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Re: Personality test vs. Religion
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 1 Nov 2004 06:41:28 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Brendan Powell Smith wrote:
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That’s an interesting separate question: do atheists, by and large, *want* a
God to exist? Do they wish God *did* exist?
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Fundamentally, I prefer the way things are : God doesn’t exist, so I’m free.
Free of being good for myself and others, not because some Gog decides that’s
the way to go.
However, I’m not the only human on Earth. I cannot decide for others. So I’d
probably prefer a God to exist so others, not as good as me (hey, I’m no rapist
nor killer) wouldn’t commit some horrible crime because if they did, God would
punish them right there and then. I know the vast majority of people is good,
but God should exist only to make sure the ones that aren’t good can’t harm
others.
That’s the way I see things. It won’t add much to a debate, but it’s my answer
to your question. I guess that if God did exist, I would get some benefit out
of it too. I could ask him why oh why did you let LEGO change the gray to blay?
:-)
Terry
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Message is in Reply To:
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| (...) I would say that it's definitely a sliding scale, because we're all guilty of that to some extent. I certainly note such tendencies in myself--I just try to keep them in check. (...) That's an interesting separate question: do atheists, by and (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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