Re: Selling Points of the Major Religions

On May 12, 10:53=A0am, "Pink Freud" <somewh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Jerry Kraus" <jkraus_1...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On May 11, 6:20 pm, cob...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> On Sun, 11 May 2008 13:54:12 -0700 (PDT), Jerry Kraus
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> >> >On May 11, 3:42 pm, DanielSan <danielsan1...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> >> Jerry Kraus wrote:
> >> >> > 1. Christianity:
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> >> >> > "We offer a personal relation****p with God."
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> >> >> > 2. Islam:
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> >> >> > "There is no God but Allah, the all-powerful, the all-merciful,
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> >> >> > we all wor****p."
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> >> >> > 3. Judaism:
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> >> >> > "We are God's Chosen People."
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> >> >> > 4. Hinduism:
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> >> >> > "There are many paths to truth, but some are more direct than
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> >> >> > 5. Buddhism:
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> >> >> > "We can transform life's suffering to the peace of Nirvana."
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> >> >> > 6. Con****ianism:
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> >> >> > "Family and tradition are the basis of a good life, and we are
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> >> >> > children of the Emperor."
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> >> >> > 7. Atheism:
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> >> >> is not a religion.
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> >> >> * DanielSan -- alt.atheism #2226 *
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> >> >> * "When I was a kid I used to pray every night for *
> >> >> * a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord *
> >> >> * doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked *
> >> >> * Him to forgive me." --Emo Philips *
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> >> >I'm afraid it is, Mr. Atheist. None of the above think they're
> >> >religions. Not one.
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> >> who the heck told you that?
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> > Well, Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, Con****ians =A0and
> > Atheists have all told me that they don't consider their religion to
> > be a religion. =A0Christians call it a "relation****p" and say they
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> > religion, Muslims say it's just a belief in a universal order to
> > things, Jews say they're just trying to understand things, Buddhists
> > say it's a way of life, Hindus say any approach that works is fine
> > with them, Atheists say they oppose all religion, Con****ians say they
> > just want to get along in society. =A0No one who belongs to any of the
> > major religions acknowledge that they do in fact belong to a religion.
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> > Interesting, no?
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oh man, it's lies from the very beginning to right now in this
sentence and in your head.

it's all lies, some are just better than others.

and western civ is going the way of the dodo, to be replaced with
whatever I like the most (which is still up in the air right now)

deal with it or kill yourself, pretty much your only options.

Signed, sealed, and delivered by the Stark Fist of Mercy and enforced
by my bro the Stark Fist of Righteousness.

Have a Nice day, and sorry for any inconviences you may have
experienced- The Management