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To: Quila
I have no spiritual, emotional or moral need for a god; therefore, there's no "hook" with which to pull me in.

I have no spiritual, emotional or moral need for gravity. What's your point?

I'm quite happy the way I am.

Believe me when I say I'm glad for you.

That would leave rational reasoning as the only way for me.

Meaning that if someone showed you something better than you have ever known (something non-spiritual, say) you would reject looking at it because you are happy the way you are? How closed-minded of you.

So at the invitation of a very nice FReeper, I've been reading this book. The point of the book is to show by rational and historical means that Christ was indeed the deity he claimed to be. It's not working so far, but I'm still at the beginning. No matter what the end result is, it's a good book, well worth the read.

Enjoy.

Remember when you meet G-d to explain to Him that you were quite happy without Him.

Shalom.

281 posted on 05/30/2002 5:39:24 PM PDT by ArGee
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To: ArGee
I have no spiritual, emotional or moral need for gravity. What's your point?

There's no need for you to believe in gravity. It's there, no need for convincing. You can see a rainbow and think "There's evidence of God." I see it and think "That refraction of light is beautiful to me."

Meaning that if someone showed you something better than you have ever known (something non-spiritual, say) you would reject looking at it because you are happy the way you are?

Nobody's ever been able to show it to me, so there's nothing to reject. I don't say "I don't believe in God." I say "I have no belief in a deity." There's a world of difference. The former is rejection, the latter is non-acceptance. The difference between a Christian and an atheist is that an atheist only believes in one fewer gods than the Christian does.

Remember when you meet G-d to explain to Him that you were quite happy without Him.

Remember when you meed Buddha that you were quite happy without him. See how that sounds to me?

385 posted on 05/31/2002 1:20:35 AM PDT by Quila
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