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Re: Critical Thinking
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 4 Dec 2000 21:23:02 GMT
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John Neal wrote:
> "Tom Stangl, VFAQman" wrote:
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> > John Neal wrote:
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> > > > Maybe Pascal's wager is a valid bet as construed (it isn't) and I am gonna
> > > > be sorry as I suffer at the hands of a god who isn't satisfied by internal
> > > > goodness, he wants groveling (abasement by admitting original sin, and
> > > > worship of a particular form).
> > >
> > > Puh-leeze give up on your tired assertions that God requires groveling, etc. For
> > > someone who doesn't even believe in God, you sure seem to know a lot about what God
> > > requires/wants (which you obviously don't).
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> > You know no better than Larry. I seriously doubt God (IF he exists) tapped you on the
> > shoulder and told you exactly what he requires.
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> I think He (Jesus) made it perfectly clear as recorded in the Gospels.
The Bible was written BY MEN. I refuse to believe that your God would have tapped people on
the shoulder 2K years ago, and NO other time in history.
Do you believe EVERYTHING written by men? Doubtful. So why believe something written by
many men, with inconsistencies throughout, that was written 2K years ago?
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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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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) Every belief system is man-made, so it surprises me that the followers of any system can believe one is more valid than another. Maybe the Christian god is off setting up franchises on the other side of the universe. Weren't the gospels (...) (24 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I think He (Jesus) made it perfectly clear as recorded in the Gospels. (...) I never said that. It is more right for me (obviously, because otherwise I'd believe the one which I felt most valid). (...) Hmm. Works in advertising.... -John (...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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