From: mitchell@nsslsun.nssl.uoknor.edu (DeWayne Mitchell)
Newsgroups: alt.atheism
Subject: Re: Religion = Anything that's fun is bad.
Date: 14 Dec 92 17:27:19 GMT
Organization: National Severe Storms Laboratory
Originator: usenet@kittyhawk.ecn.uoknor.edu

In article <1992Dec11.230159.22903@netcom.com> bskendig@netcom.com (Brian Kendig) writes:
>simon@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Simon Clippingdale) writes:
>>parsons@cis.ksu.edu (Scott S Parish ) writes:
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Scott Parish                |  The Truth is still the Truth      | John 14:6
>>> parsons@cygnus.cis.ksu.edu  |  even if you choose to ignore it.  |
>>
>>
>>Boy, now there is a patronising, condescending, righteous, sickening,
>>vacuous, tautological, holier-than-thou, whining, irritating, pompous,
>>pious and altogether thoroughly obnoxious .signature if I've ever seen one.
>
>No, actually, I rather like it!  I've been seriously thinking of
>adding it to my own .sig.  "The truth is the truth even if you choose
>to ignore it."  This is especially true for Christians, who ignore the
>truth in favor of devoting their lives to cleverly-constructed fairy
>tales detailed in a book that also tells them how they should live
>their lives -- because, after all, it's easier to try to interpret the
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>words in a way you like than it is to take responsibility for your own
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>actions, isn't it?
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 I made a previous post to  a previous poster (inadvertently). So I will
 now expound to the group.  Brian, I whole heartedly agree with this
 statement.  I agree that many theists interpret for their own gain.
 But not all do this.  As a Christian I take full responsibility for my
 actions.  After all, it was my decision to lead the life I chose.  I
 can certainly not place that on anybody else but myself.  I have seen
 countless posts pontificating about how theists don't 'fes up to their
 own actions.  I just want to say that this is not entirely true of the
 lot of theists.  Anyway,.....I agree with this portion of your post and
 it is something that Christians struggle with ..... "not my will but
 yours."


>
>-- 
>_/_/_/  Brian Kendig                             Je ne suis fait comme aucun
>/_/_/  bskendig@netcom.com                de ceux que j'ai vus; j'ose croire
>_/_/                            n'etre fait comme aucun de ceux qui existent.
>  /  Nolite te bastardes     Si je ne vaux pas mieux, au moins je suis autre.
> /  carborundorum.                                               -- Rousseau



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