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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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Date: 
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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  Re: Latter Day Saints (was:Re: God and the Devil and forgiveness (was Re: POV-RAY orange color))
 
(...) 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 (...) (27 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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