I wonder if the ancient Aztecs had non-believers who thought it was stupid to worship some ugly statue that some idiot made out of gold? I guess someone killed them for not believing. (I just said Aztecs to make a point - I don't know jack about Aztecs or even if I am spelling it correctly, so please don't flame me about Aztecs not believing in gold statues).
I also wonder about people who worshiped the sun. Actually, maybe I believe in the sun. Scientists say the sun sends more energy to the earth in 1 hour than all the energy used in a full day by all people. Maybe I should write a book about the sun. Can you believe it? a religion with some science to back it up? No, I guess people would never go for that. It would not require any faith. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Leafe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 5:39 PM Subject: Re: [OT] why some people get the God story. On Jul 24, 2008, at 6:56 PM, Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: > People tend to hear what they want to hear, see what the want to > see, or > they are to busy with themselves to get involved with trying to > understand anyone or anything else, (eg their heart's aren't in it, or > their hearts have become hardened and can't receive it). The result > is > that even some in the Christian community have it wrong, and are > passing > their misunderstandings along to others, because they simple don't > understand. And you and others completely ignore the fact that if your version of an omnipotent creator is true, then we are *exactly* the way he intended us to be. What you describe as 'shortcomings' or 'flaws' are actually specific features given to us by our creator. They *have to be*, since the creator is omnipotent. So this creator can't make some of us one way, and others another way, and then blame us for the differences. -- Ed Leafe [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
