Thread: God and Devil
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Old 03-02-2005, 01:17 PM   #66
Troubleshooter
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Originally Posted by lookout123
one thing i notice *zips up flame retardent suit* those who are sure religion is for the birds are generally more insulting in explaining their logic than those who believe in God.
I'm willing to bet that some of that comes from some of the (a/non)theists believing in a greater validity to an ideology that has a more modern or philosophical outlook.

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Originally Posted by lookout123
to me it seems that Mrnoodle should be more emotionally entangled in his defense - he has his eternal soul on the block, after all. you and TS have absolutely nothing at risk if you are right, so why do you care so much if someone believes otherwise?
I'm going to have to disagree on this.

1) What if both noodle and myself are wrong?
2) for myself, I feel I have more at risk because I personally have built my belief structure from many sources and am in an ongoing campain to clarify and correct any innaccuracies or mistakes. I'd say that I have more invested in my beliefs because I've done most of the work as opposed to picking up a prefab paradigm.
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