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Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 13 Mar 2000 12:20:23 GMT
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SGORE@SUPERONLINE.COMnomorespam
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Todd Lehman wrote:
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> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bill Farkas writes:
> > [...]
> > It is true that Christianity is a matter of faith, there's no denying that,
> > but so is your atheism. [...]
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> Wow, I never thought of it that way before -- and I agree 100%.
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> Just as one has to have faith that God does exist in order to be a "theist,"
> one has to have faith that God does not exist in ordre to be an "atheist."
> That is, there's really no way to prove or to know for sure that one or the
> other points of view is correct. (And maybe they're both correct. :-)
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> Most people would label me an atheist because I don't currently happen to
> believe that a higher being exists, and because I do believe that Man evolved
> from Ape and that the Earth is several billion years old and that much of HB
> is BS.
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> But I have a tough time labeling myself an atheist because I simply cannot
> take it on _faith_ one way or the other. But I can't label myself agnostic
> either, because I don't actually wonder about it. Is there a label for
> someone who is apathetic as to the issue of whether or not a higher being
> exists and rules the universe? Because in my mind, it doesn't matter one way
> or the other. Or, more specifically, the probability that it actually matters
> one way or the other is so close to zero (in my mind) that it isn't worth
> spending effort on.
Wow wow wow! Just as me..:-) The thing that I first realized when I
started to go down to the atheistic path was "it doesn't matter if it
exist or not, I will be as same, and continue to live as same either
way."
Sorry the believers, but, assuming you are "nice" guys (I mean being
honest, being respectful to others and all, etc.), are you nice just
because there is a god thing ordering you to do so? If someone would
prove somehow the god does not exist, would you immediately turn into
evils, since there isn't a ruler/god any longer?
You are expecting too much from a thin book..:-)
Selçuk
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| (...) Wow, I never thought of it that way before -- and I agree 100%. Just as one has to have faith that God does exist in order to be a "theist," one has to have faith that God does not exist in ordre to be an "atheist." That is, there's really no (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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