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Subject:	Re: Will Libertopia cause the needy to get less?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Fri, 1 Dec 2000 02:52:58 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes: > > If your (stipulated to exist for the sake of this sentence) god sends me to > hell, he's not worthy of my worship. I will suffer eternal damnation rather > than worship a god who would punish someone as righteous as myself. And if > he doesn't, I'm fine. I can just see you as a child at the local amusement park: walking up to the roller coaster where the clown stands with his hand out saying if you're not this tall you can't ride the roller coaster. I can imagine little self-righteous ++Lar saying, "Well if your dumb ol' clown won't let me on the roller coaster then he's not worthy of my tickets." Conveniently deflecting attention from himself and directing it at the clown, when the fact is he just didn't measure up and can't face/deal with it. Bill > > The former? I'd say it was YOUR position of certainty that was tenuous. > > ++Lar (almost but not quite atheist)

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		Re: Will Libertopia cause the needy to get less?
But YOUR god (assuming he exists) sets the rules, so even if a person goes to hell for their perceived sins, they go there because God made them, through the rules. God, if he truly loved his children, would allow ALL into heaven, regardless of (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Will Libertopia cause the needy to get less?
(...) Is your heaven like a roller coaster, so dangerous then that it needs rules to keep people out, because it's "unsafe" for them, who would qualify for the other brands of rides (merry go round, ferris wheel, and other rides)/heavens??? I'm a (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Will Libertopia cause the needy to get less?
(...) Tenuous in what way? Were you saying it's logicially unsupportable, or were you threatening fire and brimstone? The latter? If your (stipulated to exist for the sake of this sentence) god sends me to hell, he's not worthy of my worship. I will (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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