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Glass Seahorse
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Date Posted: 22:18:38 06/04/03 Wed
In reply to:
jim
's message, "i never said "force"" on 03:36:07 06/03/03 Tue
>but you accused atheists of "causing enough trouble
>already". what trouble? if disputing your view of
>reality is trouble, then i guess i'm guilty. you won't
>lack for troublemakers on the xian side tho. they seem
>to be more prone to name calling and threats of
>hellfire...
>you and others like you seem to be more rational, but
>i hope you check out the tcu link in my other post.
>they are a better example of the typical theist that
>posts to atheist boards.
I know EXACTLY what sort of 'other' Christians there are out there . . . believe me. I know. Those that name-call don't accomplish anything. I wish they'd realise that.
Yes, Christians make trouble, but so do Atheists. You can't possibly say that they are completely innocent. Just the facts, Max. (Yes! I KNOW your name is Jim!!! I'm not that stupid, you know? :)
I'm not so sure if YOU wouldn't be trying to convert ME to Atheism. So, with two sides of the balance, I choose the opposite side. After all: " You've got to stand for something, or else you're going to fall for anything."
I see believing in God as being in no conflict with my rational side.
As Francis Bacon (main founder of the modern 'scientific method') once said: "There are two books laid before us to study, to prevent our falling into error; first the volume of the Scriptures which reveal the will of God; then the volume of the Creatures, which express His power."
An even better quote . . . Blaise Pascal (early Philosopher & mathematician, father of the science of 'hydrostatics' & one of the founders of 'thermodynamics', developer of the barometer) once said: "How can anyone lose who chooses to become a Christian? If, when he dies, there turns out to be no God and his faith was in vain, he has lost nothing - in fact, he has been happier in life than his non-believing friends. If, however, there IS a God and a heaven and a hell, then he has gained heaven and his skeptical friends will have lost everything in hell."
Well, that's about it for now. Tat-ta!
~ Glass Seahorse ~
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