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Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
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Wed, 8 Mar 2000 03:40:16 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <38C5A25C.6BA832E3@voyager.net>...
> I hold that this is unjust. It is not fair to not give rotters what they
> deserve. Your god is setting a bad example for those of us that are
> strivers by letting them off. And that's one of my major beefs with
> christian theology, it's unjust and unfair. God doesn't like the hard
> workers. So in fact we'd be better off acting like he didn't exist, that
> is, acting like we have to make our own way in the world instead of
> being fished out.
One objection I'd like to raise is that not all Christians have an unjust
and unfair god. Of course that depends on your definition of Christian, but
I think the only useful general definition of Christian is anyone who
follows the teachings of Jesus as their primary source of religious
inspiration. Most Christian Unitarian Universalists don't believe in this
unjust and unfair god. In fact, that's primarily what the Universalist part
means, though some interpretations of Universalism might offend Libertarians
because of the "everybody gets into heaven" aspect being unfair and unjust
in the opposite direction.
Frank
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| (...) Yup. More specifically Lar, christian *theology* in general, doesn't. Some sects do, but the majority (insofar as I'm aware) do not. However, this may vary in actual practice from sect to sect, region to region, even from church to church and (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| Briefly, my flight boards soon. (...) With you so far. A devil is an evil being. You can't know evil without knowing good. As I've said before, animals are amoral and know neither good nor evil. (well, except for cats. Cats are evil. :-) ) (...) (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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