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Rat: >except SDA has no connection to mormonism >whatsoever. A: We weren't SDA, and the folks in Texas aren't Mormans (just ask the LDS church). C: It has everything to do with it. You think religion is about the message? ... theist will argue endlessly about this version of which...

The above is caused by their religious beliefs ... not the polygamy (as you note). I was raised in texas in a sister-cult to the Branch Davidians. If you take out the polygamy in the FLDS you pretty much had us (offshoot of the SDA church). Both of my sisters were sexually abused from a...

TM: > ...he wasn;t even supposed to contend or >campaign there.... How is what he was "supposed" to do there relevant? What he actually DID was campaign like crazy and outspend her ~4 to 1 and that's why he wasn't 20 points behind. JB

That line is purported to be rather fuzzy. JB

V00: >So if some person shows up and says, I am God, this is >where the arc is buried, and he is right, you will just >assume he is God ? What if he is just a lunatic >archaelogist who just happened to be lucky on his find? Maybe a round or two of 'I'm thinking of a number between...

V00: >Suppose one day an entity shows up on >earth and claims to be God. LoL ... that need not be hypothetical. It's been done to death. JB

The "scientific method" type. JB

Rcan/TZ: >I rest my case. You are feckless. And now on >ignore. It is like talking to a pat of butter. Of course ... until you come back with yet another screen name and start all over putting people on ignore. LOL JB PS: TZs earlier incarnation gradually put everyone on ignore...

rcn: >My question is: Why do you choose NOT to >believe He exists? Why do you "choose NOT to believe" in the many gods that you don't believe in. I suspect that if you look inward, the above question will be answered. But just in case it's not ... I choose to believe those things...

saico: >Once you really love and respect someone you >want to please them by choice. I feel that is what >God wants from us. Yes, "that is what God wants from us.", and if he doesn't get it he's gonna take out his "wrath" (biblical term) on you and burn you in hell. I repeat ... who...

V00: >If you are an atheist, what what you consider >proof existence of a God ? I'm agnostic, but I think my requirements would remain the same even if I were athiest: His/Her/It's work would need to survive testing. >How would one differentiate between >a God or say some...

Saico: >Think about it, you guys can't do anything, that >makes God love you any less, If you believe the the bible is the word of God (the same God to which you refer above), the the above statement is completely and totally false. (Unless of course you are saying that he loves you...

Stu answered it directly and perfectly. JB

Funny how in the christians world, anyone who doesn't believe in the christian god is "athiest". In the Muslim world, it's the same with their god and so on and so forth. The christian won't allow themselves to think that the very arguments against the gods they *don't* believe in are just...

rcn: >When, where, why, and how did man evolve >feelings? Love, mercy, guilt, etc. would never >evolve in the theory of evolution. There is a lot of BS in your post, but I couldn't find a bigger pile than that one. You'd have to be an idiot (or at least disingenuous ) not to...

Very nice ... or another way to put it: Over the course of history, which method has done a better job of answering similar questions ... questioning minds along with the scientific method, or the bible and a prayer? I just love people who use their computer and internet to decry science...

He did answer it ... he said that the method you're using is the best one available and he's quite comfortable with it. Of course he points out that your own method works against you, but you apparently like to avoid that fact. Once again -- as plain as he made it for you, you're either not...

SmilingS: >... not all people of faith are mindless automatons who >have not put any thought into why they believe what >they believe. In addition, not all atheists or agnostics >are highly intelligent critical thinkers who think before >they leap. Very well said. >Fact is, this...

NICE!! JB

Here's an assertion ... thanks to V00, ET will soon run out of white space. JB