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To: unspun
Then, poetry too would have the same mundane, circuitous, treadmill-like purpose of mere amusument that music has, you would say? Somethign to pass the time? Yes, you think that too, I'm pretty sure.

Humans can be pretty talented and ambitious, when it comes to amusement, but that's still what it is. Even though a talent for perspective can locate deer, and talent for rendering can communicate that information to others, a Reubens painting will not put deer hocks on the table.

Then (maybe you know what's coming) why in the same vein, or by whatever means you can tell, does man throughout time had the inner drive, very often beyond the survival motive, to worship?

I don't think this logically follows, even though you are speaking as if it does. You are offering the fact that humans have thought of the idea of God, as evidence that God exists and makes humans think of God. This form of reasoning will not get you your advanced degree in formal logic.

And in addition to the sacrificial nature of worship, let's go back to its affinity with music and poetry (and song) -- why that?

Why not that? If you allow that humans are naturally inventive, why would they not invent such things?

Be careful now, by arguing with you, I could influence you to being more atheist than you want to be! ;-)

I'm not an athiest at all.

1,183 posted on 04/30/2003 9:15:00 PM PDT by donh
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To: donh
a·the·ist n.

One who disbelieves or denies the existence of God or gods.


From God's perspective, if someone denies the existence of the God who has revealed Himself to this person, what is that person?
1,198 posted on 05/01/2003 7:09:00 AM PDT by unspun (It's not about you.)
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