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kooka_lives
I'm only a year and a half late. LOL. I just ran into this post of yours because I did something that I never think to do and put my name in the search. I don't even remember that conversation and you probably thought I ignored it out of "fear to respond". It is very interesting to read it at this late date. I agree with gomedome's comment. It is very hard for me to put myself in the place of a non-believer and try to think from that point of view. Of course, I think the reverse might also be true. There are many levels/qualities of fear. When I speak of fear, it is usually with my mind on one of the lower levels such as "want of confidence" because fear is not in my nature. If I was speaking from that level in my thinking and you were receiving my words as meaning "terror", we were not conversing on the same level. The use of the word "fear" that I like best is, of course, from The Holy Bible where it tells us that the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom. In that statement, I see awe, respect, reverence and even love, not terror.
posted by
TAPS.
on January 5, 2008 at 8:22 PM
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well they irritate everyone
who doesn't adhere to their point of view
especially when housd people to convert.
annoying yes
posted by
Xeno-x
on May 6, 2006 at 3:11 PM
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kooka_lives - I find it remarkable how often believers act as if they
know how the minds work of those who do not believe in their God. Generally, the conclusions that they come to involve a character deficiency, or some other weakness on the part of the non believer. The funny part is that if any of these persons truly understood how the minds of non believers worked, they would no longer be believers.
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gomedome
on May 5, 2006 at 1:11 PM
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