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Re: For some Lego is a religous experience. (Was: Re: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 23 Apr 2003 13:26:51 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Terry Prosper writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Matt Hein writes:
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> > I'm getting tired ot debating this, though...
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> > What would you say to a truce or something?
> > Seriously, though...I don't have infinite time
> > on my hands to post and repost.
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> I don't care. I just didn't like your first reply. As an atheist, I too
> often feel that the general attitude of people is to allow people to talk
> about god, but if someone says God doesn't exist, then he's accused of every
> sin. It's unfair. We should be entitle to say in what we believe.
I have no problem whatsoever with *anyone* saying what they believe, except...
God is a --how did you put it? Oh right... admonished for bad language.
If we can have a confluence of ideas without one being asserted as 'Upper'
and others demeaned as 'lower' then there's not a problem. Terry, your
posts have shown that your belief is superior than those that believe in
that *whatever* god (read diatripe below against God).
And there's the issue.
> In my
> case, as I said, God thankfully is a big hoax and I'm darn happy about it,
> because if not, I'd have to fight him for his incompetence to help children,
> adults and animals on Earth who suffer for nothing. But that being said, I
> respect people's beliefs, as long as they keep them for themselves, I won't
> talk about my religious thoughts either.
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> Isn't a thruce for wars and conflicts? Since you apologized, I don't see
> the conflict continuing. I apologize in return for being rude to you.
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> Terry
How about apologizing to deity believing folks for your more colourful
metaphors describing and demeaning their respective deities?
Dave K
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