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If they SAY you're crazy because that way they can get rid of you and save their butts, then you might end up BEING crazy.
posted by
Jenasis
on October 27, 2006 at 9:34 PM
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Robert Heinlein wrote a great novel on this subject...
Job – I recommend it to all who enjoy Gome's comments. Heinlein takes the concepts of God (as Christianity personifies him), and Satan, and looks at it logically. I promise you will be surprised, and probably delighted at the (predictable) outcome. You can purchase the book through the following link:
posted by
arGee
on October 27, 2006 at 8:32 PM
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oh - better i stay out of this conversation
posted by
ladychardonnay
on October 27, 2006 at 7:37 PM
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ladychardonnay
What is being spoken of here is fundamentalist christians, meaning those with a set point of view and frame of mind, who have no tolerace for the beliefs and practices of others.
posted by
Afzal_Sunny7
on October 27, 2006 at 7:33 PM
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i don't follow politics
so what does that mean?
posted by
ladychardonnay
on October 27, 2006 at 7:26 PM
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gome
I think, if all that were true, we'd all be in a HEAP of trouble.
posted by
Afzal_Sunny7
on October 27, 2006 at 7:17 PM
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ladychardonnay....
Fundamentalist
posted by
Afzal_Sunny7
on October 27, 2006 at 7:11 PM
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what is a "fundie?"
posted by
ladychardonnay
on October 27, 2006 at 7:07 PM
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Well, like I always say,
"When the rapture comes, can I have your car?"
posted by
strat
on October 27, 2006 at 12:11 PM
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"What if" sure is a big question, gomedome!
Interesting point of view today! I like reading your entries because they cause me to exercise my brain and lead to me examine my faith. Thanks! 
faholo
P.S. I have been redesigning my website and have not completed my post on Prophets but hope to soon! faholo
posted by
faholo
on October 27, 2006 at 11:36 AM
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SuccessWarrior - bite your tongue and wash your mouth out with soap
There are plenty religious crazies out promoting that idea already, with them of course not included in the cleansing.
posted by
gomedome
on October 27, 2006 at 11:21 AM
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Schatz - Noah's story is quite a yarn - I had it presented to me as a
factual account when I was a child.
You make a very valid point. Apparently this all knowing God isn't very good at predicting outcomes, there are a number of dramatic actions undertaken by this being that have simply failed.
posted by
gomedome
on October 27, 2006 at 11:19 AM
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We'll have to destroy the world again for another cleansing
posted by
SuccessWarrior
on October 27, 2006 at 11:08 AM
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Funny you should mention Noah and his ark today....
I was driving the other day and wondering about Noah and the ark. I haven't had a lot of formal religious training, so I don't know the specifics of the story, but wasn't that flood supposed to wipe out all the wrong-doers? So what the hell happened? How did we end up with so many baddies still left? It doesn't seem like (suspending my beliefs about the scientific view of the way the world has evolved) that flood wiped out much of the evil that it was supposed to. What a bummer to have gone through all that, and still end up with all of us infidels. LOL
posted by
Schatz
on October 27, 2006 at 10:40 AM
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