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Your idea of goodness is very small. You turn up your nose at a God who made the entire universe. As far as you are concerned, goodness is confined to the small area of your scrutiny.

Let the lid off of your world view. The things that are good within your view are good because of an infinitely higher God, the Creator that was spoken of in the Declaration of Independence. Did God do any good thing that is better than the scope of what you are looking at? You’d never know it if you never investigated. And this Pike appears to be cowing you into not investigating because oh my, the devil might be there. Well guess what. Who is bigger. God, or the devil? Don’t let the devil make you cower. God will get you past the devil if you call on Him. You will be amazed.

[You turn up your nose at a God who made the entire universe.]

No, I turn up my nose at your religiously ASSUMPTIVE demand that your vociferous, self-admiring, dogmatic representation of Him must be parroted to your liking.

As usual, you succinctly illustrate Jefferson's point:

"...who, being themselves but fallible and uninspired men, have assumed dominion over the faith of others, setting up their own opinions and modes of thinking as the only true and infallible, and as such endeavoring to impose them on others, hath established and maintained false religions over the greatest part of the world, and through all time;"

"I HAVE SWORN UPON THE ALTAR OF GOD ETERNAL HOSTILITY TO EVERY FORM OF TYRANNY OVER THE MIND OF MAN"
--The Virginia Act For Establishing Religious Freedom
--Thomas Jefferson, 1786

http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/sacred/vaact.html

My joyful, lidless, relationship with the one who created me doesn't need your certification or approval.