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Originally posted by nofnway
. . . . Secondly there is the paradox of belief....If you believe in god and there is no god you sacrafice little but, if you don't believe in god and god exists you sacrafice your eternal soul . . .
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Whilst I am robust enough to make up my own mind . . . its this kind of subtly 'threatening' language in attempting to instill fear in people (in particular primary school children), based entirely on your own philosophy, that causes atheists to lose respect and tar religious folk with the same brush. We have nothing to fear except fear itself . . . . . . . I never understood the term" are you a god-fearing man?" . . . . . . . . where's the free will? No-one wants to live in fear . . . real or imagined.