or in practice.
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> There are some superstitious elements to Con****ianism and Buddhism that
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Let's clarify what exactly you mean by "superstition".  This term
seems to be regularly used by the so-called "atheists" in the U.S.,
who I am really referring to here.  Frankly, I haven't the slightest
idea what these so-called "atheists" mean by "superstition", but they
claim that they reject all "superstition".