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Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
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Sun, 5 Mar 2000 03:18:11 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Markus Wolf writes:

  I honestly know little to nothing about eastern religions.  But I figure,
if there's no god to be accountible to, it doesn't matter if you believe in it
or not.

I think the point of those religions is that you believe in it because it's
true, not because you are afraid of your god.

Ben Roller



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  Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
 
(...) it (...) Point well taken. How do you base what you believe is true? On what fits your current lifestyle best? I met a woman once who told me she believed in reincarnation just because she felt like it. She was a "Good Lutheran." (her words) (...) (24 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
 
(...) I honestly know little to nothing about eastern religions. But I figure, if there's no god to be accountible to, it doesn't matter if you believe in it or not. It might be a nice little "this is good, this is bad" system that might have it's (...) (24 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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