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Re: One of my issues with the god of the old testament
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 15 Nov 2001 22:55:40 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tom Stangl writes:
> I consider having to rely on some higher power to explain the good and bad in
> the world a crutch. Stuff happens, deal with it. Requiring a higher power
> to explain it is a crutch IMO.
Simply because something is used as a crutch does not make it inherently a
crutch. Many people use a professed athiesm as a basis to attack and
ridicule anyone who believes in a higher power, but that doesn't make
atheism a crutch any more so that said belief.
I think you've got a fundamental misunderstanding of what religion is for
many people, as indicated by your use of "having to rely" and "requiring".
> It also denies the inherent good in people - so many religious people pass
> off the good as "the work of X", and the bad as "the evil of man". What a
> pessimistic view of man.
That is a flaw in the people using that argument, not a flaw in the belief
in a higher being. <shameless troll> Seperate the sin from the sinner.
</shameless troll> ;)
thanks,
James
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