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Originally Posted by Ustwo
there almost certainly isn't a god - atheist
There is no god: fundamentalist
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Agreed.
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Originally Posted by Asaris
Free will. God lets us mess up, because otherwise it wouldn't have any value when we didn't mess up. He wants to woo us, not overwhelm us; when he does set the record straight, it'll be too late. Also, mere correct belief isn't enough -- the devil has a better grasp of theology than most of us, but that's not going to save him.
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I hope no one missed this. This is important for some of what's being discussed here.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 05-15-2008 at 05:04 PM..
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