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To: Lester Moore

Well, it's times like these that make me very happy to be an atheist.

It is infinitely better to believe in no god at all than to believe in a god who will not forgive people who take their own pain-ridden, diseased lives at a time of their own choosing rather than suffer just for the sake of some misplaced notion of faith.

If that's your god, I have to say he's pretty cruel and I have no use for him.


85 posted on 01/08/2005 12:29:51 PM PST by small_l_libertarian (Snuggled back down into my cozy duvet of rage...)
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To: small_l_libertarian
It is infinitely better to believe in no god at all than to believe in a god who will not forgive people who take their own pain-ridden, diseased lives at a time of their own choosing rather than suffer just for the sake of some misplaced notion of faith.

I guess one's conclusion depends on one's perspective. If one believes that life here-and-now is mostly about self in the here-and-now then they might go your way, but if one believes that life here-and-now is more about God and hereafter than it is self and here-and-now then a different conclusion can be reached.

Have you ever read the Gospel of John?

Intense personal suffering & quality of life vs taking one's life is a tough issue especially if you're the one suffering. I've been close to people who were suffering and debated with themselves whether to do it or not. But I hope if I'm in the situation that I can stay focused on keeping my life about living to serve Christ, even to a hard end.

90 posted on 01/08/2005 5:05:04 PM PST by Lester Moore (Islam is begging to be destroyed by a Christian Crusade! Forthcoming!)
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