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03-08-2009, 03:23 AM
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"This is the most beautiful and satisfactory explanation of creation to which I have ever listened".
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03-10-2009, 08:23 AM
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"The world holds two classes of men - intelligent men without religion, and religious men without intelligence."
-- Abu Ala Al-Ma'arri
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03-22-2009, 09:08 PM
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Faith in the supernatural, begins in faith of the superiority of others!
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03-23-2009, 06:22 AM
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Emancipated!
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Originally Posted by california_is_superior
Faith in the supernatural, begins in faith of the superiority of others!
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This makes ... no sense.  And it is not credited. |
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03-23-2009, 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by homesheba
you say this 'stuff' because you have never- ever in your heart truly met Him
as your saviour-
so you have nothing to base your judgements on except your own emptyness.
i promise you that when you do come face to face with Him-( and you will)
you will believe- whether you want to or not.
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Something very wrong with your statement, if you're Christian. If your God gave us free will, then how will I believe whether I want to or not?
Also, if you're trying to scare anyone into faith with threatening words, all you're doing is hurting your own cause, so good job on making me want even less to do with religion.
And since I have apparently "never-ever" in my heart truly met Him, I'll let you in on a little secret - I was Catholic for over fifteen years of my life before becoming agnostic. And did I base that on my own emptiness? Absolutely not, I based my decision on reason and rational thought, just as many others have before me and will after me. |
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03-24-2009, 01:47 AM
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Faith in the supernatural begins as faith in the superiority of others.
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03-24-2009, 01:48 AM
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This makes ... no sense. And it is not credited. |
Care to try again? |
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03-25-2009, 03:33 PM
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Faith is believing what you know ain't so.
Mark Twain
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Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.
All things are bound together.
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03-25-2009, 03:34 PM
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The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction.
Richard Dawkins
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Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.
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03-26-2009, 08:05 PM
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I found this in Matt Ruff's book "Bad Monkey"---it's not taking one side or the other, but it is an interesting quote:
"As long as you don't ask too much from God, it doesn't matter if he exists".
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