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Re: The god debate again... sigh (Re: Will Libertopia cause the needy to get less?
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Tue, 28 Nov 2000 23:43:29 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> Stipulating that there is a connection for the sake of argument (there isn't):
>
> Well, since no one *has* witnessed gods, god or God, in an objective,
> verifiable way, we're safe there. If your christian god is fundamentally
> unknowable, you have no way of knowing if your Born Again Moment(tm) was the
> the One True holy spirit or just DTs from last nights unholy spirits. We
> covered this last time, remember? What's changed since then? Why bring it up
> again?
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> > Those who have not found God have not sought him in
> > the right place.
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> Or they aren't looking.
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> I tend to label myself an atheist, because explaining that I'm agnostic to
> the extent of allowing for the existence of an unknowable spirit who has no
> effect on the universe whatever (no other kind is supported by the evidence)
> is too much gafla to inflict on your random minister (although I'm happy to
> tell Jehovah's Witnesses all about it, it messes with their world view).
To be short, ditto. I find it ends a conversation (that I don't want to plow
through YET AGAIN) quicker if I just say I am an atheist, rather than saying I am
agnostic.
I have had JWs come to my door, I tell them that while I have read The Bible in
it's entirety (KJ version, I believe, it's been more than 15 years since I read
it), it's just an interesting book to me, I am an atheist. Boy do they leave fast
;-)
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| Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp
| Please do not associate my personal views with my employer
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