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Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
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Wed, 8 Mar 2000 00:15:18 GMT
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> Here's another interesting thought. Out of all the religions in the world,
> Christianity is one of the very very few (it may even be the only one) which
> non-Christians actively try to disprove. Why is this so? If non-Christians
> think it is such a waste of time why waste so much time trying to disprove it?
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> Pete Callaway
Because it is the only one--the only one in its weight class, at any rate--that
can be disproved acording to internal, semi-objective standards. And whose
followers won't whack you with a fatwa for trying. The other religions must
not be that big a challenge, I guess. After all, you've got Buddhism and
Hinduism, which aren't believed in literally by most of their own adherents,
what with the millions of elephant-headed gods and all. And then there's
Islam, which, being based on Judeo-christian mythology, is disproven
automatically if you succeed at disproving Christianity. And as for the other
sort-of major religions: the Mormons, the Baha'i, the Zoroaster-worshippers,
New Age fuzzy-thinkers--the Christians spend a good amount of time and effort
trying to debunk them. Does that lend these mini-theisms the same kind of
legitimacy you imply Christianity gains from this kind of assault upon itself?
Yours in the Brick,
eI
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| (...) *sigh* No matter how much I try, there's always going to be someone who tells me I am not a Christian simply because I'm a Mormon. I know it doesn't mean a whole lot to mr. Ipavec, but it's fairly important to me. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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