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Re: God and worth (was re: The Brick Testament: A Family Stoned and a City Massacred)
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Sat, 11 Sep 2004 23:47:42 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
   In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Parsons wrote:
   In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ross Crawford wrote:
   In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
   God gives worth. Life without God, if examined honestly, is worthless.

Ha! Well my version would be:

“God gives Christians self-worth. Life without God, if examined theologically, is worthless”

Two very worthy distinctions otherwise lost on many of the most enthusiastic christians.

Well, I happen to find the things Man finds worthful completely worthless.

The operative word being “I”.

ROSCO



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  Re: God and worth (was re: The Brick Testament: A Family Stoned and a City Massacred)
 
(...) Well, I happen to find the things Man finds worthful completely worthless. Monetary wealth? Success? Fame? Getting laid? Or happiness? Even happiness for its own sake is empty. (...) At the very least, focusing on God turns our narcissistic (...) (20 years ago, 11-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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