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Re: Heads up, atheists
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 21 Sep 2005 00:46:47 GMT
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John wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Timothy Gould wrote:
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> > --SNIP--
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> > I would think that doing good for religious people is more about personal
> > gain than for atheists. Theists always believe that their good deeds will go
> > rewarded by God or Karma or some other external system whereas atheists care
> > only about their self-respect and the respect of others.
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> Hey Tim-
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> I knew this would come up:-) Actually, doing good for religious people is more
> of a {response} rather than an attempt to curry favor. Christian doctrine is
> that we are saved by grace {alone}; God's love is unconditional. One cannot
> earn what one already has been given.
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> The response to the God's love is to act in {gratitude}; to love as we have been
> {first} loved.
God's love, what a joke. Send all the sinners to Hell, but love them.
Riiiight.
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| (...) Hey Tim- I knew this would come up:-) Actually, doing good for religious people is more of a response rather than an attempt to curry favor. Christian doctrine is that we are saved by grace alone; God's love is unconditional. One cannot earn (...) (19 years ago, 19-Sep-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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