He was ultimately a very old and successful man who left a legacy of great
comfort and happiness to millions of people. Nothing came from imaginary
gods, witches, ghosts, angels, or any other stupidity thought up by people
who want to control the thoughts of others. What you DO in life is all that
counts - preaching is just self-serving nonsense. There are no gods. None.
Or do you "Praise God!" for giving you cancer? That's some kinda evil
"god", if so. I'd rather understand the truth. Being too simple to
understand how Life was C-R-E-A-T-E-D is just sad, sorry to say.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vinyl Visions" <vinyl.visi...@live.com>
To: <phono-l@oldcrank.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 12:41 AM
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Todd Augsburger
Apparently, Thomas Edison was a genius, but ultimately a fool:
Psalm 14:1 a “The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” (NIV)
He was too "smart" to realize that everything on this earth has been created
by a loving and wonderful God. This didn't just happen in some cosmic
explosion of swamp gas or whatever (and for anyone who believes that - where
did the swamp gas come from or where did the stuff that exploded originate -
how about it was C-R-E-A-T-E-D?).
I have been blessed as a cancer survivor and give thanks to God for my
recovery, so I definitely relate to Todd Augsberger, who has gone on to a
better place. I feel sorry for anyone who believes that we are only - "Dust
In The Wind" or finds some kind of comfort in the Peggy Lee song - "Is That
All There Is?"
Without God, it isn't possible for us to leave the world even a tiny bit
better than when we entered, as we have nothing to offer without HIM.
From: ediso...@verizon.net
To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 21:43:06 -0400
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Todd Augsburger
I'm about at Edison's level of faith, less his occasional (and very real)
need to protect his businesses by pandering to the religious crowd when
reporters pushed him on the God subject. He saw no evidence of a kindly,
merciful being which oversaw Nature and the world. (Think of Mina trying
to
get him to attend a service to thank God for victory in Cuba. "Shouldn't
we
also thank God for the yellow fever which killed our soldiers?", he
asked. )
I see Life as an opportunity & obligation to get through our years without
being nasty, cruel, thoughtless, greedy, etc - but we WILL be those things
at some point, and can only try to make up for that & maybe leave the
world
a tiny bit better than when we entered. Being decent doesn't require a
mythical father-figure floating in the sky.
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