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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 09/18/07 16:42
Steve wrote:
> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:nNqdnZZZKfElX3LbnZ2dnUVZ_h6vnZ2d@comcast.com...
>> Steve wrote:
>>> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
>>> news:JoWdneE7j9ChsHLbnZ2dnUVZ_vCknZ2d@comcast.com...
>>>
>>>> Hey, I'd much rather have a God-fearing President than an atheist.
>>> jerry, i've been quiet thus far. what is wrong with an atheist or atheism
>>> itself. you and i are involved in a scientific field. i have to ask, what
>>> scientific evidence do you have that god exists. and, with whatever
>>> 'evidence' you may provide, what kind of relationship does it indicate
>>> that she may want to have with us? as there is no objective evidence, i
>>> can only infer that if a god exists, she wants nothing to do with us.
>>>
>> I don't need scientific evidence. My faith is good enough for me. And I
>> feel sorry for you.
>
> oh my!
>
> i can see the romanticism in the idea of the things hoped for. that is the
> nature of humanity. however, to afix that to a god-figure and create a
> regiment of though/belief about that concept - one that rules your life and
> had such a huge and not always pleasant mark on the history of others
> lives - without proof or indications that say you seem to be correct...that
> is just scary!
>
> why is it that most rational people who go through their lives applying
> critical thinking to all aspects of their lives, negate or forbid themselves
> from doing the same with this one, special case - god? that is wholly beyond
> me!
>
> you go ahead and feel sorry for me. i hope you are serving the 'right' one,
> cuz all of the major religions now are quite exclusive in membership with
> eternal damnation for not joining. (he pauses to think...i wonder if jerry
> is going to come back with the good ol' pascal wager at this point...then
> chuckles to self)
>
Whatever. It's my belief. However, you can be assured if there is a
God, you will be in the wrong. At least I have a chance of practicing
the "correct" religion.
>>> as for your assumption that god-fearers somehow make better decisions
>>> that atheists...hardly the case. what god shall we fear? muhammad?
>>> mythra? zeus? buddah? the big jc? as an american and a republican, this
>>> is the most i've ever feared for democracy in america...it has nothing to
>>> do with afghanistan or iraq, but everything to do with domestic policy
>>> inacted after 911...and how easily a 'god-fearing' people can be moved
>>> and rallied under the banner of 'god' in leu of ration thought -
>>> especially thought that is critical of current events in light of
>>> history.
>>>
>>> give me an atheist about now, please!
>> I don't care what you believe in. However, when you try to impose your
>> religion on me, the President or anyone else, I draw the line.
>
> and the world shudders.
>
> why are christians so eager to say that but gaffaw when atheists, for the
> exact same reason, want to remove religious icons from mountainsides in
> california, or edicts greeting patrons of public places, or pray in schools?
> why is there a double standard?
>
>
You're the one setting the double standard - not allowing me to practice
my religion. What harm does a cross on a mountainside do to you if you
don't believe in any god? It's just a couple of pieces of wood, after
all. Or if I want to pray in school, why is it your right to say I can't?
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