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Re: Latter Day Saints (was:Re: God and the Devil and forgiveness (was Re: POV-RAY orange color))
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Mon, 13 Sep 1999 15:53:02 GMT
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John DiRienzo wrote:
Only if you grant "the church"/"god" the power condemn you to hell. If
you don't grant this power, then you needn't let the church "steal" from
you. If you do grant this power, then it seems to me that you accept the
premise of that church, and should then accept the requirement to
contribute.

  The people who don't grant that power don't belong to churches.  I can't
speak for those who belong to churches - I honestly don't understand why
they do.

You paint religion with an awfully wide brush. My religion doesn't
condemn anyone to hell. Of course many people do not consider my
religion to be a religion since it doesn't even require one to believe
in a god.

--
Frank Filz

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(...) prohibition Read what Moz wrote. Repeat it again. Theft is at the core of Christian beliefs. The Church (and almost any religion) was *founded* for the purpose of stealing money from the multitudes for the purpose of making the people who run (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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