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To: Dimensio
Maybe we're both wrong, and the Hindus are right

HOLY COW!!!

But then, maybe the Muslims are right.

HOLY FLYING TERRORIST!!!

The Koran tells the Jews and the Christians to search their own scriptures to see if the Muslims are right. Both the Jews and the Christians can easily and categorically rule out Mohammed being a true prophet of God based on our scriptures.

So what you're saying is that I have no way of knowing whether or not you're pointing me in the right direction, is that it?

No, I'm acknowledging that there are a lot of voices telling you which way to go. Only one answer is right. There are ways of knowing what is the right course. If there was no way to know, how could you possibly be held accountable?

What does your conscience tell you about right and wrong, good and evil? Is there such a thing as right and wrong and if so, why?

This, of course, is assuming that the God of which you speak exists and is of the nature that you claim. The problem here is that you're asking me to assume that you're correct in the first place. It's circular reasoning.

If I gave you a winning lottery ticket, you'd have to assume that it might be legit in order to be motivated to even check it out. And in this day of scams, it very possible someone wouldn't even bother to check. So I understand your problem. I'm just one more guy on the intenet saying "You've won, click here for details."

Yeah, it's a little circular. I'm asking for enough faith in God from you to get you to ask Him to give you wisdom to discern the truth, to see the evidence for His existence. It's not much. It is the equivalent of a telephone call or knocking on a door and saying "Anybody there?".

You've spend far more effort discussing this with me than the one request I want you to make to God. He after all is in a far better position to prove Himself, than I will ever be.

In fact, if you ask Him to give you wisdom to see the evidence of His existence, and He doesn't, you might actually have a defense on judgement day. But He will, if He hasn't already. And when He does give you that wisdom, it's still going to be up to you to act on it. But you are certainly no worse off for the asking.

159 posted on 01/13/2004 3:47:53 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: DannyTN
HOLY COW!!!

What a stunning counter to all of Hinduism. Amazing that you could show the religion to be total bunk with just those two words.

No, I'm acknowledging that there are a lot of voices telling you which way to go. Only one answer is right.

How do you know that even one answer is right?

There are ways of knowing what is the right course.

So you assert.

If there was no way to know, how could you possibly be held accountable?

This gets into deeper philosophical questions.

If I gave you a winning lottery ticket, you'd have to assume that it might be legit in order to be motivated to even check it out. And in this day of scams, it very possible someone wouldn't even bother to check. So I understand your problem. I'm just one more guy on the intenet saying "You've won, click here for details."

Typically I report such emails to the ISP of the sender. I take a dim view of email spam.

Yeah, it's a little circular. I'm asking for enough faith in God from you to get you to ask Him to give you wisdom to discern the truth, to see the evidence for His existence. It's not much.

That's not "a little" circular, it's "a lot" circular. You're asking me to assume that you're right in order to demonstrate that you're right. If I assume that you're right, however, I don't need an adequate demonstration and as such it doesn't matter how valid your "proof" is. It's a weak cop-out, an excuse to use when you don't have any real evidence. "Just pretend that I'm right, and then this will make sense in context!"

This, of course, has gotten completely off of the original topic of discussion. What does any of this have to do with the original article?
160 posted on 01/13/2004 4:08:57 PM PST by Dimensio (The only thing you feel when you take a human life is recoil. -- Frank "Earl" Jones)
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