Posted by Steve on 09/18/07 13:49

"Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Steve wrote:
>> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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>>
>>> 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)

>> 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?

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