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To: Trampled by Lambs
If someone, somehow proved to you today that there was no god, would you run out tomorrow and rape your neighbor's wife, rob a bank and shoot a cop?

No, I would probably begin by embezzeling funds from everywhere I could get my hands on. I'd "key" every car that was parked funny. If somebody pissed me off, I'd just haul off and punch them in the face. If I got very depressed, I'd probably end up going on a killing spree instead of just doing myself in. In short, I'd do whatever I could get away with, because I could be totally solopsistic.

141 posted on 12/08/2003 9:36:26 AM PST by AmishDude
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To: AmishDude
Why?
145 posted on 12/08/2003 9:42:10 AM PST by stuartcr
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To: AmishDude
No, I would probably begin by embezzeling funds from everywhere I could get my hands on. I'd "key" every car that was parked funny. If somebody pissed me off, I'd just haul off and punch them in the face. If I got very depressed, I'd probably end up going on a killing spree instead of just doing myself in. In short, I'd do whatever I could get away with, because I could be totally solopsistic.

Well, I would not. I do not. If the above is true then you are a person who only behaves civilly under threat of punishment (hell) and not someone I would trust or associate with.

I believe that most people are intrinsically "good" and do not need the threat of punishment to behave decently. As far as people like you are concerned, I am grateful that we do have religion if for no other reason than to keep you in check.

153 posted on 12/08/2003 9:50:26 AM PST by Trampled by Lambs (...and pecked by the dove...)
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