On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 01:38, John Holroyd wrote: > It all depends in my opinion on a personal sense of fallibility. > There are so many people, and I in no way limit this to Christians, who > imagine that they are right about everything and responsible for > nothing. In a next door neighbour, this can lead to arguments and > sometimes violence. > In a religious leader sense it leads to ordering thousands to their > deaths for the 'glory' of God/s, or declaring punishments for > individuals without any semblance of justice. > I personaly no longer believe in God/s, I simply found that I could no > longer convince myself that it was true, I didn't see any reason why I > as an individual should be more important than my cat in the eyes of a > creator. > However I also see that I could be wrong, I might die and come face to > face with the creator of the universe, and that is why I don't feel the > need to push my opinions on others, if they want to believe then good > for them, imho thats all that matters. How exactly does your importance relative to your cat's affect whether or not you believe in God(s)? > > Well anyway I've probably given enough reason for people to hate me now > > so I'll stop. > > Anybody who hates you after reading that is simply either a bigot or a > self important fool. Agreed. Alex. -- PGP Public Key: http://aoi.dyndns.org/~alex/pgp-public-key -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS d- s:++ a18 C++(++++)>$ UL+++(++++) P--- L+++>++++ E---- W+(+++) N- o-- K+ w--- !O M(+) V-- PS+++ PE-- Y+ PGP+(+++) t* 5-- X-- R tv b- DI D+++ G e h! !r y ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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